Work on Lindsay Lohan's next film has allegedly been cancelled after studio executives raised fears about the freshly rehabbed star's continuing excesses, New York Post's Page Six reports.
Producers for Poor Things, had originally agreed to delay work on the film until Lohan, 21, was released from her rehab at the Promises centre in Malibu, Calif., where she began treatment in June. However, after the occasional actress was released from the program on July 13 and was spotted partying with friends in Las Vegas soon after, the studio reportedly had enough.
According to Page Six, product vendors including GE and Dell computers, who had been promised placement in the movie, received an e-mail last week from the film's set designer, Fontaine Beauchamp Hebb, revealing that the movie had been cancelled.
"Poor Things has been cancelled," the e-mail reads. "Sorry to be the harbinger of bad news, but I just received a call from Jacky Gilardi, the producer, pulling the plug on the ill-fated film.
"Apparently, Ms. Lohan's antics in Las Vegas over the weekend have scared the bond companies and all of the funding has been pulled. I look forward to working together in the future and trust our next project will not be as fraught with difficulty."
A "friend" of Lohan's denied the flame-haired star's antics caused the film's demise, telling Page Six, "She had nothing to do with that movie shutting down."
"It was a mess to begin with," the snitch says. "They randomly fired Channing Tatum for Giovanni Ribisi, and then financing fell through because producers spent money like water. It was only supposed to cost $4 million dollars — Lindsay was being paid nothing for that role."
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