Originally Posted By Rebekah This topic is for discussion of the 2/4/2003 news item <b><a href="http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/030204/242/drdex.html" target="_blank">MRIB: Pirates left high and dry</a></b> The February 4th <I>MRIB - UK</I> reports the hotel manager for the base location of Disney's <I>Pirates of the Caribbean</I> has fled leaving cast and crew to fend for themselves in the tropics.
Originally Posted By AladdinAZ This article is almost "Making of Pirates Movie resembles Attraction". The fire, the hotel manager of a bk hotel skipping (or is it hopping) island. Now it appears the Pirate movie will have a late August opening, instead of the beginning of July. OUCH! That might hurt returns. But, we don't want a movie badly edited, either.
Originally Posted By arstogas >>>but that hasn't prevented some of the stars from having to pitch and help with the day-to-day chores such as cooking dinner for up to 25 fellow diners.<<< Stuff like that makes for good memories, although at the time there's a lot of grumbling. As for rushing the editing, the film is already too rushed. It should be scheduled for Christmas.
Originally Posted By AladdinAZ Any word on why the delay. Was the whole production just placed in too short a peoriod of time, for all the special fx. Just a couple weeks ago Disney features was still indicating a beginning of July date. They need to do it right and if it means putting it off until summer 2004, I'd say go with that. Was the Haunted Mansion Movie placed under a really short production time period, also? Both these movies deserve a little time in production. Especially when Disney's own officials compare them to Indiana Jones and The Mummy.
Originally Posted By JeffG Notice that the URL is for the UK edition of Yahoo. The August release date is for the United Kingdom, which frequently gets movies a few weeks (or longer) after the US. As far as I know, the July release date still stands for the US. -Jeff
