Rob Marshall's NINE halted

by Matt Holmes

Variety that discussed the delaying of the Johnny Depp picture SHANTARAM comes word that Rob Marshall's musical NINE starring Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Sophia Loren and Marion Cotillard has also been delayed because of the strike. The script set up with the Weinsteins just simply wasn't ready. The trade claim that Anthony Minghella (COLD MOUNTAIN, THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY) had only three days to write a polish to Michael Tolkin's (CHANGING LANES) original script and it was always going to be a near impossible task to get it 100% ready. The film is now expected to shoot in the late half of 2008 where hopefully all of the strikes are well behind us.

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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.