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post #101 of 203
7/31/06 at 9:44pm
ROTJ with wookies instead of carebears.

A 100% Kubrick A.I. (because damn I love about 40% of that movie).
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post #102 of 203
7/31/06 at 11:11pm
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Originally Posted by Purple Archer
Well if you have Erik Stolz doing Back to the Futur, then I like the alternative of Michael J. Fox doing The Fly 2. Because it`s basically Spider-Man on acid, and Fox had that time, at that age, was the perfect Peter Parker.
We're talking about movies that actually were under development at some time that didn't wind up being made. Not fanboy dream casting. And the only thing that could have redeemed The Fly 2 is a garbage can, a quart of lighter fluid, and a lit match.
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post #103 of 203
7/31/06 at 11:51pm
Kevin Smith's 'Fletch Won'. I think Kevin's nack for snappy dialogue and Jason Lee in the lead could have made something really fun.
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post #104 of 203
8/1/06 at 9:37am
the sequel to young sherlock holmes. that would have been great. or a whole franchise....
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post #105 of 203
8/1/06 at 2:37pm
George Lucas' Apocalypse Now, more as a curiosity than anything else. It's not like I'd ever want to trade it for Coppola's film(most likely), but I still think it would be interesting, in some alternate world where both films existed.

I remember reading that the Wachowskis had some really amazing unproduced screenplay. Anyone know any more info on that?
On the subject of the Wachowskis, I'd really like to read their original script for Assassins. From opinions I've read, it was much better than the film turned out. I thought the movie was decent.

Another film that supposedly had a kick-ass screenplay, and turned into a mediocre movie was Soldier. Other than Kurt Russell, that movie doesn't have much going for it. Is the original script online anywhere?
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post #106 of 203
8/1/06 at 2:40pm
I think the Wachowski's did a script for Plastic Man. This would be intersting if only to see the Wachowski's try and have a sense of humour.
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post #107 of 203
8/1/06 at 3:14pm
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Originally Posted by Andrew Clarke
I think the Wachowski's did a script for Plastic Man. This would be intersting if only to see the Wachowski's try and have a sense of humour.
Did you not see/read about the ending they came up with for the Path of Neo game!? Plus their opening monologues for Shaolin Cowboy are pretty droll.

Dont know much about their Plastic Man or unruined Assassins script, but they were slated to write/direct a new Conan the Barbarian film but that will obviously not happen now.

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Originally Posted by Nexus-6
George Lucas' Apocalypse Now, more as a curiosity than anything else. It's not like I'd ever want to trade it for Coppola's film(most likely), but I still think it would be interesting, in some alternate world where both films existed.
I really wouldnt want a Lucas Apocalypse Now. Infact I dont want anything from Lucas at all, he should just stop torturing us with his movies already.
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post #108 of 203
8/1/06 at 3:35pm
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Originally Posted by Andrew Clarke
I think the Wachowski's did a script for Plastic Man. This would be intersting if only to see the Wachowski's try and have a sense of humour.
I'm pretty sure it was something original, not Plastic Man.
Speaking of Plastic Man, I always thought Bruce Willis would be great in the role. When he was younger, of course.
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Originally Posted by cognizant
I really wouldnt want a Lucas Apocalypse Now. Infact I dont want anything from Lucas at all, he should just stop torturing us with his movies already.
Keep in mind he would have made it back when he was still a passionate filmmaker. Too bad American Zoetrope never quite took off like planned. Lucas was never as talented as Coppola was, but he had some great ideas back then. THX-1138 and American Graffiti are both awesome for totally different reasons. Who knows, if he had made Apocalypse Now maybe there never would have been a Star Wars. Perhaps he would go on to be one of the greats, up there with Spielberg and Coppola, in both diversity and (commercial AND critical)success. Instead of just being the rich "Star Wars guy". It's just something I like to think about, really. Cinema today would be drastically different if Star Wars never happened. Perhaps for the better even.
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post #109 of 203
8/1/06 at 3:42pm
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Originally Posted by Nexus-6
George Lucas' Apocalypse Now, more as a curiosity than anything else. It's not like I'd ever want to trade it for Coppola's film(most likely), but I still think it would be interesting, in some alternate world where both films existed.
I remember touching on this somewhere before, but had Lucas actually been able to make his Apocalypse Now, he may never have gotten around to making Star Wars and the film landscape may have been forever altered. He might have made those experimental, personal films he talks about making now. Harrison Ford may not have exploded onto the scene. The idea of Indiana Jones may have never been brought up. Without Star Wars breaking records, the Trek resurrection may have stayed on television like originally planned, which means no Wrath of Khan and possibly no Next Generation. Special effects development may have been slower without the breakthroughs of ILM. The sci-fi/fantasy boom of the 80s either happens later or not at all. We could have seen a stop-motion Jurassic Park without the Star Wars films pushing ILM to push the envelope. And a generation of talent inspired by Star Wars may have gone into other fields, or drawn their inspirtation from other cinematic sources and embarked on vastly different careers.

