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The following is a list of unproduced Terry Zwigoff projects in roughly chronological order. During his long career, American film director Terry Zwigoff has worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction. Some of these productions fell in development hell or were cancelled.[1][2]
20th Century
Sassy
According to Vice, Zwigoff and Robert Crumb wrote an unproduced screenplay titled Sassy.[3]
21st Century
Elf
Zwigoff turned down the offer to direct Elf (2003) in favor of directing Bad Santa (2003).[4][5]
Happy Days
In July 2006, it was reported that Zwigoff was to write and direct a film adaptation of the French novel Happy Days by Laurent Graff. Jerry Stahl was to have co-written the script with Zwigoff and the film was to have been produced by Johnny Depp via Infinitum Nihil and Graham King via Initial Entertainment Group.[6][7]
The $40,000 Man
In September 2007, it was reported that Zwigoff was to direct and co-write with Daniel Clowes a film titled The $40,000 Man for New Line Cinema.[8][9]
References
- ^ Hoffman, Jordan (May 18, 2017). "Ghost World Director Terry Zwigoff Has Learned to Expect the Worst from Hollywood". Vanity Fair. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ Jagernauth, Kevin (May 18, 2017). "'Ghost World' Director Terry Zwigoff Runs Down All The Films He Couldn't Get Made". ThePlaylist.net. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ Koester, Megan (May 17, 2017). "Terry Zwigoff Doesn't Like Doing Interviews". Vice. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ Sherlock, Ben (August 4, 2020). "You Sit On A Throne Of Lies: 10 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Elf". Screen Rant. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ Udovitch, Mim (November 30, 2003). "FILM; Terry Zwigoff's Santa: He's Making a List And Checking His Escape Routes Twice". The New York Times. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ Green, Willow (July 11, 2006). "Depp And Zwigoff Have Happy Days". Empire. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "Johnny Depp Hires Terry Zwigoff To Write and Direct Happy Days". MovieWeb. July 10, 2006. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ Kit, Borys (September 14, 2007). "Zwigoff the 'Man' for New Line pic". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "Zwigoff Making $40,000 Man". IGN. September 14, 2007. Retrieved March 10, 2024.