The Halfling Laws

One morning in late 2010, Equity representatives Walsman and Lynes wait in a meeting room at WingNut Studios in Wellington, New Zealand. The actors union recently issued a boycott, stating that its members would not accept work on the as of yet unfinished Hobbit movies causing the entire country to go into a state of panic. Outside the streets of Wellington are packed with protestors damning Equity and all they stand for. The two cannot understand why – all they’re asking for is the ability to make a living wage – but when they are finally met, by none other than Peter Jackson himself, they get the full picture. Warner Brothers are threatening to take production away from New Zealand resulting in thousands of people working on the film losing their jobs. Walsman and Lynes now stand at a crossroad. Either they keep fighting for their basic right to make a living, or they give in to the studio and save thousands of jobs in the process. The Halfling Laws tells the true story of two people going up against impossible odds, and two others who are forced to fight against a cause they believe in. It’s an exciting story about the politics of show- business, artistic burn-out, and what it means to fight for what you think is right.