Tales From Development Hell (48 page)
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Authors: David Hughes
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TOMB RAIDER CHRONICLES
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“We should have made a better movie...” Lloyd Levin, quoted in ‘Angelina Jolie is One Tough Mother’ by Benjamin Svetkey, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2003.
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“Mr Lawrence Gordon and Mr Lloyd Levin...” is from a press release announcing the Tomb Raider film, circa 1998. “We are thrilled by the possibilities...” John Goldwyn, ibid.
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“I’m sorry to report that the content...”; “it seems like a mix of Predator-style chase set-pieces...” are from ‘Tomb Raider Script Review’ by ‘Agent 4125’, Ain’t It Cool News (
www.aintitcool.com
), 1 October 1998.
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“I’d love to give you the whole story...” Brent V. Friedman, quoted in ‘Tomb with a View’ by Christine Spines, Premiere, July 2001. “I was hired in September 1998...” and all other Steven de Souza quotes, AI.
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“Several scribes took a shot...” is from ‘Herek Digs Par’s Tomb’, uncredited, Variety, 11 April 1999. “Thankfully, de Souza’s Tomb Raider...”; “Overall, this is an excellent script...” ‘Necros,’ quoted on Coming Attractions (
www.corona.bc.ca
). “We hadn’t gotte...” Levin, quoted in ‘Tomb with a View’ by Christine Spines, Premiere, July 2001.
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“[The producers] said, ‘The situation is this...” John Zinman, quoted in ‘Tomb Raider’ by David Goldsmith, Creative Screenwriting, July/August 2001. “Scene for scene, beat for beat...”;
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“a lot of puzzle solving...” Patrick Massett, ibid. “The challenge is to create a story...” Zinman, ibid. “hailed as heroes” Zinman, quoted in “Tomb with a View” by Christine Spines, Premiere, July 2001. “The script opens in Macedonia...”; “a wonderful contradiction...”; “You’re not asking much...” Darwin Mayflower, quoted on Screenwriters Utopia (
www.screenwritersutopia.com
).
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“The old drafts had a lot of Mary Poppins...”; “Every time it came up I thought...” Simon West, quoted in ‘Tomb with a View’ by Christine Spines, Premiere, July 2001.
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“[One of them] had scenes with people visiting the Queen...” West, quoted in Dreamwatch, circa 2001. “The plot, briefly, involves adventuress/magazine editor...” is from a report on Coming Attractions (
www.corona.bc.ca
)
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“From a creative point of view...” Levin, quoted in ‘Tomb with a View’ by Christine Spines, Premiere, July 2001. “When we met with Simon his idea was...” Zinman, quoted in ‘Tomb Raider’ by David Goldsmith, Creative Screenwriting, July/August 2001.
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“James Bond of archaeology...” West, quoted in Entertainment Weekly, 2 March 2000. “It was always Angelina...” West, quoted in ‘Not Just a Pretty Face... Balls of Brass Too’ by Mark Dinning Empire, August 2001.
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“At first I thought Tomb Raider was a really bad idea...”; “It’s taken us a long time to figure out...” Angelina Jolie, ibid. “It was always our intention for Lara...” Massett, quoted in ‘Tomb Raider’ by David Goldsmith, Creative Screenwriting, July/August 2001. “This script is first and foremost about Lara...”; “nimble wit...”; “I was surprised by how much...”; “The choices faced...” ‘Moriarty’, quoted on Ain’t It Cool News (
www.aintitcool.com
).
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“Originally, I wrote the idea to be in China...” West, quoted in interview for Paramount press materials for Lara Croft Tomb Raider.
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“We wrote a script that was just huge...” Zinman, quoted in ‘Tomb Raider’ by David Goldsmith, Creative Screenwriting, July/August 2001. “Long, long ago, a meteor crashed to Earth...”; “The High Priest knew that this power...” is dialogue cut from Lara Croft Tomb Raider.
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“Burglars escaped with a rucksack...” is from a report in The Sunday Express, 8 October 2000. “I was in bed at home...” West, quoted ibid.
