Story Conference Transcript January 23, 1978 thru January 27, 1978 George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Larry Kasdan Back in 1978, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg got together with Larry Kasdan to hash out the story for Raiders of the Lost Ark. The meeting was recorded and transcribed. (I guess that’s what you do when you’ve got…
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Write to the webmaster: If you have background information or corrections about any scripts mentioned here, please let me know. I hate being uninformed! If you’d like to suggest a script that you think belongs on this site, send me a link (no attachments please). Remember, I’m focusing on unproduced scripts or movies that underwent…
Day of the Dead
Fans of George A. Romero’s dead films know that the third entry was a compromised vision. Romero’s early draft of Day of the Dead would have cost more money than he could raise, so he cut back. Wonder what could have been? Check it out: Download screenplay
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Star Wars Episode III: Fall of the Republic
treatment by John L. Flynn This goes back to the mid-eighties. There were so many misunderstandings about this treatment that Usenet’s Star Wars newsgroup even had a FAQ to deal with it. Download treatment
Indiana Jones IV
In the case of Indy, there’s a whole lot of fan material out there to sift through. These are the scripts that have fooled at least a few people. Micah Johnson does a good job of explaining and debunking these scripts at indyfan.com. For a great rundown of all the rumored plots and titles, check…
Batman: The Frightening
by Brandon Gaines Whoo boy! Everyone got all hot about this script, featuring the Scarecrow. When Batman 5 was still in development, “Batman: The Frightening” was a title being considered. Soon, this fan script surfaced, purporting to be the real deal. Although two writers, Terry Hayes and Rafael Yglesias, were credited on the draft, but…
To the White Sea
by David Peoples and Janet Webb Peoples Based on the novel by James Dickey, this was to be the Coen Brothers’ next movie after O Brother, Where Art Thou? but it didn’t materialize. Read the script review at IGN FilmForce. Read about Brad Pitt’s involvement at IGN Filmforce (August, 2000 article). Read the IGN script…
Sandman
Based on the mystical, mythical comic series by Neil Gaiman. Ted Elliot has an in depth introduction to his draft over at Wordplayer.com. Avary had a good history of his involvement in the project (working from the Elliot and Rossio script) at Avary.com, but it appears to have been taken down. Read about this project’s…
Ronnie Rocket
by David Lynch A little man from Mars has adventures on Earth. Another Lynch movie that will probably never see the light of day. But then again, Lynch has managed to get strange things produced before… Download screenplay