STEVEN SODERBERGH - SODERBERGH FEELS SORRY FOR STUDIO AFTER MOVIE FLOP

SODERBERGH FEELS SORRY FOR STUDIO AFTER MOVIE FLOP

Director STEVEN SODERBERGH feels bad for movie studio Warner Bros., because its decision to take a risk on his quirky new movie THE GOOD GERMAN proved to be a wrong one. The $32 million (GBP16.4 million) budget film, which stars GEORGE CLOONEY, TOBEY MAGUIRE and CATE BLANCHETT, has become a critical and commercial flop in the US. And Soderbergh fears Warner Bros. will stop taking risks because of failures like The Good German. He says, "I feel bad for Warners. I don't like losing money for anybody. "More importantly, the person coming in behind me to pitch something that's off the beaten track - well, sorry, but that's just not going to happen. We've shut the door on that for a while. "That's really sad. Not for me - I got to make the movie, I'm happy. But the two or three people behind me will have to go elsewhere."