First, James Caan walked off the set of David O’Russell’s Nailed. Now, according to Variety, the entire production has shut down due to financial problems, which leaves both Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel without a job until further notice.

This is the third time the production has been put on hold. IATSE leaders instructed below-the-line crewmembers not to show up last Thursday when they were not paid. A person close to the project insists that the project will in fact start back up again sometime next week.

The film is scheduled to wrap sometime in June, but its future is murky at best.

Source: MovieWeb

Jake is reportedly involved in a new project. Check this out:

Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton will star in “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,” Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ adaptation of Ubisoft’s popular video game. Mike Newell is directing.

In the fantasy adventure, Gyllenhaal will play Dastan, a young prince in sixth century Persia who must join forces with Tamina (Arterton), a feisty and exotic princess, to prevent a villainous nobleman from possessing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

Doug Miro & Carlo Bernard, Jordan Mechner and Boaz Yakin wrote the script, which is based on the many games created by Jordan Mechner.

Bruckheimer is producing, while Mike Stenson, Chad Oman and Patrick McCormick are exec producing.

Production is set to start in July.

Gyllenhaal will next appear in Jim Sheridan’s “Brothers” with Tobey Maguire. He is repped by CAA and Management 360.

British actress Arterton is relatively new on the film scene but is already generating heat for her work in Guy Ritchie’s upcoming “RocknRolla” and the new James Bond movie, “Quantum of Solace.” She is repped by Independent Talent Group.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Production halted last week after workers reportedly weren’t being paid

Shooting resumed Monday in Columbia on the movie “Nailed,” according to a movie spokesperson.

Production was interrupted Thursday for a second time when members of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees were ordered to stay away from the set after not being paid, Variety.com reported. The first work stoppage occurred May 9 when actors — including stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel — were told not to report to work by the Screen Actors Guild.

Capitol Films, the company backing “Nailed,” reportedly is suffering a financial crunch, forcing other productions to be sidelined as well, according to Variety and Deadlinehollywood.com, an entertainment blog.

In “Nailed,” an uninsured small-town receptionist (Biel) suffers from a freak accident that boosts her libido into overdrive. She goes to Washington to lobby for the rights of “bizarrely injured” people. There she meets an immoral congressman (Gyllenhaal), who takes advantage of her sex drive.

— Robin Cowie Nalepa to The State.com

The filming of “Nailed,” the movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel being shot around Columbia, resumed today after a pay dispute shut down shooting over the weekend, the S.C. Film Commission said.

The Screen Actors Guild on Friday pulled its members, including Gyllenhaal and Biel, after film producers did not keep enough money in accounts to pay actors, The New York Times reported today.

Filming resumed today, said Kara Borie, a spokeswoman for the S.C. Film Commission. She would not confirm any of the other details of the Times report.

She referred questions to the film’s publicist, who said no statements were being made at this time.

The determination of cash rebates — part of the S.C. incentive packages offered to productions bringing in more than $1 million — given “Nailed” will be based on an audit to be completed by the Film Commission within 30 days of the final wrap of the film, Borie said.

Shooting in Columbia is at about the half-way point. It began in mid-April and is expected to finish in about a month.

Efforts by the Times to reach David Bergstein, a principal of Capitol Films, which is helping to back the movie, over the weekend were unsuccessful.

Word of the production’s troubles was first reported on Deadlinehollywooddaily.com.

Source: The State

The Screen Actors Guild has ordered the closing of the production of Nailed in South Carolina.
From Deadline Hollywood Daily:

I’m told by knowledgeable sources that David O. Russell’s indie political comedy Nailed which began filming in April was shut down by the Screen Actors Guild on Friday because of insufficient funds on deposit with the guild. I’ve also learned the Columbia, S.C. shoot is in trouble with both IATSE and Teamsters, and some of those union members have left the beleaguered $25 million budgeted production. Rumors also are circulating that the state of South Carolina could withdraw its incentive monies because of the financing problems. Filmmakers hope to resolve the cash crunch and re-start shooting next week since principal photography is only at the halfway point. “I am confident we will finish,” an insider on the pic just told me. “The financing on this like most indies is based on bank loans and bridge loans. This is a matter of waiting on the bridge loan. Hopefully, it will all be resolved.”

According to Reuters, a replacement for James Caan has already been found: James Brolin. Caan departed from the project after a discussion with director David O. Russel over a scene where his character was supposed to choke on a cookie. Kirstie Alley and Olivia Crocicchia will also star in the movie.

Nailed is currently in production in South Carolina.