Vulture: "One of the biggest obstacles Peter Jackson has faced in his battle to make The Hobbit — and there have been many — is his feud with members of New Zealand Actors' Equity, who claim that Jackson refuses to organize fair deals for the actors he'd be employing. Though Jackson threatened last month to move his two-film production out of New Zealand in response, it's been widely assumed that a deal would be worked out, especially now that a high-profile cast is beginning to come together for a February start date (since other guilds including SAG are standing in solidarity with the smaller union, it'd be awfully tricky to entice working actors without a settlement in the offing)."
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Well it's probably for the best at this point that they move, and I'm glad to see they've finally decided to do so. What really sucks is that it means they won't really get to use the Hobbiton set that's been there, and even got refurbished for filming.
I guess according to that press release, Jackson's going to try and keep the film there until WB shows up next week and moves it all away. Judging by what Jackson says about NZ Equity, I can't blame him for packing up and leaving. It's a sad state for the industry when things like that start happening.
I said it before, why not just move out of there to begin with. I mean its been an option this entire time, yet its taken this long for it to happen? Doesn't make sense to me. They don't want you there? Then fine, don't put your business there and make them lose money as a thank you gift.
I'm glad they are moving, I hope future films see what happened and decide to shoot elsewhere to begin with. Sooner or later this guild will learn.