Heirs to J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of the books in which the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy films are based, are following in the footsteps of Peter Jackson, the director of the Oscar-winning movies, by suing New Line Cinema for failing to pay them at least $150 million, which they claim they are owed as part of the movies’ gross receipts.

According to the New York Times, “in a complaint filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, trustees of the Tolkien Trust, a British charity, joined trustees of a private family trust of Tolkien heirs and the British arm of Harper Collins Publishers in suing New Line Cinema for breach of contract.”

The plaintiffs said in the complaint that New Line, which produced and distributed the “Lord of the Rings” movies, had not paid them anything despite an almost 40-year-old contract that entitles the trusts and publishers to 7.5 percent of the film’s gross revenues, less cost.

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