Brad Pitt Drops ‘State of Play’

1130- good morning i love shiloh! No, you’re not bothering me at all! :smile: . I’m french, i grew up in france. English is my second language. So you’re portuguese? I had a couple of portuguese friends growing up, two brothers. The little brother was adorable, every kid in the neighborhood thought so, lol. Their whole family would drive back to portugal through spain every summer for vacation.

Why would BP back out of the movie at the last minute leaving the whole crew hanging. he coulda backed out way earlier so they would have more time to find a replacement. well I guess he’s just a selfish man.

Angie was probably planning a little vacation WITHOUT brad but he couldn’t have that so he quit the movie to go with her. damn this is too easy.

For Film Companies, a State of Flux

The most interesting thing about this article is that their sources are acknowledging that Pitt had script approval and that Pitt never gave that approval. This is a change from earlier accounts from the studio which stated that Brad had given approval. Thus no one is going to get sued.

Secondly Pitt has been through this before and took many hits. So I doubt he would have this disagreement if he was not firm in his belief that the first script is better than they unfinished Billy Ray script.

For Film Companies, a State of Flux

When Brad Pitt dropped out of the political thriller “State of Play” at the 11th hour on Wednesday, he did more than throw a wrench into the works of one of the highest-profile movie productions under way in a Hollywood already overheated by strike-related contingency planning. He might have helped tip the balance of power between actors and studios, at least temporarily, in the employers’ favor.
For weeks, lawyers and agents say, employers have had to pay a premium of as much as 10 to 15 percent over actors’ normal salaries to book them into the dozens of movies that are filming between now and June, when the Screen Actors Guild’s contract expires. But with talks set to resume on Monday between striking writers and the movie and television companies, the chance of a quick settlement has added a gust of uncertainty, which producers say could work to the advantage of studios that are trying to lock in their last few deals with actors.
Mr. Pitt’s departure from “State of Play,” for example, prompted Universal Pictures to begin talks with the actor Russell Crowe, whose next assignment, after all, is Ridley Scott’s “Nottingham,” a reimagining of the Robin Hood story from the sheriff’s point of view, also for Universal.
But if Mr. Crowe balks at picking up Mr. Pitt’s leftovers, Universal at least has the comfort of knowing he is not the only A-list actor available. Tom Hanks is suddenly free, his “Da Vinci Code” sequel, “Angels & Demons,” having been postponed by Sony Pictures because Akiva Goldsman’s script was not quite where the studio wanted it to be when the writers walked. (The movie’s scheduled release was pushed back from December 2008 to May 2009.)
And Johnny Depp was to have gone into production in February on Mira Nair’s “Shantaram” for Warner Brothers, playing a heroin addict who flees prison, poses as a doctor in the slums of Mumbai and winds up battling Russian criminals in Afghanistan. But that film was delayed indefinitely, Warner Brothers said, as efforts to scale back the movie’s cost required Eric Roth to rework his adaptation more than he had managed to do before the writers strike began. And a delay would mean the production would get caught in the Indian monsoon season.

The crisis surrounding “State of Play,” meanwhile, seemed largely of Mr. Pitt’s making, to hear it from people connected to the production; his publicist could not be reached for comment on Friday. The movie, based on a hit six-hour BBC miniseries about a star politician and an ace reporter who are caught up in all sorts of intrigue, was adapted by Matthew Michael Carnahan (”The Kingdom,” “Lions for Lambs”) for Mr. Pitt to star in. To satisfy itself and then to try to allay Mr. Pitt’s concerns, Universal brought in a parade of A-list script doctors: Tony Gilroy of the “Bourne” series, Peter Morgan (”The Queen,” “The Last King of Scotland”) and, finally, Billy Ray (”Breach”).
Two people connected to the production, speaking on condition of anonymity so as not to pay a price for antagonizing one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, said that the producers asked Mr. Pitt for a speedy answer about its latest version of the screenplay several days before the writers’ strike, but that he registered his dissatisfaction with the script only several hours after the strike had begun - and just 10 days before filming was to have started with Edward Norton, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn and Jason Bateman as Mr. Pitt’s co-stars. (This was not the first time Mr. Pitt bolted a production at the last minute; he did so on Darren Aronofsky’s film “The Fountain,” which was then reworked for Hugh Jackman to star in.) Another associate of Mr. Pitt, reached late on Friday, said that Mr. Pitt had rejected the last version of the script on Nov. 3, two days before the strike, and had tried to work out a compromise with the director, Kevin Macdonald, before pulling out.
The project was delayed while the studio tried to cajole Mr. Pitt into proceeding with some version of the script. Universal then released a statement saying, “We remain committed to this project and to the filmmakers, cast members, crew and others who are also involved in making the movie.” Now, with sets built and crews hired, the producers face a short window to replace Mr. Pitt or face other casting challenges: Ms. Mirren begins shooting “Love Ranch” in January, meaning that she will have to leave the cast of “State of Play” if it doesn’t start up by mid-December.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/24/movies/24movi.html

