THE DA VINCI CODE - CHINESE PIRACY EXAGGERATED, SAYS STUDY

CHINESE PIRACY EXAGGERATED, SAYS STUDY

The decision to halt production of The Da Vinci Code sequel, Angels & Demons, is likely to cost Pinewood Shepperton Studios, where the movie was to be shot more than $6 million, the company said Thursday. It warned that it was not likely to offset the loss given the continuing strike of the Writers Guild of America. Sony, which is producing the film, has indicated that postponement of the production was made necessary because the screenplay was in need of certain revisions -- which the writer is barred from accomplishing under strike rules. Shares of Pinewood Shepperton dropped 7.55 percent on news of the postponement and fears that other productions might follow suit.

23/11/2007