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Bob Shaye, the head of New Line film studios, says that director Peter Jackson will never be allowed to direct The Hobbit while he is head of the company. Do I hear an unexpected death coming New Line’s way?
Peter Jackson & his production company Wingnut Films are currently in a royalties dispute with New Line over The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I wonder what Tolkien would make of all this bickering? Apparently the lawsuit has enraged New Line & boss Shaye so much that they will never allow Jackson to direct his much loved The Hobbit. Bad news for some, good news for others.
Shaye reveals, “He’s got a quarter of a billion dollars paid to him so far, justifiably, according to contract, completely right.
“And this guy… turns around without wanting to have a discussion with us and sues us and refuses to discuss it unless we just give in to his plan.
“I don’t want to work with that guy anymore. Why would I? So the answer is, he will never make any movie with New Line Cinema again while I’m still working at the company.”
Lord of the Rings stars like Ian McKellen & Elijah Wood have already rushed to the side of Jackson, expressing their disappointment. I dunno, though guys. I know that some of you feel pretty passionate about Jackson, but he does kinda sound like an ass.
You tell me- Whose side are you on, New Line or Peter Jackson?
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4 Responses for: New Line Says No ‘Hobbit’ for Peter Jackson
1 | Taro
January 11th, 2007 at 1:00 pmI don’t know. Would I have done as PJ has? Probably not. Does that mean he’s wrong? Not necessarily. I, after all, do not have the personality that created what he did.
I would assume that his lawyer advised a course of action, and PJ just simply turned it over to him. This is how things are normally done; but lawyer do indeed have a way of escalating the problem, because they always want as much money as they can get, and no compromise.
My understanding of it from way back was the PJ felt no animosity toward New Line; just that there had been a misunderstanding in the interpretation of the contract. New Line has apparently chosen to see it differently. I think both sides should have fired their lawyers and talked to each other. That’s how the partnership that resulted in LOTR happened in the first place.
2 | Sid
January 11th, 2007 at 3:25 pmPeter Jackson definetely!
New Line wants a discussion, Peter Jackson wants an audit. If New Line has done nothing wrong, an audit should not matter to them. If you think about it, New Line is sort of saying “We’ve paid you more than a quarter of a billion, so who cares if we’ve missed 50-100 millions, right? Well, Peter rightly cares. It’s a matter of principles.
New Line is a big bully and arogant! Good on Peter to take a stand.
3 | irma
January 11th, 2007 at 4:07 pmi think that Peter Jackson should be allowed to make The Hobbit, not many people can make trilogys work but he did it, and did it great.
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