News for Jun. 01, 2007

LOTR actors join to sue New Line over merchandising money

6/01/07, 2:33 pm EST - MrCere

Variety is reporting that New Line is getting sued again over Lord of the Rings profits, this time by a group of Kiwi actors. The actors feel that some questionable accounting has made it impossible to ever get paid a "5 percent of net revenue" clause outlined in contracts from merchandising based on characters they portrayed. The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday. Read more here.