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Actor Guilds Settle With 'The Hobbit' But Ire In The Shire Could Still Push Back-To-Back Peter Jackson Pics Out Of New Zealand

UPDATE: There’s still unease even though SAG and AFTRA rescinded the order to stop its actor members from working on The Hobbit because of a request from sister union New Zealand Actors Equity. The labor settlement doesn’t mean Peter Jackson will move the pictures back to the New Zealand locations that are home to…

By Mike Fleming Jr
Oct 20, 2010 5:58 pm
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The Curse Of 'The Hobbit' Strikes Yet Again

Now add fire to the latest list of woes which have beset Peter Jackson’s pre-production on those back-to-back The Hobbit films. Flames yesterday engulfed his New Zealand workshop set which would have been used for the Tolkien movies. It took 50 firefighters three hours to quell the blaze in Wellington. All that’s left…

By Nikki Finke
Oct 2, 2010 4:48 am
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'Hobbit' Producers Warner Bros, New Line, & MGM Defend Peter Jackson Against Actor Union Allegations: “Baseless And Unfair”

SAG & AFTRA Nix Non-Union ‘The Hobbit’ For Kiwi & Oz Actors <a title="Peter Jackson Slaps Kiwi/Oz Unions: Threatens To Move…

By Nikki Finke
Sep 27, 2010 9:07 pm
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Peter Jackson Slaps Kiwi/Oz Unions: Threatens To Move 'Hobbit' To Eastern Europe

An angry Peter Jackson today is fighting back at a “Member Alert” that went out Friday afternoon from the Screen Actors Guild advising actors not to accept work on the non-union production of The Hobbit. It’s part of an international showbiz labor effort begun by New Zealand Actors’ Equity and its umbrella The Media…