Christopher McQuarrie's unrealized projects: Difference between revisions

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== 2000s ==

=== ''The Prisoner'' ===

On April 5, 2000, it was announced that McQuarrie would script the film adaptation of the 1960s television series ''[[The Prisoner]]'', under director [[Simon West]] and producer [[Barry Mendel]] at [[Universal Pictures]] with [[Patrick McGoohan]], who created the original series, serving as executive producer.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Lyons|last2=McNary|first1=Charles|first2=Dave|date=April 5, 2000|title=Mendel unlocks 'Prisoner'|url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/mendel-unlocks-prisoner-1117780242/|access-date=September 18, 2024|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=September 20, 2000|title=McQuarrie Swears The Prisoner Will Not Be Altered|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/09/20/mcquarrie-swears-the-prisoner-will-not-be-altered|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=August 6, 2024}}</ref> By August 2006, it was reported that [[Christopher Nolan]] was attached to direct the filmproject, using a different script by [[David Peoples|David]] and [[Janet Peoples]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 11, 2006|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/aug/11/news2|title=In brief: Nolan frees Prisoner for big screen|access-date=October 18, 2024|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> In January 2016, it was announced that [[Ridley Scott]] had entered talks to direct the project, with [[William Monahan]] having written the most recent draft.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 8, 2016|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|url=https://deadline.com/2016/01/ridley-scott-the-prisoner-the-martian-patrick-mcgoohan-alien-covenant-1201678547/|title=Ridley Scott Captivated By 'The Prisoner', Film Version Of Patrick McGoohan TV Series|access-date=October 18, 2024|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>

=== ''The Green Hornet'' ===