James Dean movie apparently called off

James Dean with a dog and a cigarette.

Remember when a South African was going to make a movie about a dog in the Vietnam War and he was going to have a computer generated James Dean in a supporting role? IMDb.com listed the movie as one of James Dean's acting credits in pre-production. I just checked. It's no longer there. I hope this means it's been called off.

It seemed idiotic but maybe it was a good gimmick. 

It would probably make more sense to have a computer generated dog instead of a CGI James Dean. They could claim they brought Lassie back from the grave, or back from the taxidermist, whatever was done with the poor dog's remains.

I don't know how many people today know who Lassie was. They could say they brought back Tiger from The Brady Bunch.