Great unproduced scripts?

[Sawyer]

I was shocked to see so many unproduced scripts on the internets. Watchmen by David Hayter, Batman by Tom Mankiewitz, so on and so forth. I dunno why, but they are just fun to read.

What do you guys think are some good ones to look at?

[Octoberist]

I'll include:

Indiana Jones IV by Frank Darabont...the script that freaking Lucas turned down!

I think eventually, it'll be online

[The Joker]

Punisher War Journal. I dont know if the script ever leaked in full, but the reviews were all great.

[The Joker]

I'll include:

Indiana Jones IV by Frank Darabont...the script that freaking Lucas turned down!

You mean the script that no one has ever seen and no one has any idea what was in it at all? For all we know it was Indiana Jones fighting a giant spider for 12 hours.

[Octoberist]

also, I heard that 'Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula' was good.

[Octoberist]

You mean the script that no one has ever seen and no one has any idea what was in it at all? For all we know it was Indiana Jones fighting a giant spider for 12 hours.

that's what i want, man. yes!!!:wow:

[Sawyer]

Are any of the unused Superman screenplays (by Kevin Smith, JJ Abrams, etc.) any good?

[Catman]

I'll include:

Indiana Jones IV by Frank Darabont...the script that freaking Lucas turned down!

I think eventually, it'll be online

I'm surprised its not online now as we speak.

[The Joker]

Are any of the unused Superman screenplays (by Kevin Smith, JJ Abrams, etc.) any good?

God no. The Smith one would have been decent if the producer didnt keep making him throw in stuff like Brainiac having a gay robot asssitant, and fighting polar bears in the north pole, and Superman having to fight a giant spider...*shudders*

[The Joker]

that's what i want, man. yes!!!:wow:

Well then it shouldnt be in this thread, as we dont know if it's "good" or not at all.

[Sawyer]

God no. The Smith one would have been decent if the producer didnt keep making him throw in stuff like Brainiac having a gay robot asssitant, and fighting polar bears in the north pole, and Superman having to fight a giant spider...*shudders*

Ahh, yes...Jon Peters, the man that tried to kill Superman.

[Octoberist]

Well then it shouldnt be in this thread, as we dont know if it's "good" or not at all.

Okay....:boba::hehe::brucebat:

Seriously, I'm curious to SEE if it's actually good. Chud.com supposely read and they liked it. who knows. how do we know that some of these unproduced scripts are good anyway? Most of them are not online.

I know that Frank is a good writer. He's not perfect but he's one of the better filmmakers in Hollywood. I can say for a FACT, that he's more talented than David Koepp if you're wondering.

[BenReilly19]

You mean the script that no one has ever seen and no one has any idea what was in it at all? For all we know it was Indiana Jones fighting a giant spider for 12 hours.

Steven Spielberg himself said it was the best Indiana Jones script, since "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

[The Joker]

Steven Spielberg himself said it was the best Indiana Jones script, since "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

Spielberg directed War of the Worlds. It's gonna take a lot more than his praise to get me to like something at this point.

[Omega Wizard]

Smith's Superman was God awful, I cant think of a good one right now.

[boydston_14]

I think the original Nightmare on Elm Street 4 script was pretty good.

[Gotham]

Watchmen by David Hayter was not great. According to about everyone, he nailed Dan, Laurie and Rorschach, sure, but he made a mockery of the novel's plot. And it isn't unproduced. He's receiving screenplay credit with Alex Tse, Sam Hamm, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.

[Apollo]

whats the best website to read un produced scripts?

[Sawyer]

Watchmen by David Hayter was not great. According to about everyone, he nailed Dan, Laurie and Rorschach, sure, but he made a mockery of the novel's plot. And it isn't unproduced. He's receiving screenplay credit with Alex Tse, Sam Hamm, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.

Helluva lot better than Sam "Let's have the Watchmen fighting atop the Statue of Liberty" Hamm.

[Gotham]

Helluva lot better than Sam "Let's have the Watchmen fighting atop the Statue of Liberty" Hamm.

Certainly. Hayter's contribution, which is said to still be in effect on the final version, is well noted. He was allowed to visit the set, even.

But, Hamm had no choice but to change everything up. The studio applied pressure. (Which David has even said about the version).

