by Peter Briggs This script was written as a spec, based on the Dark Horse comic. Briggs didn’t option the property first (as is the accepted practice), but the script was actually purchased by Fox anyway. Things fell apart when they decided to go ahead with Alien Resurrection instead. The final Alien vs. Predator utilizes…
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Alien 5
Treatment by James Cameron and ??? After Alien Resurrection, Ridley Scott and James Cameron discussed doing another sequel. Cameron and another writer (name?) worked up some ideas, but the project was scrapped when Alien Vs. Predator moved forward. Cameron mentions his involvement briefly in an Ain’t it Cool interview here.
Alien 3
From monks to prisoners, this sequel had a strange up and down journey. (Personally, I never forgave them for killing off Hicks and Newt before the plot even kicked in.) It’s unclear to me who wrote the first draft, seeing how there’s one credited to Twohy and one to Ward and Fasano. Perhaps multiple writers…
The Fantastic Four (1994)
Screenplay by Craig J. Nevius and Kevin Rock Directed by Oley Sassone An internet favorite! Roger Corman produced this low budget adaptation of the popular comic book. Much of it is awful or laughable, but it has a certain naive charm. The rumor is that Corman was actually paid NOT to release it, because another…
The Day the Clown Cried (1972)
Screenplay by Joan O’Brien and Charles Denton Directed by Jerry Lewis Clowns and the Holocaust. Who wouldn’t want to see that? Never released due to the bad taste factor, but after Life is Beautiful, could the world be ready to see Jerry Lewis take on the death camps? Read about the movie’s history in an…
My Best Friend’s Birthday (1987)
Written by Craig Hamann and Quentin Tarantino Directed by Craig Hamann and Quentin Tarantino Before Tarantino directed his first movie (Reservoir Dogs), he co-directed ANOTHER first movie, My Best Friend’s Birthday. Tarantino later considered it amateurish, so he claimed to be a first time director when putting together the production for “Reservoir Dogs.” Although “Birthday”…
The Thing 2
Treatment by Garry A. Piazza I’m not crazy about this one. Leave The Thing alone. It had a great ambiguous ending that would be undercut by a sequel. Download treatment
Asylum / Batman Vs. Superman
by Andrew Kevin Walker and Akiva Goldsman After several failed attempts to get a new Superman off the ground, this crossover was proposed by Andrew Kevin Walker. It was designed to relaunch both the Superman and Batman franchises. I think it’s a great idea. Sure, they’re both good guys, but as anyone who reads the…
Superman: Man of Steel
by Alex Ford After Kevin Smith’s Superman Lives was dropped, Alex Ford wrote this script for Warner Brothers. He pitched it as the first of seven movies, which was intriguing, but Ford eventually split with Warners due to creative differences. This “Man of Steel” is independent from Man of Steel (the proposed sequel to Bryan Singer’s…
Superman Lives
by Kevin Smith Smith has been pretty vocal about the horrors of development. For all the hype, I’m not too keen on this script. It has some interesting elements: the death and rebirth of Superman, the presence of both Lex Luthor and Braniac. I liked the way the story just starts without explaining who Superman…