Man, the problems for the Weinstein Company keep looking worse and worse. First it’s “The Road” that might not be ready for release in 2008 and now it’s the embattled and infamous “The Reader”? Man, could both of Harvey Weinstein’s Oscar hopefuls not be ready for release this year leaving the whole ugly ‘Reader’ scandal all for not?
God, that would be some serious karmic payback, no? Rope Of Silicon has received some secondhand info.
“I got a tip from someone claiming to be close to the production saying “editing is not even half-finished” but the biggest problem is apparently the score. Our tipster says, “Although Alberto Iglesias will probably do the score, the other two finalists are still in the game – Ozren K. Glaser, a brilliant young Croatian composer and Nico Muhly, a dark-styled Peter Glass assistant.”
Hmm, consider it a rumor. If it’s the editing, that’s a serious issues, but scores aren’t a huge concern and many are done at the last, last minute and cranked out and recorded super fast. Too fast? Sure, but they get completed. This could also be just a tipster trying to throw fuel on the fires of Weinstein’s existing problems cause he’s so persona non-grata at the moment and some people are loving it with major schadenfreude, but who knows.
Either way, “The Reader” isn’t scheduled until December 19, so we wouldn’t hit the panic button just yet. Alberto Iglesias is a lovely composer too. His work on “Volver” was stunning and he was shut out of the Oscars that year despite many contemporary composers considering this to be a crime. Including the Oscar-Score winner that year, Gustavo Santallalo. Iglesias’ understated work on “Che” was also quite beautiful, especially in “Guerilla.” It would not hurt “The Reader” if they did nail him down for the job.