Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Screen Daily reports that Roman Polanski will no longer direct the epic drama Pompeii due to scheduling conflicts.

The site says that the director pulled out after Summit International indicated it may have to postpone principal photography in Europe next summer due to concerns over a possible industry strike.

On one hand I'm disappointed about this. I wanted to see what Polanski could do with a big(er) budget disaster film. On the other, I really want Polanski to make more personal, smaller films. These are the ones that always turn out best for him.

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