Middle-earth Enterprises

Middle-earth Enterprises, formerly Tolkien Enterprises, is a company which functions as a division of the Embracer Group. It controls the worldwide film, stage, and merchandise rights to J.R.R. Tolkien's and .
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== History ==
Tolkien sold the rights to his published Middle-earth works to United Artists in 1968, who in turn sold them to Saul Zaentz in 1976. In 1978, Tolkien Enterprises produced the animated version of , directed by Ralph Bakshi, which covered approximately the first half of The Lord of the Rings. In 2001 - 2003 Peter Jackson filmed the whole Lord of the Rings trilogy under license from Tolkien Enterprises, which would win 17 Academy Awards and numerous other international and national awards.
In 1999, Tolkien Enterprises ended their licensing agreement with Iron Crown Enterprises for role-playing games set in Middle-earth, after Iron Crown Enterprises ceased developing new products for this line. This contributed to Iron Crown Enterprises' filing for bankruptcy in 2001. Tolkien Enterprises then made a new licensing agreement with Decipher Inc. for their Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game.
In 2002, Tolkien Enterprises took part in making the video game The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, which was based on the , not on the . Then, in 2003, Tolkien Enterprises took part in the making of The Hobbit video game, which was for a younger age group.
Following this, in August 2004, Tolkien Enterprises sued New Line Cinema for over $20 million in unpaid royalties, based on the difference between gross and net profits for , and the exact terms of the royalty arrangement between Tolkien Enterprises and New Line Cinema. An out-of-court settlement was reached in August 2005, details of which were not released.
In 2022 the Swedish holding company Embracer Group bought Middle-earth Enterprises, along with the rights for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit adaptations.https://embracer.com/release/embracer-group-enters-into-agreement-to-acquire-ip-rights-to-the-lord-of-the-rings-and-the-hobbit-literary-works-by-j-r-r-tolkien/
It was announced in May of 2023 that Amazon Games acquired rights to develop a The Lord of the Rings MMO video game, equivalent to The Lord of the Rings Online.https://www.ign.com/articles/lord-of-the-rings-mmo-coming-from-new-world-developer-amazon-games
== Licensing ==
Games such as The Lord of the Rings: Conquest and Electronic Arts' The Battle for Middle-earth series, and LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game are licensed by Middle-earth Enterprises, and so feature copyrighted property from the films such as Howard Shore's soundtrack, the gold title wordmark, and/or resemblances of characters in the film trilogy.
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, its sequel, and The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring are examples of video games not licensed under them, and thus share no artistic resemblance to the films.
== References ==
== Translations ==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Midde-aarde Ondernemings
Albanian 	Toka e mesme Ndërmarrjet
Armenian 	Միջերկիր Ձեռնարկություններ
Azerbaijani 	Orta yer Şirkətlər
Basque 	Erdialdeko Lurraldea Enpresak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Міжзем'е кампаніямі
Bengali 	মধ্য পৃথিবী মালিকানায় ?
Bosnian 	Srednja zemlja Preduzeća
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Средна земя предприятия
Catalan 	Terra Mitjana Empreses
Cebuano 	Tunga-tunga-yuta Mga negosyo
Chinese 	中土大陸 企业
Croatian 	Međuzemlje Poduzeća
Danish 	Midgård Virksomheder
Dutch 	Midden-Aarde Ondernemingen
Esperanto 	Mez-Tero Entreprenoj
Estonian 	Keskmaa Ettevõtete
Finnish 	Keski-Maa Yritykset
French 	Terre du Milieu Entreprises
Galician 	Terra Media Empresas
Georgian 	შუამიწეთის საწარმოები
German 	Mittelerde Unternehmenen
Greek 	Μέσης Γης Επιχειρήσεις
Gujarati 	મધ્યમ પૃથ્વી કંપનીઓ
Hebrew 	הארץ התיכונה יוזמות
Hindi 	मध्य पृथ्वी उद्यमों
Hungarian 	Középfölde Vállalatok
Italian 	Terra di Mezzo le imprese
Japanese 	中つ国企業
Kazakh 	Ортаңғы-жер Кәсіпорындар (Cyrillic) Ortañğı-jer Käsiporındar (Latin)
Kannada 	ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಭೂಮಿಯ ಉದ್ಯಮಗಳು
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Борбордук-Жер ишканалар
Latvian 	Viduszeme Uzņēmumi
Macedonian Cyrillic	Блискиот Земјата Претпријатија
Marathi 	मध्य पृथ्वी उपक्रम
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Миддлэ-эартh Аж ахуйн нэгжүүд
Nepalese 	मध्य-पृथ्वीमा उद्यम
Norwegian 	Midgard Bedrifter
Persian 	سرزمین میانی بنگاههای
Portuguese 	Terra Média Indústrias
Romanian 	Pământul de Mijloc Intreprinderi
Russian 	Средиземье Предприятий
Serbian 	Средња земља Предузећа (Cyrillic) Srednja zemlja Preduzeća (Latin)
Sinhalese 	මිද්ද්ලෙ-එඅර්ථ් ව්යවසායන්
Slovak 	Stredozem podniky
Slovenian 	Srednji svet Podjetja
Spanish 	Tierra Media Empresas
Swedish 	Midgård Företagen
Tamil 	மத்திய புவி நிறுவனங்கள்
Telugu 	మిద్ద్లె-ఎఅర్థ ఎంటర్ప్రైజెస్
Thai 	มิดเดิลเอิร์ธรัฐวิสาหกิจ
Turkish 	Orta Dünya Sirketler
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Середзем'я Підприємства
== External links ==
* Middle-earth Enterprises Official Website
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* Deadline Hollywood - ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Owner Embracer Sees Full-Year Entertainment Sales Grow To $678M By Jesse Whittock June 20, 2024 3:13am
* VentureBeat - A new generation of J.R.R. Tolkien games is coming | Lee Guinchard exclusive interview by Dean Takahashi May 13, 2024 6:30 AM
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