Kathryn Bigelow's unrealized projects: Difference between revisions

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===''Burning Chrome''===

[[Science fiction|Sci-fi]] author [[William Gibson]] wrote a screenplay for a film adaptation of his 1982 short story "[[Burning Chrome]]" to be directed by Bigelow, but the project did not reach fruition. Gibson claimed that it was "developed to death" and "getting more and more frustrating" to make as a film.<ref>{{cite interview|last=Gibson|first=William|interviewer=Giuseppe Salza|___location=Cannes|date=May 1994|title=William Gibson Interviewed by Giuseppe Salza|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/235|access-date=October 28, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011104756/http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/235|archive-date=October 11, 2011}}</ref> Bigelow's then-husbandspouse [[James Cameron]] was also involved with the project.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/read-james-camerons-sworn-declaration-avatar-399979/ Read James Cameron’s Sworn Declaration on How He Created ‘Avatar’ (Exclusive)]</ref><ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/20th-century-fox-james-cameron-ordered-share-financials-avatar-idea-theft-lawsuit-399835/ Fox, James Cameron Ordered to Share Secret ‘Avatar’ Financials in Idea Theft Lawsuit]</ref> It is believed that Bigelow agreed to direct ''[[Strange Days (film)|Strange Days]]'' in place of ''Burning Chrome'', instead.

===''Custer Marching to Valhalla''===