New Zealand prime minister offers to intervene in Hobbit row
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/oct/04/new-zealand-prime-minister-hobbit?utm_source=twit...
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Th Prime Minister has offered to step into the fire battle for the Hobbit feature, after the latest dispute caused Peter Jackson to threaten to shoot the film in Europe and not New Zealand.
The article says the dispute is between the film-makers and the Actors union in New Zealand. Zealand Actors' Equity Union is backed by the MEAA from Australia and the MEAA accuses the Hobbit for not working within union rules and told actors to boycott the film.
"claiming Jackson and studios New Line and MGM were offering non-union agreements with no guaranteed minimum payments or conditions.
The film-maker responded with a terse "open letter" in which he angrily condemned the boycott, calling MEAA an "Australian bully boy" and claiming its agenda was "based on money and power". "-Guardian
It sounds like 400 actors are endorsing the claims by MEAA but faces an online petition against the boycott, which is said to be taking place during these negotiations.
The article says the dispute is between the film-makers and the Actors union in New Zealand. Zealand Actors' Equity Union is backed by the MEAA from Australia and the MEAA accuses the Hobbit for not working within union rules and told actors to boycott the film.
"claiming Jackson and studios New Line and MGM were offering non-union agreements with no guaranteed minimum payments or conditions.
The film-maker responded with a terse "open letter" in which he angrily condemned the boycott, calling MEAA an "Australian bully boy" and claiming its agenda was "based on money and power". "-Guardian
It sounds like 400 actors are endorsing the claims by MEAA but faces an online petition against the boycott, which is said to be taking place during these negotiations.
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MAssappeal
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Good post. I'm sure I wouldn't have heard about this otherwise. I'm definitely going to have to follow this story closely now, and if peter jackson keeps up this whole union busting thing, as much as it breaks my heart as a tolkien fan, I'm ready to boycott the shit out of this movie.
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MAssappeal
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lordsbassman
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Mmmhmm, Pipe weed.
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