Global Asylum, producer of Age of the Hobbits, hasn't found any luck convincing an appellate court that it has fair use to "Hobbits," which it says is a reference to a real-life human subspecies, Homo Floresiensis, discovered in 2003 in Indonesia. Last year, a few weeks before Peter Jackson-directed The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was released in theaters, Warner Bros. took the mockbuster producer to court on trademark grounds. A federal judge entered a temporary restraining order and later, a preliminary injunction over use of the title after a determination that Warners had demonstrated a likelihood that
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- 10/31/2013
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There can only be one Hobbit movie. Even though there will be three. You know what we mean.
If there's a potentially profitable movie on its way in Hollywood, good money says that a low-budget knock-off is also in the works. For instance, for almost every Paranormal Activity movie, there's a Paranormal Entity, a straight-to-dvd franchise that has already released its third installment: Paranormal Entity 3: The Exorcism Tapes, aka Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes. The movie is actually based on the same story used for 2005's The Exorcism of Emily Rose and 2006's Requiem but released under the Paranormal Entity name in the U.K. because, well, trying to sound like several movies is more profitable than trying to sound like one.
One of the production companies responsible for these "mockbusters" is The Asylum, though their latest production, Age of the Hobbits, drew ire from Warner Bros. who filed an injunction against the movie.
If there's a potentially profitable movie on its way in Hollywood, good money says that a low-budget knock-off is also in the works. For instance, for almost every Paranormal Activity movie, there's a Paranormal Entity, a straight-to-dvd franchise that has already released its third installment: Paranormal Entity 3: The Exorcism Tapes, aka Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes. The movie is actually based on the same story used for 2005's The Exorcism of Emily Rose and 2006's Requiem but released under the Paranormal Entity name in the U.K. because, well, trying to sound like several movies is more profitable than trying to sound like one.
One of the production companies responsible for these "mockbusters" is The Asylum, though their latest production, Age of the Hobbits, drew ire from Warner Bros. who filed an injunction against the movie.
- 12/13/2012
- by Ryan Gowland
- Reelzchannel.com
By Hannah Soo Park
It's time to stop dilly-dallying around, because things are starting to get real, fast. We have just a few precious hours before "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" hits theaters, so let's knock off a few to-dos to get the most out of this long-awaited Middle-earth experience.
Throw a quickie "Lord of the Rings" semi-marathon party
You may not even have the time to throw a guest list together, so really, you're most likely on your own for this one. Set up to twelve hours (yes, twelve) aside to insure that you'll get at least a taste of all three "Lord of the Rings" films before you can mad dash it over to the nearest "Hobbit" screening. While the forthcoming film is actually a prequel to the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, it wouldn't hurt to get a basic understanding of the complex Middle-earth scene. Who knows?...
It's time to stop dilly-dallying around, because things are starting to get real, fast. We have just a few precious hours before "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" hits theaters, so let's knock off a few to-dos to get the most out of this long-awaited Middle-earth experience.
Throw a quickie "Lord of the Rings" semi-marathon party
You may not even have the time to throw a guest list together, so really, you're most likely on your own for this one. Set up to twelve hours (yes, twelve) aside to insure that you'll get at least a taste of all three "Lord of the Rings" films before you can mad dash it over to the nearest "Hobbit" screening. While the forthcoming film is actually a prequel to the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, it wouldn't hurt to get a basic understanding of the complex Middle-earth scene. Who knows?...
- 12/13/2012
- by MTV Movies Team
- MTV Movies Blog
Age of the Hobbits, which a federal judge enjoined Monday from release in the U.S. under that title, has a new name; as indicated on producer The Asylum’s website, the movie is now called Clash of the Empires. That isn’t enough to stop the court case, however. In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, a Warner Bros. spokesman said, “we are moving forward” for a preliminary injunction. A hearing on that matter is set for January 28. Meanwhile, a temporary restraining order remains in effect, prohibiting release of the film under the “Age of the Hobbits” title. In Cambodia,
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- 12/13/2012
- by Jonathan Handel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Judge cites 'likelihood of confusion' between Tolkien adaptation and film by The Asylum – famous for Titanic II and Almighty Thor
The makers of forthcoming fantasy trilogy The Hobbit have won a temporary restraining order against a so-called "mockbuster" film accused of trading on the global publicity surrounding the release of the Jrr Tolkien adaptation.
California federal judge Philip Gutierrez ruled on Monday that Age of the Hobbits, from specialist independent studio The Asylum, was confusingly similar to Peter Jackson's return to Middle-earth. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is due for release on Friday in the Us and UK, but Age of the Hobbits now looks less likely to find its way into cinemas.
The Asylum is known for its series of "mockbuster" films, including 2009's The Terminators, 2010's Titanic II and 2011's Almighty Thor. The studio had argued that its own Hobbits had nothing to do with Middle-earth, being...
The makers of forthcoming fantasy trilogy The Hobbit have won a temporary restraining order against a so-called "mockbuster" film accused of trading on the global publicity surrounding the release of the Jrr Tolkien adaptation.
California federal judge Philip Gutierrez ruled on Monday that Age of the Hobbits, from specialist independent studio The Asylum, was confusingly similar to Peter Jackson's return to Middle-earth. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is due for release on Friday in the Us and UK, but Age of the Hobbits now looks less likely to find its way into cinemas.
The Asylum is known for its series of "mockbuster" films, including 2009's The Terminators, 2010's Titanic II and 2011's Almighty Thor. The studio had argued that its own Hobbits had nothing to do with Middle-earth, being...
- 12/11/2012
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
One hobbit will rule them all—for now, at least. A California federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring the release of Age of the Hobbits, a low-budget straight-to-video release from an independent film production company called The Asylum that was slated for release on Tuesday, just days before the opening of director Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Warner Bros., New Line, MGM, and Hobbit producer Saul Zaentz filed suit against The Asylum last month, charging that the company was trying to infringe on its copyrights and confuse consumers with its film.
In response, The...
In response, The...
- 12/11/2012
- by Josh Rottenberg
- EW - Inside Movies
A California federal judge has granted Warner Bros.' motion for a temporary restraining order on Age of the Hobbits, a low-budget movie the studio contends is confusingly similar to its own Peter Jackson blockbuster The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which opens Dec. 14. The Hobbit studios Warner Bros., New Line Cinema, MGM and producer Saul Zaentz first objected to the so-called "mockbuster" from The Asylum in late August, contending that it infringed trademarks with respect to the title, design and promotional materials. A lawsuit was filed last month. The Asylum defended itself by saying that it had
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- 12/10/2012
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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