Mega-budgeted WWII epic finally gets its greenlight
By CHARLES LYONS, January 27, 2000
After months and months of budget scrutiny and talent talks culminating in the tension of the last two weeks, Disney has greenlit - at a budget of $130 million-$135 million - the WWII epic “Pearl Harbor,” with Michael Bay directing and Jerry Bruckheimer producing from a script by Randall Wallace (“Braveheart”).
A few legal issues were still being ironed out Wednesday evening, but the film is on track to begin production in April or May for release around Memorial Day, 2001.… [ Read more ]
Pearl Harbor Script updates
Got two tidbits today. The first is from Harry at AICN, and the other one is from the Hollywood Reporter.
Warning: there are a couple spoilers below.
Harry looks at the first real draft of Randall Wallace’s screenplay for Michael Bay’s PEARL HARBOR
Hey there folks at large, though I am writing this I guess there may be some doubt as to whether or not you’ll actually be able to read it. Sigh…. Today I do have something rather interesting for ya.… [ Read more ]
'Pearl Harbor' Moving Forward?
Got this The Insider at Cinescape:
The last the Insider heard there were negative rumblings about the fate of Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer’s Pearl Harbor project. Things appear to have changed for the better, though there may have been some compromising as well.
First, according to Variety columnist Michael Fleming, in order for Disney to give a final okay for the project, Bruckheimer and Bay had to cut the budget of their blockbuster down from the previously announced $145M. The figure is said to now be sitting in the $130M range.… [ Read more ]
The Fate of Michael Bay's PEARL HARBOR in trouble'
Got this from Harry Knowles at AICN… [ Read more ]:
“The truth is… Pearl Harbor (aka TENNESSEE) is still set to begin shooting in Hawaii on April 10th. Michael Bay and crew are currently in the midst of meeting with a wide array of actors and actresses, and it’s looking like some casting is almost ready to go forward. They will be shooting in Hawaii for 6 weeks, before moving production to Baja, California for additional shooting. Recently Michael Bay was in Texas taking a look at an old Aircraft Carrier, and the film is being made.
Bombs Away
Nelson here… Sorry for the downtime. I was notified by my webhosting company that one of their servers went down. And guess what? It just *happened* to be the one this site is hosted on. This crap happens one more time, I’ll be…
Anyway, on with the news. Since Joe Roth’s departure from Disney, rumors regarindg Bay’s “Pearl Harbor” have begun to spread. Reel.com’s Jeffrey Wells wrote an article about “Pearl Harbor” and all the stuff going on. Personally, I believe some of it (the casting parts), and the other stoff is a bunch of crap.… [ Read more ]
Did Eisner Bomb Pearl Harbor?
Got this from the IMDB:
Did Eisner Bomb Pearl Harbor?
Joe Roth’s exit as Walt Disney Studios chief may have followed a clash with Michael Eisner over Roth’s decision last November to greenlight a $145-million budget for Pearl Harbor the Wall Street Journal indicated today (Thursday), citing people familiar with the matter. Reports at the time the go-ahead was announced said that producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay had been engaged in lengthy negotiations with Roth and had finally agreed to financial concessions including a downsized back-end participation and accountability for any budget overages.… [ Read more ]