Warner Bros. is allowing a fan-made 'Lord of the Rings' film to stay on YouTube after it was briefly taken down. On Thursday, it was announced that Warner Bros. is working on a movie titled 'The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.' Andy Serkis is starring in and directing the project that is being developed by Peter Jackson and his writing partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. Shortly after the news dropped, a 2009 fan-made film with 13 million views also titled "The Hunt for Gollum" was taken offline for many hours.
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00:00 Warner Bros. is allowing a fan-made Lord of the Rings film to stay on YouTube after it was briefly
00:04 taken down. On Thursday, it was announced that Warner Bros. is working on a movie titled The
00:09 Lord of the Rings The Hunt for Gollum. Andy Serkis is starring in and directing the project
00:14 that is being developed by Peter Jackson and his writing partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.
00:19 Shortly after the news dropped, a 2009 fan-made film with 13 million views,
00:24 also titled The Hunt for Gollum, was taken offline for many hours.
00:27 YouTube put up a notice saying Warner Bros. had filed a copyright claim against the video
00:32 and blocked it. Lord of the Rings fans reacted quite negatively to the takedown,
00:35 and early Friday, the film was restored on YouTube. A studio source says the takedown
00:40 request was done in error. Warner Bros. made the surprise movie announcement during its first
00:44 quarter earnings conference call and noted that The Lord of the Rings The Hunt for Gollum was
00:48 a working title. For more on this story and all the latest movie news, head to THR.com.
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