Earlier today, I asked Jeffrey & Alison if they had received screening info from New Line about "Pride & Glory," an Ed Norton/Colin Farrell police corruption movie that was supposed to come out March 14th. They told me there had been no word from the studio about screening the film. Now we know why.

It's been put on the shelf indefinitely, and according to an article in yesterday's Variety, the principals behind the picture aren't happy.

You can't really blame co-writer/director Gavin O'Connor for being upset. He thinks he's made a good movie, and one that's very personal to him, since his dad's a veteran of the NYPD. He wants answers from the studio as to why they're not releasing his film, and the article suggests he's not going to turn in his next script until "Pride & Glory" is taken care of.

Norton & Farrell have a right to be upset too. Not only do the stars sound like they're proud of the picture, but they've been around long enough to know that whenever a movie gets pulled from release -- no matter WHAT the reason -- it looks bad. Top-shelf stars like these two don't want their images sullied by hints of sub par work.

This is bad timing for Farrell in particular, since 2008 is shaping up to be a banner year for the Irishman with "In Bruges" and "Cassandra's Dream" already out.