[Symbiotic]

Helluva lot better than Sam "Let's have the Watchmen fighting atop the Statue of Liberty" Hamm.What else did this guy have in mind?

[Gotham]

What else did this guy have in mind?

Think of his story this way: the only surviving aspect from the novel are the character names.

[Symbiotic]

Think of his story this way: the only surviving aspect from the novel are the character names.Ouch.

[The Guard]

Off the top of my head...

PLASTIC MAN, the original CONSTANTINE script, the Wachowski's earliest V FOR VENDETTA draft...

and GHOSTBUSTERS III.

[Superhobo]

That's not entirely accurate - most of the novel's main storyline was kept, while excising stuff here and there. There's a prologue featuring the aforementioned 'fight atop the Statue of Liberty,' and the ending is screwed all to hell (Manhattan goes back in time to shield himself inside the test chamber and oh no, I've gone cross-eyed). But, it's not an entirely bad read.

[Superhobo]

the Wachowski's earliest V FOR VENDETTA draft...



I can dream, can't I?

:o

[Spider-Vader]

The scripts for Alien3 that were action oriented were pretty good & a million times better than the crap we got.

[matthooper]

Ahh, yes...Jon Peters, the man that tried to kill Superman.

Singer did a much better job of killing Superman than Peters would have done. Apathy is even worse than spiders and gay robots.

[rdh007]

Smith's Superman had potential. Wasn't there one that had Metallo from a dude named Walker? That was okay, too. At least Supes threw a punch.

[Sawyer]

Smith's Superman had potential. Wasn't there one that had Metallo from a dude named Walker? That was okay, too. At least Supes threw a punch.

Very true. What Supes needs is someone who really has a good grasp on the character and the world to write a great screenplay.

[Chewy]

and GHOSTBUSTERS III.



The one with Stiller/Farley would have been awesome to see.

[Hoedowned]

One script I've wanted to read was the Michael France draft of Fantastic Four. From what I've read it's one of the best superhero scripts ever written, and it would have been made had it not costed around 175 million to produce (but then again this was in 1995 or so, and for some reason he was credited on the movie some 10 years later).

Also the Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula script sounds interesting.

[The Guard]

I can dream, can't I?

I've read it. It's fantastic, but there wasn't enough V.

Smith's Superman had potential. Wasn't there one that had Metallo from a dude named Walker? That was okay, too. At least Supes threw a punch.The one with Stiller/Farley would have been awesome to see.

Smith's SUPERMAN LIVES had more problems than studio interference. MAN OF STEEL by Alex Ford is ok. It's not terribly well written, and he basically copied ideas from the original Man of Steel revamp storyline and added STAS elements.

One script I've wanted to read was the Michael France draft of Fantastic Four.

It's ok. A little better than the movie we ended up getting.

I would also like to add a professional DAREDEVIL script I read circa 2000. It was written in the mid nineties, and featured a much, much better take on The Kingpin and Elektra and Bullsye than the film did. Very well written, gritty-as-hell, compelling script.

[french joker]

They are not all "great script", but well...

Wachowski's Carnivore :
http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/clark...s/Carnivore.txt (http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/clarke/38/scripts/Carnivore.txt)

Wachowski's Plasticman
http://scifiscripts.name2host.com/scripts/.../PlasticMan.txt (http://scifiscripts.name2host.com/scripts/PlasticMan.txt)

Wachowski's Assassins http://blake.prohosting.com/awsm/script/as...ssins_early.txt (http://blake.prohosting.com/awsm/script/assassins_early.txt)

Kevin Smith's Superman Lives http://scifiscripts.name2host.com/scripts/...kevin_smith.txt (http://scifiscripts.name2host.com/scripts/supermanlives_kevin_smith.txt)

Kevin Smith's Six Million Dollar Man http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/clark...onDollarMan.txt (http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/clarke/38/scripts/TheSixMillionDollarMan.txt)

Spider-Man by Cameron: http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/s/spider-man-scriptment.html
(with story-boards : http://dantom.altervista.org/spider_ing_script.html )

Napoleon by Kubrick (pure masterpiece) http://www.cbu.edu/~broberts/Napoleon.txt

Watchmen by Sam Hamm http://scifiscripts.name2host.com/scripts/wtchmn.txt

first script for Peter Jackson's King Kong (a lot of scenes were used by Universal in The Mummy and Jurrasic Park 3)
http://scifiscripts.name2host.com/scripts/kingkong.txt

