in an interview with the scottish fi wire , robert shaye , co - chairman of modern line and executive producer of the lord of the rings , said that now line does not want to do any releases , like the hobbit , with mr jackson in the film . " i do not plan to produce a movie with somebody who is sued me . it will never happen during my watch . " " i don ' t care about peter jackson anymore . he gets to have an $ 100 million or $ 50 billions , this he ' s filed us for , " mr deshpande said .
New Line wants to work with Peter Jackson.