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“psychologist specialising in stress management” reported in ‘Tomb with a View’ by Christine Spines, Premiere, July 2001. “I’ve learned that” West, quoted in ibid. “The only way I could write so much music...” Graeme Revell, quoted in Dreamwatch, June 2001.
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“The first one did not have a strong story...” Levin, quoted in ‘Angelina Jolie is One Tough Mother’ by Benjamin Svetkey, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2003.
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“The only thing that we can attribute it to...” Wayne Lewellen, quoted in ‘Lara Plays the Blame Game’, uncredited, Dreamwatch. October 2003. “If Paramount had spent a few bucks...” is from ‘Summer Winners and Losers’ by various, Entertainment Weekly, circa September 2003. “Mark and Hawk’s sensibilities...” Graham King, quoted in a press release dated 5 May 2011. “We are thrilled...” Fergus and Ostby, ibid.
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING FILM
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“Jim called me up...” Roland Emmerich, quoted in ‘Emmerich On Fantastic Voyage’, uncredited,
EmpireOnline.com
, 25 September 2007.
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“I followed the plot line...” quoted in I, Asimov by Isaac Asimov, New York: Doubleday, 1994. “involved two vessels”;
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“wrote a novel” ibid. “A motion picture may...” quoted in the introduction to Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain by Isaac Asimov, New York: Doubleday, 1987. “When I was a kid...” and all other Dean Devlin quotes, AI.
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“Dean Devlin asked us...” and all other Glen Morgan quotes, AI.
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“The molecular construction...” is from the Fantastic Voyage screenplay dated 12 June 1997.
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“My draft was well received...” and all other Tab Murphy quotes, AI.
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“I remembered the film...” and all other Kevin J. Anderson quotes, AI. “I was attached to this project...”;
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“I said, ‘Why have you...’” Emmerich, quoted in ‘Emmerich On Fantastic Voyage’, uncredited,
EmpireOnline.com
, 25 September 2007. “We’ve been working on a script...” James Cameron, quoted in ‘James Cameron on Avatar Sequels, Fantastic Voyage and Battle Angel’ by Steve ‘Frosty’ Weintraub,
Collider.com
, 11 December 2009.
TALES FROM THE SCRIPT
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“Paul’s version was very cerebral...” Jim Robinson, quoted in ‘Exorcise Plan’ by Missy Schwartz, Entertainment Weekly Summer Movie Double ’05. All other quotes recalled from bitter, bitter experience.
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Abrams, J.J.
200-201
Ackerman, Forrest J.
50-52
Adams, Douglas
9
Affleck, Ben
197
After the Gods
242
Alexander, Scott
142
Allen, Karen
103
Anderson, Kevin J.
236
Angelou, Maya
180
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Baird, Stuart
224
Bakshi, Ralph
57-59
Bale, Christian
200
Balk, Fairuza
160
Basile, Pier Luigi
65
Batchler, Janet Scott
15-29
Batchler, Lee
15-29
Batman Begins
202
(footnote)
Batman Beyond,
aka
Batman of the Future
197-198
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
197
Batman Forever
191
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
197
Batman Returns
190-191
Batman: The Animated Series
197
Batman vs Superman
198-202
Batman: Year Zero
202
Baumgarten, Craig
35-37
Bay, Michael
42
Beagle, Peter S.
58
Belushi, James
126
Bernal, Bill
52
Bixby, Jerome aka Jay Lewis Bixby
230
Bonham Carter, Helena
46
Braga, Brannon
218
Brassel, Bob
200
Brodie, Kevin
25-26
Brolin, James
32
Bruckheimer, Jerry
118
Bullock, Sandra
89-90
Burnett, Alan
197
C
Carrey, Jim
144
Catwoman
201-202
Chambers, John
32-33
Channing-Williams, Simon
206
Charno, Sara B. See
Sara B. Cooper
Climan, Sandy
143
Cobb, Ron
50
Conkling, Chris
58
Connelly, Jennifer
116
Contagion,
186
Coolis, Orin
149