Would Forrest Gump Get Made If It Were Pitched Today? One Producer Doesn’t Think So

With Forrest Gump celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Fathom Events is bringing the movie back to theaters for a limited time, and it was in promotion of this event that I had the opportunity to recently speak with Wendy Finerman over the phone. In a discussion about the challenge of getting the project made, and noting how Hollywood has changed in the last two-and-a-half decades, I asked if she felt the film could be sold in 2019, and got a mostly pessimistic direct answer.

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