Ok, so I strongly disagree that the raid was part of a deal to film The Hobbit. It would imply some extremely poor negotiation on Warner Brother's part since th

Ok, so I strongly disagree that the raid was part of a deal to film The Hobbit. It would imply some extremely poor negotiation on Warner Brother's part since the raid happened AFTER production had moved from New Zealand. If Dotcom was really such a big deal to WB, why not make filming contingent on him being raided? Yes, there was a big brew-ha-ha around moving the production of the Hobbit offshore (from NZ). But that was due to negoations falling apart with the New Zealand actor's union[0][1]. This is the dispute that lead to negotiations with NZ's prime minister on 27 October 2010[2]. These negations take place after the film was greenlit and Peter Jackson (not Guillermo Del Toro) is confirmed as director. The result of these negotiations is that film workers in NZ loose their right to organize. Now if I were Warner Brothers, and had actually made this deal to have the government raid Kim Dotcom in exchange for filming The Hobbit, wouldn't I wait until the raid happened before starting filming to make sure that New Zealand holds up their end of the bargain? But, in fact, principal photography on the Hobbit begins on 21 March 2011. Dotcom is raided 9 months later, in January 2012. By this time, all photography in New Zealand is finished. This timeline doesn't add up. What guarantee did Warner Brothers have that New Zealand would hold up their end of the bargain? Furthermore, there's no mention of this deal in the e-mails and memos that were released around the Hobbit filming negotiations in February 2013[3]. [0]http://screenrant.com/the-hobbit-new-zealand-peter-jackson-kofi-83734/ http://screenrant.com/the-hobbit-new-zealand-peter-jackson-k... [1]http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10682024 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&o... [2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit_(film_series)#Industrial_dispute_in_New_Zealand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit_(film_series)#Indust... [3]http://www.3news.co.nz/Hobbit-files-released/tabid/1607/articleID/288190/Default.aspx http://www.3news.co.nz/Hobbit-files-released/tabid/1607/arti...