A spokesman for Fox Searchlight Pictures also released a statement in response to J.R.R. Tolkien’s family and estate.
The family also famously did not sanction Peter Jackson’s big screen adaptations of The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit.
J.R.R. Tolkien’s family wants everybody to know they “do not endorse” the upcoming Tolkien biopic.
J.R.R. Tolkien’s estate and Harper Collins sued Warner Bros. back in 2012 over The Lord of the Rings slot machines, which they claimed were infringing on copyright and a breach of contract.