The two main issues that will decide Warners’ decision about where to shoot The Hobbit are both inching towards a decision.
Neither involve the actors’ union dispute which has always been a sideshow – mainly because the cost of triumph a compromise deal on wages and conditions would be chump change for Hollywood.
Neither involve the actors’ union dispute which has always been a sideshow – mainly because the cost of triumph a compromise deal on wages and conditions would be chump change for Hollywood.
The two factors that matter are (a) the production incentives available in New Zealand compared to elsewhere in the world.
This is what Philippa Boyens means when she says Warners are‘ running the numbers” on the five or six locations now in the running for the location shoot and (b) the late intrusion of the 74 year old business raider Carl Icahn into the sale of debt-burdened MGM, which owns a major stake in The Hobbit project.
This is what Philippa Boyens means when she says Warners are‘ running the numbers” on the five or six locations now in the running for the location shoot and (b) the late intrusion of the 74 year old business raider Carl Icahn into the sale of debt-burdened MGM, which owns a major stake in The Hobbit project.