Catwoman by Daniel Waters http://scifiscripts.name2host.com/scripts/catwoman.txt

all thoses comes from this french site (http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Agency/4666/scripts.html) who give link to a lot of unused scripts

But also :

A Crowded Room By James Cameron
http://maddogmovies.com/almost/scripts/acr...oom_cameron.txt (http://maddogmovies.com/almost/scripts/acrowdedroom_cameron.txt)
interview of Cameron about A Crowded Room
http://home.online.no/~bhundlan/scripts/in...rowded-room.txt (http://home.online.no/~bhundlan/scripts/info/a-crowded-room.txt)

Alien 3 by William Gibson (great great one)
http://www.awesomefilm.com/script/Alien3.txt

V For Vendetta by the Wachowski brothers (the original one):
http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/clarke/38/scripts/V_for_Vendetta.txt

Batman Year One by Frank Miller (should have been directed by Darren Aronofsky); pretty strange but interesting:
http://leonscripts.users5.50megs.com/scripts/BATMANYEARONEscript.htm

I am Legend (Mark Protosevich)
version for the R.Scott/A.Schwarzy movie
http://www.horrorlair.com/scripts/legend.txt

remake of Metropolis for R.Scott ?
http://maddogmovies.com/almost/scripts/met...lis_mandell.txt (http://maddogmovies.com/almost/scripts/metropolis_mandell.txt)

review of Toon Platoon (Roger Rabbit sequel)
http://www.filmbuffonline.com/images/ToonPlatoon1.jpg
http://www.filmbuffonline.com/ReadingRoom/...atoonReview.htm (http://www.filmbuffonline.com/ReadingRoom/ToonPlatoonReview.htm)

Ronnie Rocket (David Lynch)
http://maddogmovies.com/almost/scripts/ron...ocket_lynch.txt (http://maddogmovies.com/almost/scripts/ronnierocket_lynch.txt)

Neuromancer (William Gibson)
http://maddogmovies.com/almost/scripts/neu..._gibson5-90.txt (http://maddogmovies.com/almost/scripts/neuromancer_gibson5-90.txt)

I'm also looking for the script of CRUSADE :
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8255/crusadezj2.jpg

and i got a link for the original script of RESIDENT EVIL by Georges Romero but in french only

[the_ultimate_evil]

i'd love to read the original gremlins script

[Assassin32]

I liked Kevin Smith's Superman script.

[Sawyer]

They are not all "great script", but well...

Wachowski's Carnivore :
http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/clark...s/Carnivore.txt (http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/clarke/38/scripts/Carnivore.txt)

Wachowski's Plasticman
http://scifiscripts.name2host.com/scripts/.../PlasticMan.txt (http://scifiscripts.name2host.com/scripts/PlasticMan.txt)

Wachowski's Assassins http://blake.prohosting.com/awsm/script/as...ssins_early.txt (http://blake.prohosting.com/awsm/script/assassins_early.txt)

Kevin Smith's Superman Lives http://scifiscripts.name2host.com/scripts/...kevin_smith.txt (http://scifiscripts.name2host.com/scripts/supermanlives_kevin_smith.txt)

Kevin Smith's Six Million Dollar Man http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/clark...onDollarMan.txt (http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/clarke/38/scripts/TheSixMillionDollarMan.txt)

Spider-Man by Cameron: http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/s/spider-man-scriptment.html
(with story-boards : http://dantom.altervista.org/spider_ing_script.html )

Napoleon by Kubrick (pure masterpiece) http://www.cbu.edu/~broberts/Napoleon.txt

Watchmen by Sam Hamm http://scifiscripts.name2host.com/scripts/wtchmn.txt

first script for Peter Jackson's King Kong (a lot of scenes were used by Universal in The Mummy and Jurrasic Park 3)
http://scifiscripts.name2host.com/scripts/kingkong.txt

Catwoman by Daniel Waters http://scifiscripts.name2host.com/scripts/catwoman.txt

all thoses comes from this french site (http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Agency/4666/scripts.html) who give link to a lot of unused scripts

But also :

