Universal is trying to catch a Crowe to replace their missing Pitt for STATE OF PLAY!!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. You may have heard that Brad Pitt dropped out of the US film version of the BBC STATE OF PLAY, thus throwing production into craziness. It seems that Universal has now gone to Russell Crowe to fill his shoes, hoping to God they can reschedule the production to make it work both pre-strike and to fit in before Crowe puts on the tights and plays the Sheriff of Nottingham for Ridley Scott in March of next year, for the same company. We'll know this week if he accepts the role or not. I have the original State of Play, by David Yates, sitting here just waiting to be watched. I think I'll throw it in the trusty DVD player here soon so I can have a valid opinion one way or the other on the developments of this project. I can just say that I'm looking forward to STATE OF PLAY, but that I'm looking forward to Crowe as NOTTINGHMAN more.