Fox Atomic Kills "Nerds" Remake
Fox Atomic's remake of the 80's classic comedy, "Revenge of the Nerds," shut down, permanently, just weeks into production.
The $12.5 million film, from director Kyle Newman, had only been shooting for two weeks, and while Atomic still is assessing the losses on the project, the studio indicated that all members of the production team had been paid to date for their time.
The move came in response to a loss of its location at Emory University earlier this month. More than a third of the film was to be shot at the venerable Southern institution, but the school backed out of its agreement to allow Fox to film on campus. The trade press reported that Emory officials ultimately balked at the raunchy nature of the project but an insider familiar with the film attributed it more to the disruptive nature of having a film crew shooting amidst classes.
In addition, the movie had a large cast of low-cost stars, like the seemingly ubiquitous Kristin Cavallari of "Laguna Beach," but many of those thespians have other commitments that won't allow them to wait around indefinitely. Insiders say the bad news was given to the film's director, "Fanboys" director Kyle Newman, only an hour ago.
According to the trade, another issue was that Fox Atomic's Peter Rice was not completely satisfied with the dailies and that the film felt smaller than the kind of pic he's aiming to release from Atomic, the teen-oriented label launched last year
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