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post #151 of 203
4/28/07 at 9:06pm
In a thread discussing the Russian film Come and See, someone mentioned that it is sort of what a Cronenberg-directed Empire of the Sun might look like. That got me intrigued as to what, exactly, such a film would be like.

I'd really, really love to see Aronofsky do Watchmen after seeing The Fountain, whereas I was a bit ambivalent of him as a filmmaker after RFAD and Pi. Terribly disappointed that he isn't attached anymore. Terry Gilliam has really strayed from what I liked about his early films, and I'm not as impressed with Paul Greengrass as everyone else seems to be, but they'd be fine choices as well. Zack Snyder has talents, but he's the exact wrong director for the project.
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post #152 of 203
5/2/07 at 6:41am
Orson Wells' Heart of Darkness
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post #153 of 203
5/4/07 at 11:52pm
Wasn't Spike Jonze going to make an all puppet adaption of Where The Wild Things Are? That sounded like it could have been fun.
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post #154 of 203
5/5/07 at 2:03pm
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Originally Posted by horrid
Wasn't Spike Jonze going to make an all puppet adaption of Where The Wild Things Are? That sounded like it could have been fun.
IMDb says it's in post-production.
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post #155 of 203
5/6/07 at 2:57am
Really? Ok I thought that had fallen completely off the map. Thanks.
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post #156 of 203
6/6/07 at 2:00am
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Originally Posted by erik myers
A theme here:

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

and David Morgan's Exorcist: Synchronized

There was also Peter (Amadeus/Equus) Shaffer's LOTR
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post #157 of 203
6/6/07 at 2:22am
Any bets on what will come first?
Phantasm V vs Phantasm remake
Evil Dead IV vs Evil Dead remake
Return to Sleepaway camp vs The guy that did 2 and 3's Sleepaway Camp sequel?
F13 remake v Nightmare on Elm Street remake

All of these are in some level of development hell with the exception of Return to Sleepaway camp, which I think is in post production, but has had the schedule of Duke Nukem forever.
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post #158 of 203
6/6/07 at 5:16am
I so wanted to see Harry Turtledove's alien invasion "World War" series to be adapted to the big screen. But I guess the scope is too big. It would have to be at least 3 movies with a gigantic budget.

And no one would ever fund that considering the relatively low knowledge of the series excistence by the general public.
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post #159 of 203
6/6/07 at 5:43am
Peter Briggs AVP script.

For the hell of it, I'd like an alternate universe where Cameron did Spider-man.
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post #160 of 203
6/6/07 at 8:10pm
Tim Burton's adaptation of the Richard Brautigan novel "The Hawkline Monster" is something I'd kill to see realized one day. He wanted to cast Clint Eastwood and Jack Nicholson, who were originally going to do the film in the 70's.
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post #161 of 203
6/6/07 at 8:30pm
Coppola's Megalopolis.

'Nuff said.
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post #162 of 203
6/9/07 at 4:24am
Easy Rider 2: Biker Heaven

Fonda and Hopper descend from heaven to wage war against The Man.
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post #163 of 203
6/9/07 at 4:58am
David Byrne's cloning Jesus project

Alex Cox and Martin Amis' "Mars Attacks" (no exclamation point)

Oliver Stone's "The Demolished Man" (based on Alfred Bester's novel)

Lem Dobbs' "Edward Ford" (just to see what all the fuss is about)

Berkeley Breathed's "Opus" feature-length film

Katsuhiro Otomo's "Ash" (intended to be Otomo's first American film; Jeffrey Katzenberg actively wooed him to Dreamworks, but the project collapsed for unknown reasons)
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post #164 of 203
6/9/07 at 5:03am
Tarantino's Casino Royale.

Not on the list: Tim Burton's Superman.
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post #165 of 203
6/9/07 at 8:26am
The Black Panther movie that, for years, seemed to be perennially under development with Wesley Snipes and his Amen-Ra production company. Now that Snipes' star has drastically fallen, it seems like Taye Diggs is the name often bandied around as a possible Panther, and I'd welcome him or, for that matter, Idris 'Stringer Bell' Elba in the role.
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post #166 of 203
6/9/07 at 8:54am
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Originally Posted by Justin Kelly
Any bets on what will come first?
Phantasm V vs Phantasm remake
Evil Dead IV vs Evil Dead remake
Return to Sleepaway camp vs The guy that did 2 and 3's Sleepaway Camp sequel?
F13 remake v Nightmare on Elm Street remake
As long as Angus Scrimm doesn't die I think a 5th is possible every minute. Coscarelli is apparently working on the script. But of course, any minute some producer get his dirty fingers on the franchise the remake will come.

