Suppose New Line passed on the Golden Compass. Would they still exist today as a separate entity from the Warner Bros family? Or would the studio take longer to sink?
Suppose New Line passed on the Golden Compass. Would they still exist today as a separate entity from the Warner Bros family? Or would the studio take longer to sink?
Depends. Do they work out their issues with Peter Jackson quicker than in OTL? If so, the money they wasted on TGC might get plowed into The Hobbit to better effect.
I must admit I am not exactly familiar with the dispute between Jackson and the studio.
CNN said:"In an interview with the Sci Fi Channel news service Sci Fi Wire, [New Line co-chairman Bob] Shaye said Jackson will never make another movie for the studio and said the filmmaker just wants more money. 'I don't care about Peter Jackson anymore,' Shaye said. 'He wants to have another $100 million or $50 million, whatever he's suing us for. He doesn't want to sit down and talk about it. He thinks that we owe him something after we've paid him over a quarter of a billion dollars. ... Cheers, Peter.'"