Great unproduced scripts?

[Superhobo]

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

I can dream, can't I?

 

[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

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

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

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

Kevin Smith's Six Million Dollar Man http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/clark...onDollarMan.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 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
interview of Cameron about A Crowded Room
http://home.online.no/~bhundlan/scripts/in...rowded-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

review of Toon Platoon (Roger Rabbit sequel)

http://www.filmbuffonline.com/ReadingRoom/...atoonReview.htm

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

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

I'm also looking for the script of CRUSADE :

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

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

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

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

Kevin Smith's Six Million Dollar Man http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/clark...onDollarMan.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 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
interview of Cameron about A Crowded Room
http://home.online.no/~bhundlan/scripts/in...rowded-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

review of Toon Platoon (Roger Rabbit sequel)

http://www.filmbuffonline.com/ReadingRoom/...atoonReview.htm

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

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

I'm also looking for the script of CRUSADE :

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]

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[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?