As far as I know the Evil Dead remake is pretty much dead. Last time I checked Raimi and Campbell actually talked more about a possible 4th part than about the remake.
Never seen Sleepaway Camp and I don't think it's hot property. Maybe a dtv remake, but theatrical?
Hm... Bay has his hands on the F13 remake but I just can't see why there's no movement. With Wes Craven remaking almost everything he ever did (even the horrible The People under the Stairs) a Nightmare remake is pretty much possible too. I'd say chances are 50 50.
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post #167 of 203
6/9/07 at 9:42am
Wait... Somebody's remaking The People Under the Stairs? I love that movie!
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post #168 of 203
6/9/07 at 3:13pm
At least we can cross Darabont's The Mist off. Even better, it sounds like he's taken the years of waiting to hone it to perfection with a dead-on cast.
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post #169 of 203
6/14/07 at 7:18pm
would of like to see how Darren Aronofsky's Batman would of turned out and also his orginal verison of the fountain with Brad Pitt And a bigger budget...

also vincent ward's version of Alien 3 with a wooden planet with monks before Renny Harlin had a go at it and dropped out and then David Fincher's underappreciated Alien 3!
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post #170 of 203
6/14/07 at 8:22pm
Dunno if it's been posted here, but Premiere recently did a list of 20 films that have been stranded in Development Hell, and it's a great read...

http://www.premiere.com/features/386...-near-you.html
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post #171 of 203
7/1/07 at 12:06am
was thinking of a few more:
Matthew Vaughn's X-men 3 which im sure would of been better than brett ratner's rushed job. Josh Whedon's Wonderman- will this film ever be made? and Baz Luhrmann's Alexander with Leo and nicole kidman- a better film than Oilver Stone's?
A good book to read:tales from development hell by david Hughes available at amazon.com
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post #172 of 203
7/2/07 at 5:09pm
Strange Brew 2 or maybe a prequel
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post #173 of 203
7/2/07 at 5:54pm
For me, a lot of the usuals...

David Lynch's RONNIE ROCKET

Ridley Scott's JOHNNY UTAH (a.k.a. POINT BREAK)

Paul Greengrass' WATCHMEN

Stanley Kubrick's NAPOLEAN

The Coen Bros.' JESUS QUINTANA

Chris Cunningham's NEUROMANCER

George Lucas' APOCALYPSE NOW (not because it would be better or because he would shoot it in gritty B/W 16mm but because I want to see adorable little VietCong beep and whir as they float through shots in the background.)
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post #174 of 203
7/5/07 at 12:19am
A sequel to Tron.

There was Tron 2.0 (which, if memory serves, was originally going to be a movie sequel), but since that was a dismal flop, it doesn't look like it'll ever happen again...
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post #175 of 203
7/5/07 at 12:52am
I'm still waiting for my sequel to LOST IN SPACE...
I mean jesus, it wasn't that bad of a popcorn flick.
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post #176 of 203
7/5/07 at 1:41am
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Originally Posted by Latauro
Alien 5 written and produced by James Cameron, directed by Ridley Scott.

Cameron, Scott and Weaver have all mentioned in interviews that this was going to happen until AVP came along. The mind boggles.
I was so pissed when this didn't happen - it would have been so awesome.
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post #177 of 203
7/5/07 at 2:58am
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Originally Posted by GungaDin
I'm still waiting for my sequel to LOST IN SPACE...
I mean jesus, it wasn't that bad of a popcorn flick.
Not even Gary Oldman could save it which says alot, or even the dead on production design. Then again Akiva Goldsmen wrote the script.
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post #178 of 203
7/5/07 at 3:30am
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Originally Posted by Sharpel007
Not even Gary Oldman could save it which says alot, or even the dead on production design. Then again Akiva Goldsmen wrote the script.
Alright then, I'll take the HABEUS CORPUS movie pitched in THE PLAYER.
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post #179 of 203
7/5/07 at 5:25am
http://www.movie-list.com/a/alien3-trailer1.html
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post #180 of 203
7/13/07 at 12:17am
Remember 'Press Your Luck'? It was the biopic about the press your luck gameshow scandal in the 80's. Bill Murray was signed up as the lead and Howard 'Quick Change' Franklin was going to direct. I was so psyched about it and it never materialized. Damn.
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post #181 of 203
7/13/07 at 1:29am
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Originally Posted by KABONG
Dunno if it's been posted here, but Premiere recently did a list of 20 films that have been stranded in Development Hell, and it's a great read...

http://www.premiere.com/features/386...-near-you.html
I'm a sucker for alot of things, unfortunately, and ensemble movies is one of them. That being said, holy shit, do I ever want to see Dino happen. Also, this will probably get me negative rep, but that Trump's Eleven flick Ratner wants to do with Chris Tucker, Denzel Washington, Martin Lawrence, Jamie Foxx, Chris Rock, Sidney Poitier (sp?), etc. sounds like a blast. Also, Inglorious Bastards. Yeah, I said it.

