Movies in Development
Dave Novick
Here's a list of Movies in Development as listed in the November issue of
Cinescape.
Keep in mind that even though this is the current issue, it was probably
written 6 months ago. Some things may (have) change.
TBD - To Be Determined
A.I.
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The Plot: A sci-fi thriller about a computer that becomes self aware.
The Players: TBD
The Director: Stanley Kurbrick
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Release Date: TBD
Alien IV
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The Plot: Fox reportedly wants Sigourner Weaver to reprise her role as
Ripley, despite the third chapter closing the door on the
character.
The Players: TBD
The Director: TBD
Distrubutor: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: TBD
Apollo 13
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The Plot: The story of the catastrophic moon landing of 1970 that nearly
killed the entire crew of the Apollo 13 mission
The Players: Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary sinise, Ed Harris,
and Kathleen Quinlan
The Director: Ron Howard
Distributor: Universal
Release Date: Summer 1995
Assassins
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The Plot: The story of a hitman facing retirement, whose retirement
plan unfortunately consists of mandatory death.
The Players: Sean Connerty is presently in negotiations for the lead.
The Director: Richard Donner
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Release Date: TBD
Batman Forever
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The Plot: Harvey Dent, a.k.a. Two-Face hires the deranged Ed Nygma to
extract revenge on the Caped Crusader
The Players: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey and Nicole Kidman
The Director: Joel Schumacher
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Release Date: Summer 1995
Braveheart
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The Plot: A medieval action epic
The Players: Mel Gibson
The Director: Mel Gibson
Distributor: Paramount
Release Date: TBD
Congo
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The Plot: Technicians in the jungles of the Congo unwittingly stumble
onto an undiscovered, dangerous breed of gorilla.
The Players: Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, and Laura Linney
The Director: Frank Marshall
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: TBD
Copycat
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The Plot: A cop enlists the help of an agoraphobic professor to track
down a maniacal serial killer.
The Players: Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter.
The Director: John Amiel
Release Date: TBD
Cutthroat Island
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The Plot: Matthew Modine is slated to fly this Jolly Roger after Michael
Douglas let the $70 million pic walk the plank.
The Players: Geena Davis and Matther Modine.
The Director: Renny Harlin
Distributor: Carolco Pictures
Release Date: Summer 1995
Decoy
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The Plot: Ex-CIA operatives are hired to protect the daughter of a
directiong officer from a gang of high-tech merceraries.
The Players: TBD
The Director: Victor Rambaldi
Distributor: Prism Pictures
Release Date: TBD
Deep Impact
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The Plot: A deadly meteor hurtles toward a helpless planet Earth. Based
on Gerore Pal's 1951 classic movie When Worlds Collide and
Hammer of the God by Arthur C. Clarke.
The Players: TBD
The Director: Speculation is that Speilberg may want a shot at this one
Distrubutor: Paramount/Amblin
Release Date: TBD
Die Hard 3
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The Plot: It seems John McClane has a penchant for finding trouble. This
time around Samuel L. Jackson is along for the ride as McClane's
unwitting partner.
The Players: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, and Jeremy Irons.
The Director: John McTierman
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: TBD
Delores Clairborne
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The Plot: A murderous housewife buries her husband in the backyard. Based
on the Stephen King novel.
The Players: Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason-Leigh, Christopher Plummer and
Judy Farfitt
The Director: Taylor Hackford
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: TBD
Doom
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The Plot: Set on Mars, this computer game of mass carnage make the jump
to the big screen.
The Players: TBD
The Director: TBD
Distributor: Ethos Films
Release Date: TBD
Dr. Jekyll & Mrs Hyde
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The Plot: A '90's take on a classic tale as the good doctor turned monster
is a woman with a unruly caes of P.M.S.
The Players: Sean Young, Tim Daly, Lysette Anthony and Polly Bergen
The Director: David Price
Distributor: Independent
Release Date: TBD
Dragonheart
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The Plot: An epic adventure set in the 10th century, and starring an 18ft
computer-generted dragon from the folks at ILM
The Players: Dennis Quaid, David Thewis, Dina Meyer, Julie Christie and
Sean Connery as the voice behind the dragon
The Director: Rob Cohen
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Release Date: Summer 1995
Dropzone
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The Plot: A skydiving action pie shooting in Miami and Los Angeles
The Players: Wesley Snipes, Gary Busel and Yancy Butler
The Director: John Badham
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: December 16
Fahrenheit 451
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The Plot: Based on the Ray Bradbury classic tale of book-burning fireman,
Bradbury has agreed to pen the script
The Players: Mel Gibson as fireman Guy Montag
The Director: N/A
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Release Date: TBD
Fair Game
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The Plot: A cop on the run from a squad of KGB hitman.
The Players: Val Kilmer
The Director: Joel Silver
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Release Date: TBD
The Fantastic Four
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The Plot: The Fan Four get a big-budget revamp after Fox pulled its
low-budget version from release.
The Players: TBD
The Director: Chris Columbus
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: TBD
Fire Down Below
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The Plot: The latest action entry from the Steven Seagal camp, with Jon
Peters producing from a Jeb Stuart script.
