{"id":381680,"date":"2026-08-26T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/381680\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T15:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T15:00:10","slug":"orlando-bloom-priyanka-chopra-thriller-thrust-into-limbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/381680\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Bloom, Priyanka Chopra thriller thrust into limbo"},"content":{"rendered":"

An indie movie called \u201cReset,\u201d starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas\u00a0and\u00a0Orlando Bloom, is trying to reset after Bloom allegedly dropped out of the project.<\/p>\n

A source told Page Six Hollywood that Bloom\u2019s\u00a0exit was\u00a0\u201cleaving the production scrambling to reorganize just before filming.\u201d <\/p>\n

But another source familiar with the film told us that Bloom\u2019s alleged exit was part of a domino effect when the original director left, and the movie may shoot at a later date with the star after all.<\/p>\n

The project was announced in May starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Bloom. Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival<\/p>\n

\u201cThe director was replaced too close to the start of production,\u201d said the insider. \u201cWith ongoing script changes, there was not sufficient time to confidently shoot the film. They may push production to next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the survival thriller\u00a0movie was announced in May, a Deadline report <\/a>said that it was being directed by Matt Smukler and would go into production in August. But on IMDB as of Tuesday, the site said the director of the film is James Madigan, who had had visual effects credits on \u201cIron Man 2\u201d and \u201cThe Da Vinci Code.\u201d <\/p>\n

A different source familiar with the production told us: \u201cThe filmmakers are now having to move quickly to determine how to proceed with \u2018Reset,\u2019 and whether Bloom\u2019s role can be recast without further disrupting the production.\u201d <\/p>\n

Sources say Bloom had dropped out of the project. WireImage<\/p>\n

But another source says the schedule changed when the director was replaced. Getty Images for Tribeca Festival<\/p>\n

A rep for Fortitude International, which is financing the film, did not immediately get back to us. <\/p>\n

TMZ also reported<\/a> on Tuesday that Bloom \u201cdropped out of his recent movie at the last minute,\u201d creating a scramble to recast \u2014 and that three actors were now up for the role. <\/p>\n

We\u2019ve reached out to reps for Bloom and Chopra Jonas, as well as a producer on the project from Fratricidal Films.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chopra Jonas is still on board. Getty Images for Cannes Lions<\/p>\n

A source said the project\u2019s start date could change. Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for Disney<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s original director, Smukler, said of the casting when the film was announced, \u201cI was looking for a pairing where attraction and mistrust could effortlessly coexist. Priyanka and Orlando have this uncanny ability to make you believe both at once. Their chemistry is undeniable.\u201d Seems the chemistry experiment has blown up\u2026 for now. <\/p>\n

Bloom, appeared in the 2024 film, \u201cThe Cut,\u201d has two upcoming projects, including \u201cWizards\u201d co-starring Pete Davidson and Werner Herzog\u2019s \u201cBucking Fastard\u201d with Kate and Rooney Mara. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An indie movie called \u201cReset,\u201d starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas\u00a0and\u00a0Orlando Bloom, is trying to reset after Bloom allegedly dropped…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,1569,141,140,153200,153201,29282],"class_list":["post-381680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-bloom","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-page-six-hollywood","tag-priyanka-chopra","tag-studios"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}