All because Lucas' Aoocalypse Now never got off the ground.
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post #110 of 203
8/1/06 at 3:49pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Nexus-6
Too bad American Zoetrope never quite took off like planned.
I can agree with this, whenever I think of Coppolla now I get sad and think of that Robin Williams film. But I also think of that Metropolis film that someone else mentioned above.

EDIT: Hmm, a quick IMDB check shows me his latest film Youth Without Youth is in post production. It has an interesting premise and with Tim Roth starring, who I havent seen in anything in ages.

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It's just something I like to think about, really. Cinema today would be drastically different if Star Wars never happened. Perhaps for the better even.
We can never ignore the impact of Star Wars, I tend to only respect it from a technical viewpoint, but I also think they're the most overrated bunch of films on the planet and am sick of them being looked at as the pinacle of filmmaking/storytelling or something equally ludicrous. Lucas has said over and over he wanted to fuck around with the prequels before doing more creative stuff, well its time to step up and show us what he's really capable of. I fear for the actors he snags for his next project.
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post #111 of 203
8/1/06 at 5:01pm
AS good as Coppolla's version was, a Godfather trilogy by Sergio Leone would have been amazing. Glad it all worked out though and we got both The Godfather saga and Once Upon a Time in America
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post #112 of 203
8/1/06 at 8:48pm
I want SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE VENGEANCE OF DRACULA. Badly. It was one of the most talked scripts a few years ago. The writer died and I always thought a movie will be a great homage. Plus, come on, it´s Sherlock Holmes! and Dracula!
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post #113 of 203
8/2/06 at 2:49am
Didn't Saberhagen write a series of novels about that?
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post #114 of 203
8/2/06 at 10:49am
I found a script to the Wachowski's Plastic Man online a few years back (at least it purports to be). I wasn't really that impressed - I'm a big Plastic Man fan (i.e. Jack Cole/Kyle Baker Plastic Man) and I didn't think it kept a lot of aspects of the character; especially the humor. It had him as a radical envrionmentalist, not former gangster, it was set in the present day, and I think it over-thought the science of the whole thing.

What jumped to mind immediately to me for this thread though was Gilliam's Good Omens. It's one of my favorite books ever and I think he's the only one who could pull it off.
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post #115 of 203
8/2/06 at 10:54am
Gaiman spoke to darkhorizons recently, and said Gilliam was back on Good Omens.
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post #116 of 203
8/2/06 at 10:56am
Malick's The Moviegoer.
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post #117 of 203
8/3/06 at 12:51pm
Mad Max 4 got canceled due to the war in Iraq.
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post #118 of 203
8/4/06 at 5:38am
I think Mad Max 4 died quite some time before that, didn't it? I remember Gibson saying he was through with it, that he felt too old to be doing action movies. And this was quite a while before the war.
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post #119 of 203
8/4/06 at 6:49am
Yeah, but the rumor was that they were considering getting a new lead. Heath Ledger's name was thrown around in connection to Mad Max 4. The war did put a final stop to the project. I'd love to read George Miller's script for it though.
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post #120 of 203
8/4/06 at 6:59am
I expect that somebody somewhere is discussing a remake of Mad Max anyway. It's practically inevitable.
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post #121 of 203
8/4/06 at 7:23am
True. Particularly the remake of the less-seen first film. That way it can ride the current beginning-wave.
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post #122 of 203
8/4/06 at 8:21am
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Originally Posted by Ratty
Del Toro's The List of 7
This is the first project that came to mind for the thread. Del Toro's version of this gaslight supernatural thriller would have rocked hard.

