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ThinkFilm Schmogul Experimenting With Bold ‘Pay No One’ Strategy
5:50AM STV | It’s been a while since we last heard from David Bergstein, the embattled studio chieftain whose cash-challenged Capitol/ThinkFilm operation has withstood everything from repeated production stoppages to lawsuit flurries in recent months. In the time since Variety caught up with him on his yacht at Cannes, however, he’s been plenty busy polishing his brass balls, today unveiling his secret comeback plan in The Hollywood Reporter. Follow the jump for more specifics on the schmogul’s no-cost rebuilding strategy: More »
Play Along at Home with the Defamer Imploding Film Industry Scorecard
2:05AM Defamer Hollywood | A range of problems persist this morning for movie distributors large and small, with the Weinsteins predictably suffering the karmic retribution for Fraggle Rock: The Movie and another round of threats, invective and spin making the rounds elsewhere. As such, we’re spending a little time this morning cleaning up our Imploding Film Industry Scorecard. Tell us if your results vary:
‘Nailed’ Returns as Troubled Producers Search For Stability
2:00AM Defamer Hollywood | All the drama affecting David O. Russell’s new film Nailed settled down a bit Monday when production resumed on the South Carolina set. But while the producers squared away their money issues with SAG, which shut shooting down last Friday, our own suspicions about precariously-budgeted distributor ThinkFilm got another look from Variety yesterday afternoon: More »
Trouble Still Loves David O. Russell As SAG Shuts Down ‘Nailed’
3:10AM Defamer Hollywood | We can’t imagine how or why, after the ordeals of Three Kings and I Heart Huckabees, trouble could possibly find its way back to the set of a David O. Russell film. Alas, there it is — or, was, rather, in South Carolina, where only three weeks after resident cookie-choking expert James Caan quit the project, both the Teamsters and IATSE are grumpy and SAG reportedly shut production down because of “insufficient funds on deposit with the guild.” And that’s just the beginning, writes Nikki Finke: Rumours also are circulating that the state of South Carolina could withdraw its incentive monies because of the financing problems. Filmmakers hope to resolve the cash crunch and re-start shooting next week since principal photography is only at the halfway point. “I am confident we will finish,” an insider on the pic just told me. “The financing on this like most indies is based on bank loans and bridge loans. This is a matter of waiting on the bridge loan. Hopefully, it will all be resolved.” More »
