In the wake of the Philip Seymour Hoffman's shocking death, the late actor's planned Showtime series, "Happyish," is stuck in limbo.
The cable network picked up the Hoffman vehicle — in which the Academy Award winner played a fortysomething New York ad exec that is becoming obsolete in a workplace crammed with twentysomethings — just two weeks ago.
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But Showtime has been forced to put the project on indefinite hold when its 46-year-old star was found dead Sunday in his Greenwich Village apartment, reportedly with a needle stuck in his ar. Police found 70 bags of heroin on the premises, sources told The News.
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President Snow (Donald Sutherland, left) and Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman, right) in a scene from ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.’
Though the pilot for "Happyish" had already been shot and the writer's room was in the midst of cranking out scripts, the show had not yet gone into production, according to a source.
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Since Hoffman played the lead role, however, it's likely the pilot would have to be re-cast and re-shot if the cable net eventually decides to continue.
"This planet is no damned place to have a heart, and Phil had the biggest, brokenest heart of anyone I have ever met," "Happyish" creator-executive producer Shalom Auslander said in a statement to Deadline.com. "He was a beautiful person in a hideous world. Great actor, too."
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Hoffman, pictured with Rachel McAdams, front, in a scene from the film, ‘A Most Wanted Man.’
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Hoffman's most high-profile gig, as Plutarch Heavensbee in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 & 2," has also been battered by the loss of a key member of the cast.
A source close to the production says Hoffman's scenes in "Mockingjay, Part 1," scheduled for a Nov. 21, 2014 release, are already in the can. The actor, however, still had seven days' worth of work left on "Part 2."
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Hoffman and John Turturro in ‘God’s Pocket.’
Since Hoffman's part is relatively minor, the filmmakers behind the final installment of the franchise won't face the same drastic rewrites that their counterparts on "Fast & Furious 7" are grappling with in the aftermath of above-the-marquee star Paul Walker's death.
"Words cannot convey the devastating loss we are all feeling right now," "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Parts 1 and 2" director Francis Lawrence, producers Suzanne Collins, Nina Jacobson, Jon Kilik and star Jennifer Lawrence said in a joint statement Sunday.
"Philip was a wonderful person and an exceptional talent, and our hearts are breaking. Our deepest thoughts and condolences go out to his family."
Moviegoers will eventually be able to see a pair of Hoffman’s wrapped movies — the thriller, “A Most Wanted Man,” and the drama, “The God’s Pocket” — in the coming months. Both debuted and received positive buzz at last month’s Sundance Film Festival.
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Hoffman was also due to direct "Ezekiel Moss," a period drama set during Prohibition and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams, later in the year.
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