Eden Park – Firearm Cordon Established

Various news outlets are reporting that police have established a cordon in the Auckland suburb of Mount Eden after incidents involving a firearm. So far there are no reports of shots being fired. Update The NZ Herald later reported that tourist buses were ordered to leave the summit of Mount Eden whilst police investigated the…

Another Twist To The Hobbit Saga

Investor Carl Icahn has thrown another spanner in the works that will hold off the impending chapter 11 bankruptcy of MGM for a while longer. According to an article in the Hollywood Reporter bankruptcy is unlikely now to be filed until mid-week. Icahn has asked that more than a dozen Spyglass film-library titles be removed…

MGM Hobbited ?

Forbes magazine have reported that MGM creditors have decided to move the company into chapter 11 bankruptcy, rather than let investor Karl Icahan move on in. This means that MGM, who owns the rights to The Hobbit and the James Bond franchise “will have about a month to get its house in order and all…

Hobbit Legislation Makes New Zealand Look “Braindead”

New Zealand’s Green party have spoken out against the recently hastily passed legislation that was introduced as a knee jerk reaction in a desperate effort to keep the Hobbit Films in New Zealand. In a press release issued today the Greens said: National’s legislation makes NZ look Braindead National’s legislation to appease Warner Brothers is…

Hobbit Not Out Of The Woods Yet, Folks!

New Line/Warner Bros. have agreed to keep the filming of The Hobbit films in New Zealand after the government  agreed to give the movie’s backers an extra $34 million of tax payers money, plus an undertaking to *rush through changes to labour legislation ‘under urgency ‘ to clarify the position of contractors working on film…