Hands on a Hard Body sounds like it would've been fun as hell, too.

I have a sinking feeling that The Wolf Man by Romanek is gonna sputter and die before it gets to filming.
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post #182 of 203
7/13/07 at 1:43am
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Originally Posted by Daniel Strange
Not on the list: Tim Burton's Superman.
I mentioned this recently in another thread, but I would have really liked to have seen Micheal Bay's Superman, provided the script and casting were good, and the hyper-editing was kept in check(one of the few things Bay's Pearl Harbor got right).

I think Burton's Superman would have been awfu(and I usually like Burton), but we'll never know...
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post #183 of 203
7/13/07 at 2:38am
I watched SAVING PRIVATE RYAN tonight and the scene when the military chaplain is driving up to the Ryan farm to deliver the bad news was more Smallvillesque than anything Singer did in RETURNS. So having said that, I'm pretty sure I'd be ecstatic to see a Spielberg-directed SUPERMAN movie. At least we'd get a real John Williams score again. Not that this was even in the cards...but I can dream, can't I?
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post #184 of 203
7/13/07 at 5:16am
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Originally Posted by Nexus-7
I mentioned this recently in another thread, but I would have really liked to have seen Micheal Bay's Superman, provided the script and casting were good, and the hyper-editing was kept in check(one of the few things Bay's Pearl Harbor got right).
This is exactly what I thought after watching Transformers. Bay would've been great for Superman.
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post #185 of 203
7/15/07 at 4:53pm
Matt Groening used to talk about a couple of live action Simpsons spin-off films, a Troy McClure film and a Krusty films, both done by the actual voice actors. I think either of those would have been amazing.
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post #186 of 203
7/22/07 at 5:32pm
Speilberg's Harry Potter (my ass he wasn't right for the films Rowling)
SPeilberg's Return of the Jedi, and whichever prequel episode Lucas originally wanted him to do.

Note to Peter Jackson, if you were attached to DIRECT, not exec. produce the Halo adaptation... maybe the studios would listen.
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post #187 of 203
7/22/07 at 9:51pm
On second thought wikipedia says Rowling didn't turn down Spielberg, Spieberg declined because it's like "shooting ducks in a barrel. It's just a slam dunk. It's just like withdrawing a billion dollars and putting it into your personal bank accounts. There's no challenge."

He was going to make it animated with Haley Joel Osment as Harry too.
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post #188 of 203
7/22/07 at 10:04pm
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Originally Posted by beamish13
There was also Peter (Amadeus/Equus) Shaffer's LOTR
Disney batted around the idea of adapting it too.
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post #189 of 203
7/22/07 at 10:27pm
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Originally Posted by TheMantis
On second thought wikipedia says Rowling didn't turn down Spielberg, Spieberg declined because it's like "shooting ducks in a barrel. It's just a slam dunk. It's just like withdrawing a billion dollars and putting it into your personal bank accounts. There's no challenge."
Paging Ron Howard?
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post #190 of 203
7/22/07 at 11:27pm
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Originally Posted by KABONG
Paging Ron Howard?
Hey, The Da Vinci Code was "controversial" millions of Christians might have not gone to see it. (That wasn't sarcastic at all.)
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post #191 of 203
10/24/07 at 1:35pm

The Abominable Snowman?

Anyone know any more about this one? I ran across this link doing a search for Crash's design portfolio.

http://movies.about.com/cs/upcomingr...omcreature.htm

Emmett/Furla Films, a wholly owned subsidiary of Family Room Entertainment Corporation, is pleased to announce that they have signed Hollywood artist Crash McCreery to create “The Abominable Snowman.”
The motion picture “The Abominable Snowman” will be produced by Emmett/Furla’s Randall Emmett and George Furla with Ilya Salkind (“Superman” I, II and III) and Vallhalla Motion Picture’s Gale Anne Hurd (“The Hulk”).

