Whatever happened to "Hippie Hippie Shake"?

Whatever happened to "Hippie Hippie Shake"?

Long-time readers will remember that some paparazzo caught Sienna Miller naked in the filming of this movie. That was some six years ago, and it appears that the movie will never be released.

According to IMDb:

"After the box office failure of Green Zone (2010), Working Title's parent company, Universal Pictures, wrote off this film in an attempt to partially offset that film's loss of over $100 million. The insurers reportedly stipulated that the original camera negative be destroyed."

If that's true, we should not be without regrets. The following from Wikipedia (all citing pre-2010 sources):

Several advance reviews of Hippie Hippie Shake have surfaced across the Internet. Harry Palmer from Ain't It Cool News said, "There are some predictable scenes, some hammy acting, some bad jokes, but they couldn't spoil my enjoyment. I'm sorry, but I really liked it." He was especially impressed by Sienna Miller, saying, "And yes, there is full frontal nudity from Sienna. She has a natural, un-made-up look for most of the film, one might even say uglified in places. But when, kneeling in a garden drenched in daisies and with a beatific expression on her face, she poses for an 'alternative' Oz centrefold – she is stunningly, stunningly beautiful."

Jandy Stone from The Frame opined, "all the actors carry their parts well." Of the film, she concluded that "since there’s no release date in sight yet, they may well improve it into quite a decent ’60s biopic." Matt Robinson said, "Starring Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller the film captures the time period effectively presenting both drama, sex and drugs against a setting of media scrutiny and restrictions." He wrote, "Colourful, funny and dramatic this is not only a good film it is educational too. A good document of history that many journalists and non journalists will enjoy."