Producer Graham King comments on Peter Weir's departure from SHANTARAM

In an interview with Geoffrey Macnab for SCREEN DAILY (U.K.), Initial Entertainment Group’s Graham King addressed the delay on his film of Gregory David Roberts’ SHANTARAM. Mr. King and Johnny Depp are producing the film for Warner Bros.; Johnny is slated to play the leading role, and production was originally supposed to begin when PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3 wrapped this fall. Now those dates have been pushed back several months due to the departure of director Peter Weir.

Graham King acknowledged that he and his producing partners have not yet found a replacement for Mr. Weir. “We’re talking to a few directors right now,” King told SCREEN DAILY. “It’s very unfortunate about Peter. He’s truly one of the best filmmakers that there is,” King said. “He just had a vision of the movie which wasn’t mine and Johnny’s.” King added that when SHANTARAM does begin filming, he hopes to bring the project to a studio in the U.K.–perhaps Leavesden. The Zone thanks emma for finding the interview!