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PATIENT FILMMAKERS RUNNING OUT OF PATIENCE Monday, March 20 2000 Except for dividing up a $5-million advance, the filmmakers and cast of the 1996 film The English Patient have yet to be paid, the Hollywood Reporter reported today (Monday). The trade paper said that producer Saul Zaentz confirmed that Miramax has yet to provide an audit of the film, which reportedly has grossed $231.7 million worldwide. The Reporter quoted a "source with a direct interest" as saying, "We keep getting statements from (Miramax) showing us (more) NEW LINE NABS THE GOLDEN RINGS Monday, August 24 1998 New Line Cinema, which Time Warner acquired as part of the Turner Broadcasting acquisition, has greenlighted a three-part production of Tolkien's The Lord of Rings that has been budgeted at $130 million, making the trilogy New Line's most costly project ever, published reports said today (Monday). The three films will reportedly be shot simultaneously beginning next year under the direction of Peter Jackson, who insists on working in his native New Zealand. The Los Angeles (more) |
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Producer Saul Zaentz is suing New Line Cinema claiming that the studio has reneged on a deal calling for him to be paid a percentage of the adjusted gross profits of the three Lord of the Rings films, Daily Variety reported today (Thursday). Zaentz, who bought the rights to the Tolkien novels in 1976, claims that he has been paid a percentage of the film's net receipts instead -- and that he is currently owed $20 million.
