Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Trent Reznor has scrapped plans for a 3-D film chronicling Nine
Inch Nails' most recent tour, according to a post on the band's
Web site.
The film would have been released in theaters as well as on DVD and
Blu-ray, and was to be taped at a special free show using
technology developed by director James Cameron. But various issues
made the project an impossibility, something Reznor primarily
blames on his former label, Interscope, without naming them
directly.
The artist says he approached the Universal-distributed company
about "producing / funding" the filming, but waited "as usual for
months" before they declined. (Interscope was unavailable for
comment.)
"We then achieved the impossible by finding alternate production /
funding but the timetable is too rushed to get it filmed
comfortably with the remaining time left on the tour," which ends
Dec. 13 in Las Vegas.
That said, Reznor claims the tour was "certainly the best thing
I've ever been involved with and likely the final tour for NIN on
this scale." But he also promises "the shows we have announced in
2009 and any more that may be announced will be a completely
different approach with some different personnel and will likely be
the last for the foreseeable future."
Nine Inch Nails returns to the road Feb. 17 in Auckland. The group
scored two Grammy nominations last night: best rock instrumental
for "34 Ghosts I-V," and best boxed or special limited edition
package for "Ghosts I-IV."