The Weinstein Company, the studio home of Lil Wayne and Bow Wow’s Post-Katrina basketball film Hurricane Season, has just announced their 2009 – 2010 film slate. Unfortunately for those involved in making Hurricane Season and those Wayne fans hoping to get a glimpse of him playing a punk high school kid, the movie has been dropped from the schedule…again. Many involved with the film were optimistic that it would get a proper release but due to major financial issues facing the Weinstein Company including recent layoffs, the film has been shelved indefinitely. In a recent interview with the Times Picayune – New Orleans, Hurricane Season producer Raymond Brothers still hopes for the best.
“We’re very grateful to the Weinstein Co. and (sister company) Dimension for making the movie in New Orleans — we spent $50 million in New Orleans. The movie tested extremely well, and we’re very hopeful that in a very short period of time we’ll come to some resolution about the release date.”
Considering the multi-million dollar budget, urban appeal with Lil Wayne and Bow Wow and major star appeal with Forest Whitaker, one hopes this movie will not get the dreaded straight-to-DVD treatment. Some Wayne fan out there needs to start a petition and get this movie in theaters.
[...] to WoooHa, and this movie is turning out like Rebirth with the push [...]
Yeah it went straight to dvd
[...] to WoooHa, and this movie is turning out like Rebirth with the push [...]
[...] to WoooHa, and this movie is turning out like Rebirth with the push [...]
wat it do.
I was going to ask if anyone really cares or is surprised about this news, but the fact that three sites have picked up the story from here, I guess someone does.
And there are another four sites that picked up the story that didn’t link back….there are a lot of Wayne lover sites out there
[...] the time, the Weinstein Company also developed and was set to distribute Hurricane Season starring Bow Wow and Lil Wayne to give the studio a formidable 1-2-punch in the urban film genre. [...]
[...] Hurricane Season debuts at number two on the chart. The tale of a New Orleans high school basketball team dealing with the aftermath of Katrina stars Forest Whitaker, Taraji P. Henson, Courtney B. Vance, Isaiah Washington, Bow Wow, and Lil Wayne and was directed by Tim Story (Barbershop, Fantastic Four) and was written by Robert Eisele (The Great Debators). With that kind of pedigree one might expect an awards season theatrical release, but apparently hard times at the Weinstein Co. took their toll. [...]