116203
« on: November 03, 2007, 03:23:15 AM »
I can't say that phrasing really surprised me. In fact, it would be pretty much expected. As I said when this project was first announced, there are at least 101 things that need to happen before we'll ever see a finished film. At this point the film is still in early development, and any one of those 101 things not falling into place could potentially derail it. Many's the film that dies in development hell. And toss in the impending writers' strike when a script for the film hasn't even been completed and, well, that just pushes things further into the future than they already were, meaning more time for the potential for something to go wrong.
However, all that being said, that does not mean that Depp's DS film is doomed never to come out of development and to never see fruition. It just means that at this early stage it's still too early for everything to be a done deal, thus Depp speaking of the film as a much hoped for entity rather than as a certainty. Even as a producer Depp cannot control every aspect of development.