Studio:
New Line Cinema.
Production Company:
George Street Pictures/Lloyd Segan Company.
Project Phase: Greenlighted.
Who's In It:
Chris O'Donnell; Renee Zellwegger; Mariah Carey; James Cromwell; Marley Shelton; Sarah Silverman.
Who's Making It:
Gary Sinyor (Director); Steve Cohen (Screenwriter); Lloyd Segan, Bing Howenstein (Producers);
Based on the Buster Keaton movie Seven Chances.
Premise: A proud bachelor has only 24 hours to find his bride if he wishes to inherit $120 million from his grandfather.
Release Date: Unknown.
Comments: Unknown.
Rumors: Unknown.
Scoop Feedback:
[Page draft submitted by digital bachelor 'Deadpool'.]
October 8, 1998... On September 24th Daily Variety reported that Renee Zellwegger has signed to co-star with Chris O'Donnell in this remake of Seven Chances. Shooting is expected to commence in December. Zellweger will play O'Donnell's long-suffering romantic interest who becomes suspicious of his sudden enthusiasm to get married. [Scoop provided by 'Deadpool'; originally appeared in Daily Variety.]
November 11, 1998... James Cromwell, Marley Shelton and Sarah Silverman have climbed onboard this project. Cromwell will play the priest who's on constant stand-by to perform the ceremony. [Scoop provided by 'DeadPool' taken from The Hollywood Reporter.] November 29, 1998... Mariah Carey will play one of Chris O'donnell ex-girlfriends. [Scooped by Deadpool.]
December 7, 1998... "We were walking down 2nd Street in San Francisco today, and came across a shooting of The Bachelor. The scene took place in front of an old-fashioned apartment building where many, MANY women dressed in bridal gowns were gathered. On a balcony of the building, O'Donnell and his apparent bride kissed, the crowd cheered, and then the bride tossed her boquet down.
"Interesting thing is that today was quite chilly -- it was sunny, but the air was quite cold for the area. After the scene was over, all the girls wrapped themselves in thermal blankets (you know, the metallic kind you might use for camping?) to keep warm. It'll be ironic if that scene is supposed to take place in summer in the movie." [Jase Wells didn't have a slice of the wedding cake, but heard it was delightful.]
January 5, 1999... More sightings of the production: "Saw a scene of it being filmed in golden gate park in san francisco -- poor Chris O'Donnell was in a t-shirt and shorts (temp. was about 40) running across the field, falling down on his mark and then getting back up again to finish running. He was really positive though -- smiling more than anyone else on the set. Not sure if this is worth a mention but it was fun to see." Chris is used to the cold, right? Wasn't his character frozen in Batman & Robin? No, we didn't say his career... [Scoop provided by 'Laura Yntema'.]
January 7, 1999... "I manage the apt. building in San Francisco which was the location of 'the Bachelor's' apt. They filmed all the interiors in a little more than a day. The apt. had just been vacated by a long-term tenant and they were scouting for the bachelor's 'pad' location and chose our building. They came in and within a few days had painted a 3,000 sq. ft. apt. and completely furnished it with a sort of 50's retro decor complete with Fooz-Ball, pin-ball machines. I asked how they could do all the filming they needed in just a day (it went over into a second day for a few hours -- then they did exteriors for another day.) They said that in the script the bachelor isn't home much! O'Donnell and Cromwell were particularly nice to 'just plain folk.' They posed for pictures with anyone who asked. Cromwell was particularly friendly. He sat amongst the crew in the lobby of the apt. building, amidst the controlled chaos of preparing for the shoot upstairs in the apt., as opposed to enjoying the cool quiet privacy of his trailer. What a nice man. Genuine, down-to-earth; no star attitude. However, the neighborhood was not too happy about losing many blocks of precious parking space smack in the middle of the Xmas week. The crew finally pulled out of our building, 200 California St. in Pacific Heights, on Xmas eve day!
Oh, one thing I almost forgot to mention was that Chris O'Donnell's character in The Bachelor, 'Jimmy', has a costume of Robin (inside joke) hanging in his apt."
[Apartment for rent; comes complete with miscellaneous film crew leftovers and new paint job. See building manager Rocco Siggillia for an application.]