Warner Bros. blocked a fan film about Gollum on YouTube. It's all because of the name

Suddenly Warner Bros. achieved blocking on YouTube of a fan film about Gollum, which existed on the site for 15 years. During all this time, he received 13 million views.

The short film was called «The Hunt For Gollum» — the same title as the Lord of the Rings film announced yesterday. After the announcement, users discovered that the film of the same name was blocked on YouTube for copyright infringement. It turned out that the video «contains material from partner Warner Bros. Entertainment».

Let us remind you that yesterday they announced the start of work on a new film based on «The Lord of the Rings». The film will be directed by Andy Serkis, who will also play Gollum himself. Among the producers will be the director of the original trilogy, Peter Jackson.