Emmett and Furla stated: “We are excited about Crash’s work and we look forward to bringing this creature to life in a feature film. We believe that the technology available now brings the realization of this creature within our grasp.”
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post #192 of 203
10/24/07 at 2:16pm
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Originally Posted by RathBandu
I've always been disappointed that Scott Rudin's adaptation of The Alienist never happened--the idea of a serial killer in 19th century New York is a great one, and I think Russell Crowe would have made a fantastic Teddy Roosevelt.
You're right, that would've interesting as hell to see. I'd be intrigued as to who would've played Kriezer.

I definately wonder what could've been had Michael Connelly's The Black Ice gotten off the ground. Could've made a nice tightly wound mystery with William Petersen as Harry Bosch.

and a sequel to Orgazmo also.
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post #193 of 203
10/24/07 at 2:31pm
I want Wes Anderson to make adaptations of Salinger's Glass family stories. Franny and Zooey practically reads like a script, A Perfect Day for Bananafish would make a great short film, and Anderson should really do this before someone else does and fucks it all up. Watching The Darjeeling Limited this weekend brought this back to mind. He would be absolutely perfect for it. I offer The Royal Tennenbaums as evidence.
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post #194 of 203
10/24/07 at 3:06pm
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Originally Posted by MissZooey
I want Wes Anderson to make adaptations of Salinger's Glass family stories. Franny and Zooey practically reads like a script, A Perfect Day for Bananafish would make a great short film, and Anderson should really do this before someone else does and fucks it all up. Watching The Darjeeling Limited this weekend brought this back to mind. He would be absolutely perfect for it. I offer The Royal Tennenbaums as evidence.
Spot on. The Tennenbaums feel like an alternate universe Glass family. Anderson's sensibilities would be a perfect match for the material.

Of all the recently stalled projects, I'm saddest for The Winter of Frankie Machine which would have paired Scorcese and DeNiro again. Fingers still crossed, but it doesn't sound like it's going to move forward.
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post #195 of 203
10/24/07 at 3:11pm
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Originally Posted by Richason
The Tennenbaums feel like an alternate universe Glass family.
Something interesting noted in the Wikipedia entry I linked to - Boo Boo Glass is married to a man named Mr. Tannenbaum. Coincidence?
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post #196 of 203
2/4/08 at 2:30pm
Romanek's THE WOLF MAN.
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post #197 of 203
5/12/08 at 7:49pm


Haven't heard anything about this property in ages.

Old interview (06 or 07) with some great pics.

CRYPTIDS

Cryptid, which draws its inspiration from classic pulp magazines like The Shadow, Tarzan, The Phantom and Doc Savage, stars Kipling McKay, a soldier/safari hunter who is recruited to hunt the unknown creatures of the world by a secret society of crytozoologists.



Secret Lab Studios, in association with Thrill House Comics, and the world renowned award winning Weta Workshop Design Team of New Zealand have announced that they are currently collaborating on designs for CRYPTID, a new and original intellectual property that is currently in development as a feature film, video game, graphic novel and toy line.

CRYPTID is an intellectual property created in the spirit of the classic pulp fiction action adventures of Tarzan, The Shadow, Doc Savage and The Phantom. KIPLING MCKAY is a soldier/safari hunter who is recruited by a secret society of CRYPTOZOOLOGISTS to hunt down and capture creatures not yet known to science, also known as CRYPTIDS. The Brainchild of Michael Todd, CRYPTID has been in development for over a decade with some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry. But the project has picked up a tremendous momentum with the completion of the graphic novel script and Weta completing the initial phase of their production designs. The CRYPTID license is a universe of stories to be told across multiple forms of media developed by Michael Todd and Ronald Shusett, co-Creator of the “ALIEN” franchise. The saga begins with a six issue graphic novel, Co-Written by Michael Todd, Ronald Shusett, Michael Town and David Elliott, utilizing the designs produced by Weta.

As well as Weta, Secret Lab Studios also boasts the talents of Frank Frazetta, Simon Bisley, Mike Mignola and Alex Horley to the team of artists and designers working on CRYPTID.



Not to be mistaken with the animated concept of the same name.
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post #198 of 203
5/12/08 at 7:58pm
I've been dreaming of a film adaptation of Paradise Lost directed by Guillermo Del Toro ever since I read it for English Lit.
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post #199 of 203
5/16/08 at 5:30pm
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Originally Posted by HarleyQuinn22 View Post
I've been dreaming of a film adaptation of Paradise Lost directed by Guillermo Del Toro ever since I read it for English Lit.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484138/
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post #200 of 203
6/4/08 at 12:51am
Sergio Leone was offered to direct The Godfather I hear.
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