A Crowded Room By James Cameron
http://maddogmovies.com/almost/scripts/acr...oom_cameron.txt (http://maddogmovies.com/almost/scripts/acrowdedroom_cameron.txt)
interview of Cameron about A Crowded Room
http://home.online.no/~bhundlan/scripts/in...rowded-room.txt (http://home.online.no/~bhundlan/scripts/info/a-crowded-room.txt)

Alien 3 by William Gibson (great great one)
http://www.awesomefilm.com/script/Alien3.txt

V For Vendetta by the Wachowski brothers (the original one):
http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/clarke/38/scripts/V_for_Vendetta.txt

Batman Year One by Frank Miller (should have been directed by Darren Aronofsky); pretty strange but interesting:
http://leonscripts.users5.50megs.com/scripts/BATMANYEARONEscript.htm

I am Legend (Mark Protosevich)
version for the R.Scott/A.Schwarzy movie
http://www.horrorlair.com/scripts/legend.txt

remake of Metropolis for R.Scott ?
http://maddogmovies.com/almost/scripts/met...lis_mandell.txt (http://maddogmovies.com/almost/scripts/metropolis_mandell.txt)

review of Toon Platoon (Roger Rabbit sequel)
http://www.filmbuffonline.com/images/ToonPlatoon1.jpg
http://www.filmbuffonline.com/ReadingRoom/...atoonReview.htm (http://www.filmbuffonline.com/ReadingRoom/ToonPlatoonReview.htm)

Ronnie Rocket (David Lynch)
http://maddogmovies.com/almost/scripts/ron...ocket_lynch.txt (http://maddogmovies.com/almost/scripts/ronnierocket_lynch.txt)

Neuromancer (William Gibson)
http://maddogmovies.com/almost/scripts/neu..._gibson5-90.txt (http://maddogmovies.com/almost/scripts/neuromancer_gibson5-90.txt)

I'm also looking for the script of CRUSADE :
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8255/crusadezj2.jpg

and i got a link for the original script of RESIDENT EVIL by Georges Romero but in french only

Oh snap, I'm gonna have alot of reading to do. Thanks.

[Sawyer]

I liked Kevin Smith's Superman script.

...really? Gay robot and all?

[Evil Twin]

Harlan Ellison's I, Robot script would have been a terrific and smart movie. It's well worth seeking out the book the reprints that.

I've never read it, but allegedly the Coens' script for To the White Sea is supposed to be terrific.

[batman44]

Batman: Year One

[Space Moose]

Harlan Ellison's I, Robot script would have been a terrific and smart movie. It's well worth seeking out the book the reprints that.

I've never read it, but allegedly the Coens' script for To the White Sea is supposed to be terrific.
You mean the one that was originally called Hardwired?

[Evil Twin]

You mean the one that was originally called Hardwired?

Absolutely not.

I mean Harlan Ellison directly adapting Isaac Asimov's I, Robot, in 1978. With Asimov's blessing and approval. Which was finally published in book form in 1994.

[Swordmaster]

David Hayter's Iron Man. Yes, it wasn't all that faithful (Tony didn't get captured in the Middle East, and was never much of a prick, for instance) but it was still quite good. The action read phenomenal

[Carmine Falcone]

Napoleon by Kubrick (pure masterpiece) http://www.cbu.edu/~broberts/Napoleon.txt



That IS interesting! Got another link? This one's broken.

[Space Moose]

Could someone please summarise the Carnivore script by the Wachowski brothers? I am currently reading A Crowded Room by James Cameron but am really curious as to what the plot is since I heard so much about it by have no idea as to what the hell it is.

[Sawyer]

Off the top of my head...

PLASTIC MAN, the original CONSTANTINE script, the Wachowski's earliest V FOR VENDETTA draft...

and GHOSTBUSTERS III.

Anyone know where I can find Ghostbusters III?

[CashforStash]

James Camerons Spider-Man.

[maddogmike]

Hey all. I've seen a few referrals to my site from this thread, so I thought I'd stop by and say hello.

