Woody was Just Kidding About That Whole Paris Thing
Filed under: Drama, Fandom, Newsstand
Oops. Michelle Williams? David
Krumholtz? Cancel those
Paris plane
tickets, and never mind about that job. Look at this way -- now, instead of counting your money and adding
"Starred in a Woody Allen movie" to your list of
accomplishments, you can go look for work! Ah, the struggles of life in Hollywood. It turns out, you see, that Allen's
mysterious (the people at Variety are hilariously pleased with themselves for uncovering the fact that it was
going to be about "Americans in Gaul." Gee, ya think?) Paris project isn't actually, um, happening any more.
According to elusive insiders, the budget was getting out of control, so Woody just punted and ran back to London, his
new favorite city in all the world.Now, instead of filming in Paris, Allen is going to shoot a third film in London (Match Point was filmed there, as was the upcoming Scoop) before heading off to Spain next year, where he has already agreed to mount a production. (He's 71, by the way. How is he more active than I am?)
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4-18-2006 @ 6:14PM
Josh Boelter said...
So is he still shooting basically the same films, but rewritten around London? Either way, I look forward to it.
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4-18-2006 @ 6:19PM
Martha Fischer said...
Josh, I don't think it's the same film, since the two stars from the Paris project are no longer involved.
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4-18-2006 @ 7:32PM
Josh Boelter said...
Thanks, Martha. I don't subscribe to Variety so I couldn't read the whole story. It seems strange that he'd abandon the project entirely. He was able to rewrite Match Point for London, after all. Of course, I say that without knowing anything about the screenplay.
I look forward to his Barcelona film. I love that city and am surprised that more films aren't shot there.
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4-18-2006 @ 9:28PM
bcc123 said...
from what I hear, Michelle's still in the game. I guess Woody's calling her his "new muse". I'd be a mixture of flattered and disturbed.
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