Things just keep getting worse for Arnold.First, he announced his 25 year marriage with Maria Shriver was over.
Next he admitted to an affair with an ex-housekeeper and fathering a love child that is now 13-years-old.
And now Hollywood is putting the brakes on his future movie career.
Arnold’s damage control firm released a statement yesterday saying,
“At the request of Arnold Schwarzenegger we asked Creative Artists Agency to inform all his motion picture projects currently underway or being negotiated to stop planning until further notice. Mr. Schwarzenegger is focusing on personal matters and is not willing to commit to any production schedules or timelines. We will resume discussions when Governor Schwarzenegger decides.”
From what we hear it was not as much a matter of Arnold bowing out, but rather the studios pulling the plug on the actor because of his current “personal matters”.
In fact, Arnold had several big deals in the works including a return to his role in a “Terminator” sequel. It was a sure thing and studios were lining up to make it happen. Not anymore.
Arnold had also entered into a deal with comic book legend Stan Lee to produce a television series called “The Governator” lending his voice talents to the lead crime fighting character. Unfortunately, the series was to show Arnold fighting crime with the help of his wife Maria and their four children. Awkward.
A rep says,
"In light of recent events, A Squared Entertainment, POW, Stan Lee Comics, and Archie Comics, have chosen to not go forward with the Governator project."
Another project that has now been taken off the table is “Cry Macho”, about a retired horse trainer who gets caught up in an international kidnapping scheme.
The film was written by Richard Nash, and was to be directed by Brad Furman, and produced by Bill Block and Albert Ruddy - but not anymore.
The other movie deal in the works was “The Last Stand”, where Arnold would have played a sheriff chasing a drug cartel leader who busts out of a courthouse and runs for the Mexico border.
This film was written by Andrew Knauer and scheduled to be directed by Jee-woon Kim.
Both movie projects were in pre-production with filming to start in 2011-2012 with a release date of late 2012 or early 2013.
Nobody is saying for sure that these projects will NEVER happen, just that they have been taken off the table “until sometime in the future”.
If things blow over for Arnold I suspect we could see him wiggle back in to the movie biz, but if the public (and Hollywood) turn on him then it’s over.
Hasta la vista, baby
Arnold explains the real reason he split from Maria Shriver.
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