scifi.com — It just gets worse. New Line head Robert Shaye has gone off on LORD OF THE RINGS director/co-writer Peter Jackson in a new interview and vowed Jackson won't be working on the studio's gestating HOBBIT movie... or ANY other movie. Said Shayne, "He will never make any movie with New Line Cinema again while I'm still working for the company."
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gyrfalconJan 11, 2007
You mean Peter Jacksons complete bastardization of LOTR? Having a vision is one thing, completely changing an authors work is another...
rowlodgeJan 11, 2007
he will start his own company like tom cruise , no sweat.
bokchoyJan 11, 2007
how can people claim PJ doesnt 'need' the money. As if New Line's execs need or deserve another hundred million to toss around more than PJ does. Good luck to PJ getting his money from those greedy ex-lawyers. They would rather spend the 100 mil on legal fees than let anyone pry it out of their cold sweaty hands. Or maybe they can recover it thru a round of MPAA lawsuits against old people kids and corpses.
alucinorJan 11, 2007
Forget the Hobbit, I'm waiting for Meet the Feebles 2.
merrebornJan 11, 2007
""He thinks that we owe him something after we've paid him over a quarter of a billion dollars."Apparently all dues in excess of $250,000,000 will now be payed only to that amount, regardless of the actual total owed. Let it be known."A-f**king-men. What the hell is that? If you agreed to pay the guy $300 mill, and you only paid him $250 mill, then f**k yes you still owe him something.
jchromeJan 12, 2007
Mega-Bonus points to the Digger that can dig up this Shaye's contact info. Maybe the sub-moronic pig-f***er will change his tune if a few gazillion Diggers send him a nice, persuasive email asking that he reconsider.
Closed AccountJan 13, 2007
@Khlept0You sad pathetic excuse for a person.Its quite obvious you deeply care about LOTR, a person who didnt care would simply move onto the next article.
o0joshua0oJan 18, 2007
This reminds me of when some marketer in a local shopping mall stopped me and asked me to watch a movie trailer. It turned out to be for a new xXx movie. The whole time I was watching it, I kept thinking, "where the hell is Vin Diesel?" It's funny how movie studios think they can just totally ditch a prominent director or actor and expect the public not to notice.