I run "Almost A Movie," a site which focuses on unmade or radically changed scripts. I host a lot of scripts, and if I don't have it I often have something to say about it anyway. You can check out the site's index page here:
http://maddogmovies.com/almost/siteindex.html

...and i got a link for the original script of RESIDENT EVIL by Georges Romero but in french only

Here's the English version:
http://maddogmovies.com/almost/past.html#re

[marukisu]

ik this might be kind of lazy but could someone briefly tell me what the spiderman, batman, and catwoman scripts were about. i started but i just dont have the time to finish all of them. :woot:

[TheVileOne]

A lot of people like the Andrew Kevin Walker script X-men which was pretty ambitious from what I understand.

I wasn't too hot on the Romero script for Resident Evil. Still felt like it was missing something, especially making Chris Redfield a farmboy that's dating Jill and doesn't know she's a STARS agent. It did cram a lot of the monsters in but that's it really.

Anyone have the original MOTU script by David Odell that apparently has a lot more of Eternia?

[marukisu]

A lot of people like the Andrew Kevin Walker script X-men which was pretty ambitious from what I understand.

I wasn't too hot on the Romero script for Resident Evil. Still felt like it was missing something, especially making Chris Redfield a farmboy that's dating Jill and doesn't know she's a STARS agent. It did cram a lot of the monsters in but that's it really.

Anyone have the original MOTU script by David Odell that apparently has a lot more of Eternia?


What was his X-men script about?

Ughhh lol i know. The Resident Evil we got and the one he wrote are equally bad.

[The Apatow Crew]

i'd love to read the original gremlins scriptI read ut and its way different then the actuall movie we got. its more violent and there are different characters and more die.

[dude love]

The scripts for Alien3 that were action oriented were pretty good & a million times better than the crap we got.

Meh they where mostly just Aliens clones. There's more to Alien than just gunz, explosiunz and mareenz.

Alien 3 = awesomeness.


NEVILLE
My name is Robert Neville. Today is October 17th,
the year 2002. I was born in 1960, on this very day,
so that makes today my birthday. (remembering)
Every year for my birthday, my wife Ellen would throw
me a party. A kid's party. Cake, ice cream, funny hats,
"Pin the Tail on the Donkey". One year she rented a pony.
It didn't matter that we were grown-ups and this was all
kind of silly to the neighbors. She just did things like
that.
She brought such joy into everything she did, everything
she touched... (too nostalgic) I am forty-two today.
I feel fine. I feel fit. My mental state is... pretty good.
(withdraws) Let's start over. (focuses)
My name is Robert Neville. I was born forty-two years
ago in Des Moines, Iowa. I had a wife Ellen and a daughter
Grace. My father's name was Bill and my mother's
Charlotte. They were farm people.
I hope... Someday... When someone finds these tapes...
You will know who I was. What I was about.
What I tried to do. What I try to do. (withdraws)
I think I killed six last night.

How in the bloody hell did anyone expect Arnold Schwarzenegger to get through that?

[K.B.]

Awesome idea for a thread...people should also post whats different in these scripts as well for those of us who dont have much time to read them :(

[TheVileOne]

What was his X-men script about?

I think a lot of it is like the first one but on a much grander scale. Like lots of fighting in New York City. More tension with Wolverine/Cyclops/Jean, stuff like that. I think I read it even has a Wolverine/Cyclops fight in it.

[K.B.]

Is this the one with Jubilee and how she has the cure inside her?

[Alchemyst]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't an X-men movie originally planned back in like 94-95? I know it was piggybacking on the success of the Fox X-men cartoon

[jimmylace]

I'll include:

Indiana Jones IV by Frank Darabont...the script that freaking Lucas turned down!

I think eventually, it'll be online

Its got to be online seeing as Ive read it - although I no longer have it.:woot: Surprisingly -aside from being more cohesive and featuring a cool aerial dogfight scene, it really isnt that much better than the one they filmed. It feels more like Indy should, Marion is better...but it goes downhill pretty quickly and the script brings a bunch of brand new problems to the table.

[jimmylace]

Meh they where mostly just Aliens clones. There's more to Alien than just gunz, explosiunz and mareenz.

Alien 3 = awesomeness.

Glad to see Alien 3 getting the respect it deserves -its a few years too late though. Aliens is dumb fun but if you look at the Alien series as a whole, its the odd one out.

