# In 1988, Marlon Brando rejected $4 million and bailed on a movie that he had written the script for

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/in-1988-marlon-brando-rejected-4-million-and-bailed-on-a-movie-that-he-had-written-the-script-for/
- Published: 2026-11-05T17:15:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T21:09:22+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/1988-marlon-brando-rejected-4million-bailed-movie/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Brando left *Jericho* despite a reported $4 million salary.
- The film he wrote never went into production.
- He earned an Oscar nomination the following year.

## Summary

In 1988, Marlon Brando withdrew from *Jericho*, a film he had written and was due to star in, despite a reported $4 million salary. The abandoned project became another example of his reputation for unreliability, though his career was not over.

Brando was to play a retired CIA agent returning to work, with Donald Cammell set to direct. His attorney Terry Christensen said Brando was periodically inspired to make films and was then in that mode, but *Jericho* was never made. The following year, Brando received an Academy Award nomination for *A Dry White Season*.

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