Wanted

Joaquin Phoenix Wanted to Do ‘Joker 2’ As a Broadway Show

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Joker: Folie à Deux is a full-blown musical — but it was almost a full-blown musical on Broadway. That was apparently the original vision that Joaquin Phoenix had for the film. And this is an almost literal vision. As Phoenix told Variety, while he and director Todd Phillips were still working on the original Joker, the star “fell … Read more

Shawn Levy wanted to direct Deadpool & Wolverine due to regret

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Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy was quick to agree to helm the movie after regretting turning down The Wolverine a decade prior. When Shawn Levy was offered the chance to direct Deadpool & Wolverine, he quickly signed on not just because he loved the character but because of a major regret. “On the set … Read more

All That Kong: When Bob Fosse Wanted to Make a King Kong Movie | MZS

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According to Shaun Considine’s 1994 biography Mad as Hell: The Life and Work of Paddy Chayefsky, the idea evolved in early 1977 when Chayefsky started working on a project about a man’s “search for his true self.” That eventually led him to write the 1980 science-fiction movie “Altered States,” directed by Ken Russell. But the … Read more

Spielberg wanted Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh to play Doc Brown

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Before the part went to Christopher Lloyd, Spielberg and Zemeckis originally approached Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh to play “Doc” Brown. There are a number of roles that we just can’t imagine anybody but the cast actor playing, and no doubt Christopher Lloyd as Emmett “Doc” Brown is near the top of the list. But if Back … Read more

Tim Burton Wanted to Make a Black and White ‘Catwoman’ Movie

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Tim Burton wanted to make a Catwoman movie that would have been an $18 million black-and-white version of 1942’s Cat People. Burton first debuted his version of Catwoman, played by Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman Returns, opposite Michael Keaton’s Batman. The film ended with a scene teasing the return of Pfeiffer’s character, and for years there was talk of a Catwoman … Read more

Jake Gyllenhaal Wanted ‘Too Much Money’ for Reed Richards Role

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Though rumors previously swirled about Jake Gyllenhaal potentially playing Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic in the Fantastic Four movie, it sounds like money may have stopped that from happening. A report from The InSneider states that Gyllenhaal wanted “too much money” to play Reed Richards in Marvel Studios‘ Fantastic Four movie — a situation that Jeff Sneider … Read more