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“Hurricane Season” Movie Drowning In Debt & May Be Shelved

Fri, Jun 12, 2009 by Danny M

Lil Wayne‘s upcoming film Hurricane Season, which co-stars Forest Whitaker and Bow Wow, has reportedly run out of money and has been pushed back indefinitely.

Despite an all-star cast of actors, the movie’s budget is reportedly in the red.

Our sources here in Hollywood are telling us that the studio that owns the marketing and distribution rights to Hurricane Season literally has run out of money and will not be able to release it anytime soon. The studio is the Weinstein Company, and it all makes sense since it’s very public knowledge that they are going through big-time financial issues. Hurricane Season finished filming in mid 2008 and was set for a late 2008/early 2009 release date. Instead, it has been pushed back indefinitely. So what does this all mean? Well you won’t be seeing Wayne playing a high school kid or Bow Wow playing a basketball player anytime soon. Either that or the producers try and buy back the rights so they can sell them to another studio — or it ends up going straight-to-DVD 50 Cent style.

Weezy recently reflected upon his on-screen time alongside Forest Whitaker in the film.

“I just finished shooting a movie with Forest too,” he said in an interview. “He’s a very serious guy. I just spoke to him before he went out there, and he was like, ‘You did good in the movie.’ Then he goes out there and sings that. I’m like, ‘Wow.’ Everything was wonderful and just doing it in New Orleans, it being a true story and just contributing in any kind of way, it was great for me.”

Shout outs to SOHH

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18 Comments

  1. On June 12, 2009 at 11:18 pm NOLAIS504(UPTOWN) responded with...

    wow great news.

  2. On June 13, 2009 at 12:27 am Sarah responded with...

    I was really looking forward to this movie :(

  3. On June 13, 2009 at 12:34 am wHsick responded with...

    guess it’ll go to DVD.

  4. On June 13, 2009 at 1:12 am Ooohhh responded with...

    TBH I always had a feeling that this would go straight to DVD :(

    They should just release it now then on DVD instead of waiting years and years

  5. On June 13, 2009 at 6:03 am karesha phillips responded with...

    hi wen u talk to sara again tell her my mother leslie wilson says hi we no sara because my mom did her hair for state borad the both went to tri county beauty collage ok bye and i cant wait to c ya movie

  6. On June 13, 2009 at 11:09 am T-Wayne09 responded with...

    Movie “drowning” in debt.

    Ha.

  7. On June 13, 2009 at 6:00 pm grand buzz responded with...

    wow wayne and bow wow might aswell just pay it for them because they must have the money

  8. On June 13, 2009 at 6:04 pm Samser responded with...

    Fuck!

  9. On June 13, 2009 at 6:05 pm D-WAYNE-C responded with...

    THIS SUCKS BUT DOES IT MEAN WE WILL SEE IT NEXT YEAR NOW???

  10. On June 13, 2009 at 6:07 pm Miss-Wayne responded with...

    Yeaaaah it will a F*****’ Great Film !! :D
    Weezy will be so Magnificent … As usual !! ^^
    I’m so Impatient !!

    ‘Love Ya Weezy <3
    … Juust tha Best !!

    .. Miss Wayne ..
    ( Your Wife ;P )

  11. On June 13, 2009 at 7:32 pm Lil Wayne responded with...

    Oh Bro, what´s wrong with Wayne. First of all The rebirth everyday it pushed to another date. And now his movies won´t show in cinemas.

  12. On June 13, 2009 at 7:59 pm Ooohhh responded with...

    Thought this was called Patriots or something like that too???

  13. On June 14, 2009 at 11:52 pm cody122555 responded with...

    dat sux i was lookin 4ward 2 it

  14. On August 17, 2009 at 8:47 am santana responded with...

    when dis shit comin out is wayne goin get shit……pplz i need 2 kno

  15. On August 22, 2009 at 10:15 am louisville502 responded with...

    ats some bullshit how dey gon have an all star cast but not be able to release a movie haven’t dese ppl heard of a loan i mean they can make tha money right back this movie is to hyped to be a “bomb” in tha box office i guess we will be waiting forever just like the release of THE REBITH

  16. On December 23, 2009 at 8:11 pm hopscotch responded with...

    Thanks a lot for this great infornative man

Trackbacks/Pingbacks

  1. Lil Wayne’s Movie “Hurricane Season” Will Hit Theaters | Lil Wayne HQ - September 4, 2009

    [...] Back in June we exclusively reported that Hurricane Season, the basketball film starring Bow Wow, Forest Whitaker and Lil Wayne was being shelved by the Weinstein Company because the film studio could not afford to market and distribute it. At that time, The Weinstein’s were facing dire financial hardship and had invested a big part of their theatrical marketing spend in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards. If Tarantino’s film failed, films like Hurricane Season would go from shelved to sold off in a matter of months….luckily for the studio, Inglorious Bastards will turn a profit as it already has grossed over $140 million world-wide and cost $70 million to make. [...]

  2. Lil Wayne’s Movie “Hurricane Season” Will Hit Theaters | Lilwayne Video - September 5, 2009

    [...] Back in June we exclusively reported that Hurricane Season, the basketball film starring Bow Wow, Forest Whitaker and Lil Wayne was being shelved by the Weinstein Company because the film studio could not afford to market and distribute it. At that time, The Weinstein’s were facing dire financial hardship and had invested a big part of their theatrical marketing spend in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards. If Tarantino’s film failed, films like Hurricane Season would go from shelved to sold off in a matter of months….luckily for the studio, Inglorious Bastards will turn a profit as it already has grossed over $140 million world-wide and cost $70 million to make. [...]

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