The Greatest Sci-fi Movies Never Made
- ISBN-10
- 1556524498
- ISBN-13
- 9781556524493
- Category
- Science fiction films
- Pages
- 255
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Author
- David Hughes
Description
Steven Spielberg's sci-fi horror movie Night Skies. David Lynch's Ronnie Rocket. Terry Gilliam's Watchmen. Philip Kaufman's Star Trek: Planet of the Titans. Ridley Scott's I Am Legend. Tim Burton's Superman Lives. These are just some of the legendary unmade films covered by this groundbreaking book. Drawing on dozens of exclusive new interviews with the writers, designers, and directors involved, David Hughes charts the tortuous stories of these films and reveals the fascinating details of what might have been.
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