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
June 12th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
wow great news.
June 13th, 2009 at 12:27 am
I was really looking forward to this movie
June 13th, 2009 at 12:34 am
guess it’ll go to DVD.
June 13th, 2009 at 1:12 am
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
June 13th, 2009 at 6:03 am
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
June 13th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Movie “drowning” in debt.
Ha.
June 13th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
wow wayne and bow wow might aswell just pay it for them because they must have the money
June 13th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Fuck!
June 13th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
THIS SUCKS BUT DOES IT MEAN WE WILL SEE IT NEXT YEAR NOW???
June 13th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Yeaaaah it will a F*****’ Great Film !!
Weezy will be so Magnificent … As usual !! ^^
I’m so Impatient !!
‘Love Ya Weezy <3
… Juust tha Best !!
.. Miss Wayne ..
( Your Wife ;P )
June 13th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
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.
June 13th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Thought this was called Patriots or something like that too???
June 14th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
dat sux i was lookin 4ward 2 it
August 17th, 2009 at 8:47 am
when dis shit comin out is wayne goin get shit……pplz i need 2 kno
August 22nd, 2009 at 10:15 am
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
December 23rd, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Thanks a lot for this great infornative man