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Peter Jackson Not Pleased EA Experience

Posted by Zonk on from the could-have-been-better dept.

The New York Times reports in an article about the King Kong movie based game that director Peter Jackson wasn't entirely happy with his EA dealings. From the article: "Mr. Jackson, said close associates, chafed at his dealings with the industry heavyweight, Electronic Arts, during the making of the Lord of the Rings games. 'Electronic Arts was not interested in input from the filmmaker,' but later marketed the games as if he were closely involved, said Ken Kamins, Mr. Jackson's manager."

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  1. What's with the misleading headline? by volpone · · Score: 4, Informative
    The article has nothing to do with Electronic Arts. It briefly mentions it in a couple of sentences (conveniently copied above) as an aside. That's all.

    It's a good article, but come on, enough with the obligatory EA bashing.

  2. Re:Forget Peter Jackson by Kelson · · Score: 5, Interesting

    But where does Jackson get the "Only Official way to interpet LOTR" badge?

    If they were making games based directly on the books, then yeah, there'd be no reason to get Peter Jackson involved unless they wanted to. But they made games based on his movies.

    As for "he could have easily sent lawyers" -- he just as easily chose to pick his battles and vote with his wallet instead (by choosing another company the next time). Seriously, do *you* sue every business that does something you don't like? Or do you just file a complaint and take your business elsewhere?