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Tales from Development Hell

Author : David Hughes
Publisher : Titan Books (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9781840236910
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Tales from Development Hell written by David Hughes and published by Titan Books (UK). This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compulsively readable journey into the area of film-making where all writers, directors and stars fear to tread: Development Hell, the place where scripts are written, actors hired and sets designed... but the films rarely actually get made! Whatever happened to Batman versus Superman? Why have there been so many scripts written over the years for Steven Spielberg and George Lucas's still in development Indiana Jones 4? Why was Lara Croft's journey to the big screen so tortuous, and what prevented Paul Verhoeven from filming what he calls "one of the greatest scripts ever written"? Why did Ridley Scott's Crisis in the Hot Zone collapse days away from filming, and were the Beatles really set to star in Lord of the Rings? All these lost projects, and more, are covered in this major new book, which features many exclusive new interviews with the writers and directors involved.

Tales From Development Hell (New Updated Edition)

Author : David Hughes
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN 13 : 085768731X
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (576 download)

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Download or read book Tales From Development Hell (New Updated Edition) written by David Hughes and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compulsively readable journey into the area of movie-making where all writers, directors and stars fear to tread: Development Hell, the place where scripts are written, actors hired and sets designed... but the movies rarely actually get made! Whatever happened to Darren Aronofsky's Batman movie starring Clint Eastwood? Why were there so many scripts written over the years for Steven Spielberg and George Lucas's fourth Indiana Jones movie? Why was Lara Croft's journey to the big screen so tortuous, and what prevented Paul Verhoeven from filming what he calls "one of the greatest scripts ever written"? Why did Ridley Scott's Crisis in the Hot Zone collapse days away from filming, and were the Beatles really set to star in Lord of the Rings? What does Neil Gaiman think of the attempts to adapt his comic book series The Sandman? All these lost projects, and more, are covered in this major book, which features many exclusive interviews with the writers and directors involved.

Tales from Development Hell

Author : David Hughes
Publisher : Titan Books
ISBN 13 : 9780857687234
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book Tales from Development Hell written by David Hughes and published by Titan Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whatever happened to Darren Aronofsky's "Batman" movie starring Clint Eastwood? What prevented Paul Verhoeven from filming the Schwarzenegger epic "Crusade", and why did Ridley Scott's "Crisis in the Hot Zone" collapse days away from filming? This title covers these lost projects, and more.

Tales from Development Hell

Author : David Hughes
Publisher : Titan Books
ISBN 13 : 9781840238709
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Tales from Development Hell written by David Hughes and published by Titan Books. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly readable journey into the area of film-making where all writers, directors and stars fear to tread: Development Hell, the place where scripts are written, actors hired and sets designed...but the films never actually get made! Why have so many scripts been written for Steven Spielberg and George Lucas's still in development "Indiana Jones 4? Were the Beatles really set to star in "The Lord of the Rings? All these projects, and more in this fully updated and revised softcover edition.

Underexposed!

Author : Josh Hull
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683359186
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Underexposed! written by Josh Hull and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold stories behind the 50 greatest movies never made, illustrated by 50 new and original posters For most films, it’s a long, strange road from concept to screen, and sometimes those roads lead to dead ends. In Underexposed! The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made, screenwriter and filmmaker Joshua Hull guides readers through development hell. With humor and reverence, Hull details the speed bumps and roadblocks that kept these films from ever reaching the silver screen. From the misguided and rejected, like Stanley Kubrick’s Lord of the Rings starring the Beatles; to films that changed hands and pulled a U-turn in development, like Steven Spielberg’s planned Oldboy adaptation starring Will Smith; to would-be masterpieces that might still see the light of day, like Guillermo del Toro’s In the Mountains of Madness, Hull discusses plotlines, rumored casting, and more. To help bring these lost projects to life, 50 artists from around the world, in association with the online art collective PosterSpy, have contributed original posters that accompany each essay and give a glimpse of what might have been.

