Terry Zwigoff's unrealized projects: Difference between revisions

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==21st Century==

===''Elf''===

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Zwigoff turned down the offer to direct ''[[Elf (film)|Elf]]'' (2003) in favor of directing ''[[Bad Santa]]'' (2003).<ref>{{cite web|last=Sherlock|first=Ben|title=You Sit On A Throne Of Lies: 10 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Elf|date=August 4, 2020|website=Screen Rant|url=https://screenrant.com/elf-behind-scenes-facts-will-ferrell-christmas-movie/#macy-s-refused-to-be-the-store-in-the-movie-because-the-santa-is-revealed-to-be-fake|accessdate=March 10, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite newspaper|last=Udovitch|first=Mim|title=FILM; Terry Zwigoff's Santa: He's Making a List And Checking His Escape Routes Twice|date=November 30, 2003|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/30/movies/film-terry-zwigoff-s-santa-he-s-making-list-checking-his-escape-routes-twice.html|accessdate=March 10, 2024}}</ref>

Zwigoff turned down the offer to direct ''[[Elf (film)|Elf]]'' (2003) in favor of directing ''[[Bad Santa]]'' (2003).<ref>{{cite web|last=Sherlock|first=Ben|title=You Sit On A Throne Of Lies: 10 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Elf|date=August 4, 2020|website=Screen Rant|url=https://screenrant.com/elf-behind-scenes-facts-will-ferrell-christmas-movie/#macy-s-refused-to-be-the-store-in-the-movie-because-the-santa-is-revealed-to-be-fake|accessdate=March 10, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite newspaper|last=Udovitch|first=Mim|title=FILM; Terry Zwigoff's Santa: He's Making a List And Checking His Escape Routes Twice|date=November 30, 2003|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/30/movies/film-terry-zwigoff-s-santa-he-s-making-list-checking-his-escape-routes-twice.html|accessdate=March 10, 2024}}</ref>

===''Happy Days''===

In July 2006, it was reported that Zwigoff was to write and direct a film adaptation of the French novel ''Happy Days'' by Laurent Graff. [[Jerry Stahl]] was to have co-written the script with Zwigoff and the film was to have been produced by [[Johnny Depp]] via [[Infinitum Nihil]] and [[Graham King]] via [[Initial Entertainment Group]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Green|first=Willow|title=Depp And Zwigoff Have Happy Days|date=July 11, 2006|magazine=Empire|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/depp-zwigoff-happy-days/|accessdate=March 10, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Johnny Depp Hires Terry Zwigoff To Write and Direct Happy Days|date=July 10, 2006|website=MovieWeb|url=https://movieweb.com/johnny-depp-hires-terry-zwigoff-to-write-and-direct-happy-days/|accessdate=March 10, 2024}}</ref>

===''The $40,000 Man''===

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===''Maximum Bob''===

In a 2012 interview with [[IndieWire]], Zwigoff claimed he attempted to write and direct a film adaptation of the [[Elmore Leonard]] novel ''[[Maximum Bob (novel)|Maximum Bob]].''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Drew|title=Terry Zwigoff Talks Battling Over ‘Bad Santa,’ His Preferred Director’s Cut & Much More In Candid Interview|date=December 20, 2012|website=IndieWire|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/terry-zwigoff-talks-battling-over-bad-santa-his-preferred-directors-cut-much-more-in-candid-interview-250073/|accessdate=March 10, 2024}}</ref>

===''Justice for Al''===

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===''Edward Ford''===

Zwigoff confirmed in a 2017 interview with ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' that he attempted to make [[Lem Dobbs]]’ unproduced script titled ''Edward Ford'' into a film with [[Michael Shannon]] slated to star. According to Zwigoff, the film was never made because "the money fell through"."<ref name=vf/>

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