From dailyrecord.co.uk: Movie bosses are trying to ban a Scots firm from calling their holiday lodges “hobbit houses”. Microlodge UK came up with the nickname for their timber pods because they look like dwellings from the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. But lawyers for movie company Saul Zaentz – who own the film, stage and merchandising rights to the JRR Tolkien classics – have told them to remove the word “hobbit” from their website.
They fear customers will think the lodges, which are built in Methil, Fife, are endorsed by them. Microlodge co-boss Steve Millar last night branded the letter “a complete overreaction”. He said: “It’s odd that two guys from Methil could upset Hollywood.” But he said they would comply with the movie giant’s demands and take the word “hobbit” off their website.
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The latest episode of the BBC2’s “Planet Word” has Stephen Fry, cast in the role of the Master of Laketown, speaking with Peter Jackson about Tolkien’s use of languages in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
Roads go ever, ever on, under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone, return at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and sword have seen, and horror in halls of stone, Look at last on meadows green, and trees and hills they long have known.
Stephen Fry’s recital of Tolkien’s poem sets the tone for his little discussion with PJ in a most apt setting – the Bag End set down in New Zealand, where filming for the upcoming Hobbit films is currently on in full swing.
Folks in the UK can watch the stream via bbc.co.uk, while those located internationally can catch a snippet over on YouTube (4:17 into the video).
A transcript is also up on our message boards courtesy of board member QuackingTroll.
From dailyrecord.co.uk: Movie bosses are trying to ban a Scots firm from calling their holiday lodges “hobbit houses”. Microlodge UK came up with the nickname for their timber pods because they look like dwellings from the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. But lawyers for movie company Saul Zaentz – who own the film, stage and merchandising rights to the JRR Tolkien classics – have told them to remove the word “hobbit” from their website.