[Doctor Jones]

The Frank Darabont script for Indy 4. I mean, I loved the one we got, but this one was great too! But it did have some of its downers. Indy's introduction, him muttering "Damn kids" seemed wrong. Indy getting eaten by a giant snake. Another plane battle, the alien turning into Hitler. And the ending, Indy didn't need to explain to Marion why he didn't choose to have all the power he wanted. But alot of the ideas were used in Indy 4. A surprising amount. The crystal skulls, the warehouse scene (the one in the film is better) Doom Town, South America, the giant ants, and the aliens. But here were alot of great ideas. I think his name is Yuri. He is the Mac character of the script. He was great too. And I sort of liked the love triangle between Indy and Marion's wife. Indy in the museum fighting the Thin Man. Him sneaking into his house when the agents were searching for him. A small but great appearance from his father. Lots of great ideas. But still, I'm happy with what we got.

[cryptic name]

What was his X-men script about?

Ughhh lol i know. The Resident Evil we got and the one he wrote are equally bad.


magneto tries to take manhatten as a soverign nation for mutants. and there were sentinals. one or two more drafts and i could have been great

[Sawyer]

i'd love to read the original gremlins script

You mean the one where Gizmo eats the family dog and the gremlins murder people in much, much more vicious ways?

Yeah, it might be interesting...

[The Apatow Crew]

You mean the one where Gizmo eats the family dog and the gremlins murder people in much, much more vicious ways?

Yeah, it might be interesting...I have that script and read it before.

And also The mom gets killed and billy comes home and sees her head rolls down the stairs.

[Ceb-Man]

I still to this day would love to see The Batman script by Tom (Superman: The Movie) Mankiewicz that Batman, Robin, The Joker, Rupert Thorne, and Silver St. Cloud. I'd love it if they would even animate this! I like this script.

The Sam Hamm version of Batman before Warren Skarren got a hold of it and made Napier the Waynes killer.

Batman: Darknight that had Scarecrow and Man-Bat.

Batman: Triumphant that had Batman and Scarecrow.

Batman vs. Superman script from what I read was good.

The X-Men script that was posted sounded awesome and better than the the other X-Men movies.

[ShadowBoxing]

What else did this guy have in mind?
I just read Sam Hamm's Watchmen script. Basically here is the rundown. The film opens with a huge fight on the Statue of Liberty against some terrorists then cuts to ten years later where all heroes have been outlawed. Like the Graphic Novel, Comedian takes a pavement dive and Rorschach investigates it. The similarities break down there. Very few scenes are used. Dr. Manhattan [Veidt] gives Laurie (Silk Spectre II) cancer and eventually cures her, but in curing her removes his ability to see the future. They end up all meeting to stop Veidt who's plan is to go back in time and stop the creation of Dr. Manhattan and thus stop the dystopian future they live in. Dr. Manhattan kills him as a result and goes back in time himself and saves himself from becoming Dr. Manhattan. The surviving heroes, Laurie, Nite-Owl and Rorschach all go back to New York where they are no longer viewed as criminals.

[ShadowBoxing]

I think a lot of it is like the first one but on a much grander scale. Like lots of fighting in New York City. More tension with Wolverine/Cyclops/Jean, stuff like that. I think I read it even has a Wolverine/Cyclops fight in it.
Yeah it even had a cameo by Alpha Flight in the very beginning. It's alright...it just feels a ton like a cartoon trying to be a movie. Lots of villains who are never developed, and many corny lines like when Professor X says to Cyclops "If we don't find him (Wolverine) first THEY WILL" (yes, it was in caps like that).

[Space Moose]

magneto tries to take manhatten as a soverign nation for mutants. and there were sentinals. one or two more drafts and i could have been great
That sounds pretty awesome! Better than the crap we got from Ratner.

[RabbitSamurai]

The scripts for Alien3 that were action oriented were pretty good & a million times better than the crap we got.

You would have preferred the airborne virus version of the Alien, with Thing-esque "are you infected or not" dynamics? :down: And James Cameron's Spider-Man ideas were awful.

[Sam Fisher]

I read James Cameron's Spider-Man script, and i all I have to say is that I'm glad Sam Raimi came along.

[Doctor Jones]

The Cameron script was bad, yes.

[Doctor Jones]

Yeah it even had a cameo by Alpha Flight in the very beginning. It's alright...it just feels a ton like a cartoon trying to be a movie. Lots of villains who are never developed, and many corny lines like when Professor X says to Cyclops "If we don't find him (Wolverine) first THEY WILL" (yes, it was in caps like that).

