Budgetary issues were, once again, the concern, says Variety.
Not long ago, pre-production was brought to a stand-still when Legendary thought it would be beneficial to take another crack at the script to bring the costs down. That remedy didn’t seem to help out.
Source tell the site that the technology to pull the film off wasn’t there.
Based on John Milton’s 17-century poem, the film was to focus on a war in heaven and the rivalry between the archangel’s Michael and Lucifer.
Cooper was to star alongside Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Purcell, Callan McAuliff, Camilla Belle and Casey Affleck.
I wonder if this will give Proyas an opportunity to get Dracula: Year One going again.