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chakram-refugees-digest      Friday, June 8 2007      Volume 07 : Number 064



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  [chakram-refugees] Nathaniel Lees sues New Line         [KLOSSNER9@aol.com]
  Re: [chakram-refugees] Nathaniel Lees sues New Line  ["Xena Torres" <xenat]

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Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 18:32:11 EDT
From: KLOSSNER9@aol.com
Subject: [chakram-refugees] Nathaniel Lees sues New Line

from imdb News.  Booetian 
Actors Sue for 'Lord of the  Rings' Profits
Fifteen actors from _The Lord of the Rings_ 
(http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0167260/)  movies have  filed suit against film studio New Line, accusing the 
company of a breach of  contract over merchandising. The New Zealand actors filed 
court papers in Los  Angeles Superior Court last Wednesday, alleging New Line 
broke an agreement to  pay them five per cent of an estimated $100 million 
profits from merchandising  sales, such as caps, games and mugs. The actors' 
lawyer Henry Gradstein said New  Line took "gross participation" fees that the 
company wasn't entitled to.  Gradstein says, "The expenses will always be 
approximately 104 per cent. It's  Hollywood accounting." This is the latest of several 
lawsuits New Line have been  served with in relation to the film adaptation 
of the _J.R.R. Tolkien_ (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0866058/)  classic novels. 
In  2005, director _Peter Jackson_ (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001392/)   
accused New Line of withholding profits from the first installment in the  trilogy 
_The Fellowship Of The  Ring_ (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0120737/) , while 
producer _Saul  Zaentz_ (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0951763/)  settled out of 
court with the firm over the rights to the books.  According to industry 
newspaper Variety, the fifteen actors filing lawsuits are:  _Noel Appleby_ 
(http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0032370/) , _Jed Brophy_ (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0112400/) 
, _Mark Ferguson_ (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0272527/) , _Ray Henwood_ 
(http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0378309/) , _Bruce Hopkins_ 
(http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0394126/) , _William Johnson_ (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0424592/) , _Nathaniel 
Lees_ (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0498731/) , _Sarah McLeod_ 
(http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0572867/) , _Ian Mune_ (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0612786/) , _Paul 
Norell_ (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0635264/) , _Craig Parker_ 
(http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0662164/) , _Robert Pollock_ (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0689692/) , 
_Martyn Sanderson_ (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0761809/) , _Peter Tait_ 
(http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0846913/)  and _Stephen Ure_ 
(http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0881831/) . 




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Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 17:55:45 -0700
From: "Xena Torres" <xenatorres@bitchofrome.com>
Subject: Re: [chakram-refugees] Nathaniel Lees sues New Line

Bruce Hopkins is on that list - he appeared on Xena a few times as well.


Julie "XT" Ruffell
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