{"id":105696,"date":"2018-11-27T20:11:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T01:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=105696"},"modified":"2018-11-27T20:11:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T01:11:26","slug":"lotr-co-investor-samuel-hadida-dies-at-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2018\/11\/27\/105696-lotr-co-investor-samuel-hadida-dies-at-64\/","title":{"rendered":"LOTR co-investor Samuel Hadida dies at 64"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>You may not know his name, but outside of being a co-investor in the LOTR films, Samuel Hadida through his Davis-Films production company and his Metropolitan FilmExport distribution company in France helped make or distribute numerous films you would have heard of, including the Resident Evil franchise, True Romance, and the Silent Hill films and this year’s Hunter Killer. This reporter first encountered Samuel Hadida at San Diego Comic con when he brought Solomon Kane to Hall H in 2009. He was a champion of indie and genre films, and without his output deal with New Line Cinema, Lionsgate and Dreamworks, we might not have ever gotten the LOTR or the Hunger Games films.<\/p>\n

Mark Ordesky, Executive Producer on the Lord of the Rings films said of him;<\/p>\n

“Shocked and saddened. Sammy was so dear and brimming with life. One of many memories is indelible: His company was a co-investor in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy and needless to say the stakes were high. After we premiered the first public footage in Cannes 2001, Sammy lifted me off the ground and kissed me in his excitement. He lived and bet his passions and I’ll miss him terribly. We should all aspire to love our lives and jobs as much as he did. My deepest sympathy to his brother, Victor, and all who loved him.”<\/p>\n

We at TORn also send out a heartfelt ‘Thank You’ for his courage in being a financial partner on the LOTR film, and send our condolences to his family and friends on his passing at such a young age. You can read more on his work at\u00a0Passing of French Distributor Samuel Hadida<\/a><\/p>\n

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Solomon Kane panel at SDCC 2009 with Samuel Hadida second from left, Director Michael J Bassett and actor James Purefoy on the right. AICN’s Quint was the moderator on the far left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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