Big Picture
Kim & Kourt Take Bev Hills Plus, Daniel Radcliffe works his magic and Bruce Jenner blasts to the past. Get the latest pics!
MORE PHOTOS +Most Commented
- TV's Top Couples Tournament: Vote in the Final Round! (2036)
- TV's Top Couples Tournament: This Round Is Closed, Please Stand By (698)
- Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Photos Galore! New Pics From Their Post-Twilight Flicks! (606)
- Afternoon Mail! Are Gleeks Having More Sex Than Vamps? (586)
- TV's Top Couple Tournament: And the Winner Is... (504)
- Beyoncé and Jay-Z Share First Photos of Baby Blue Ivy! (398)
- Whitney Houston Dead at 48 (396)
- Life After Breaking Dawn?! Maybe, Says Studio Head! (226)
- Morning Mail! Céline Dion Talks Whitney Houston's Tragic Death (222)
- Blind Vice! Nevis Divine's Sad Past (214)
Top 10 Stories
- Colbert Report Mystery Shutdown: Production Suspended Due to "Unforeseen Circumstances"
- Kevin Costner? Aretha Franklin? Bobby Brown? Latest Details on Whitney Houston's Funeral
- Diddy Remembers Whitney Houston: "She Was So Full of Life"
- Royal Feud Shocker! Sean Penn Slams Prince William's "Unthinkable" Deployment
- Real Housewives' Michaele Salahi & Journey's Neal Schon: Tareq Salahi Is the One Tormenting Us!
- Angelina Jolie Tears Up—Watch Her Get Emotional
- Josh Duhamel Not Coming Back for Transformers 4: Is Anyone?!
- Spoiler Chat Daily: A New Girl Baby on the Way?! Plus, Scoop on Vampire Diaries, Glee and More
- Jersey Shore Sneak Peek: Pauly D Pulls a Fast (and Dirty) One on Deena
- American Idol: Did Tent Girl Get Better? Who Passed Out Onstage? And Who's Headed to Vegas?!
Fashion Police
Leighton's Valentine's Look Plus, Ashlee Simpson and Cate Blanchett. Rate the highs and lows!
MORE PHOTOS +
Our Partners
The Curse of "Moulin Rouge"?
Beset by problems from the outset, the release date of the $50 million Nicole Kidman-Ewan McGregor starrer has now been delayed.
Instead of opening in December to qualify for Oscar consideration, the musical about life in 19th century Paris will not hit the screens until at least April, its producer said Friday.
"We wanted to make Christmas and the studio wanted to make Christmas, but it's a very complicated project and we don't want to rush it," producer Martin Brown tells Reuters.
Directed by Aussie Baz Luhrmann (William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, Strictly Ballroom), Moulin Rouge revolves around the bohemian nightlife of the artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and his absinthe-swilling amis.
Kidman stars as a beautiful courtesan and McGregor as the penniless poet who falls for her.
And with Moulin Rouge's release now on hold, that leaves Björk's Dancer in the Dark as the season's only musical movie. Many industry observers were predicting the one-two punch of the experimental Dancer and Moulin Rouge would reinvigorate the moribund genre.
Moulin Rouge has been plagued by mishaps literally since day one. On the first day of production, Luhrmann learned that his father had just died of cancer. Then Kidman broke a rib...twice--once during dance rehearsals and again when she was being fitted for her costume.
All in all, the delays added up to seven weeks, forcing Moulin Rouge's filming in Sydney to overlap with George Lucas' Episode II, in which McGregor also stars, further complicating matters.
Meanwhile, as the delays mounted, the F/X team couldn't finish the 200-plus special effects in Moulin Rouge, all of which are set to music. Because a few more shots still need to be finished, the crew had to follow Kidman to Madrid, where she is filming another movie, to make the necessary additions.
Complicated, indeed.
With so much work left, even April seems a bit optimistic, Brown admits. He says he believes the studio, Twentieth Century Fox, had Moulin Rouge pencilled in for a summer release.
"It's an open issue at the moment," he says. "We will deliver the film when we've got it right."
0 Comments
Now loading...