The Players: Steven Seagal
The Director: TBD
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: TBD
First Knight
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The Plot: An action/adventure re-telling of the Knights of the Roundtable
legend
The Players: Sean Connery and Richard Gere.
The Director: Jerry Zucker
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: TBD
Fist of Northstar
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The Plot: A live-action flick based on a popular Japanese comic book and
animated TV series
The Players: Gary Daniels, Costas Mandylor, Chris Penn, Melvin Van
Peebles, Malcolm McDowell, Isako Washio, and Downtown Julie
Brown
The Director: Tony Randel
Distributor: Independent
Release Date: TBD
Fortress 2
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The Plot: A quick turn-around sequel following the continued adventures
of an inmate in a futuristic maximum security prison
The Players: Christopher Lambert
The Director: TBD
Distributor: Independent
Release Date: TBD
Gigantor
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The Plot: The live-action adventures of a young boy and his 50-foot,
peace-loving robot, based on the popular 1960's Japanese
cartoon.
The Players: TBD
The Director: TBD
Distributor: Tri-Star
Release Date: TBD
Godzilla
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The Plot: The irradiated Tyranosuar is awakened by an invading alien
threat and heads to the streets of America to do battle.
Expect a CGI makeover for the G-man.
The Players: TBD
The Director: Jan De Bont
Distributor: Tri-Star
Release Date: TBD
Goldeneye
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The Plot: Script rewrites, purportedly because of uncomfortable
similarities to James Cameron's True Lies, have set back the
production on this 17th James Bond film.
The Players: Pierce Brosnan
The Director: Martin Campbell
Distributor: MGM/UA
Release Date: November 1995 (tent.)
The Hunckback of Notre Dame
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The Plot: The tower bell tolls again with Gerard Depardieu as the spurned
and reviled Quasimodo.
The Players: Gerard Depardieu
The Director: TBD
Distributor: Touchstone
Release Date: TBD
Jonny Mnemonic
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The Plot: An intense cyberpunk thriller based on a William Gibson story.
The Players: Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren and Henry Rollins
The Director: Robert Longo
Distributor: Tri-Star
Release Date: Januray 12 (tent.)
Judge Dredd
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The Plot: Based on the popular UK comic about a cop who takes the law
into his own hands
The Players: Sylverter Stallone, Armand Assante, Daine Lane, Rob
Schneider, Joan Chen, Max von Sydow and Henry Rollins
The Director: Danny Cannon
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Release Date: Summer 1995
Just Cause
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The Plot: A Sean Connery action thriller.
The Players: Sean Connery, Kate Capshaw, and Laurence Fishburne.
The Director: TBD
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Release Date: TBD
Lawnmower Man 2
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The Plot: Without Pierce Brosnan, only Austin O'Brien (Last Action Hero)
remains fro the original cast.
The Players: Austin O'Brien
The Director: Farhad Mann
Distributor: New Line
Release Date: TBD
Mary Reilly
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The Plot: Jekyll and Hyde redone from the eyes of good main Mary Reilly
The Players: Julia Roberts and John Malkovich
The Director: Stephen Frears
Distributor: Tri-Star
Release Date: June 16 (tent.)
Meltdown
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The Plot: The action-adventure tale, scripted by John Carpenter, follows
a terrorist group with unpredictable results.
The Players: Dolph Lundgren
The Director: Jonh Dahl
Distributor: Tri-Star
Release Date: TBD
Mission: Impossible
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The Plot: Another 1960's TV show hits the big screen, this one about a
covert government missions team. This blub will self-desctuct
in 10 seconds
The Players: Tom Cruise
The Director: Brian De Palma
Distributor: Paramount
Release Date: Summer 1995
Mortal Kombat
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The Plot: From the hit video game, the violence will definitely be toned
down for a PG-13 rating
The Players: TBD
The Director: Paul Anderson
Distributor: New Line
Release Date: TBD
Outbreak
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The Plot: A mysterious virus is discovered and unleashes calamity onto the
world
The Players: Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman and Rene Russo
The Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Release Date: TBD
The Phantom
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The Plot: From the syndicated comic, "the ghost that walks" comes to
life in a script from action specialist Jeffery Boam.
The Players: Billy Zane (Tombstone is in final negotiation for the role
The Director: Joe Dante
Distributor: Paramount
Release Date: TBD
Plan 10 from Outer Space
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The Plot: The long overdue sequal to Ed Wood's original Plan 9 schlock
The Players: Stefene Russel, Deva Cantrell and Pat Collinz
The Director: Trent Harris
Distributor: Independent
Release Date: TBD
Planet of the Apes
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The Plot: Not a sequal or remake, the producers are calling this an
original addition to the Apes mythos. It is reportedly closer
in spirit to the Peter Boulle novel than previous movies
The Players: TBD
The Director: Oliver Stone
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: TBD
The Quick and the Dead
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The Plot: An eclectic Western from Evil Dead directory Sam Raimi
The Players: Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman
The Director: Sam Raimi
Distributor: Tri-Star
Release Date: March 17 (tent.)
