Roland Emmerich's unrealized projects: Difference between revisions

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On May 12, 2005, it was announced that Devlin was reviving ''Isobar'' on his own, commissioning [[Tab Murphy]] to write a new script and reconfiguring it as a $45 million production, with [[Voltage Pictures]] handling sales at the [[Marché du Film]], and the project planned for production in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kay|first=Jeremy|date=12 May 2005|title=Devlin amps up science fiction epic Isobar|url=https://www.screendaily.com/devlin-amps-up-science-fiction-epic-isobar/4023012.article|access-date=September 14, 2024|website=ScreenDaily}}</ref> By June 19, 2006, the project was set to be released by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] as one of three films Devlin and his Electric Entertainment company would produce as part of a non-exclusive deal with the studio, with Devlin hoping to begin production on the project by the end of the year.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 19, 2006|last=LaPorte|first=Nicole|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/tech-giant-is-devlin-s-wing-man-1200337464/|title=Tech giant is Devlin's wing man|access-date=October 29, 2024|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> On August 23, it was reported that Peter Winther was set to direct the film.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 23, 2006|last=Davidson|first=Paul|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/08/23/sci-fi-isobar-about-to-engage|title=Sci-Fi Isobar About to Engage|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=September 14, 2024}}</ref>

=== ''The 10th Planet'' video game ===

In 1994, Emmerich and [[Dean Devlin]] got involved with [[Bethesda Softworks]] to develop the video game ''[[The 10th Planet]]'', which was scheduled to be released in October 1997, but got canceled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/UneditedPCGamer_marktrade/PC_Gamer_015u/page/n63/mode/2up?q=The+10th+Planet+bethesda|title=Bethesda|magazine=[[PC Gamer]]|page=64|date=1994|accessdate=27 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Steven|last=Ginsberg|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1996/12/23/at-bethesda-softworks-an-emphasis-on-cool/24d7f055-c228-4568-a674-e9c136d794e5/|title=At Bethesda Softworks, an Emphasis on Cool|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=23 December 1996|accessdate=27 July 2021}}</ref>

=== ''Fantastic Voyage'' remake ===