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The Hobbit To Be Filmed In New Zealand After All

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the showed-them-the-money dept.

An anonymous reader writes "John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand, has confirmed this afternoon that The Hobbit will be filmed in NZ, after weeks of uncertainty. From the article: 'The future of the $670m production hung in the balance after an actors union issued a no-work order on the films last month. Talks were held overnight with studio executives from Warner Brothers to resolve concerns about industrial laws in New Zealand.'"

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  1. Sweet! by jav1231 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't wait to see the Duke Nukem Forever trailer that's debuting with it.

  2. Good by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    If Flight of the Conchords taught me nothing else, it's that New Zealand is the happening place to be (it's like Scotland, only further) and a great place to film The Hobbit. It's an excellent location for more walking.

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    1. Re:Good by lxs · · Score: 2, Funny

      Not enough rocks.

    2. Re:Good by Pop69 · · Score: 5, Funny

      We have whisky, why would we need rocks ?

      We'd just trip over them after drinking the whisky

  3. Re:New Zealand pays Warner Bros by alphatel · · Score: 2, Funny

    But a bribe would imply corruption, which is unlikely in NZ Gov http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2010/results

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  4. Re:unions exist for unions by Abcd1234 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sounds like commie talk to me, you pinko traitorous bastard. Don't you understand that unions are the source of all economic ills? Not to mention the cause of childhood obesity, teen pregnancy, and genital warts? That, were we to banish the blight that is organized labour, we could, as a society, finally build a utopian paradise?

    Well, a society of individuals each working for their own benefit... if we worked together, we'd be dangerously close to something resembling a union, and that's communist talk, you pinko traitorous bastard.

  5. Thorin gave Bilbo some gold... by digitaldc · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...and Bilbo paid the actors union the funds they wanted, and everyone lived happily ever after.

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  6. Re:Sexually ambiguous by Tr3vin · · Score: 2, Funny

    They are a very happy folk.

  7. Re:no thanks by delt0r · · Score: 2, Funny

    And get off my lawn.

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  8. Re:unions exist for unions by RDW · · Score: 2, Funny

    'I work in a highly unionized workplace'

    Which is certainly better than working in a highly ionized workplace:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ten4AQKDiFY
    http://www.sciencecompany.com/lab/