Jonathan Demme Departs Bob Marley Film Part Way Through Production?
Posted on Friday, August 14th, 2009 by Brendon Connelly
The first director attached to Marley, a documentary about the reggae icon Bob, was none other than Marty Scorsese. Back in May, however, reports surfaced that he was leaving the film due to a schedule clash and, hurrah for me, Jonathan Demme came aboard. Aside from the (brilliant) digression that was Rachel Getting Married, Demme has been focusing very much on documentaries recently, and has an unparalleled track record in concert and music films. He’s just about the perfect director for this job.
Bad news then, that The New York Post’s Page Six are today reporting Demme is off the project. What’s more, they claim that he was already into production and it was the screening of some rough cut that lead to him leaving.
Demme’s exit occurred after the movie’s producer, Bill Clinton pal Steve Bing, saw the director’s first round of editing and was less than impressed.
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