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Originally Posted by JackKnightStarman
Outside of pickups between releases, all of the principle photography was finished in 2011. Later in the editing process, Jackson went to the studio and said I have filmed enough for 3, and could make it better. The studio said sure, do it.
I don't buy that he didn't have enough time excuse and only put in what he could finish. Especially since this set of movies don't nearly have the pressure/scrutiny on them from a studio standpoint as LOTR did. Remember he was a horror/indie filmmaker back in 1998 when New Line said will give you 300 million for a trilogy. They had a lot riding on that back then, not exactly house hold names particularly when initial casting/filming began.
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Jackson is also notorious for going back for re-shoots and to film additional footage. The same was done for The Hobbit films. So, no, while principal photography was finished in 2011 they even filmed some material between the release of the last film and this upcoming final one. So there is a lot to juggle.