Beware308 wrote:
But this film has so much going for it right now, and what changed my mind about this film was that draft of the script. Let's hope they don't change it too much to be a re-hash of the original.
I believe the most recent passes were by David Self. Original director Mark Romanek left very shortly before production was fully underway, his leaving variously attributed to budget issues, scheduling issues in light of the then-current writer's strike, and good old 'creative differences'. Taken all together, it does sorta seem like something changed script-wise that was a major stickiing-point for Romanek, but who knows*?





*I mean, 'who knows' that both posts here and isn't directly involved in the production, leaving him, one assumes, in a bit of a difficult position (even legally) regarding any on-record confirmations/dismissals of the above.

- Jeff