The other project that came to mind - and is similar in nature - was Sherlock Holmes and the Vengeance of Dracula. I remember reading script reviews for this, and it sounded phenomenal. It was placed in development hell, then the writer died.

CHUD did have a review of SHATVOD, but the link in the archives isn't working. Here's a link to IGN's review from way back when:

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/380/380117p1.html
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post #123 of 203
8/4/06 at 11:25am
I'm not sure it would have been any better than the film that did get made, but Die Hard 3 was well into production aboard an ocean liner when Under Siege came out and all the critics called it "Die Hard on a boat". I remember news footage of an raincoated Bruce Willis diesembarking the ship as the shoot was cancelled.
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post #124 of 203
8/4/06 at 1:00pm
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I think Mad Max 4 died quite some time before that, didn't it? I remember Gibson saying he was through with it, that he felt too old to be doing action movies. And this was quite a while before the war.
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Originally Posted by Timo
Yeah, but the rumor was that they were considering getting a new lead. Heath Ledger's name was thrown around in connection to Mad Max 4. The war did put a final stop to the project. I'd love to read George Miller's script for it though.
I remember that they we´re about to start filming Mad Max 4 in Africa, but had to cancel the whole thing because of the Iraqi war?
*confused*
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post #125 of 203
8/6/06 at 3:35am
Heathers 2.

And now The Lance Armstrong Movie starring Samuel L Jackson
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post #126 of 203
8/6/06 at 3:39am

Music Movies

I wanted to see an Operation: Mindcrime movie. Really I did.

Also a Portishead movie To Kill a Dead Man. Did they make that?

Oh yeah the Carina Round movie. Is that real?
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post #127 of 203
8/6/06 at 8:50am
The Denzel Washington HANNIBAL project, for 2 reasons;

1) It would be a hell of a lot better than the meat-headed version Vin Diesel seems intent on foisting upon the world.

2) Russell Crowe aside, the list of bankable actors capable of convincingly carrying a historical epic is depessringly thin. Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell Brad Pitt and even Clive Owen have been sadly lacking when it comes to carrying these sorts of pictures. And don't get even get me started on Orlando Bloom. You got guys like Daniel-Day Lewis and Liam Neeson who have manfully carried epics in the past, but aren't bankable "movie stars" these days. Other than Crowe, the only active movie star that I'd bet my life could carry a historical epic like a muthafucka, is Denzel Washington (like Crowe, Washington has an unearthly blend of massive charisma and major acting chops). If Ridley Scott directed this and Denzel starred, I'd be a happy camper.
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post #128 of 203
8/14/06 at 7:33am
Here are another two:

Carter Beats the Devil
-There was a thread about this. It's an awesome book about a magician in the 1930s. Tom Cruise bought the rights (he's a little old for the lead, but would be great as Carter's idol, Houdini, in a cameo). Robert Towne supposedly wrote a script too. In fact, the author has mentioned meeting Towne about it.

The Time Traveller's Wife
-I've just started reading this book, which is great so far. It's a love story about a man who occasionally time travels at random (less hokey than it sounds) and even meets his future wife as a girl. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston bought the rights to the book, in happier times of course, but production has stalled. Gus Van Sant was allegedly attached, and he could d oa nice job of this unusual story.

Does anyone know anything about these?
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post #129 of 203
8/14/06 at 9:39am
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Originally Posted by Holistic
2) Russell Crowe aside, the list of bankable actors capable of convincingly carrying a historical epic is depessringly thin. Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell Brad Pitt and even Clive Owen have been sadly lacking when it comes to carrying these sorts of pictures. And don't get even get me started on Orlando Bloom. You got guys like Daniel-Day Lewis and Liam Neeson who have manfully carried epics in the past, but aren't bankable "movie stars" these days. Other than Crowe, the only active movie star that I'd bet my life could carry a historical epic like a muthafucka, is Denzel Washington (like Crowe, Washington has an unearthly blend of massive charisma and major acting chops). If Ridley Scott directed this and Denzel starred, I'd be a happy camper.
Denzel would do a great job, but I'm pretty sure Hannibal was Middle Eastern (Carthage was an old colony of Phoenicia). Then again, stuff like that never stopped John Wayne from playing Genghis Khan.
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post #130 of 203
8/14/06 at 4:42pm
If only out of pure curiosity, I'd like to see what would have materialised had Marlon Wayans stayed on board as Robin for Batman Returns. In several interviews he stated that Warners paid him for the role, even though the character of Robin was given the snip prior to the finished script.

