OlderBrad Pitt Drops ‘State of Play’
Brad Pitt has dropped out of State of Play and Universal Pictures is currently trying to replace him, according to Variety.
If Brad’s character doesn’t recast and get the picture going by Nov. 29, it will begin losing the other actors in the film and Universal can bring a lawsuit against Brad for bailing.
Brad was set to star alongside Edward Norton, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams, Jason Bateman and Robin Wright Penn in the Matthew Michael Carnahan-scripted adaptation of the British miniseries. Brad was playing a politico-turned-journalist who spearheads a newspaper’s investigation of a murder, a trail that leads to the fast-rising pol whose campaigns were once masterminded by Brad’s character.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Brad has pulled out because of script concerns and the script cannot be worked on due to the writers strike.
Who could possibly fill the shoes of Brad Pitt??
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lol universal tried to bully brad into doing this movie. the problem was brad just got finished dealing with warners ******** him on aojj. i’m sure he was in no mood to take any sh*t from another production company
Now there’s talk of Tom Hanks replacing Brad, because Angels and Demons has been put on hold.
i don’t think this was very wise of him. there are so many other really good actors and actresses signed up for this film as well. if the problem was really that big of a deal then they wouldn’t have signed up. i like brad. i just don’t think/don’t understand his decision.
I’m just relaxing before I have to go to work. I will get paid time and half tonight. I’m glad I don’t work Thanksgiving night.
I hope everyone has a happy and safe Thanksgiving.
52 Mandy : 11/21/2007 at 5:31 pm
writer Carnahan did the Kingdom and Lions for Lambs.
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Two movies not very well received by critics or fans this year. No wonder Brad had scripting concerns. Although, to be fair, the movie went through a major rewrite by someone else not too long ago. I’m trying to remember who it was. It was mentioned in an article early last week that said SOP was in jeopardy because the re-write hadn’t been finished yet. Carnahan was most recently working on a script of a James Ellroy novel that Porgie was going to do, but after Michael Clayton bombed at the BO he dropped out because he didn’t want to do back-to-back period movies. I’m sure he knows Leatherheads won’t even do half the biz that Michael Clayton did, so he’s prolly back trying to convince Brad to do Oceans 87.
s@int jude is showing vajenjen with those kidz,i thought i was watchin her setcom “FREAKS”filmed in a hosp.
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It’s nice to see that some actors still have integrity
83 [~Famous~] : 11/21/2007 at 6:00 pm
lol.. at what point did Famous become synonymous with tom cruise?
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Well, looky, looky. Ain’t you the troll who cried wolf? You shoved Tiny Tom down our throat for months and now you’re suddenly not the world’s biggest TC supporter? As the saying goes - B#tch please.
Is he doing it to help the writer’s strike? He has problems with the script and they NEED writers to change it. GO Brad!!!
I wonder why the other actors would pull out, sounds like it is in support of Brad. Beccause won’t they get sued as well?
103 Sheri : 11/21/2007 at 6:14 pm
Damn PT soon as I post here you are! Happy Thanksgiving wonderful lady!!!
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Hey Sheri - Happy Turkey Day to you, too!
The Dirt on Brad Pitt? It’s Toxic! Actor’s ‘Green’ NOLA Housing Project Emits Weird Glow
by Spencer Morgan Published: November 20, 2007
Tags: The City, Brad Pitt
This article was published in the November 26, 2007, edition of The New York Observer.
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The actor Brad Pitt’s ambitious efforts to build a state-of-the-art, eco-friendly, sustainable housing facility in New Orleans’ ravaged Ninth Ward in record time recently suffered a setback when developers discovered that construction is taking place on deeply polluted land.
“Much of the Lower Ninth Ward is also toxic, so it’s really not a surprise,” said a source with intimate knowledge of the project, which Mr. Pitt is helping to fund along with Global Green USA, the American branch of an international environmental organization founded by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
The source elaborated that the three-acre “test” area where Mr. Pitt’s energy-efficient housing units are being built (out of primarily recycled materials!) is a former industrial site and contains several unexpected biohazardous “hot spots.”
Our spy blamed the eager do-gooders’ well-intentioned haste for the snafu, continuing: “You can’t knock Brad or Global Green for their enthusiasm. But what was and is a very ambitious program will have to proceed with caution. There will have to be some cleanup work done before any more buildings go up. It goes to show that no good deed goes unpunished.”
A spokeswoman for Global Green, Jeanne Nathan, acknowledged that “we do have some contamination. Now we’re in the process of remediation.” She said that buying land without testing for toxins first is “common practice” in the region, and insisted the project would be completed on schedule, in spring 2008.
Mr. Pitt’s publicist, Cindy Guagenti, did not return calls for comment. But the bad news has apparently only further motivated her client, a noted design buff who spent years building a Beverly Hills residence with ex-wife Jennifer Aniston. “Brad has interviewed about a dozen more architects to expand his project,” the source reported, information confirmed by Ms. Nathan. “They are looking to develop 10 to 15 times that amount of ground with sustainable housing.”
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Guli, Felinelilly, Ameena, Sheri: Hi ladies, how are you?, I hope everything is fine.
Saraicita: Happy birthday!!. No sabía que había sido tu cumpleaños. Espero que la hayas pasado muy bien junto a tu familia y amistades.
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junebug : 11/21/2007 at 5:07 pm
Brad has alot more options than many other actors, plus he has that fighting movie with Mark Wahlberg coming up. He doesn’t have to beg anybody for a role. He can pretty much be as choosy as he wants to be.
Angie and the kiddies will be more than happy to have Big Daddy at home through the holidays.
Universal won’t sue him, they’ll just cast him another movie. That’s the way the game is played, and Brad knows what he is doing after all these years in Hollywood.
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I agree, It’s not like this is the first time a actor/actress, has bailed on a movie. I just have no idea why the media has to over sentualize every thing the JP’s do. If it where anyone else it would be,, Oh Well, Next. But when it it Brad and Angie, its all blown up, like this is the first time something like this has ever happened in the history of the world.
Example, Brad’s divorce, you would think he was the first person ever in life to get divorced.. The haters are really insane
so,santa will be home most of the tym.lucky mrs claus…tehehe
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Hiya Andromeda and lookwhaticando and all JP fans…BBL—I need to start to prep for tomorrows TG dinner….
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