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The Hobbit: SPADA response to MEAA newsletter
Yesterday the Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) issued a newsletter to its members, attempting to explain and justify the…
The Hobbit: will keep its hairy feet on NZ soil
The Prime Minister wasted no time at all at the Wednesday evening press conference, the first words out of his…
TIFF: China and Taiwan face off in Japan
The Tokyo International Film Festival found itself in the middle of a long-running spat between China and Taiwan. As a…
NZ On Air: latest decisions and 2011 funding rounds
NZ On Air has announced the funding decisions from the October Children's and Special Interest round, as well as its…
Warners: media release 22 October
This is the full text of the statement issued by Warners on Friday 22 October, NZ time.
SWANZ: finalists fluff their feathers
This afternoon, the New Zealand Writers Guild proudly announced the finalists in the Scriptwriters Awards NZ 2010 (SWANZ). Twnety-one nominations…
CTU: Statement on The Hobbit and Warners
Helen Kelly, CTU President, said today that the industrial issues concerning the film industry were resolved at a meeting with…
The Hobbit: cast announcements
Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Rob Kazinsky, Aidan Turner, Graham McTavish, John Callen, Stephen Hunter, Mark Hadlow and Peter Hambleton have…
The Hobbit: going, going...
Over the last 48 hours, the situation surrounding The Hobbit was characterised by a lot of byting. Following Wednesday's meetings…
The Hobbit: Peter Jackson & Fran Walsh statement
The lifting of the blacklist on The Hobbit does nothing to help the films stay in New Zealand. The damage…