Letting something die is not the same as killing it, but it does beggar belief why they just gave up on TDE. If they have little faith in their own projects then I can understand how faith in future projects is tested.
Like you I'll wait till rehearsals or a date is set before getting too excited, but this is still a small glimmer of hope that the BOOH: Musical isn't dead yet.
> Well, I hope it all happens, but after the way Jim and
> Rink killed The Dream Engine I have no faith until I see
> rehearsals happening and tickets for sale.
>
> > Well, the investment is in a production company Hill Top
> > Productions. Jim gave the names of his two producers in
> > his blog ages ago, and one of those is a director of that
> > company. So it does all hang together.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > > There are plenty of instances of companies holding rights
> > > and never exercising them... there are also occasional
> > > instances of companies holding rights just so other
> > > companies can't make a film. There's the infamous
> > > Fantastic Four film that was made for 2 million dollars
> > > and never released just so that the producers could keep
> > > their rights to the characters and not let them go to
> > > someone else and they then waited another decade to film
> > > and release the real version.
> > >
> > > > Creative Entertainment Group have released a financial
> > > > report on the state of the company and apart from a lot of
> > > > it being a load of boring twaddle, there's a bit that
> > > > isn't.
> > > >
> > > > "However we are maintaining our investments in our
> > > > Theatrical Division's performing rights for Jim
> > > > Steinman's Bat out of Hell"
> > > >
> > > > Seems to me that they wouldn't be maintaining their
> > > > investment if it wasn't going to happen.
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