It was George of the Jungle who was famous for faceplanting into a wall, but now it’s the production of Warner Bros.’ Tarzan that has come to a screeching halt. The flick that was to star Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood) as Tarzan and Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) as Jane has closed its production offices.
Harry Potter director David Yates is still attached to direct the popular Edgar Rice Burroughs story, with the hope being that things will pick back up for the project in 2014. The studio had been trying to court Jamie Foxx for the third lead but never secured the contract, a fact that might have led to the film’s delay.
Given the underwhelming financial performance of Disney’s John Carter (hey, we liked it), another pricey Burroughs adaptation featuring a shirtless adventurer, it is understandable for Warner Bros. to put production on hold until they can make good on Tarzan’s large budget.
From: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/11/tarzan-might-not-swing-into-theaters