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"Mockbuster" film studio The Asylum in legal trouble over the word Hobbit

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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 333
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    Helbore wrote: »
    The hidden truth about how the Titanic was sunk by mutant Nazis riding zombie sharks in the hunt for ultimate power provides a backdrop to the compelling story of a rich English girl's torrid love affair with an experimental human-chimp crossbreed superspy.

    I'd buy it! The line starts here.....................................
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    Residents FanResidents Fan Posts: 9,204
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    The sensible thing for the Asylum to do would be to film "The Marvellous Land of Snergs" by
    E.A. Wyke-Smith, a kids' book that inspired Tollers to write "The Hobbit" in the
    first place.

    "Don LaFontaine style voice"

    Before Harry Potter....

    Before Aslan...

    Before Bilbo...

    ...there were Joe, Sylvia and Tiger!
    ;)
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    Residents FanResidents Fan Posts: 9,204
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    The studios have won a restraining order against the Asylum:
    Warner Bros, New Line Cinema, MGM and producer Saul Zaentz today were granted the temporary restraining order they sought against Global Asylum’s mockbuster Age Of The Hobbits (read the order here). “There is substantial likelihood that consumers will be confused by Age Of Hobbits and mistakenly purchase the film intending to purchase The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey“, said federal judge Philip Gutierrez today. “Indeed, Plaintiffs have presented evidence that Asylum’s other films have caused confusion among consumers, who mistakenly purchase Asylum films intending to purchase a different film”.

    http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/warner-bros-mgm-granted-hobbit-mockbuster-restraining-order/
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