There’s a New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie Coming That’s Entirely About Gollum — And Amidst This News, A Famous Short Film About It Was Taken Down… Only To Be Resurrected On YouTube A Day Later Went.
A viral short film called “The Hunt for Gollum” – uploaded to YT about 15 years ago – has been praised among Tolkien fans for years as a brilliant piece of fan fiction and art, although Warner Bros. It has not been approved. , still holds its own and looks great.
On Thursday, WB announced that they’re making a brand new installment to their film franchise with the same title – which led to the short film being taken down over a copyright claim… but it looks like Warners has backtracked. ‘Cause about 12 hours or so later, it’s back on again!
In fact… soon after the announcement of the ‘Gollum’ movie, the news of YouTube receiving a copyright complaint spread like wildfire… and people got angry.
The reason…many felt it was unfair to force the short to act as if it never existed, since it was technically here before – and it had been around for more than a decade. Is. The fanboys shouted foul!
In terms of the reasons for the change of heart – well, it was actually a mistake on WB’s part. Sources with direct knowledge tell us the copyright claim got applied by mistake… and the studio realized it, so they took it down and YouTube did its thing.
short film director, Chris Bouchard, uploaded an email he received from YT stating that a copyright claim has been issued… confirming that WB has retracted on its own. He tells TMZ… “We were glad to hear that people remembered our film somewhat fondly, given that it’s a low-fi effort. And of course fan films are in weird legal territory, so we Is grateful.”
It’s unclear if this means they’re changing their ‘Hunt for Gollum’ title… or if it’s just going to follow the plot of the short story in any way. In any case…people can go and enjoy the short flick anew.
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