STEALTH director Rob Cohens big-budget spectacle THE 8TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD has been called off at Sonys Columbia Pictures, reports the L.A. TIMES.
Amy Pascal, head of the motion picture group for Sony Pictures Ent., said in the piece, "It didn't seem like a good idea for us to make that movie after STEALTH.
The $135-million STEALTH lost Sony nearly $50 million after grossing a measly $32.1 million domestically. Cohen declined to comment.
Charlie Mitchell had been hired to rework the script from Cormac and Marianne Wibberly and Tedi Sarafian, which was an eighth-century tale where Sinbad and his crew are searching for the Lamp of Aladdin in China, where they encounter a supernatural Chinese general, gorgeous empress and fantastical creatures. Director John Singleton was previously attached to the project.
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