George Clooney and Brad Pitt in OCEAN'S THIRTEEN (2007).
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Clooney Also Out of WHITE JAZZ
By: Jarrod Sarafin, News EditorDate: Monday, October 22, 2007
Source: Joe Carnahan's Blog
Another production snafu has happened for director Joe Carnahan, the man set to bring the James Ellroy crime novel to the big screen. Last week, Chris Pine dropped out of WHITE JAZZ because production would begin at the same time as JJ Abrams' STAR TREK in November. The actor chose the Kirk role instead so that left Carnahan down one actor. This week, George Clooney has also left the project due to unlucky timing. The director doesn't seem fazed by it considering what he wrote in his blog..
Rough weekend. I had a bad feeling after they pushed 'Leatherheads' to April because of the extensive post on that film that something was going to have to give. Also, George is neck deep in the Coen bros. film at the moment and trying to do 'Michael Clayton' press which will likely carry over into Awards season...SO...they wanted to see about pushing White Jazz back, which I really don't want to do. I've been waiting awhile to make this one and I wasn't content to sit on my hands.
Right now, (actually it began on friday) we're in the process of trying to plug a guy into this movie that, if it works, would be pretty f*cking amazing. No, INCREDIBLY f*cking amazing, so we'll see what happens.
No tears kids. This is the business. It happens all the time and you've got to have the balls and the ability to push past in spite of these setbacks.
Plot Concept: Centers on a dirty LAPD vice squad lieutenant whose mastery at skirting the rules gets tested when he's set up by his crooked bosses to be the fall guy for a murder.
