Your Plans to Spend the Summer Ogling James McAvoy May Need to Be Put on Hold

By Mark Fefer in Economy, Film

Tuesday, Jun. 9 2009 @ 1:08PM

That's because the new movie that was scheduled to be shot here, The Details, which had just gotten underway a few weeks ago, has abruptly shut down.

"They've run into some challenges," says Amy Lillard Dee, head of WashingtonFilmWorks, which provides financial incentives to movie-makers who agree to work in the state. This year, the state legislature increased those tax benefits, a move that Dee had credited with bringing The Details to Seattle.

The movie was to star Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney, and James McAvoy (seen below; we're told he's really good-looking). The producers did not immediately return calls for comment. Nor did James Keblas, head of Seattle's Office of Music and Film.

Dee says the producers are "still fighting to get the movie made." Hmmm, fight on, say some of the staff of SW.