He'll be at Sundance. A chat with Robert Redford (and a part in one of Mr Redford's films!) might be helpful (or not). Why do I say this? They're both "leading men" known widely for being beautiful, but both seem much deeper, concerned with great stories (and literature into film), with BIG ideas.

And yes, I am angry with the universe and the industry that others with far less creative vision, understanding of the craft and acting skill get films made. I think he is a great actor - not everyone agrees with me. His acting seems very TRUE to me, sometimes just brilliant, sometimes a bit awkward (as humans are), but always very genuine.

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Even when describing the typical Hollywood story of development hell, Reeves took on an air of transcendentalism. "The energy kind of rippled out and rippled out and entropy reigned."

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they are starting from scratch, right?
well, I hope they get fleas in their beds and they scratch themselves somewhere it hurts really bad!

years ago I told myself I would read only a couple of pages of the script (just to see what it's like...) and ended up spending a day reading the whole thing.

and now, he's OUT!

if Stallone did the same with Rocky... REALLY STUPID, Keanu!

Welcome to the forums. Who are you again? and if you're just here to say that Keanu is "stupid," pal, did you ever come to the wrong place for you are crunchy and likely to taste good with ketchup, or sauteed almondine with a nice Burgundy

Unless you are in fact Keanu, in which case, hey, how's it going man?

Agree with MmeRenard that if Keanu is out, it would be because it's out of his control.

Still hoping we get to see Keanu in this.

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if Stallone did the same with Rocky... REALLY STUPID, Keanu!

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1. did i say Keanu is stupid? if you are so kind and point it out to me, i promise i'll eat the whole thing

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crunchy and likely to taste good with ketchup, or sauteed almondine with a nice Burgundy

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2. i disagree that - strictly my opinion -

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don't think it is his decision

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it's out of his control.

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The rights to the script belong to Spaihts and we don't know in which terms he sold the script to Company Films

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i think he was in (some kind of) control of the script.
from what i know (if i'm wrong, shoot Anakin :), the story was his idea and he paid this guy Spaihts to write the script.
ok, i don't know much about US law, but think it this way:
a simple premise - singer pays composer to write a song for him. who has the copyright of the song? the singer, cause the composer was hired and paid for his work. the composer will indeed owe the credit of writing the lyrics and/or the music, but never the copyright (yeah, it all depends on the agreement and if such an agreement even exists...).
so, my conclusion is listed under number

3. due to the fact that the movie is a big budget deal and he isn't exactly a bankable actor lately, i think the studios wanted to make the movie, but not with him playing the lead.
so, between the movie not being made and being made with somebody else playing the character, to me, looks like he chose to let it go.
which, to me, is really stupid, because it's not gonna to be the same, not even close.

last, but not least, was never my intention to step on anybody's tail. should i apologize if what i wrote was misinterpreted? dunno.

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the story was his idea and he paid this guy Spaihts to write the script.

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And yet on the front page of the script it says 'by Jon Spaihts'. And according to the WGA, the script belongs to Spaihts until he sells it to a producer; and the contract can have various deadline clauses. And I repeat what I wrote in my previous post: we don't know in which conditions it was sold. It is my assumption, based on those lines in the Deadline article that CF was bound to get it produced in a certain no. of years and if not, the rights to the script revert back to Spaihts.

So again, to me it sounds like Company Films had reached the contractual deadline and was legally bound to let it go - or get it produced until a certain term.

Because otherwise, if it were only about a choice of not getting the movie made or getting it made without Reeves attached in any capacity, the article wouldn't have mentioned the 'situation with the rights to the script' and the fact that 'it became free'.

Sitting on the script and sulking, saying it shan't be made unless he stars in the movie would have been indeed stupid - and childish. Company Films has contractual obligations which need to be met.

But hey, it's Sony who bought it, right? Maybe some of those 'leaked'emails the press so happily publishes these days will shed some light on this whole matter, too...

Of course, everything I post is just my opinion... and it's not like I can't be wrong.

Why on earth would anyone here be offended by "REALLY STUPID, Keanu!"?

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/imitation-game-director-morten-tyldum-in-talks-for-sony-space-tale-passengers-1201416509/

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/imitation-game-director-tackling-sci-767652