film. the most lethal weapon!

i have a soft spot for danny glover. he reminds me of my dad a little.
here are some reasons why he's kind of awesome:
1. he was appointed goodwill ambassador for the united nations development program
2. he met his wife at what is now san francisco state university, where he proceeded to wait for a class of hers to get out, just so he could talk to her.
3. he openly admits that he did gone fishin' and operation dumbo drop strictly for the money.
4. he is friends with fidel castro and hugo chavez.
5. oh yes. and he is one of only two actors to survive a hand-to-hand confrontation with a predator. the other being arnold schwarzenegger.
i recently discovered that he will be directing a film about the life of toussaint l'ouverture and that it's being produced by glovers own studio.
don cheadle, mos def, chiwetel ejiofor, jonathan rhys meyer and angela basset are all slated to star in this biopic which already has a fair bit of controversy surrounding it.
what i find most amusing in the american coverage of this deal, is how the $20M to finance the film is being described as 'dirty, filthy, money'. hold up.
what is the average hollywood film budget anyways? where does the money come from to finance these films? why aren't all film producers as scrutinized?
i'll be following this story/film closely in the coming months.

-s.s.