Studio:
Fox 2000.
Production Company:
Art Linson Prods.
Project Phase: In The Can.
Who's In It:
John Cusack; Billy Bob Thornton; Cate Blanchett.
Who's Making It:
Mike Newell (Director); Glen Charles, Les Charles (Screenwriters); based on an article by Darcy Frey.
Premise: It's about the behind-the-scenes world of air traffic controllers and the stress they must handle in their high-pressure jobs. Cusack is pitted up against a newcomer who becomes an outright rival. A penchant for one-upsmanship turns into an all-out test of machismo between the two that threatens to unravel both of their marriages.
Release Date: March 12, 1999.
Comments: Unknown.
Rumors: Unknown.
Scoop Feedback:
[Page draft submitted by Air Traffic controller 'Deadpool'.] September 22, 1998... Vicki Lewis of the television show NewsRadio is in the cast as well, this scooper told us. She mentioned her role in this film during press interviews for Godzilla. She worked on this project after finishing her work in Breakfast of Champions.