Tony Scott's unrealised projects: Difference between revisions

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Scott was among the number of film directors attached to direct the [[White Dog (1982 film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[White Dog (Gary novel)|White Dog]]'' in the 1970s, prior to [[Samuel Fuller]]'s official involvement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/59435|title=AFI&#124;Catalog - White Dog|website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref>

===''My Dog's on Fire''===

In the late 1970s, Scott read a [[spec script]] by [[David Peoples|David Webb Peoples]] called ''My Dog's on Fire'', which was a comedy about a [[punk rock]] band.<ref>{{cite news|last=Weinraub|first=Bernard|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/06/movies/a-screenwriter-whose-life-s-script-stars-privacy.html|title=A Screenwriter Whose Life's Script Stars Privacy|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 6, 1992|access-date=March 30, 2025}}</ref> Scott wanted to direct it, and hired Peoples to perform a rewrite. "Tony was a wonderful guy to work with," he later said. Though the film was never made, Scott recommended Peoples to work on ''[[Blade Runner]]'' (1982).<ref>{{cite web|last=Webb|first=Oliver J.|url=https://www.closelyobservedframes.com/post/an-interview-with-david-webb-peoples|title=An Interview with David Webb Peoples|website=Closely Observed Frames|date=January 20, 2024|access-date=March 30, 2025}}</ref>

===''Alive''===

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===''Money Train''===

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Scott was initially signed to direct the heist film ''[[Money Train]]'' (1995), and had developed the script with writer [[Doug Richardson]], even going as far as to go "undercover" with a Subway Crime Suppression Unit for research. He wanted to shoot the film entirely in the [[New York City Subway|New York subway systems]], but the head of the [[New York City Transit Authority|Transit Authority]] told them that he must have final script and casting approvable in order for them to gain authorisation. Scott ultimately chose not to stay with the film, and, instead, [[Joseph Ruben]] was brought on to direct, who, according to Richardson, had him "replaced by a [[Department of motor vehicles|DMV]] line of writers who slowly dismantled the movie [he'd] so carefully constructed".<ref>{{cite web|last=Richardson|first=Doug|url=https://scriptmag.com/features/behind-the-lines-with-dr-tony-scott-me-and-king-ding-a-ling|title=Behind the Lines with DR: Tony Scott, Me, and King Ding-a-Ling|website=Script Magazine|date=20 August 2012|access-date=8 December 2023}}</ref>

===''Tonight, He Comes''===