Likewise, the original idea of Jon Lovitz and Dana Carvey as Bad Boys is appealing in an alternate universe kind of way.
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post #131 of 203
8/14/06 at 11:37pm
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Originally Posted by Greg David
David Cronenberg was deep into development on Total Recall when they decided that they really wanted it to be an action film. I would have loved to see what he did with the idea. Of course, A History of Violence sort of is what he did with it.

And oh yeah, any of the forty-seven announced versions of Call of Cthulhu that have been in development throughout cinematic history. I'd like to see one actually happen someday.
http://www.cthulhulives.org/cocmovie/index.html

Not sure it's any good, but hey.
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post #132 of 203
8/14/06 at 11:52pm
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Originally Posted by Multiple Miggs
ROTJ with wookies instead of carebears.

A 100% Kubrick A.I. (because damn I love about 40% of that movie).

You mean Kurbrick's ending too right? That's all his.


There was talk in the late 80's of Carpenter doing a Creature from the Black Lagoon remake.

Oliver Stone doing The Planet of the Apes. James Cameron doing Spidey.

The Elvis fan in me always wanted to see what would have been had Presley taken the part eventually played by Kris Kristofferson in A Star is Born. Sure, the movie would have still stunk, but a later-day Elvis oozing charisma out of every hole re-inventing his acting career. The critics go wild for him perhaps giving him a new career focus and maybe even prolonging his life? Or things would have stayed the same and he would have died in his bathroom, who fucking knows?
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post #133 of 203
8/15/06 at 4:13am
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Originally Posted by 70sCinema
Not sure it's any good, but hey.
Someone else has heard of A Shoggoth on the Roof? Kudos to you, sir.
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post #134 of 203
4/13/07 at 8:03pm
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I just remembered another film that never happened but I'm sure I remember reading plans for it way back when. Basically, a sequel to Con Air, and I think it was going to be called Convoy, and maybe have Kriss Kristofferson in it, although I'm not too sure about that bit of casting. Anyway, I'd love a sequel. If Bad Boys could get one, so could Con Air...
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post #135 of 203
4/13/07 at 8:49pm
I could have lived with a fourth Evil Dead movie.

About a year ago I would have had Hellboy 2 on this list but luckily FINALLY it got started. In a similar vein Del Toro's At The Mountains Of Madness has been a long talked about project. (Hee hee, I remember the abortion of a pre-release thread we had here when Don Murphy came to visit.)

I'll also throw in my support behind the Greengrass version of Watchmen.

There are some other comic adaptions such as Y The Last Man, Scott Pilgrim and Creature Tech that I've heard were talked about, but I'm not sure if they are getting made.
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post #136 of 203
4/13/07 at 9:28pm
How did A Crowded Room dodge this thread? That's been on my "what if?" radar for years now....
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post #137 of 203
4/13/07 at 9:31pm
Or the oft-rumored adaptation of Stranger in a Strange Land. I seem to remember Tom Hanks being mentioned as a possible Valentine Michael Smith back the in late 80s.
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post #138 of 203
4/13/07 at 9:33pm
More Trouble In Little China

Robocop 4

Ghostbusters 3

Escape From Earth

and of course a fourth Evil Dead film.
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post #139 of 203
4/14/07 at 2:20am
Fav's John Carter of Mars

Kubrick's Napolean (the script exist does it not?)

Roger Rabbit 2

Disney's The Gremlins (http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=10-665)

Disney's Chanticleer

Scorsese Dino

Aronofsky Watchmen

and wasnt there 2 films more each for Lucas and Coppola mentioned in that legacy of filmakes doc that were sent in the box that looked like a coffin?

Bay and Captain America is fing great idea
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post #140 of 203
4/14/07 at 9:03am
A theme here:

The Beatles LOTR
Boorman's LOTR
Bakshi's LOTR 2
The Miramax LOTR

and David Morgan's Exorcist: Synchronized
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post #141 of 203
4/15/07 at 3:18pm
About 5 years ago, Jim Carrey was in closer talks to do a remake of THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN. A dead serious one. The screenplay wasn't all too bad.

