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Tales From Development Hell (New Updated Edition)

Author : David Hughes
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN 13 : 085768731X
Total Pages : 412 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 412 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 (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

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.

Development Hell: The NXT Story

Author : Michael Sidgwick
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1326971670
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book Development Hell: The NXT Story written by Michael Sidgwick and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-03-08 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Development Hell: The NXT Story, penned by former Power Slam scribe and WhatCulture.com's own Michael Sidgwick, chronicles the history of WWE's NXT brand. NXT has drew universal critical acclaim for its fan service fusion of old-school booking philosophies and progressive body of in-ring work - but the road to critical acclaim was arduous. When WWE destroyed its territorial and mainstream competition, the monolith had also annihilated the talent pool. Replenishing it was an unenviable task made all the more difficult by a blasé and counterproductive attitude and a curiously myopic direction. All of which is documented in a book covering the inauspicious beginnings of the dusty Stamford Farm warehouse and the murmurings of Memphis Power Pro, the halcyon days of Ohio Valley Wrestling, the infamous disaster of Deep South Wrestling and the literal lunacy that was Florida Championship Wrestling. The roots of the triumph that was NXT were toxic...

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.

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.

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.

The Moon is Hell

Author : John W. Campbell
Publisher : Gateway
ISBN 13 : 0575101989
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book The Moon is Hell written by John W. Campbell and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John W. Campbell was the man who made modern science fiction what it is today. As editor of Astounding Stories (later Analog), Campbell brought into the field such all-time greats as Asimov, Heinlein, Sturgeon and many others, while his own writing blazed new trails in science fiction reading pleasure. The Moon is Hell is this great writer-editor's vision of the first men on the moon - written 18 years before Neil Armstrong made history. This is the story of the American space programme - not as it happened, but as it might have been.

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

Author : Jason Schreier
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062651242
Total Pages : 312 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 312 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.

Happy Hour in Hell

Author : Tad Williams
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756408156
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book Happy Hour in Hell written by Tad Williams and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angel Bobby Dollar sets out to rescue his girlfriend Casimira being held hostage in the netherworld by the demon Eligor while also trying to elude an undead psychopath named Smyler.

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.

Now on the Big Screen

Author : Charles Norton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781845830847
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Now on the Big Screen written by Charles Norton and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Unproduction Studies and the American Film Industry

Author : James Fenwick
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000463206
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Unproduction Studies and the American Film Industry written by James Fenwick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-09 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes the case for unproduction studies, the study of films left unmade, unseen, or unreleased, as a radical discipline with the potential to uncover a shadow history of the American film industry. Exploring the archival methods that can be utilised in this endeavour, James Fenwick argues that a revisionist history is needed to understand the logic of the film industry, finding that it has long-been predicated on a system of unmade creativity in which finances, resources, and labour is invested into projects that production companies know will never be produced or have no intention of ever producing. Using the Production Code Administration (PCA) records, housed at the Margaret Herrick Library, as a case study, the book explores the material existence of the unmade and considers how archives and archival methods can be used to construct a shadow history that recovers the forgotten, marginalised, and overlooked figures in film history, providing explanations for structural forces that contributed to the unmade. Given its unique use of the unmade as an analytic for film history, this book will be an essential read for scholars interested in film and media history, performance studies, film production, and creative practice, as well as to archivists and archival researchers.

Fall; or, Dodge in Hell

Author : Neal Stephenson
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062458736
Total Pages : 896 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Fall; or, Dodge in Hell written by Neal Stephenson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seveneves, Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon returns with a wildly inventive and entertaining science fiction thriller—Paradise Lost by way of Philip K. Dick—that unfolds in the near future, in parallel worlds. In his youth, Richard “Dodge” Forthrast founded Corporation 9592, a gaming company that made him a multibillionaire. Now in his middle years, Dodge appreciates his comfortable, unencumbered life, managing his myriad business interests, and spending time with his beloved niece Zula and her young daughter, Sophia. One beautiful autumn day, while he undergoes a routine medical procedure, something goes irrevocably wrong. Dodge is pronounced brain dead and put on life support, leaving his stunned family and close friends with difficult decisions. Long ago, when a much younger Dodge drew up his will, he directed that his body be given to a cryonics company now owned by enigmatic tech entrepreneur Elmo Shepherd. Legally bound to follow the directive despite their misgivings, Dodge’s family has his brain scanned and its data structures uploaded and stored in the cloud, until it can eventually be revived. In the coming years, technology allows Dodge’s brain to be turned back on. It is an achievement that is nothing less than the disruption of death itself. An eternal afterlife—the Bitworld—is created, in which humans continue to exist as digital souls. But this brave new immortal world is not the Utopia it might first seem . . . Fall, or Dodge in Hell is pure, unadulterated fun: a grand drama of analog and digital, man and machine, angels and demons, gods and followers, the finite and the eternal. In this exhilarating epic, Neal Stephenson raises profound existential questions and touches on the revolutionary breakthroughs that are transforming our future. Combining the technological, philosophical, and spiritual in one grand myth, he delivers a mind-blowing speculative literary saga for the modern age.

As You Wish

Author : Cary Elwes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476764026
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book As You Wish written by Cary Elwes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a 25th anniversary, behind-the-scenes account of the making of the cult-classic film, the lead actor shares never-before-told stories and exclusive photographs as well as interviews with Robin Wright, Billy Crystal and more. 100,000 first printing.

The Cultural Gutter

Author : Carol Borden
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0557958393
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book The Cultural Gutter written by Carol Borden and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction, fantasy, comics, romance, genre movies, games all drain into the Cultural Gutter, a website dedicated to thoughtful articles about disreputable art-media and genres that are a little embarrassing. Irredeemable. Worthy of Note, but rolling like errant pennies back into the gutter. The Cultural Gutter is dangerous because we have a philosophy. We try to balance enthusiasm with clear-eyed, honest engagement with the material and with our readers. This book expands on our mission with 10 articles each from science fiction/fantasy editor James Schellenberg, comics editor and publisher Carol Borden, romance editor Chris Szego, screen editor Ian Driscoll and founding editor and former games editor Jim Munroe.

The Palgrave Handbook of Script Development

Author : Stayci Taylor
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030822346
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Script Development written by Stayci Taylor and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Palgrave Handbook of Script Development provides the first comprehensive overview of international script development practices. Across 40 unique chapters, readers are guided through the key challenges, roles and cultures of script development, from the perspectives of creators of original works, those in consultative roles and those giving broader contextual case studies. The authors take us inside the writers’ room, alongside the script editor, between development conversations, and outside the mainstream and into the experimental. With authors spanning upwards of 15 countries, and occupying an array of roles – including writer, script editor, producer, script consultant, executive, teacher and scholar, this is a truly international perspective on how script development functions (or otherwise) across media and platforms. Comprising four parts, the handbook guides readers behind the scenes of script development, exploring unique contexts, alternative approaches, specific production cultures and global contexts, drawing on interviews, archives, policy, case study research and the insider track. With its broad approach to a specialised practice, the Palgrave Handbook of Script Development is for anyone who practices, teaches or studies screenwriting and screen production.