HBO has reportedly suspended the pre-production of Joe Paterno's movie 'Happy Valley' starring Brian De Palma and Al Pacino.
The casting sessions of the movie had been cancelled and other prep work put had been put on hold giving a hint that the movie may have been "scrapped", Deadline.com reported.
A rep for HBO said that they had not killed the project, and they had suspended pre-production for a moment to deal with budget issues, but the project was still intact at HBO with the entire creative team as before.
The movie revolves around a the fall of Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno, whose legend was undone by revelations he and others in the football program were aware that former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was molesting children, and did little to stop it.