Is Tom Cruise Film "Valkyrie" The Latest Victim Of Anonymous Campaign Against Scientology
Valkyrie Still, or OSA meeting? You decide.
Tom Cruise has been quiet lately, a little too quiet for a guy with a movie to release.
Cruise's WWII film, Valkyrie, has been delayed once more - this news broke almost two weeks ago. The media cited MGM excuses related to the film not wanting to compete with other major film releases. Here's the details from Huffington Post:
Tom Cruise's World War II thriller "Valkyrie" has pushed back its release date to 2009, the second postponement for a production that has endured its share of headaches.The MGM release has been moved from October 3 to February 13, coinciding with the U.S. Presidents Day holiday weekend. Last December, it was pulled from its original July 4 holiday weekend berth where it would have competed with the Angelina Jolie thriller "Wanted."
"When an opening became available for President's Day Weekend, we seized the opportunity," said MGM distribution president Clark Woods, referring to Universal's recent decision to pull "The Wolf Man" out of that slot and into April 3.
"Valkyrie" is the true story of a German officer, played by Cruise, who tried to assassinate Hitler. The German government initially banned the production from shooting on location at the Berlin site where the plot was hatched and the conspirators executed. It later changed its mind after months of national debate that focused in part on Cruise's Scientology beliefs.
This is not the only scandal that has plagued this film, Yahoo News has more background to this doomed project:
The German government initially banned the production from shooting on location at the Berlin site where the plot was hatched and the conspirators executed. It later changed its mind after months of national debate that focused in part on Cruise's Scientology beliefs.Some of the footage shot at the site was later damaged during processing, requiring re-shoots. Last August, 10 extras were injured when they fell off the back of a truck during shooting in Berlin.
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