• Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’m sure it had a lot to do with him trying to turn The Hobbit into a new epic trilogy.

    IIRC: He only wanted to do two movies and that was what was originally announced. Then the studio said,if you want our funding, make three.

    So we ended up with the hobbit shitshow.

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      1 year ago

      Annnnd, that’s why he’s not “doing anything” these days.

      I genuinely hope he’s living his best life. Fuck Hollywood.

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      And the idea of two was partly to try buy time and put in more detail. Much of what he took on wasn’t prepared and they wouldn’t give more time, so he had to improvise on the fly. Very hard turd to polish. Then having to do three, suddenly the opposite problem, but still no time to shift and prep.