Hayden Christensen is a Shooting Range Rookie

@342–radiohead
Check the entertainment reports-SS could not get funding at 130 million for TinTin, so it has been put on the backburner.

This happens alot in Hollywood.

Sorry subject is off topic but just wanted to reply.

Bauer Martinez got into financial difficulties but before that there was a little criminal trial and investiagion involving Anthony Pelicano where director John McTiernan almost went to jail. Bauer Martinez sued McTiernan for over over $1 million dollars he used to scout Hayden’s film Crash Bandits which was to be co-produced with FPP. It was settled but the film was never made. Forest Park had an 18 month deal and time probably ran out. FPP had already produced Shattered Glass.

Is Beast of Bataan indefinitely shelved because 1) the director pulled out suddenly 2) FPPs financing fell through and 3) the option ran out on the script? This film will probably never get made, just like Madison Kid went into the toilet before it and Poker Night before that.
#354 That’s interesting about Bauer Martinez but it has nothing to do with FPP dropping the ball. SG had FPP on the credits but the only things it actually contributed were Hayden as lead actor and Tove as producer…but that was his first producing job and there were 4 other producers on that film. Bauer Martinez had nothing to do with that film.
FPP hasn’t been able to get any of its planned films off the ground and it’s been 7 and a half years. Hayden is still its biggest asset and his value is dropping every day. thanks to Jumper and VT.

Radiohead you’ll need to give sources for saying the director pulled out of Beast of Bataan and that financing fell through or the option ran out. Did you see it in print somewhere? I don’t find it anywhere.

No, Bauer Martinez didn’t have anything to do with Shattered Glass but your point was that FPP and Hayden hadn’t made a movie. And it doesn’t matter whether FPP was one of the producers. The fact is that they were a producer and have Shattered Glass credited to them. Most indie films have mulitiple producers. So what.

How did FPP drop the ball?

But this is all common in hollywood so i dont see it (if it is true) as being failure on FPP part. maybe hayden wants to do his own thing for a bit then work on his company. who knows. we can only speculate =/

Sanity you are right that this is all business as usual in Hollywood and doesn’t mean failure.

Radiohead if you are going to make pronouncements about something you’re the one who needs to put the proper quotes from Variety in your posts so we know it didn’t come to you in a dream or something.

What “major house” are your talking about? Bauer Martinez? I think you need to do more research about them and their track record.

Beast of Bataan is not getting done until at least this time next year.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/fred-schepisis-new-local-venture/2008/04/03/1206851111212.html

Fred Schepisi is doing ‘Last Man’ which is the film he postponed BoB for. He was supposed to start shooting earlier this year but this has been delayed and he might start late this year. That means BoB can’t start up until the final edit is done and it’s getting into release.

I wonder why Hayden is in hiding when he’s supposed to be working on a film. Acting is a public profession. If he doesn’t like people or is that unpopular why is he even working?

Personally I think he should go hom maybe take some acting lessons.

i hope too BUT, I think rachel has brought him down, he seems distracted and stressed. i wish he could get focused. perhaps when rach goes off to wherever that film is(cant remember) and he goes off and films his movie, he will wake up and realize the mistake he made and perhaps he will be able to focus since that troll wont be attached to his leg.

@ 364

Thanks for the link with the info yeech. That’s a lot better than just saying BOB has been shelved when there is nothing that says that’s true.

Radiohead, you made a good point about the writer and a possible actor strike affecting movies being made. Right now big productions are very hesitant to go into production even if they have the funding becasue things are still not settled with SAG.

On the other hand Indie movies with smaller budgets are going into production right now. Just the fact that Hayden is a working actor in a time of uncertainty in Hollywood is a sign that he is not a failure or that his career is in the toilet. There are a lot of actor’s who aren’t working at all.

#370 99 percent of actors are unemployed all the time, including a lot better actors than Hayden. Yes filmmakers are nervous about money these days but the industry hasn’t stopped. The days of easy money are over for a while for sure though. Maybe we will get fewer but better quality films instead of the garbage we’ve been getting. Many indies are trash too remember direct-to video VT. Many people can’t believe an actor like Hayden keeps working but finding jobs in Hollywood has nothing to do with talent. It’s all what you look like and who you know. Look at Rachel Bilson, Haydens gf.

and the 1st thing the paps mentioned was rachels ring…interesting

you have to remember hollywood is “illusion” they can make you believe anything