Untold Horror

Author : George. A Romero
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
ISBN 13 : 1506719031
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Untold Horror written by George. A Romero and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insightful interviews of horror legends George Romero, John Landis, Joe Dante, Brian Yuzna, and more, by former editor-in-chief of Rue Morgue, Dave Alexander, about the scariest horror movies never made! Take a behind-the-scenes look into development hell to find the most frightening horror movies that never were, from unmade Re-Animator sequels to alternate takes on legendary franchises like Frankenstein and Dracula! Features art, scripts, and other production material from unmade films that still might make you scream--with insights from dozens of directors, screenwriters, and producers with decades of experience. Featured Interviews With: George A. Romero John Landis Joe Dante Vincenzo Natali Brian Yuzna William Lustig William Malone Buddy Giovinazzo Tim Sullivan Richard Raaphorst Ruggero Deodato Jim Shooter Bob Layton David J. Skal

A Tale Dark & Grimm

Author : Adam Gidwitz
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101445289
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book A Tale Dark & Grimm written by Adam Gidwitz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses, and outwitted witches. Fairy tales have never been more irreverent or subversive as Hansel and Gretel learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after.

The Midnight Train to Hell

Author : James C Howell
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (787 download)

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Download or read book The Midnight Train to Hell written by James C Howell and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UPDATED WITH A BRAND NEW STORY! WELCOME TO GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO, the quintessential vision of rural America. Here everyone smiles and waves as you drive past, and neighbors are always willing to lend a helping hand in times of need. Life is quaint and the citizens live out their quiet, wholesome existences in a land where nothing exciting happens. But take a look deeper and you will see that things are not as they seem. The barrier separating the realms of the living and the dead is at its thinnest here, and sometimes things from the other side, creatures that terrorize your worst nightmares, cross over into our reality. When the lines between life and death, heaven and hell, are blurred, the humans caught in between are the ones that suffer. Here are their tales.

Mad Shadows

Author : Joe Bonadonna
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1450276164
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Mad Shadows written by Joe Bonadonna and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valdar is a city of swordslingers and necromancers, witch cults and halfhuman races. Its a city in a world of darkness, black magic and creatures of the night . . . a city where demonic entities serve the needs of any witch or magicman who can open a doorway into their domain. This is my city. This is my world. With a special dowsing rod, I can detect the ectoplasmic residue of any supernatural presence or demonic entity and sense the vestiges of odylic power and vile sorcery used in the commission of crimes. I hunt anyone and anything that poses a threat to the people of my city. My names Dorgo. Folks call me the Dowser. From infernal depths where lost souls mutate into hell-spawned devils, from the other side of the veil that separates the earthly from the unearthly, from an ancient land whose borders cross into other dimensions, Mad ShadowsThe Weird Tales of Dorgo the Dowser, will transport you to a world where sentient shadows, vengeful vampires, malevolent puppets, and raging werewolves haunt the night . . . a world where life is cheap and souls are always up for sale.

Sixkill

Author : Robert B. Parker
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101514663
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Sixkill written by Robert B. Parker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bad-boy movie star named Jumbo pushes the limits of his reputation when he's accused of rape and murder. When the Boston PD calls on Spencer, he meets Jumbo's young bodyguard, Zebulon Sixkill, and the two form an unlikely alliance. It's a high profile case for Spenser, but the Hollywood secrets he uncovers are sordidly unsavory- and not just those of the accused...

