After the runaway success of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, not everyone is happy in the Hobbit kingdom.
J.R.R. Tolkien's estate filed suit against New Line today claiming that the studio failed to pay a gross profit participation for the trilogy, which grossed nearly $6 billion worldwide. The Tolkien Trust, a British charity that manages Tolkien's estate, seeks $150 million in compensatory, punitive damages and a declaration from the courts that would allow the group to terminate future Tolkien-based projects by New Line, including the long-rumored Hobbit project.