CLOONEY EXITS

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George Clooney Drops Off 'White Jazz'
Published 10/21/2007 at RopeofSilicon.com
... is now reporting that Clooney has also dropped off the project. This comes as quite the surprising news, but Carnahan doesn't seem detered as he has posted this on his blog : Rough weekend. I had a bad feeling after they pushed 'Leatherheads' to April because of the extensive post on that film that something was going to have to give. Also, George is neck deep in the Coen bros. film at the moment and trying to do 'Michael Clayton' press which will likely carry over into Awards season...SO...they wanted to see about pushing White Jazz back, which I really don't want to do. I've been waiting awhile to make this one and I wasn't content to sit on my hands. Right now, (actually it began on friday) we're in the process of trying to plug a guy into this movie that, if it works, would be pretty f*cking amazing. No, INCREDIBLY f*cking amazing, so we'll see what happens. No tears kids. This is the business. It happens all the ...

Clooney Out of White Jazz
Published 10/22/2007 at FilmWad
... More bad news for Joe Carnahan. Chris Pine ditched him last week for the captain's chair in Star Trek XI, and now the biggest star in the world (official title?) has also opted not to continue with White Jazz. Hear it from the horse's mouth: ...