David O. Russell Leaves Nailed

Production began on this film over two years ago and still nobody’s seen it. David O. Russell’s Nailed, written by Al Gore’s daughter Kristen, has been through the financial ringer and been ‘nailed’ well and truly. The film stars Jessica Biel, James Marsden, Jake Gyllenhaal and Catherine Keener and is a comedy about a young lady who undergoes a personality change after being shot in the head by a nail gun. Nice.

The movie, which has shot in fits and starts, currently remains without a director after Russell walked away, telling Hollywood Reporter:

“The multiple production delays and stoppages, which were caused by David Bergstein and preceded Ron Tutor’s direct involvement with me, have now spanned two years, and the circumstances under which the film would now be completed are much different on several fundamental levels than when we embarked several years ago. I, unfortunately, am no longer involved in the project and cannot call it ‘my’ film. I wish Ron Tutor well.”

It’s not all doom and gloom for Russell. He’s got The Fighter lined up in February, 2011. Early word says it’s a real contender.

And because it’s a laugh-out-loud classic of how not to treat your actors, here’s that infamous clip of Lily Tomlin arguing with Russell on the set of I Heart Huckabees.

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