We might go somewhere else: Hobbit studios

The studios behind The Hobbit, New Line, Warner Bros. Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have issued a statement about the dispute with the  Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance and New Zealand Actors’ Equity.

“It is our general policy to avoid filming in locations where there is potential for work force uncertainty or other forms of instability. As such, we are exploring all alternative options in order to protect our business interests,” said the statement.

This is the rest of the statement:

New Line, Warner Bros. Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures are concerned by the recent allegations of unfair treatment of actors in New Zealand and instructions from the performers’ guilds to their membership to withhold services from the producers of “The Hobbit” in New Zealand. We are proud to have good relations with all of those performers’ guilds and value their contribution to the motion pictures produced in their respective jurisdictions throughout the world. But we believe that in this case the allegations are baseless and unfair to Peter Jackson and his team in Wellington who have been tireless supporters of the New Zealand motion picture community.