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Jun 12

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK was released 44 years ago today. The first Indiana Jones movie and one of Steven Spielberg’s most beloved films, the behind the scenes story is an adventure all of its own…

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In summer 1977, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were on holiday together in Hawaii. Spielberg was keen on directing a James Bond movie but Lucas said “I’ve got something better than Bond…” and told him about his idea for a whip-cracking, globe-trotting archaeologist…

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Lucas had originally thought of Philip Kaufman directing but he was busy with The Outlaw Josey Wales. Kaufman came up with the idea of using the Ark of the Covenant, which is why he has a ‘Story By’ credit.

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Jun 12

PREDATOR was released 38 years ago today. Among the most popular science fiction/action movies of the 1980s, and one of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s biggest movies, the behind the scenes tale ain’t got time to bleed…

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In the mid-1980s there was a joke in Hollywood that after beating Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, Rocky Balboa would have to fight an alien next. In response, screenwriters Jim and John Thomas took wrote a screenplay about a killer alien coming to earth. They called it Hunter.

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The Thomas’ didn’t have an agent so sneaked into 20th Century Fox and slipped their script under the door of an exec. It ended up being picked up by Fox and turned over to Joel Silver produce.

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Jun 11

E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL was released 43 years ago today. One of the biggest box office hits of all time and among the most popular family films ever made, the behind the scenes story is out of this world…

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The biggest filmmaker in the world in 1981, Steven Spielberg wanted his next film to be a more personal story. He had an idea for a film – Growing Up. Inspired by his parents divorce, it was about the alienation Spielberg felt as a child.

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Columbia Pictures demanded a sequel to Close Encounters. Spielberg wasn’t interested, though he did commission John Sayles to write a script called Night Skies, about a family terrorized by a group of aliens. There were even alien designs…

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Jun 11

JURASSIC PARK was released 32 years ago today. One of the most successful blockbusters ever made and a landmark in digital effects, the production of the film was as huge and spectacular as the T. Rex…

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Jurassic Park is based on a novel written by Michael Crichton. Crichton’s concept was deemed so strong by Hollywood that studios were bidding on the rights to the book before it was even published.

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Crichton’s first idea was about a Pterodactyl being cloned and befriending a child. He changed it to be about a college student who accidentally creates a dinosaur. He rewrote it again to be like his own movie Westworld – a theme park where everything goes wrong.

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Jun 9

MAN OF STEEL was released 12 years ago this week. A reboot of the DC cinematic universe and Henry Cavill’s first appearance as Superman, the making of story is its own reward…

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The previous big-screen entry in the series had been Superman Returns in 2006. There were plans for a sequel titled Man Of Steel and director Bryan Singer and star Brandon Routh wanted to return but, disappointed with box-office returns, Warner Bros cancelled plans.

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Warners took pitches on how best to reboot the character. Comic book writers Mark Waid and Grant Morrison pitched stories, and director Matthew Vaughn wanted to make an epic trilogy that spanned Superman’s whole life. The studio weren’t convinced, though.

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Jun 9

SPEED was released 31 years ago this week. Acclaimed as one of the great action movies of the ‘90s, and among the most popular of Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, the story of how it came to the screen never drops below 50…

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A young screenwriter looking for inspiration, Graham Yost was recommended by his father to watch Runaway Train, a 1985 action flick starring Jon Voight about an out-of-control train. Yost loved it, but thought it would be better if the train had a bomb on board.

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Yost swapped train for bus and wrote a script called Speed. The script was optioned by Paramount Pictures, who saw it as a vehicle for Jeff Speakman, who they had a three-picture deal with, and wanted Die Hard director, John McTiernan, to helm it.

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