LotR actors seeking merchandising royalties
Following the lead of Peter Jackson, a number of the actors that starred in smaller roles in LotR are suing NewLine for a fair share of the revenues from the merchandising of their characters. In one example, Mark Ferguson , who played Gil-Galad is questioning the royalty accounting methods that turned $9 million US in merchandising revenue, from his character, into a $400 thousand US loss. You can read the full story here.
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Why does this not surprise me!
New Line seem to be blotting their copy book on every page with creative accounting. I wonder Robert Shaye is still there and that any actor or director still wants to work for them.