After one week of principal photography production on what has been referred to as The Untitled Ted Griffin Project has been shut down as the screenwriter Ted Griffin, expecting to make his directorial debut, is being replaced by Rob Reiner for the Warner Bros. Pictures’ update of The Graduate.
Griffin wrote the script for the romantic comedy, centering on a young woman (Jennifer Aniston) who discovers that her grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) was the basis for the character of Mrs. Robinson in the 1967 film The Graduate. The cast also includes Mark Ruffalo, Mena Suvari and Kevin Costner.
Apparently it is being rumored that Griffin was spending too much time working with Far From Heaven cinematographer Ed Lachman, and not enough time with the cast. Another source told The Hollywood Reporter, issues involving the lighting of the actresses was at the center of the decision to change directors. The studio did not give THR any comment.
