'Hobbit' Movie Strife; 'Tiny Furniture' Filmmaker Lena Dunham
The Business · KCRW
November 8, 201029m 29s
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Show Notes
<p><em>The Hobbit</em> movies have suffered a cursed road to the screen marked by studio financing problems, the loss of director Guillermo del Toro and a fire at a New Zealand studio. But nothing generated so much public anger and government attention as when the actors tried to unionize and Warner Bros threatened to move the $500 million production out of New Zealand. <strong>Jonathan Handel</strong>, contributing editor to the Hollywood Reporter, breaks down the high drama and big dollars involved. Plus, young filmmaker <strong>Lena Dunham</strong>, who wowed people with her little personal movie, <em>Tiny Furniture</em>, is the hottest new thing in Hollywood...</p>