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The Hobbit - it's our precious

The deal to film The Hobbit in New Zealand comes with the expectation that it will open the door to a slew of big-budget movies. Ref. Source 3

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I don't think it comes with a expectation that other movies will come but it will show again that New Zealand has the ability to be able to host such movies.

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Hobbit deal details under wraps

The Government is keeping key details of its eleventh-hour deal to save The Hobbit under wraps as it rams through changes to the labour laws agreed with Hollywood studio bosses. Ref. Source 3

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The story is that they have change the law slightly to make the default position of someone working in the film industry from employee to a independent contractor.

It is to give clarification to the role of a person in the film industry, they can still negotiate to work conditions etc.

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After the trilogy why has everything become an issue now with the Hobbit filming? Is it just more money or they want more fame?

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The more and more this drags on the less and less likely I will go see it. I think it is not going to be a great movie at all since they did such a hack up job on the lord of the rings.

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The union got involved and suggested that non-union actors were getting a advantage with contracts etc, which gave Warners the chance to threaten to go elsewhere.

Warners took the advantage of using it to get a better tax break from the govt, but it is worth 600 million or so of extra money coming into the economy.

Plus the toursists it may bring as well.

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Extra Hobbit subsidy will be staff tax break

The extra $20 million subsidy for The Hobbit will be paid as a tax break on a pool of profits to be shared by actors and other workers on the films, including director Sir Peter Jackson, it is understood. Ref. Source 9