{"product_id":"the-greatest-scifi-movies-never-made-fully-revised-and-updated-edition-isbn-9781845767556","title":"The Greatest Sci-fi Movies Never Made (Fully Revised and Updated Edition)","description":"What if \u003ci\u003eI Am Legend \u003c\/i\u003ehad been directed by Ridley Scott, and had starred Arnold Schwarzenegger? What if James Cameron had directed \u003ci\u003eSpider-Man\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis groundbreaking book, now fully updated and revised, tells the story of legendary \u003ci\u003eunmade \u003c\/i\u003efilms. What would Terry Gilliam’s \u003ci\u003eWatchmen\u003c\/i\u003e have been like, and how did Darren Aronofsky almost end up directing the movie? Why was Nicolas Cage paid $20 million for \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003eplaying Superman?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso covered are Steven Spielberg’s \u003ci\u003eNight Skies\u003c\/i\u003e, Stanley Kubrick’s \u003ci\u003eChildhood’s End, \u003c\/i\u003ePhilip Kaufman’s \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: Planet of the Titans, \u003c\/i\u003eKevin Smith’s \u003ci\u003eSix Million Dollar Man, \u003c\/i\u003eTim Burton’s \u003ci\u003eSuperman Lives \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eJames Cameron’s \u003ci\u003eAlien 5\u003c\/i\u003e!Foreword by HR Giger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e01 Destination Hell\u003cbr\u003eHow Alfred Bester's \u003ci\u003eThe Stars My Destination\u003c\/i\u003e Took a Jaunt to Hollywood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e02 A Difficult Childhood\u003cbr\u003eThe Unmanifested Destiny of Arthur C. Clarke's \u003ci\u003eChildhood's End\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e03 Where No One Has Gone Before\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Kaufman's \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: Planet of the Titans\u003c\/i\u003e and Other \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e Voyages Never Taken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e04 Close, But No Cigar-Shaped Object\u003cbr\u003eHow the Evil Aliens of Steven Spielberg's \u003ci\u003eNight Skies\u003c\/i\u003e Were Replaced By a Very Different Extra-Terrestrial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e05 The Tourist Trap\u003cbr\u003eHow \u003ci\u003eThe Tourist\u003c\/i\u003e Got Lost in 'Development Hell'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e06 Profits Of Dune\u003cbr\u003eUnrealised Visions of Frank Herbert's Seminal Science Fiction Fable\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e07 Twin Freaks\u003cbr\u003eSci-Fi From Another Place: David Lynch's \u003ci\u003eRonnie Rocket\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOne Saliva Bubble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e08 Alienated\u003cbr\u003eIn Space, No One Can Hear You Scream. In Hollywood, They Can Hear You - They Just Don't Take Any Notice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e09 Lights, Camera, No \"Action!\"\u003cbr\u003eEven the Self-Styled \"King of the World\" Couldn't Untangle \u003ci\u003eSpider-Man\u003c\/i\u003e's Web\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10 This Is Legend\u003cbr\u003eHow \u003ci\u003eI Am Legend\u003c\/i\u003e Rose From the Dead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11 Who Watches The Watchmen?\u003cbr\u003eHow the Greatest Graphic Novel of Them All Almost Confounded Hollywood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12 Fantastic Journey\u003cbr\u003eWhy Getting \u003ci\u003eThe Fantastic Four\u003c\/i\u003e to the Big Screen Proved a Real Stretch for Hollywood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13 The Silver Screen\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilver Surfer \u003c\/i\u003eGoes to Tinsel Town\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14 The Death Of Superman Lives\u003cbr\u003eWhy It Took Twenty Years, Nine Writers, Four Directors and Hundreds of Millions of Dollars to Make \u003ci\u003eSuperman\u003c\/i\u003e Return\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15 The Six Billion Dollar Movie\u003cbr\u003eThe Bionic Man Almost Gets a Big Screen Makeover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16 Don't Panic\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-Five Years of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Show of \u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17 Thunderbird's Aren't Go\u003cbr\u003eWhy the Live Action \u003ci\u003eThunderbirds\u003c\/i\u003e Movie Came With Strings Attached\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18 Lost In Space\u003cbr\u003eHow \u003ci\u003eDead Star\u003c\/i\u003e Disappeared Into a Black Hole, Only to Re-Emerge as \u003ci\u003eSupernova\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e19 Island Of Lost Souls\u003cbr\u003eThe Strange and Terrible Story Behind Richard Stanley's \u003ci\u003eThe Island of Dr Moreau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e20 No Limits\u003cbr\u003eHow a Movie Version of the Classic Sci-Fi Show \u003ci\u003eThe Outer Limits\u003c\/i\u003e Proved Beyond the Limits of MGM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e21 Get Carter!\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Carter of Mars\u003c\/i\u003e' Century-Long Journey to the Big Screen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterword by Harry Knowles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements and Index of Quotations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex of Names and Film Titles\" An essential purchase ... read it and weep.\" \u003ci\u003e- Empire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wonderful... Every sci-fi fan should own this\" - \u003ci\u003eSci-fi-online.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An essential chronicle of broken promises\" - \u003ci\u003eHotdog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These are films I wish I could have seen ... Hughes's research is solid ... it's sobering stuff.\" 'Moriarty', \u003ci\u003eAin't It Cool News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Every so often a book comes along that demands to be read at one or two sittings at the most... miss this one at your peril.\" - \u003ci\u003eStarlog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In-depth blow-by-blow analysis ... this has it all ... a must-read\"\u003ci\u003e - IGN Filmforce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID HUGHES \u003c\/b\u003ehas written about film for numerous newspapers and magazines, including \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEmpire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSKY\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSFX\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDreamwatch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFangoria\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCinefantastique\u003c\/i\u003e. 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