Russ & Roger movie production status is currently Shutdown
January 15, 2023 • All activity halted for this project. In some cases, shutdown movies restart development The project was cancelled in 2018 because the "subject matter not being appropriate in the era of #MeToo and Time’s Up anti-harassment movements (per IndieWire)."
The unlikely collaboration between two maverick outsiders - controversial director Russ Meyer and his fledgling screenwriter Roger Ebert - who stormed the gates of Hollywood and forever changed the course of motion picture history.
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Plot: What's the story about?
Set in the late 1960s when cheap counterculture films are minting money, struggling studio 20th Century Fox gives soft-core pulp director Russ Meyers the opportunity to direct "Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls" because his profit margins are so high and his costs are miniscule. Meyer agrees to take on "Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls" on the condition that the script is written by film critic Roger Ebert, who had written one of the few positive reviews Meyer had ever received. Meyers and Ebert struggle with the studio's board of directors and the ratings board, but despite being the rare major studio release with an X rating, they are vindicated when "Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls" is released in 1970 to big box office.
modified plot formulation from deadline.com
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A look at the Russ & Roger behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Michael Winterbottom last directed The Trip to Greece and Greed.
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Production: What we know about Russ & Roger?
Key Facts
- As Producer David Permut explains to IndieWire, “We had funding and were ready to make the movie. That green button turned into a red button literally overnight the moment the Harvey [Weinstein] news hit the world. When those allegations happened, people had reservations about this film so essentially a green-lit picture turned into a project that was not going to get made.”
- The film will feature a variety of A-list cameos.
- Based on the true story.
Filming Timeline
- 2023 - January: The film was set to Shutdown status.
The project was cancelled in 2018 because the "subject matter not being appropriate in the era of #MeToo and Time’s Up anti-harassment movements (per IndieWire)."
- 2016 - August: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
Approved for California Tax Credit program as a result assumed to be moving forward towards production.
- 2015 - February: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
STX is eyeing a late 2015 start date.
- 2013 - October: The film was set to Announced status.
Sobini Films has partnered with David Permut and Richard Waltzer to acquire a script by Emmy-winning Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons scribe Christopher Cluess.
Russ & Roger Release Date: When is the film coming out?
Russ & Roger is coming out as a release To Be Announced (TBA). There are 9,421 other movies coming out on the same date, including Popeye, Shrek 5 and The Rosie Project.