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Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...
For some time now, we’ve been hearing about a film that’s being produced by George Clooney, Steven Soderbergh, and Paula Weinstein for Warner Bros., a big-budget comedy starring Jennifer Aniston, Shirley MacLaine, Kevin Costner, Charlie Hunnam, and Mark Ruffalo. Written by Ted Griffin (MATCHSTICK MEN, OCEAN’S 11), it was also supposed to mark Griffin’s directorial debut. It has an odd premise, to say the least, as Jennifer Aniston’s character learns that THE GRADUATE was not fiction, but was based in part on people from her life, leading her to examine those people and her own life more closely.
And now, according to informed sources who just called the Labs, it looks like the film has shut down not long after the start of principal photography, and Ted Griffin’s been fired. Originally, I thought it had been shooting less than a week, but that's not the case. Since I posted this originally, I've heard from a myriad of my regular sources, people at agencies or who are connected to people working on the film, and everyone's reinforcing the story. Technically, I'd still call this a rumor, but it sounds like these people know whereof they speak.
How wrong can a film go in the first few weeks of shooting? Hell, even Terry Gilliam manages a month or so before God takes his films away from him. First-time directors always fall under closer scrutiny, and Griffin’s certainly working for some heavy hitters on this one, but there’s got to be some major creative differences going on to see a studio pull the plug like this, especially with some mighty hefty pay-or-play deals in place for the major cast members.
As the week gets underway, we’ll dig into this one and see what else we can turn up. For now, though, it doesn’t look like this one’s going to be hitting screens when Warner Bros. originally thought it would.
"Moriarty" out.
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Jennifer said she had to be back on set,but you know how it is,heh heh...sorry folks.
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your totally first so fuck those others as far as this story goes why the fuck should i care?
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how are we going to know it's in the theaters ?
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RICK JAMES has died in LA at the age of 56.
The Motown funk legend, perhaps most famous in the UK for his early -
than see this movie. Sounds pretty stupid.
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He might be the new Dustin Hoffman, taking roles that are all over the map. Some actors are the same person in every movie (I hate to keep picking on Ben Affleck, but...) while Ruffalo's never played the same character twice.
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to search for a reason to care abour Rick James.
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Aug 07, 2004 1:37:25 PM CDT
while it's unusual, studios have been known to yank directors
by trader groucho 2
That 1994 movie Bad Girls with Drew Barrymore and Madeleine Stowe comes to mind.
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Aug 07, 2004 2:48:31 PM CDT
according to my source, the ted griffin project had been shootin
by trader groucho 2
So this report may not be entirely accurate, at least in terms of the number of days in the can before whatever bruhaha may or may not have occurrred. Maybe one of the WB publicity types who regularly reads this site - I'm sure someone over there monitors this - can weigh in....
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I was at at Universal yesterday working with the gals in the costume department for this film. One of them said they've been shooting in Pasadena for weeks, so I have a feeling this rumor is very much false.
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Aug 07, 2004 6:40:27 PM CDT
I just saw an old SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE hosted by Buck Henry...
by beamish13
Great guy. I hope he gets a nice check from this film.
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"The Graduate, part two. Mrs. Robinson now has Alzheimer's."
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It sounds incredibly stupid. Oh, and "Matchstick Men" and "Oceans 11" were about as bad as any movies that have ever been made.
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Starring Dustin Hoffman and directed by talkback fav Michael Bay. Shot in the original church location from "The Graduate." Oh, and it's a car mommercial for Audi Europe. Google it, you'll see.
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Can the man whose first seven (seven!) movies were so truly incredible return to the form he was in a decade ago?
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Aug 10, 2004 3:21:27 AM CDT
According to good sources Ted GRiffin has been replaced by Mancu
by bioforge
Aint it the truth
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