Well, apparently there isn’t as much hooplah and negativity surrounding the collapse of production on Bunny Lake is Missing, with Reese Witherspoon leaving the project five weeks before production was set to start.
Variety made it seem like there was a bunch of bad goings on, but director Joe Carnahan, as I expected, set the record straight on his blog with the following statement:
Guys:
Scuttlebutt: How about NOTHING. How about a situation where the press tries to stir it up. These things happen. Movies go away every day. Reese is dealing with a lot of stuff in her life. So am I. We were running up against it as far as time for prep and shooting and scripting, etc. I had already commited to ‘White Jazz’ and the longer we stretched ‘Bunny’ the more in jeopardy the WJ schedule became. And there was just no way I could let that happen. I need a nice extended prep period for that flick.
And now I’ve got it.
That’s it guys. I wish there were some truly tasty bits of gossip but there just aren’t. Sorry.
Onward and upward ya’ll! White Jazz awaits.
JC
No big surprise there, White Jazz seems like it is a passion project for him and I can’t wait to see it after what he did with Smokin’ Aces.
So, if you were anticipating Bunny Lake is Missing stop it! It is now officially missing.
