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Scripting Errors: Jason Vs. Freddy

Chris Walker — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 12:00:22 +0000

Welcome back to Scripting Errors, where we look at movies that might have been! In honor of Halloween this week, we’re looking at one of many drafts of the flick that would become 2003’s Freddy Vs. Jason, this one in particular entitled…Jason vs. Freddy. Who Wrote It and When? This draft was written by Ronald…

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Scripting Errors: Superman Flyby

Chris Walker — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 12:00:25 +0000

Welcome back to Scripting Errors, a periodic feature where we look at movies that might have been! Today’s entry is the single best Valor script ever written, Superman: Flyby. Who Wrote It and When? J. J. Abrams, circa 2002. Felicity had just ended, Alias was just beginning, and his big directorial break with Mission Impossible…

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Scripting Errors: Michael Chabon’s X-Men

Chris Walker — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:00:01 +0000

Welcome back to Scripting Errors, where we look at movies that might have been! Today’s entry would more accurately be called a MisTreatment, since I selected a 19 page X-Men treatment (the first step in the script writing process) rather than a full script. This post is illustrated with fan art by Scott Ngo, check…

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Scripting Errors: Batman vs. Superman: Asylum

Chris Walker — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 13:00:53 +0000

Welcome back to Scripting Errors, where we look at movies that might have been! In honor of Justice League’s impending release, we’re looking back to the earliest attempt to really bring DC’s icons together on the big screen – Batman vs. Superman: Asylum! Who Wrote It and When? The story was initially written by Andrew…

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Scripting Errors: Justice League: Mortal

Chris Walker — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 12:00:48 +0000

Welcome back to Scripting Errors, where we look at movies that might have been! In honor of SDCC and all the rumors swirling around November’s Justice League feature, we’re looking at the last attempt to make a JLA movie – the 2008 script known as Justice League: Mortal! Who Wrote It? Husband and wife duo…

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Scripting Errors: Wonder Woman by Joss Whedon

Chris Walker — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 12:00:10 +0000

Welcome back to Scripting Errors, where we look at movies that might have been! In honor of Wonder Woman’s second weekend of box office domination, we go back in time ten years prior to her big screen debut and see how Joss Whedon would have treated her. Who Wrote It and When? Joss Whedon, already…

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Scripting Errors: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Chris Walker — Tue, 02 May 2017 12:00:20 +0000

Welcome back to Scripting Errors, where we look at movies that might have been! Today, we’re reading a September 2005 draft of the film that would eventually become G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. We’ll see that even though the final film got a mixed reception, it could have been a bit worse. Since I…

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Scripting Errors: Max Landis’ Power Rangers

Chris Walker — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 12:00:48 +0000

Welcome back to Scripting Errors, where we look at movies that might have been! Since it would be a little shill-y to talk about the about the Power Rangers movie currently in theaters (especially so soon after Kong: Skull Island), we instead take a look at a 2014 draft of the script. Who Wrote It…

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