ON SET DRAMA UPDATE: SAG Orders Actors On David O. Russell Film To Leave; Jessica Biel & Jake Gyllenhall Sidelined

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Dramz On The Set
Published 5/11/2008 by Perez Hilton at Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton
Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel have been ordered by the Screen Actor's Guild to walk off the North Carolina set off their new movie, directed by the cantankerous David O. Russell, because of financing issues. Click here for all the deets! Production is only half-way completed. It remains uncertain if/when filming will resume. For those of you with a good memory (or not), David O. Russell is that scary director that got into a huge fight with Lily Tomlin (caught on tape) ...

Troubled movie “Nailed” sidelines Jessica Biel & Jake Gyllenhall
Published 5/11/2008 by Hot Momma at Hot Momma Celebrity Gossip Blog
... Nailed which began filming in April was shut down by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) on Friday because of insufficient funds on deposit with the guild.  Money issues for David Bergstein’s Capitol Films which is financing the film may be behind the problems. Nikki Finke of Deadline Hollywood reports the Columbia, S.C. shoot is also in trouble with both IATSE and Teamsters, and some of those union members have left the beleaguered $25 million budgeted production. Rumors also are circulating that the state of South Carolina could withdraw its incentive monies ...

Russell's D.C. Sex Satire
Published 5/11/2008 at Hollywood Elsewhere
Russell's D.C. Sex Satire After reading Nikki Finke 's well-reported story (last updated yesterday morning) about the temporary SAG shutdown of David O. Russell 's Nailed , a Washington, D.C.-based comedy about relationships, politics and morality, I reviewed the Amazon.com information about " ...

DAVID O. RUSSELL IS DOING GREAT
Published 5/12/2008 at FilmDrunk.com
... 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." [DHD] ...

Trouble Still Loves David O. Russell As SAG Shuts Down 'Nailed' [Strictly Business]
Published 5/12/2008 by STV at Defamer
... 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: ...

More On-Set Drama for David O. Russell
Published 5/12/2008 at Vulture
... David O. Russell Shut Down: Production has reportedly been halted on David O. Russell's film Nailed, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel, owing to SAG concerns about the film's financing. While this is undoubtedly a blow to the film, of all the reasons a David O. Russell set might be thrown into turmoil, this is the one least likely to wind up on YouTube. [Deadline Hollywood Daily] ...

Capitol Films Might Want to ThinkMoney, not ThinkFilm
Published 5/15/2008 by Monika Bartyzel at Cinematical
... You can check out the story, as it unfolded, at Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily. Luckily, any of you who are itching to see Nailed needn't worry. ...

Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: May 18, 2008
Published 5/18/2008 by Sean at Film Junk
... Rumours Matthew McConaughey to Star in Surfer, Dude The Gate Gets a Sequel: 20 Years Later t George Clooney to Star in Men Who Stare At Goats Goosebumps: The Movie Original Faces of Death Getting Re-Released on DVD Is ThinkFilm in Financial Trouble? Cronenberg to Direct Timecrimes Remake? Fahrenheit 9/11 Sequel Finally Moves Ahead Adrian Grenier to Direct Paparazzi Film Corey Feldman to Star in Lucky Fritz David O. Russell’s Nailed Halts Production Another Chainsaw Massacre? Audrey Tautou to ...