Daikun
08-09-2004, 09:11 PM
A spokesman from DreamWorks confirmed to Sci Fi Wire that the upcoming supernatural sequel film The Ring 2, starring Naomi Watts and Simon Baker, has been pushed back to Spring 2005 from its original November release date because of production delays. The sequel to 2002's hit The Ring, based on the Japanese Ringu movies, ran into problems when the studio and first-time director Noam Murro parted ways in March over "creative differences."
Murro was replaced by the director of the original Ringu films, Hideo Nakata, but subsequent delays have caused scheduling conflicts with leading lady Watts, who is supposed to start filming King Kong for Peter Jackson in New Zealand this month.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-08/09/14.00.film
Murro was replaced by the director of the original Ringu films, Hideo Nakata, but subsequent delays have caused scheduling conflicts with leading lady Watts, who is supposed to start filming King Kong for Peter Jackson in New Zealand this month.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-08/09/14.00.film