James Mangold's unrealized projects: Difference between revisions

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==1980s==

===''The Deacon Street Deer''===

In the mid-1980s, Mangold landed a development deal at [[Walt Disney Pictures]], but was fired from his first directorial assignment three days into shooting.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Mottesheard|first=Ryan|url=https://www.moviemaker.com/james-mangolds-identity-crisis-3201/|title=James Mangold's Identity Crisis|magazine=[[MovieMaker]]|date=January 31, 2023|access-date=July 7, 2024}}</ref> This was the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] telepic ''The Deacon Street Deer'', which he had envisioned as ''[[The Red Balloon]]'' set in [[Manhattan]]. The studio found Mangold's interpretation of the material "too dark" and the project went for forward without him, ultimately crediting him as a story co-writer.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Variety Staff|url=https://variety.com/1995/scene/markets-festivals/the-auteurist-trap-99124884/|title=The Auteurist Trap|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=February 5, 1995|access-date=January 7, 2025}}</ref>

==1990s==