No More Onscreen Reunion for Carrey and Diaz

Well so much for a Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz onscreen reunion. The two super stars were planning on their first reunion on the big screen, since their appearance in the 1994 hit The Mask, in the upcoming dramedy A Little Game Without Consequence from Focus Features. The two have both pulled out less than a month before filming was set to begin on the movie. Rumors have been circulating that the two actors left the movie because of the usual creative difference between the actors and the director, Gabriele Muccino. Specifically they weren’t very happy about the latest version of the script written by Muccino.

A Little Game Without Consequence is based on a French play by Jean Dell and Gerald Sibleyras, which follows a model couple who pretend to separate and find out that their friends didn’t think that they were good together anyway. Carrey and Diaz originally signed on under the condition that the script be rewritten to fix problems in the third act. However the rewriting done by Muccino turned out to be completely different from what Carrey and Diaz expected. Apparently producers also had a problem with the revised script, they wanted a more commercial feel to the plot. Following Carrey and Diaz out the door was Muccino.

Reports have said that James Schamus is taking the latest rewrite of the script hoping to put the movie back on track. This movie is just another step back for Jim Carrey who has struggled recent with his movies. His last comedy Fun With Dick and Jane bombed in theatres, and he has hit snags in his upcoming projects. Both of his projects were abandoned by Paramount before they could get off the ground. Used Guys, which would have paired Carrey with Ben Stiller, and Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, were both cancelled mostly because of rising costs for both movies and script problems. Hopefully Jim Carrey will be able to bounce back soon and prove how good he actually is.