Wedding Banned

[RWLinda]

New flick.
Not a whole lot of info about this movie has been released yet...

[CaptainJack]

It sounds cool...this is all i could find on it at the mo though....

WASHINGTON - Hollywood actor Robin Williams has been roped in to star in Disney flick ‘Wedding Banned’, it has emerged.


In the film, Williams will play one-half of a long-divorced couple who kidnap their daughter on her wedding day in order to keep her from making a mistake. The divorced parents rekindle their relationship as they elude cops and the angry groom, reports Variety.

The Disney bosses have picked up the film’s script from Jack Amiel and Michael Begler last summer.

Mandeville’s David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman will produce the film.

Mandeville has recently produced “The Proposal” and the upcoming “Surrogates” for Touchstone, and “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” for Disney before that. (ANI)

[Soozcat]

It surprises me a bit that Mr. Williams is willing to do anything with Disney these days. The company has become notorious for failing to honor its commitments when there is money to be made. But there's been a lot of turnover in the Disney hierarchy recently, so maybe that's changed.

[Soozcat]

Oh, dear.

I have read a document that is purported to be the script of Wedding Banned, and it is bad. Really bad. We're talking fortnight-old sushi bad. Honestly, I have no idea if this is the real script, but if it is -- oh, Mr. Williams, I know I'm a stranger to you, but RUN, do not walk, to the nearest exit. Or if you're required by some contractual obligation to participate in this thing, DEMAND REWRITES. Please.

[Soozcat]

Anything new about this project? I am still eyeing it with trepidation.

[RWLinda]

No, i don't have any info on this film. I'm not excited about this movie at all, but I'll just pretend I do, haha. No really, I don't know much about this film, but I assume filming will start this winter/spring. Don't know any co-stars or anything else. BUT, as always, will post it on the site as soon as I receive or find any news.

[RWLinda]

As of now I don't really know what's gonna happen with this film. Disney is not interested anymore, so I guess filming has been postponed or even canceled for now, till another distributor has been found.
I'll keep the film listed on the Filmo page for now tho.

[Soozcat]

I'm not familiar enough with industry terms to know what a "turnaround" consists of--for instance, does it mean that all participants are off the film, or just that Disney has decided to let it go?

Just my opinion: even though I recognize there are people whose careers will be affected by this decision, I can't help but feel a certain amount of relief. It's possible to make hash out of even a decent script, and the script for this film was bad to begin with.

[RWLinda]

Same here. Can't say I'm not happy about this .

I haven't experienced this too often either, so I'm not sure in what way the actors were attached to the film/studio ... we'll see.

[RWLinda]

Ok, I'm going to remove the film from the site. I'll keep this topic as is, so we can keep discussing this title...

Lots of people are wondering what's going on...
I don't know what going on in particular with this title, but films get canceled and canned/shelved all the time. And to me it seems they simply announced this title and Robin's involvement way too early. There was no director attached or other cast members (Maybe they were, but they were not annouced yet.)

*edit* Changed my mind, as usual. I'm only removing the title from the Filmography, the page for the film itself will still be up.

[zap]

I was looking forward to seeing the movie. Just from reading what it was about, sounded cute. The reason for cancelling it, I hope it wasn't because the bad reviews for "Old Dogs." I also read that "Wild Hogs 2" got scrapped. Was Robin supposed to be in that movie? What a shame!