Troubled movie “Nailed” sidelines Jessica Biel & Jake Gyllenhall
Posted on May 11th, 2008 by Hot Momma
Here’s an interesting situation where a movie might not get finished because of financing issues. Temperamental director David O. Russell’s saucy political comedy Nailed has been put on hold while shooting in South Carolina because of funding issues. Nailed is based on the novel Sammy’s Hill authored by Al Gore’s daughter Kristin who co-wrote the script with Russell. The film focuses on a naive small town waitress (Jessica Biel) who gets a nail lodged in her head and discovers a new-found sexual drive. When she travels to Washington to fight for better health care for the “bizarrely injured”, she meets an unscrupulous U.S. congressman (Jake Gyllenhaal) who attempts to take advantage of her. James Brolin plays the U.S. Speaker Of The House. The Indie film cast also stars James Marsden, Catherine Keener, and Tracy Morgan.
The filming predicament is solely related to its financing, not to budget overruns or its director David O. Russell who is known for turbulent shoots. Already on Nailed, James Caan quit two weeks ago after he and director Russel couldn’t agree on the best way for the actor to choke to death on a cookie during a scene. Not exactly what you would expect to be a make or break scene. Caan was later replaced by James Brolin. And for gossip sake let’s mention Russell has also had well-documented differences with George Clooney (the two came to blows on the set of Three Kings) and Lily Tomlin (profane exchanges on the set of I Heart Huckabees).
Nailed which began filming in April was shut down by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) on Friday because of insufficient funds on deposit with the guild. Money issues for David Bergstein’s Capitol Films which is financing the film may be behind the problems. Nikki Finke of Deadline Hollywood reports the Columbia, S.C. shoot is also in trouble with both IATSE and Teamsters, and some of those union members have left the beleaguered $25 million budgeted production. Rumors also are circulating that the state of South Carolina could withdraw its incentive monies because of the financing problems. Filmmakers hope to resolve the cash crunch and re-start shooting next week since principal photography is only at the halfway point. An inside source on the pic says:
“I am confident we will finish. The financing on this like most indies is based on bank loans and bridge loans. This is a matter of waiting on the bridge loan. Hopefully, it will all be resolved.
Meanwhile co-stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel and the other name actors are all standing by to see if the movie can continue to completion.
I LOVVVE JAKE
Hey my name is Leslie.
I was in this movie as a extra.
Jake Gyllenhaal looks so much better in real life.
He does not have hair on his chin.
And he’s hotter.
Jessica Beil is so cool
Tracy Morgan is funny
i love the texas chang saw mascker i was in naild morgan hope miller
iwas in the movie nailed as an extra listed as a senator i had much fun and got behind on some sleep when we worked all night. but i enjoyed every minute of it by getting to meet jessica beil and paul rubens ,tracy morgan and the writer kristen gore ,brother the young al gore also the director david russell .i am looking foward to the show being finished and on the big screen for public vewing. [ I THINK THIS WILL BE A GREAT MONEY MAKING MAKING MOVIE] YOURS TRULY CECIL HAYNES, SENATOR EXTRA. P.S. IDID NOT GET TO MEET ALL OF THE STARS ON THE MOVIE BUT THEY WERE ALL GREAT ESPESHELY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTORY,S