![]() I couldn’t prove he did and I didn’t want to get sued, so I had no other choice but to do the film.” Once Reeves was forced into this production (for union scale pay), his initial role, which was basically an extended cameo, was expanded also against his will. Reeves said, “I never found the script interesting, but a friend of mine forged my signature on the agreement. Keanu Reeves’ involvement in this low grade rubbish was against his will and he refused to promote The Watcher. Once US distribution was set, major offshore markets were also picked up by numerous distributors. After filming was completed, a rough cut and promo reel was brought to the American Film Market and this was the largest sale when Universal picked up domestic rights and a few overseas markets for $5 million. Interlight’s financial model for The Watcher began with them pre-selling the rights in Germany, Italy and Spain and with those markets sold, they were able to raise additional funds from private equity investors and investments from Imperial Bank. #THE WATCHER 2000 MOVIE#The budget for The Watcher was $33 million and it was financed by Interlight, which briefly made the leap to fund bigger budget movies without any sort of quality control and their two mid-range budgeted movies sent them into bankruptcy in 2001 - the first was Steven Seagal’s The Patriot (1999), a movie so lousy it was his first direct to video release and the second was the dreadful The Watcher. ![]() Cast: James Spader, Marisa Tomei, Keanu Reeves. ![]()
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