Cast Exit Due to Financial Concerns at Cannes

Johnny Depp has fallen out of Black Mass, Cross Creek and Exclusive Media's biopic of Boston gangster Whitey Bulger for director Barry Levinson, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. 

Depp was to have been paid his usual quote of $20 million, according to sources, but with sales of the project at Cannes on the soft side, producers were looking to trim the budget, in the high $60 million range. Depp was asked to take half, according to sources, and the actor and his reps at UTA refused. The situation came to a crux Wednesday.

A producer source disputes the softness of the sales, saying the sales were on target and that most territories were sold.

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