Regarding the live action movie, my favorite thing Matt Greenfield said in a recent interview was (now I'm paraphrasing here), "Weta gets more emails on a daily basis than they do for Lord of the Rings." Well, no shit Sherlock, because LotR is over. Why would anyone send them emails about the production of finished movies? I think you guys are right in saying they lost their financial backing. Why else would he say stuff like this? Most likely to deflect questions about the live-action movie's lack of progress.

On a side note, I have a low resolution copy of animatics for episodes 25-26 and Rebirth. Is anyone interested in seeing these? Better still, does anyone have a high resolution copy they would be willing to let me use?