Sleepless in Hollywood

Author : Lynda Obst
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476727767
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Sleepless in Hollywood written by Lynda Obst and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The veteran producer and author of the bestseller Hello, He Lied takes a witty and critical look at the new Hollywood. Over the past decade, producer Lynda Obst gradually realized she was working in a Hollywood that was undergoing a drastic transformation. The industry where everything had once been familiar to her was suddenly disturbingly strange. Combining her own industry experience and interviews with the brightest minds in the business, Obst explains what has stalled the vast moviemaking machine. The calamitous DVD collapse helped usher in what she calls the New Abnormal (because Hollywood was never normal to begin with), where studios are now heavily dependent on foreign markets for profit, a situation which directly impacts the kind of entertainment we get to see. Can comedy survive if they don’t get our jokes in Seoul or allow them in China? Why are studios making fewer movies than ever—and why are they bigger, more expensive and nearly always sequels or recycled ideas? Obst writes with affection, regret, humor and hope, and her behind-the-scenes vantage point allows her to explore what has changed in Hollywood like no one else has. This candid, insightful account explains what has happened to the movie business and explores whether it’ll ever return to making the movies we love—the classics that make us laugh or cry, or that we just can’t stop talking about.

Across the Nightingale Floor

Author : Lian Hearn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780733635229
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Across the Nightingale Floor written by Lian Hearn and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-27 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the Nightingale Floor is Book 1 in the five-part Tales of the Otori series. More than four million copies have been sold in over 36 countries.'The best story of magic, love, sex, revenge and suspense to have come this way since Philip Pullman' Independent On Sunday (UK) In his fortress at Inuyama, the murderous warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard. Brought up in a remote village among the Hidden, a reclusive and spiritual people, Takeo has learned only the ways of peace. Why, then, does he possess the deadly skills that make him so valuable to the sinister Tribe? These supernatural powers will lead him to his violent destiny within the walls of Inuyama - and to an impossible longing for a girl who can never be his. His journey is one of revenge and treachery, beauty and magic, and the passion of first love. 'masterful storytelling ... a fantastic read' The Age Coming soon - the spellbinding new TALE OF SHIKANOKO, set 300 years before Otori: THE EMPEROR OF THE EIGHT ISLANDS (Books 1 & 2 in THE TALE OF SHIKANOKO) and THE LORD OF THE DARKWOOD (Books 3 & 4).PRAISE FOR THE TALES OF THE OTORI 'An engrossing fantasy saga of literary quality.' The Age'Lian Hearn's marvellous storytelling talent ... makes reading these books a moment of pure bliss.' Le Monde'an enthralling and original work of fantasy' The Times

Frozen Hell

Author : John W. Campbell Jr.
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1479442380
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (794 download)

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Download or read book Frozen Hell written by John W. Campbell Jr. and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROZEN HELL is the original version of John W. Campbell's classic novella, Who Goes There? (filmed as The Thing). Recently discovered among Campbell's papers, this version adds another 45 pages to the story. Includes a Preface by Alec Nevala-Lee and an Introduction by Robert Silverberg.

The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures

Author : Paul Fischer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982114851
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures written by Paul Fischer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the New York Times Best True Crime of 2022 A “spellbinding, thriller-like” (Shelf Awareness) history about the invention of the motion picture and the mysterious, forgotten man behind it—detailing his life, work, disappearance, and legacy. The year is 1888, and Louis Le Prince is finally testing his “taker” or “receiver” device for his family on the front lawn. The device is meant to capture ten to twelve images per second on film, creating a reproduction of reality that can be replayed as many times as desired. In an otherwise separate and detached world, occurrences from one end of the globe could now be viewable with only a few days delay on the other side of the world. No human experience—from the most mundane to the most momentous—would need to be lost to history. In 1890, Le Prince was granted patents in four countries ahead of other inventors who were rushing to accomplish the same task. But just weeks before unveiling his invention to the world, he mysteriously disappeared and was never seen or heard from again. Three and half years later, Thomas Edison, Le Prince’s rival, made the device public, claiming to have invented it himself. And the man who had dedicated his life to preserving memories was himself lost to history—until now. The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures pulls back the curtain and presents a “passionate, detailed defense of Louis Le Prince…unfurled with all the cliffhangers and red herrings of a scripted melodrama” (The New York Times Book Review). This “fascinating, informative, skillfully articulated narrative” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) presents the never-before-told history of the motion picture and sheds light on the unsolved mystery of Le Prince’s disappearance.