Two people connected to the production, speaking on condition of anonymity so as not to pay a price for antagonizing one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, said that the producers asked Mr. Pitt for a speedy answer about its latest version of the screenplay several days before the writers’ strike, but that he registered his dissatisfaction with the script only several hours after the strike had begun
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He sucks.

Sheri, congratulations on your marriage! The word alone scares the sh.t out of me, lmao, but it’s awesome when someone else does it. I wish you all the happiness in the world. :smile:

1150 :) : 11/24/2007 at 11:44 am
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Will be traveling there to meet up with a couple of posters, would you like to join us for dinner?

:lol: :lol: shitzy is losing it. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: how many more times you are going to post it here?? :roll: let`s count it. :lol: :lol:

I am so glad Brad is not in this movie anymore. If the script is bad, no matter who is going to star in it, the movie is going to fail. The studio has to solve the main problem which is the script.

He didn’t see the so called finished/reworked script until the strike began. The studio had been working on it until then. Brad spent weeks in negotiation to hammer out an acceptable script. But there was nothing you could do since there were no writers to work on it. Brad asked that they delay shooting til the strike was over. The studio refused.

You HAVE to have writers available during a movie shoot. There are always changes being made - even with the best script. I can’t imagine any actor with any clout or with a decent contract to agree to proceed with a film until the writers’ strike is over. As much as the studios want everyone to believe that the writers are not that needed - they are essential. Maybe Brad’s move will encourage the studio to delay the film which is what they should do. But I am sure there are actors out there desperate for this kind of film.

Report: Hulk Hogan’s wife seeks divorce

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Linda Hogan has filed for divorce from her wrestler husband Hulk Hogan, a newspaper reported Friday.

Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, told the St. Petersburg Times that he had no idea his wife had filed for divorce. He was informed by a reporter that Pinellas County court records showed that the paperwork was submitted Tuesday.

“Thank you for the great information,” he told the reporter.

Family spokesman Adam Handelsman referred calls to another spokesman, who did not immediately respond Friday night.

“My wife has been in California for about three weeks. … Holy smokes,” Bollea later told the newspaper. “Wow, you just knocked the bottom out of me.”

The couple star in the VH1 reality TV series “Hogan Knows Best,” with their two children. Recent episodes show the normally close couple attending marital counseling, but they eventually reconcile.

On Nov. 7, Hogan’s son, 17-year-old Nick Bollea, was arrested on reckless-driving charges after a car crash. Clearwater police said Bollea crashed his 1998 Toyota Supra on Aug. 26 while street racing against a silver Dodge Viper driven by a friend. A report said Bollea was driving faster than 60 mph in a 40 mph zone.

Bollea’s passenger, John Graziano, was not wearing a seat belt and was critically injured. Bollea, who was wearing a seat belt, was not seriously injured.

The Hogans moved to a $12 million bayfront estate on Miami Beach in 2006 so their children, Brooke and Nick, could pursue singing and acting careers. They had previously lived in Clearwater, near Tampa.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071124/ap_en_tv/people_hulk_hogans
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Where arethe tabloid aka L&S, star, intouch, usmagazine, enquire also TedC they don’t get any clue but busy on how to break the Jolie-Pitt. Pity all the troll that always believe the tabloid

We’ll see, but I doubt that Russell Crowe, J Depp or T Hanks are going to pick up the part that BP deemed not well written enough for him, unless there is a script rewrite, just like Brad asked for. Who does the studio think those 3 are? B or C-listers? The people who wrote those “news” don’t stop to think before churning out those stupidities, and those who keep posting those non-sense are even more stupid. Well we already know that. LMAO.