LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fifteen actors from the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy are suing New Line Cinema for breach of contract, claiming they're still owed a percentage of an estimated US$100 million in profits from the sales of movie merchandise, their lawyer said Wednesday.
The New Zealand actors were supposed to split five per cent of the revenue after expenses from sales of caps, video games, mugs and other merchandise, said the lawsuit filed May 30 in Los Angeles County Superior Court. But the suit contends New Line breached the contract by taking distribution and "gross participation" fees to which it wasn't entitled...
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