SUBMITTED BY Timbo

February 18, 2004 — "Tulip Fever", starring Jude Law and Keira Knightley, may never get made thanks to a change in British tax law that removes a substantial source of its funding.

"Tulip Fever," starring Jude Law and Keira Knightley, is co-financed by DreamWorks and Miramax with tax fund Inside Track putting up a third of the $45 million budget.

But the government's shock announcement Feb. 10 of a sudden change in tax law forced the immediate suspension of Inside Track, along with rival tax fund First Choice.

"Tulip Fever" producer Alison Owen gave her crew a week's notice Friday, and says that unless she gets the greenlight from the Inland Revenue by today she will either have to find alternative financing or shut the pic down.

"Tulip Fever" is due to start principal photography April 23. The strike cost is understood to be in the region of $6 million.