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The start date of a film refers to the first day of principal photography.
A film project which has been green-lit does not typically enter pre-production until it has been assigned a start date, and for this reason a film with a start date is generally regarded as more likely to proceed to production than one which has merely been green-lit.
A movie which is granted green-light status but then consistently fails to achieve a start date, perhaps because of conflicting schedules of key cast members, may well find itself in a precarious position. It only takes one financial partner to withdraw their backing for the entire financing structure to fall apart, at which point the project is no longer regarded as green-lit and must go back into development, or quite possibly development hell.
For this reason, a common response to being told a particular project has been green-lit is to ask, "Do they have a start date?"
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