October 21, 2010 - The Hobbit Part 1 / production to move from New Zealand

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The two actors guilds that advised their members to not work on The Hobbit films have now issued a reversal of interest. Both the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists are no longer boycotting the production -- but the damage may not be possible to repair.

"The lifting of the blacklist on The Hobbit does nothing to help the films stay in New Zealand," said director Peter Jackson in the aftermath of the actors guilds' message. "The damage inflicted on our film industry by NZ Equity/MEAA is long since done.

"Next week Warners are coming down to NZ to make arrangements to move the production off-shore. It appears we now cannot make films in our own country - even when substantial financing is available."

Jackson states that Warner Bros. upper management has been spooked by the two guilds blacklisting The Hobbit production and now want to pull the entire production out of New Zealand. The news is big enough to be making the country's nightly news broadcasts and the top politicians of the land.

"My concern is that if Warner Brothers deems New Zealand is not a good place to make movies, then there is a real risk other major film production companies will also believe that to be the case," said New Zealand Prime Minister John Key. "There's work to be done and the Government hasn’t given up trying to do its best to secure the movies. This is a very successful growth area for New Zealand and to have the film industry destroyed on the back of the actions of the unions is, I think, reprehensible."

The films are anticipated to start shooting in February 2011 so there is still some time left for the studio to change its mind and keep The Hobbit production in the same country where The Lord of the Rings trilogy of films were shot.

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Posted: 13 years 51 weeks ago

I dont want seem like im not for the little guy (no pun inteneded for this movie) but Im kind of glad they are sticking it to these Unions. Unions when they first started were a neccesity because workers were being taken advantage of but in todays day in age its the other way around.. Why should company have to pay signifiganlty higher wages almost double in some cases than indrpendent workers just so that extra money can go to union leadership to run campaign ads for the politicians that keep them in business? With the state of the economy right now we all need jobs and union thugs shouldnt decide who works and who doesnt.. Well in less than 2 weeks the November 2nd elections should tell us the direction this country is heading.. Im going Anti-incumbent.. We need fresh faces to make real change in this country..

Shadowspawn - Tea Party Patriot..