Will Cabin In The Woods Be The Latest MGM Casualty?
MGM’s dire financial troubles have already spelled doom or delay for several films: the next Bond movie was indefinitely postposed,The Hobbitis delayed to the point where Guillermo del Toro walked as director, and theRed Dawnremake is shelved for the time being, because the studio doesn’t have enough money to release the film.
Now the horror movieCabin in the Woods, written and produced byJoss Whedonand directed byCloverfieldwriterDrew Goddard, looks like the latest casualty of the studio’s misfortune.
In an article detailing how MGM can’t find anyone who wants to run the studio,THRsays that “MGM has the thriller “Red Dawn” set for release in November and the horror thriller “Cabin in the Woods” slotted for January. But no trailers have been shot, and it’s assumed both will be pushed to later release dates.”
The sad irony here is thatCabin in the Woodswas originally slated for release in February of this year, but in October 2009 a decision was made to push the release dateso the film could be post-converted to 3D. A ploy to make more money off the film could now have put it into a position to make no money at all.
That’s a great shame. Whedon and Goddard have a solid cast (Richard Jenkins, Chris Hemsworth, Bradley Whitford, Jesse Williams, Amy Acker and Kristen Connolly) and have managed to keep most of the details of the script from getting out. It looked likeCabin in the Woodscould have been a smart, fun horror movie to stand alongsideDrag Me To Hell. We ran down the opening of the horror/monster movie scripta few months back, and I won’t spill details here, in case you haven’t already had the story revealed. It might not matter though, as at this point we have no way of knowing when we’ll be able to see the film.
