Welcome to the 37th installment of Page One Rewrite, where I examine genre screenplays that just couldn't make it. This week, the extremely unlikely candidate who could've been Marvel's first big-screen hero. If you're not counting Howard the Duck. Or those 1940s Captain America serials. And if you have any suggestions for the future, let me hear them. Just contact me on Twitter.
2015's Ant-Man was covered extensively in the trades years before its release, due to the Marvel film's lengthy development with writer/director Edgar Wright, who ultimately departed the project. Wright's work on the film went back as far as 2003 for Artisan Entertainment, years before the founding of Marvel Studios. Beating the odds and surviving 12 years of development, passing through a few writers, directors, and studios before finally making its way to theaters and becoming a hit, Ant-Man was a surprising Hollywood success story.
Of All the Marvel Heroes.
2015's Ant-Man was covered extensively in the trades years before its release, due to the Marvel film's lengthy development with writer/director Edgar Wright, who ultimately departed the project. Wright's work on the film went back as far as 2003 for Artisan Entertainment, years before the founding of Marvel Studios. Beating the odds and surviving 12 years of development, passing through a few writers, directors, and studios before finally making its way to theaters and becoming a hit, Ant-Man was a surprising Hollywood success story.
Of All the Marvel Heroes.
- 12/13/2024
- by Gene Kendall
- CBR
With the massive success of Carrie (1976), telekinesis was quickly added to horror filmmakers’ arsenal as a new weapon to terrify audiences. The immense power of the film left some reticent to tackle the subject for fear of falling short; however Brian DePalma stepped up to the plate with The Fury (1978), and that same year fledgling Australian filmmaker Richard Franklin made Patrick, a suspenseful, darkly humorous tale of a nurse and the psychokinetically disposed comatose patient that loves her.
Released on its native soil October 1st, 1978, Patrick was bought up for distribution by over 30 countries after a successful screening at the Cannes Film Festival, easily earning back its $400,000 Aud budget (half of which was chipped in by the Australian Film Commission). More good news followed as Patrick was well received by critics, and rightly so – it’s a tense little beaut with an emphasis on character and scattered shocks throughout.
The...
Released on its native soil October 1st, 1978, Patrick was bought up for distribution by over 30 countries after a successful screening at the Cannes Film Festival, easily earning back its $400,000 Aud budget (half of which was chipped in by the Australian Film Commission). More good news followed as Patrick was well received by critics, and rightly so – it’s a tense little beaut with an emphasis on character and scattered shocks throughout.
The...
- 10/15/2016
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
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