Peter Jackson Banned From New Line Work

[isildurs_babe]

Studio head says there shall be no peace as long as Jackson works

By michael@syfyportal. com>MICHAEL HINMAN
Source: <http://scifi. com/scifiwire>Sci Fi Wire
Jan-10-2007

Think there might be a resolution between New Line Cinema and Peter Jackson
soon enough to start work on a "Hobbit" film? Guess again.

Robert Shaye, New Line's head honcho, said as far

Comments

[sheiannasherra]

Aww, isi! (((Hugs))) Actually I was disagreeing (hopefully very politely and in a friendly manner!) with mnemosyne_1 about being upset with PJ! I've been following the whole mess surrounding the making of the Hobbit and the lawsuit for quite a long time now through the postings at lordoftherings and was fairly certain that neither you nor mnemosyne_1 had seen the articles giving the other side of the story.

Yes, it's striking a lot of people as odd that, since it is common practice* for an independent audit to be done, especially after a major blockbuster, that New Line has been so unwilling to cooperate without being forced to do so by a lawsuit. If you're interested I can find the links to the original stories from the beginning of the mess...

* the reason it's common practice is that unfortunately a lot of studios have been known to use a "unique and creative" (I'm trying to be polite here! ^_- ) form of accounting as a way of showing films that have made tons of money as barely breaking even and thus justifying them claiming there weren't enough profits for them to owe actors, directors, etc. who were entitled to a share of the profits as a part of their contract any more money. PJ is certainly not the first and will not be the last to sue for these reasons, nor has New Line been the only company to try to avoid independent audits for this purpose.

[isildurs_babe]

:D 'unique and creative'

funny how those two words can be the best of compliments and the worst of insults at the same time! ^__^

The links to the original stories sound interesting (and very depressing) reading! I'll check out lordoftherings when i feel brave enough to handle that much depression fueled info. argh its just so messy. thanks for offering to find the links!

[sheiannasherra]

Depressing as it is, reading about the whole mess does give a better perspective on what's really going on.
On the plus side, the studio that acquires the rights to The Hobbit once New Line's expires -yeah, there's a time limit involved- (MGM I think) stated - after all the hoopla about New Line banning PJ - that they would LOVE to have him direct it if they end up being the studio to make the film.