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…
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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…
Plastic Man
by Larry and Andy Wachowski After The Matrix and Speed Racer, the Wachowskis need a challenge. How about the man of Plastic? Download screenplay
Watchmen
by Sam Hamm It hasn’t been easy adapting Alan Moore’s epic comic into a satisfying screenplay. Terry Gilliam wanted to do it for awhile. Later there were rumors of a script by David Hayter to be shot in Prague with Darren Aronofsky at the helm, but he left the project. Next up was Bourne Supremacy…
Spider-Man
Scriptment by James Cameron Remember the huge legal battle over Spider-man? By the time Marvel and Sony had it figured out, Cameron was out of the picture. The final movie did use some of Cameron’s ideas, however. The genetically altered (rather than radioactive) spider and the organic web-shooters had their origins here. One fan of…
Batman 2
by Sam Hamm Here’s an early version of Batman Returns. Sam Hamm wrote the first Batman (and has taken a crack at many other comic book movies), so it made sense for him to do a draft of the sequel. The final screenplay was written by Daniel Waters. Download screenplay
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…
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…