When the director left, she was asked to take over.

"Our wonderful director is leaving the center," she said later.

The three directors left William alone, in his office and no one visited him during the day.

Every director, when going to Moscow, leaves a deputy behind.

"Call me when your director leaves for Colombia," he said.

Eventually, without production getting under way, the director and the writers left the project.

The directors and the studio bosses left him alone because no one could figure out what he was doing.

At least three top directors of the project have left it in recent months.

But the new director that it backed left the company recently, without explanation, after only a month on the board.

Several directors disagreed with this choice and left the board.