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

Author : Jason Schreier
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062651242
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book Blood, Sweat, and Pixels written by Jason Schreier and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER “The stories in this book make for a fascinating and remarkably complete pantheon of just about every common despair and every joy related to game development.” — Rami Ismail, cofounder of Vlambeer and developer of Nuclear Throne Developing video games—hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves, often seeming like an endless maze or a bottomless abyss. In Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Jason Schreier takes readers on a fascinating odyssey behind the scenes of video game development, where the creator may be a team of 600 overworked underdogs or a solitary geek genius. Exploring the artistic challenges, technical impossibilities, marketplace demands, and Donkey Kong-sized monkey wrenches thrown into the works by corporate, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels reveals how bringing any game to completion is more than Sisyphean—it's nothing short of miraculous. Taking some of the most popular, bestselling recent games, Schreier immerses readers in the hellfire of the development process, whether it's RPG studio Bioware's challenge to beat an impossible schedule and overcome countless technical nightmares to build Dragon Age: Inquisition; indie developer Eric Barone's single-handed efforts to grow country-life RPG Stardew Valley from one man's vision into a multi-million-dollar franchise; or Bungie spinning out from their corporate overlords at Microsoft to create Destiny, a brand new universe that they hoped would become as iconic as Star Wars and Lord of the Rings—even as it nearly ripped their studio apart. Documenting the round-the-clock crunches, buggy-eyed burnout, and last-minute saves, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels is a journey through development hell—and ultimately a tribute to the dedicated diehards and unsung heroes who scale mountains of obstacles in their quests to create the best games imaginable.

The Complete Kubrick

Author : David Hughes
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448133211
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Kubrick written by David Hughes and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With just thirteen feature films in half a century, Stanley Kubrick established himself as one of the most accomplished directors in motion picture history. Kubrick created a landmark and a benchmark with every film; working in almost every genre imaginable, including film noir, war movie, SF, horror, period drama, historical epic, love story and satire - yet transcended traditional genre boundaries with every shot. Examining every feature film, from the early shorts through to classics such as Paths of Glory, Dr Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and finally, Eyes Wide Shut, The Complete Kubrick provides a unique insight into understanding the work of cinema's most enigmatic, iconoclastic and gifted auteur.

The Greatest Movies You'll Never See

Author : Simon Braund
Publisher : Cassell
ISBN 13 : 9781844037742
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (377 download)

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Download or read book The Greatest Movies You'll Never See written by Simon Braund and published by Cassell. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Hitchcock and Dali to Peckinpah and Lynch, cinema history is littered with masterpieces that have never seen the light of day. Now, The Greatest Movies You'll Never See unveils the fascinating - and frequently heart-breaking - stories of these projects' faltering steps from green light to movie graveyard. Opening at the dawn of contemporary cinema with Charlie Chaplin's Return from St. Helena, and closing with the collapse of Tony Scott's Potsdamer Platz, following the director's suicide in 2012, this riveting compendium of celluloid 'what ifs' goes behind the scenes of more than fifty 'lost' films to explain exactly why they never made it to the final cut. Discover the meticulous preparations behind Ray Harryhausen's War of the Worlds and Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon; learn why Brazzaville, a sequel to Casablanca, and Night Skies, a science-fiction horror story by Steven Spielberg, fell by the wayside; and read about the unrealized dreams of sometimes ill-fated auteurs Tim Burton and the Coen Brothers. The Greatest Movies You'll Never See details all the obstacles encountered, from unsympathetic studios and preposterous plots to the untimely deaths of stars. Alongside these compelling tales from development hell are script extracts, storyboards, concept artwork and frames of surviving footage. In addition, all the unmade movies are accompanied by original posters from acclaimed modern designers, including Akiko Stehrenberger (Funny Games, Kiss of the Damned) and Heath Killen (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Never Let Me Go). An endlessly absorbing alternative history of the silver screen, The Greatest Movies You'll Never See is an essential read for all true cineastes.