Writers' Strike Halts Shantaram, Rob Marshall's Nine
Script concerns send two more pictures into limbo.
Over the weekend, it was Angels & Demons and Pinkville -- and yesterday, the writers' strike claimed two more film casualties.
Variety reports that Warner Bros. has halted production on Shantaram, the Mira Nair-directed, Johnny Depp-led adaptation of the Gregory David Roberts novel, and The Weinstein Company has put Rob Marshall's Nine on hold. Both decisions were made due to script concerns. From the article:
Depp, who is producing "Shantaram" with Graham King, planned to spend the winter in India, playing an Australian heroin addict who escapes a maximum-security prison, reinvents himself as a doctor in the slums of India and eventually uses gun-running and counterfeiting skills to fight against the invading Russian troops in Afghanistan. Abhishek Bachchan was also set to star.
Nine, meanwhile, was set to star Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Sophia Loren, and Marion Cotillard in a musical inspired by Federico Fellini's 8 1/2. Michael Tolkin's script had been undergoing a "polish" at the hands of Anthony Minghella, but he ran out of time before the strike, so now the studio plans to hold off until work resumes.
Source: Variety
Variety reports that Warner Bros. has halted production on Shantaram, the Mira Nair-directed, Johnny Depp-led adaptation of the Gregory David Roberts novel, and The Weinstein Company has put Rob Marshall's Nine on hold. Both decisions were made due to script concerns. From the article:
Depp, who is producing "Shantaram" with Graham King, planned to spend the winter in India, playing an Australian heroin addict who escapes a maximum-security prison, reinvents himself as a doctor in the slums of India and eventually uses gun-running and counterfeiting skills to fight against the invading Russian troops in Afghanistan. Abhishek Bachchan was also set to star.
Nine, meanwhile, was set to star Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Sophia Loren, and Marion Cotillard in a musical inspired by Federico Fellini's 8 1/2. Michael Tolkin's script had been undergoing a "polish" at the hands of Anthony Minghella, but he ran out of time before the strike, so now the studio plans to hold off until work resumes.
Source: Variety
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(1-4 of 4 posts) | Reply
 on Nov 20 2007 08:42 AM 1ST!! I WIN (Reply to this) |
 on Nov 20 2007 10:46 AM Congratulations. Not to detract from your victory in being the first to post, Wallcloud, but I'm a bit disappointed to hear that Nine will be delayed...mostly because I'm interested to see another adult-oriented film musical (Hairspray, for example, was not exactly for grown ups). But taking more time to fine-tune something like a script is way important...I hope the cast stays intact in the meantime. (Reply to this) |
 on Nov 20 2007 01:05 PM Damn, I've been waiting for Shantaram to get made for years, and I thought it was finally happening. I guess I'll have to just keep waiting. (Reply to this) |
 on Nov 23 2007 05:50 AM Did they mean Abhishek Bachchan or AMITABH Bachchan. Abhishek is Amitabh's son... Last I'd heard it was Amitabh set to star alongside Depp... So which Bachchan is it, RT? (Reply to this) |
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