00:00Warner Brothers is allowing a fan-made Lord of the Rings film to stay on YouTube after it was
00:04briefly taken down. On Thursday, it was announced that Warner Brothers is working on a movie
00:09titled The Lord of the Rings The Hunt for Gollum. Andy Serkis is starring in and directing the
00:13project that is being developed by Peter Jackson and his writing partners Fran Walsh and Philippa
00:18Boyens. Shortly after the news dropped, a 2009 fan-made film with 13 million views,
00:24also titled The Hunt for Gollum, was taken offline for many hours. YouTube put up a notice saying
00:29Warner Brothers had filed a copyright claim against the video and blocked it. Lord of the
00:33Rings fans reacted quite negatively to the takedown, and early Friday, the film was restored
00:37on YouTube. A studio source says the takedown request was done in error. Warner Brothers made
00:42the surprise movie announcement during its first quarter earnings conference call and noted that
00:46The Lord of the Rings The Hunt for Gollum was a working title. For more on this story and all
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