<P> Some have subsequently called the price (further financial subsidies and specific laws made for the producers' benefit) that New Zealand had to pay to retain the movie' extortionate' . It was also argued that the discussion had occurred in a climate of' hyperbole and hysteria' . </P> <P> In February 2013, emails and documents released under orders of the Ombudsman showed that the union representing actors had already reached an agreement with Warner two days before 20 October protest, but Warner refused to confirm the deal publicly . One union representative said those on the march were' patsies' that had been fooled into thinking the production would be taken offshore . Further emails released showed Government ministers knew a deal had been reached a week before the protest, despite claiming negotiations were still happening . </P> <P> The project had been envisaged as two parts since 2006, but the proposed contents of the parts changed during development . MGM expressed interest in a second film in 2006, set between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings . Jackson concurred, stating that "one of the drawbacks of The Hobbit is its relatively lightweight compared to LOTR (Lord of the Rings)... There's a lot of sections in which a character like Gandalf disappears for a while--he references going off to meet with the White Council, who are actually characters like Galadriel and Saruman and people that we see in Lord of the Rings . He mysteriously vanishes for a while and then comes back, but we don't really know what goes on ." Jackson was also interested in showing Gollum's journey to Mordor and Aragorn setting a watch on the Shire . </P> <P> After his hiring in 2008, del Toro confirmed the sequel would be about "trying to reconcile the facts of the first movie with a slightly different point of view . You would be able to see events that were not witnessed in the first ." He also noted the story must be drawn from only what is mentioned in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, as they do not have the rights to The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales . Del Toro also added (before writing began) that if they could not find a coherent story for the second film, they would just film The Hobbit, stating "The Hobbit is better contained in a single film and kept brisk and fluid with no artificial' break point' ." By November 2008, he acknowledged that the book was more detailed and eventful than people may remember . He decided to abandon the "bridge film" concept, feeling that it would be better for the two parts to contain only material from The Hobbit: </P>

All lord of the rings and hobbit movies in order