The American writer, Steve Hilliard signed a contract with an independent film company in the EMO Films adaptation of his novel "Mirkwood: The Story of John RR Tolkien." To begin the work necessary to revise the book in the script above which will work itself Hillard, and find financing. Producers of the future picture made by the owners, Joel Eisenberg and Timothy Owens, in an asset whose drama "April Showers" in 2009 and a future reincarnation of the television, "Baek from the Crypt." The protagonist of "Mirkwood" is, of course, the creator of "The Lord of the Rings." The novel itself is written in the genre of fantasy: Tolkien arrives in New York to defend against the forces of evil are some ancient and very secret documents that tell about halflings, a woman named Ara, who lived in a kind of edge, very similar to the writer's imagination created Middle Earth. Tolkien presents his load on сторидж grinder, whose granddaughter and finds them 40 years later, after which the girl will most engage in battle with the wicked and protect the history of the evil eye Ary. The film, according to Hilliard, will be different from the book. The plot is likely to remain roughly the same, but he promises to work out the details a little deeper, using a little-known facts about Tolkien – for example, plans to become a writer deshifrovalschikom during World War II. Using the name of one of the creators of the fantasy genre at once attracted the attention of the heirs of JRR Tolkien, in February this year, they went to court, demanding to forbid publication of the book Hilliard, since it exploits the popular image of the writer. The case was heard about two months, after which the parties have agreed to peacefully: the plaintiffs withdraw their claim, and Hilliard in the preface indicates that all events are fictional books, and Tolkien heirs have no relation to this opus. Note that an attempt to protect the copyrights of Tolkien's Fund resulted in free publicity for "Mirkwood". The fact that his first book, a 62-year-old Steve Hillard did not publish on paper, and placed it on their own at a special service in the shop Amazon in January of this year and by the time of filing a lawsuit managed to sell 900 copies. Litigation led to a resurgence of interest in the samizdat of Tolkien, and eventually led to the fact that "Mirkwood" can still find and screen life. However, Tolkien's heirs did not always set so complacently, as in the case of Hilliard. After the release of rolling trilogy by Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings," they accused the film studio New Line Cinema that she underpaid them more than $ 150 million owed royalty – and have succeeded, but the legal battles have delayed the production of the next film Jackson's "Hobbit" for several years . However, some mention of Tolkien pass vigilant eye of his heirs. In 2008, the first book of the series "The Chronicles of imaginary geography" of James A. Owen, in which the adventures of a young student, John Tolkien, CS Lewis and Charles Williams. Future classics of fantasy literature have at their disposal, "Magic Geography", which describes all the magical place on earth and – of course – allowed to enter a fantastic journey, meeting fairy-tale characters and help them solve problems. Currently, Owens has written five books, "Imaginary geography," and the film rights to the first two volumes in April 2010 acquired the film company Warner Bros, but until this project to a particular embodiment and is not reached. So "Mirkwood" has all chances to become the first feature films in which there is Tolkien. Which, of course, amazing – this man's biography captures not less than its book: participation in the war, his friendship with CS Lewis, under the influence of which the future author of "Narnia" had become a Christian, working on "Beowulf" and "Lord of the Rings." Each of these episodes deserves a life of Tolkien adaptation. But perhaps at the thought of dealing with the heirs of the writer of this biography of Tolkien's statement, the producers immediately have thoughts of escape in Mirkwood. Author: Max Stepanov
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