One studio chief now says that Warner Bros., Disney, Universal and Columbia have all been eager to acquire the project.
"There's people at the studio, of course, who are losing sleep over it," Mr. Hanks said, neglecting to mention that his own company acquired the project and produced the film with Universal.
The design and the park setting "set us apart," said Anthony Di Tommaso, president of Ivy Equities L.L.C. of Montvale, N.J., which with Geometry Realty of Manhattan acquired the project, which replaces a one-story factory, from an earlier developer.
Gerald Howard, the Doubleday executive editor and vice president, said on Wednesday that he had acquired the project from Mr. Parini, the author of novels like "The Last Station," confirming a report from PublishersMarketplace.com.com
Instead of funding the project, though, Mullenweg must have decided that acquiring the project was a better course of action.
The company has just taken Alien Blue under its wing, acquiring the project assets and hiring its sole developer.
If the money doesn't start flowing by Feb. 24, First Solar will have to buy back the 230-megawatt Antelope Valley Solar Ranch One from energy company Exelon, which acquired the project last September.
Universal acquired the project -- based on a Dark Horse Entertainment comic -- 14 years ago.
After the rights to the project were sold, the project began development at Warner Bros., who acquired the project.
(D.E. Shaw is now seeking to acquire the Hawaii projects). Another troubled project is a wind farm in Andhra Pradesh, India.
