Question: Who owns the lord of the rings franchise?
Disambiguated questions and answers: question: What company owns the Lord of the Rings franchise?
What is the trading name for the company that owns the Lord of the Rings franchise?
What is the original trading name for the company that owns the Lord of the Rings enterprises?
answer: The Saul Zaentz Company
Middle-earth Enterprises
Tolkien Enterprises
Natural Questions answer: Middle - earth Enterprises (from the Wikipedia article "Middle-earth Enterprises")