Projects fall apart, no matter who you are: Wessler

According to Hollywood producer Charles B. Wessler, independent creatives should not feel frustrated because projects fall apart no matter the names involved or the budgets.

“It happens to the biggest directors and the biggest producers,” Wessler told Encore.

In Australia last week to supervise the shoot of The Apprentice (directed by Steve Baker and Damon Escott), which will be part of an untitled collection of comedy short films, Wessler (There’s Something About Mary, Me, Myself & Irene and the upcoming The Three Stooges) said that the project – which he is producing with Peter Farrelly – lost its financing on two occasions over the last three years.

Even though it boasts a cast that includes Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts, Kate Winslet, Gerard Butler, Liev Schreiber and Juliane Moore, Wessler said the project is still an independent one.