Producer Aaron Kaplan and writer Justin Adler pulled out of the planned TV project after Crowe expressed his disapproval.
- Oct 8, 2014
AceShowbiz - Just a day after news broke out about "Say Anything..." sequel series, NBC has decided not to move forward with the project. The move comes after Cameron Crowe who directed the 1989 movie expressed his strong objection to the planned TV adaptation.
Hours after reports of the "Say Anything" TV project made headlines, Crowe and the film's star John Cusack took to Twitter to express their disapproval. "Regarding the announcement of a 'Say Anything' tv show... @JohnCusack, @IoneSkye1 and I have no involvement... except in trying to stop it," the filmmaker wrote. Cusack, meanwhile, tweeted, "Hell no !! '@readdreamwrite: .@johncusack Are you or @CameronCrowe involved with this series?"
Sources tell Deadline that Crowe would not have opposed the idea if he had been consulted about it. 20th Century Fox TV which was developing the comedy series insists that they reached out to Crowe, but the director's camp claims he had only found out about the series on Monday, October 6.
Crowe then called producer Aaron Kaplan to voice his objections. Learning that Crowe was against it, Kaplan and writer Justin Adler pulled out of the project and the studio made the decision to scrap it on Tuesday morning.
As reported before, the TV show was supposed to follow Lloyd Dobler, played by Cusack in the movie, who has long since been dumped by Diane (Ione Skye). Life hasn't exactly turned out like he thought, but when Diane surprisingly returns home, Lloyd is inspired to "dare to be great" once again, get Diane back and reboot his life. It's set a decade after the events in the 1989 movie.