Couldn't of been worse than X3, right?

[Doctor Jones]

I just read Sam Hamm's Watchmen script. Basically here is the rundown. The film opens with a huge fight on the Statue of Liberty against some terrorists then cuts to ten years later where all heroes have been outlawed. Like the Graphic Novel, Comedian takes a pavement dive and Rorschach investigates it. The similarities break down there. Very few scenes are used. Dr. Manhattan [Veidt] gives Laurie (Silk Spectre II) cancer and eventually cures her, but in curing her removes his ability to see the future. They end up all meeting to stop Veidt who's plan is to go back in time and stop the creation of Dr. Manhattan and thus stop the dystopian future they live in. Dr. Manhattan kills him as a result and goes back in time himself and saves himself from becoming Dr. Manhattan. The surviving heroes, Laurie, Nite-Owl and Rorschach all go back to New York where they are no longer viewed as criminals.

Oh, God. Sounds like the typical bogged down happy ending Hollywood crap when it comes to adaptions. Thank God for Snyder.

[Sawyer]

Sam Hamm's screenplay might have actually been an okay story on its own, but as an adaptation, it's just ****ing terrible.

[K.B.]

Anyone got a link to the violent gremlins one?

[The Apatow Crew]

Anyone got a link to the violent gremlins one?Sure i can hook you up. gimme a few mins to upload it.

[K.B.]

This thread fell off.....umm any other unproduced scripts? lol

[ross2287]

Cameron's Spider-Man would have been awful.
Who wants to see Spider-Man nail a webbed-down MJ on a bridge...?

[K.B.]

I find it funny that so many people say Camerons script was awful yet so much of it seemed to be used in Raimis film.

If you can find it, someone made a cool site that has the script as well as storyboards.

[Symbiotic]

I just read Sam Hamm's Watchmen script. Basically here is the rundown. The film opens with a huge fight on the Statue of Liberty against some terrorists then cuts to ten years later where all heroes have been outlawed. Like the Graphic Novel, Comedian takes a pavement dive and Rorschach investigates it. The similarities break down there. Very few scenes are used. Dr. Manhattan [Veidt] gives Laurie (Silk Spectre II) cancer and eventually cures her, but in curing her removes his ability to see the future. They end up all meeting to stop Veidt who's plan is to go back in time and stop the creation of Dr. Manhattan and thus stop the dystopian future they live in. Dr. Manhattan kills him as a result and goes back in time himself and saves himself from becoming Dr. Manhattan. The surviving heroes, Laurie, Nite-Owl and Rorschach all go back to New York where they are no longer viewed as criminals.Ended up reading parts of this script. Not Watchmen. At all.

[mclay18]

The Sam Hamm version of Batman before Warren Skarren got a hold of it and made Napier the Waynes killer.

I don't know if you found it already, but here it is (http://members.tripod.com/~ajeewa/movies/batman1986.txt).

In some ways it's better than what Skarren and the uncredited British screenwriters did during the 1988 WGA strike, but in others it's much worse.

[Sawyer]

What about Joss Whedon's Aliens 4? Any opinions?

[RabbitSamurai]

He wrote an unproduced script for Resurrection?

[echostation]

I want to read Andrew Kevin Walker's draft of Silver Surfer... that's been guarded like a secret Nuclear formula where they said a production cost of like 250 million would be needed to produce it...

It sounded absolutely orgasmically cool from the way it was described as an intergalactic massive cerebral action-adventure science fiction piece that would've literally been amazing to see on screen and now we'll never see it...

[Bobber]

Does anyone have the Napoleon script by Kubrick?
I'm very interested in reading it.

[BlackLantern]

He wrote an unproduced script for Resurrection?

Yes....the setting was an abandoned space monastery or something....and I believe it also had some elements regarding the Aliens homeworld

[T.Bickle]

I Haven't Read it But Michael France's Punisher Script, Before JH ****ed it Up....

Speaking of Which, anyone Know Where I Can find Michael France's original Script?

[MarvelMovies]

Script-O-Rama is a great site that has tons of scripts, including the James Cameron Spider-Man draft.

http://www.script-o-rama.com/table.shtml