Well, we have to say it was kept pretty quiet, but Robin Williams’ company Fiat Risus has lost their suit against Gold Circle for the $6 million the actor said he was owed in an apparent pay-or-play deal for “Cop Out.”
The suit was lost when Gold Circle presented evidence was presented that a deal memorandum was never finalized. As you’re probably well aware, the scuttled project eventually found a new home at Warner Brothers where it was directed by Kevin Smith, stars Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan and is set to open on February 26th.
The mind sort of reels at what this film might’ve been with Williams motor-mouthing through this. Hell, just the idea of Williams as a cop is sort of absurd. The suit was filed back in October 2008 some time after the original project fell apart which means the proposed cast back then was probably much different than it is in its current incarnation.
Anyway, we’ll have to file this one under “what-could-have-been” and brace ourselves for the finished product which just got a new red-band trailer. Sigh.
