Wes Craven's Cursed

Director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson's Cursed, which Dimension Films still has set as a February 13 release, has hit some blocks in the road to completion.

The studio last month put the movie on an extended hiatus with four weeks left on the shooting schedule. The hiatus was reportedly planned and concerned the addition of special effects because the filmmakers brought in more special effects than originally planned as the film shot. Putting a film's shooting on hiatus is not an abnormal thing for a studio to do.

But it goes further than that. Apparently top executives at Miramax (Dimension's parent) weren't happy with the film's ending or how the special effects were progressing, specifically the look of the film's lead lupine. The project was then put back into a "development phase," during which all parties could agree on the final outcome.

The studio says that all the kinks have now been worked out on Cursed and a September restart is being eyed. It is unclear whether this might cause any problems with the availability of crew members or finding dates that would work for the film's ensemble cast, which includes Christina Ricci, Skeet Ulrich, Shannon Elizabeth, Omar Epps and Scott Foley.

Set in Los Angeles, the film puts a modern inventive twist on the classic werewolf tale.