Miley Cyrus to Ink Half a BILLION Dollar Deal to Play…Gidget?
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See the young lady on the surfboard above? That would be Miley Cyrus. Or Hannah Montana as a gajillion kiddies know her and love her.
A source last night informed pause.com that the young Ms. Cyrus may be involved in a six-picture deal to play Gidget (made famous in a 1959 film by Sandra Dee, and then in the mid-’60s on the TV show of the same name by Sally Field), a young girl who, in the original film, discovered surfing and love.
The crazy part of this story, though is that the deal is supposedly with Fox, not Disney, and that it’s worth $500 million (yes, half a billion dollars) to Cyrus. Reportedly the breakdown is $20 million per movie with the remainder coming from merchandising.
We’re waiting for our source to get clarification on some of the details (there’s a whif of “get Disney to counter-offer” bluffery about the whole thing), but if this ends up being true, it’s an insane amount of money, but one that, given Cyrus’ following, might not be all that crazy after all.
July 10th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
My brother is close to the producer. Yes. Miley Cyrus is playing the lead role. They have not yet started Pre Production, but I will keep you posted! 🙂
July 11th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Thanks Calli…do keep us posted. That is just such a huge financial deal, it’s mind-boggling!
July 15th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Who is the producer? And when will this be out?
July 16th, 2009 at 8:23 am
I’m not sure who’s producing it to be honest…Calli?
July 27th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Any news? Anyone? Anything?