Shooter
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The Plot: An $11 million action pic with Dolph Lundgren as an American
agent operating in Prague.
The Players: Dolph Lundgren
The Director: Ronald Donaldson
Distributor: MGM/UA
Release Date: Summer 1995
Species
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The Plot: Scientists unravel a DNA chain from outer space and crate a
horrific monster, with alien designs by Swiss artist H.R. Giger
The Players: Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen and Forest Whitaker
The Director: Ronald Donaldson
Distributor: MGM/UA
Release Date: Summer 1995
Spider-Man
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The Plot: Mired in legal embroglio, Cameron contends that production will
move ahead as planned.
The Players: TBD
The Director: James Cameron
Distributor: Carolco
Release Date: TBD
Starship Troopers
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The Plot: A $60 million epic based on the Robert Heilein novel of super
soldiers in hechanical armor defending against an impending
invasion from an alien horde
The Players: TBD
The Director: TBD
Distributor: Tri-Star
Release Date: TBD
Star Wars (Episode 1)
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The Plot: The Clone Wars, Obi Wan and a young Anakin Skywalker are the
focus on this chapter of the saga
The Players: TBD
The Director: TBD
Distributor: LucusFilm
Release Date: May 1997 (tentative)
Strange Days
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The Plot: A furiristic thriller written by James Cameron
The Players: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Lewis and Angela Bassett
The Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: TBD
Street Fighter: The Battle for Shadowloo
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The Plot: Guile leads a team of mercenaries against the evil M. Bison and
an underground street fighting gang
The Players: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia and Joan Chen
The Director: Steven de Souza
Distributor: Universal
Release Date: December 1994
Tank Girl
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The Plot: The exploit adventures of the UK comic book cyberpunk heroine
The Players: Lori Petty, Malcom McDowell and Ice-T
The Director: Rachel Talalay
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: Spring 1995
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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The Plot: In their fourth film the Turtles will enter into their later
teens, sporting an new look and a new attitude
The Players: TBD
The Director: TBD
Distributor: New Line
Release Date: TBD
Under Siege II: Dark Territory
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The Plot: Seagal is back as the cheif with an attitude.
The Players: Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut and Katherine Keigl
The Director: Geoff Murphy
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Release Date: TBD
Village of the Damned
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The Plot: John Carpenter's re-make of the 1960 horror classic
The Players: Christopher Reeve
The Director: John Carpenter
Distributor: Universal
Release Date: TBD
Waterworld
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The Plot: A mega-budget action pic about a world covered by water. Dennis
Hopper has just been cast as the evil Deacon
The Players: Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorion and
Dennis Hopper
The Director: Kevin Reynolds
Distributor: Paramount
Release Date: TBD
The X-Men
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The Plot: The mutants come to life in a live-action version of the popular
Marvel comic
The Players: TBD
The Director: Richard Donner
Distributor: Independent
Release Date: Summer 1995
Zorro
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The Plot: The swashbuckling Spanish legend returns again to the big
screen
The Players: Sean Connery
The Director: TBD
Distributor: Amblin/Tri-Star
Release Date: TBD
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"God help us, we're in the hands of engineers"
- Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
Neal Ulen
: Doom
Oh god...nooooooooooooooo!
: Fahrenheit 451
Also known as Fahrenheit 251 to one of the movie critics at Entertainment
Weekly. That's what he called it in a recent interview I saw. I laughed
heartily, thinking...What an ass!
: Fortress 2
Huh!? Did Fortress even make any money? :-)
: Gigantor
Hahahaha.
: Godzilla
Hehehehe.
: Mortal Kombat
BARF!
: Planet of the Apes
Also know as: Lets watch Oliver Stone ruin a classic.
: Starship Troopers
Please let it be good, please, please, please.
: Star Wars (Episode 1)
What can I say...drool! I was 12 when I saw it in '77. I'll be 32 this
time, and my niece will be 12. Can't wait. BTW, shouldn't this be the
re-release of episode IV. Eps. 1 isn't supposed to be out until '98 now.
: Street Fighter: The Battle for Shadowloo
Uh-oh, we're going downhill again.
: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
We've hit bottom!
: Waterworld
Also known as: Let's see how much we can go over budget. They'll never
notice. :-)
Oh boy. I think there are only two movies I REALLY want to see, and one
is a 20 year old movie! Most sound like trash, the rest I am indifferent
about.
--
Neal E. Ulen (ne...@uidaho.edu)
Andrew Miller
>: Fortress 2
>Huh!? Did Fortress even make any money? :-)
I dont spose anyone is interested, but on my holiday in Queensland last
week I went to Movieworld, and on the "Films on Progress" board Fortress 2
is listed. I thought the first was utter crap, but I hassled someone for
more info about it but I didnt get any. So, Fortress 2 is without a single
doubt in production in Australia, sunny Queensland!
BTW did anyone notice Aussie Rules (?) "legendd" Warwick Capper's appearance
inthe first Fortress? A whole bunch of us were watching and noticed a
familiar looking blonde haired dork, rewound it and... well, who can REALLY
be certain? :)
--
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