Ever since Martin Brest's Gigli, Revolution Studios chieftain Joe Roth has been wary of giving directors final cut. Now, he’s taken that philosophy a step further, again.
March 22, 2007 (Press Release) --
Revolution Studios boss Joe Roth has some advice for director Julie Taymor: Hollywood is a long way from Broadway, and a studio wresting control of her movie Across the Universe and testing a separate, half-hour shorter version represents absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. All this according to an excellent article in the March 19th editions of the New York Times by Los Angeles correspondent Sharon Waxman.
Through her representatives, Taymor issued the following written statement: “My creative team and I are extremely happy about our cut and the response to it. Sometimes at this stage of the Hollywood process differences of opinion arise, but in order to protect the film, I am not getting into details at this time.”
Roth for his part warned that continuing to go down this path of “hysteria” could damage the film’s box office chances. By way of reference, another film to which Roth applied these tactics – Michael Mann’s The Last of the Mohicans - went on, back in 1992, to gross a respectable $75.5 million domestically.
Across the Universe, a romantic drama-musical-animation hybrid sourcing music from The Beatles, casts Jim Sturgess and Evan Rachel Wood against a canvas of 1960’s anti-Vietnam War protests on U.S. college campuses and more. There are also cameos from folks such as Bono and comedian Eddie Izzard. The movie has been in post-production hell, already missing its planned release date last fall.
Taymor, best known for directing the stage smash re-imagining of The Lion King, did not have the right to final cut in her contract. The way things are going, when Across the Universe does finally hit screens, it will probably boast some kind of pseudonymous director credit. In the meantime, we say to Ms. Taymor: welcome to the (Hollywood) lion’s den.
Source: http://movies.yahoo.com
Through her representatives, Taymor issued the following written statement: “My creative team and I are extremely happy about our cut and the response to it. Sometimes at this stage of the Hollywood process differences of opinion arise, but in order to protect the film, I am not getting into details at this time.”
Roth for his part warned that continuing to go down this path of “hysteria” could damage the film’s box office chances. By way of reference, another film to which Roth applied these tactics – Michael Mann’s The Last of the Mohicans - went on, back in 1992, to gross a respectable $75.5 million domestically.
Across the Universe, a romantic drama-musical-animation hybrid sourcing music from The Beatles, casts Jim Sturgess and Evan Rachel Wood against a canvas of 1960’s anti-Vietnam War protests on U.S. college campuses and more. There are also cameos from folks such as Bono and comedian Eddie Izzard. The movie has been in post-production hell, already missing its planned release date last fall.
Taymor, best known for directing the stage smash re-imagining of The Lion King, did not have the right to final cut in her contract. The way things are going, when Across the Universe does finally hit screens, it will probably boast some kind of pseudonymous director credit. In the meantime, we say to Ms. Taymor: welcome to the (Hollywood) lion’s den.
Source: http://movies.yahoo.com
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