Also, Jim Carrey as Murdoch in A-TEAM: THE MOVIE, with Mel Gibson as Hannibal, Ving Rhames as BA. Producers were happy, especially after the success of STARSKY AND HUTCH, but apparently Carrey wasn't interested anymore after hearing that Gibson declined.

Other titles I would have loved to seen:

Mad Max Fury Road, with rumored Paul Walker
UNDER SIEGE III: PLANE DANGER
James Cameron's Spider-Man
Marilyn Manson's Phantasmagoria - The Visions of Lewis Carroll
Marilyn Manson's Holy Wood: In the Shadow of the Valley of Death
(he even wrote a whole novel but never showed it to anyone)
Marilyn Manson in Jodorowsky's El Topo 2: Abelcain
The second X-Files movie
Miami Vice 2
That desert war movie by Peter Weir, The War Magician
Guillermo del Toro's Creature of the Black Lagoon (remake)
Amazon - not about the ebusiness marketplace, the one with Scarlett Johansson as an amazonian warrior princess
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post #142 of 203
4/15/07 at 4:16pm
Look at my avatar and user cp. LOOK AT IT!!!

Is Constantine 2 going to happen or what?
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post #143 of 203
4/15/07 at 6:08pm
CIRCLE OF IRON - It was eventually made with David Carradine, but I would've loved to have seen the original project starring James Coburn and Bruce Lee (in three roles), directed by Coburn with Lee handling the fight choreography. The screenplay by Lee, Coburn, and Stirling Silliphant is excellent.

GREEN EAGLE SCORE - Like PAYBACK, an adaptation of a Richard Stark novel featuring the popular "Parker" character. Exciting screenplay by Alexander Ignon (RANSOM), but good luck finding it.

ILSA VS. BRUCE LEE IN THE DEVIL'S TRIANGLE - I've actually seen posters for this one. A real hoot.

BEVERLY HILLS DIE HARD - A screenplay by Steven E. DeSouza exists; Bruce Willis and Eddie Murphy wanted too much money.

KING'S RANSOM - A heist comedy written by Mike Werb & Michael Colleary (FACE-OFF), planned as another collaboration between John Woo and Chow Yun-Fat.
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post #144 of 203
4/15/07 at 7:12pm
-Phantasm's End (i.e. Phantasm 1999)
-Oliver Stone's Planet of the Apes
-Timothy Dalton's 3rd Bond film (i.e. The Property of the Lady)
-Christopher Nolan/Jim Carrey Howard Hughes film
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post #145 of 203
4/15/07 at 9:43pm
Yeah, Roger Rabbit 2 would've been nice.

I'd also be interested in an adaptation of The Walking Dead.
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post #146 of 203
4/16/07 at 12:26am
See you next wednesday - Cmon John Landis, we want some porn, dammit!
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post #147 of 203
4/21/07 at 8:00am
I'm with that King Conan thing. I remember everyone saying that it was going to happen... Milius was all ready and everything... Then that damn recall.

I remember really wishing Schwarzenegger would lose for once in his competitive life, but it didn't happen. All I wanted was King Conan and I would be a happier person now. How terribly sad.
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post #148 of 203
4/21/07 at 8:39am
Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator 4, with Macy as the president.
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post #149 of 203
4/21/07 at 5:00pm
The Conan Trilogy of Steel by Milius (from the commentary on the dvd, wherre he talked about thow the first one was about steel, something something, and Conan the Destroyed does NOT count) God, King Conan for the win, hell yes!

A respectable League of ExtraOrdinary Gentlemen. God that movie makes me cry.

And any of the mentioned films involving John Carpenter, Del Toro, or Chtulhu.

And Romero's Resident Evil, I remember Wesker, and I wanted it so much. And don't knock Day of the Dead, please.

Heh, QT's ....was it Friday the 13th? MiB would have been interesting.

Just so many options.
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post #150 of 203
4/21/07 at 7:22pm
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Originally Posted by FilmNerdJamie
-Phantasm's End (i.e. Phantasm 1999)
I would also love to see a version of Ringu and Rasen (Ring and Spiral) by Cronenburg, picking up on the virus aspect of the books.

A Gilliam-Helmed big-budget version of Gulliver's Travels.

American Mcgee's Alice (Not yet cancelled as such, but been stuck in pre-production since 2000)
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