In article ,
Michael McCulloch wrote:
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 00:39:49 +0000 (UTC), (Brian Tung)
wrote:

[...]but as I understand it, there *is* one person who agrees with the purists,
and he is the one who matters the most: Christopher Tolkien. Apparently,
he is sufficiently upset with PJ's interpretation of LOTR that he does not
plan to let Jackson do the Hobbit.

Perhaps, but other Tolkien descendants have guest appearances in the
RotK

Cool -- who? I hadn't heard that.

and don't display the same disdain for the films. Perhaps it is
just a case of sour grapes since J.R.R. Tolkien himself sold the film
rights for LotR in 1969 for £10,000.