Genre: Drama.
Studio:
Sony Pictures.
Production Company:
Mandalay Entertainment.
Project Phase: Dead.
Who's MAY Be In It:
Steve Martin (Who replaced Travolta and may now be getting the boot); John Travolta
(Who wants back in); Isabelle Adjani (Nope - but check back next week); John
Goodman (We THINK he's in); Anthony Hopkins (...); Jean Reno (Who
wanted to leave when Polanski was part of the project).
Who's Making It:
Jeremy Leven, Dennis Klein
(Screenwriters); Lili Finn Zanuck (Producer); Jonathan
Krane, Jeremy Leven, Todd Black (Executive Producers); based upon the
Fyodor Dostoevsky short story The Double).
Premise: A shy accountant imagines himself another, more daring man to win the heart of a woman. However, the second personality begins to overtake the man, assuming his identity.
Release Date: Unknown.
Comments: Unknown.
Developments:
June 5, 1996... John Travolta has walked off the set of the film just before filming commences. Travolta left the $17 million dollar role after a disagreement arose on how he was to portray his character of Jake. An annoucement naming a new star to replace Travolta is expected soon.
June 12, 1996... Steve Martin is set to replace John Travolta in the lead role for a salary of $12 million - which is $5 mil less than Travolta's alleged paycheck.
Week of June 28, 1996... Polanski leaves the project in a spinning game of musical chairs.
Rumors:
Week of June 23, 1996... Now rumors are surfacing that Isabelle Adjani and Jean Reno want out of the project.
Scoop Feedback:
May 23, 1996... John Williams may be scoring the film. [Scoop sent in by 'cg0170'.]
June 6, 1996... John Travolta checked out of his Paris hotel and flew back to the U.S. a week before filming begins. A film spokesman cited a family medical emergency for the leave but rumor has it that Travolta got into an argument with director Roman Polanski. If Travolta officially leaves the project, Mandalay Entertainment will be very deep in the red. [Scoop submitted by 'Sylvester'.]
July 3, 1996... Polanski's out. Adjani's out. Now Travolta wants back in. You could make a movie about what the hell's going on before this show gets one frame filmed. No word yet if Dostoevsky is spinning in his grave. [Various scoops reported by an anonymous source and Diane.]
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