An upcoming YA book-to-film adaptation is facing major complications.
Lionsgateâs âChaos Walkingâ movie, based on the sci-fi novel The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, has been deemed âunreleasable,â according to a report from The Wall Street Journal released in April. Itâs been undergoing extensive reshoots as a result.
The report stated that the movie âturned out so poorly it was deemed unreleasable by executives who watched initial cuts last year, according to current and former employees.â The report continued, âLionsgate delayed the filmâs planned March release and is about to begin three weeks of additional production, at a cost of millions more, in the hope that new scenes will improve its commercial prospects.â
Doug Liman is set to direct the movie. âChaos Walkingâ will tell the story of Todd Hewitt â played by Tom Holland (âSpider-Man: Homecoming,â âAvengers: Endgameâ) â who grows up on a planet where only men have survived and where they can read each othersâ thoughts. His life is turned upside down when he meets a woman named Viola, played by Daisy Ridley (âStar Wars: The Force Awakens,â âStar Wars: The Last Jediâ).
Holland reportedly missed the premiere of âAvengers: Endgameâ due to the reshoots.
Lionsgate has already sunk $100 million into the filmâs production and the reshooting is adding up to as much as $15 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Patrick Ness is also apparently heavily involved in the filmâs script, along with six other screenwriters, according to iO9.
The movie was originally due for release last March. Thereâs been no word on a new release date.
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