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After a last-ditch effort by producer-financier Avi Lerner to step in to finance the Bruce Willis-starring indie thriller Wake, everything has come to a grinding halt. Willis is gone, as is director John Pogue. At issue, according to several people involved in the production, was that a certain producer would not…

EXCLUSIVE: The Bruce Willis-starring indie thriller Wake just can’t seem to keep its eyes open. The thriller, which was shut down last month because of budget problems, was expected to start up again on March 23, but that was postponed again. Some in the cast are now considering the project dead, although apparently…

After about a week to 10 days into production, the Bruce Willis-starring indie Wake has shut down due to financial woes, sources tell Deadline. “It was headed in that direction for a while,” said one source with knowledge of the production issues. The thriller directed by John Pogue, which also stars Ben Kinglsey…

EXCLUSIVE: Piper Perabo has been cast opposite Bruce Willis and Ben Kingsley in Wake, an indie thriller from director John Pogue. When the Forrester family reunites for a relative’s wake, they are unnerved by the arrival of the dead man’s brother, Red (Willis), a diagnosed sociopath who made their lives a living hell…

EXCLUSIVE: James Ward Byrkit has signed with Alex Manugian to write the screenplay for Paramount's long-gestating thriller Wake. Wake chronicles the high school life and loves of Janie Hannagan, a teen who has the ability to enter other people's dreams. This project has been trying to find its form since it was first…