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The following is a list of unproduced David Gordon Green projects in roughly chronological order. During his long career, American film director David Gordon Green 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.
2000s
A Confederacy of Dunces
In November 2002, it was announced that Green was to helm a film adaptation of John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces for Miramax Films, which bought the film rights to the novel from Paramount Pictures on June that same year.[1] Will Ferrell was to have portrayed Ignatius J. Reilly and Lily Tomlin, Drew Barrymore, Mos Def and Olympia Dukakis were to have co-starred.[2][3] The script was written by Steven Soderbergh and Scott Kramer.[4] It was reported in 2003 that Barrymore's production company Flower Films was to co-produce the film with Warner Bros.[5] Principal photography was planned to occur in New Orleans in 2004.[4] The film never came to fruition.[6][7] It has been said that Hurricane Katrina played a factor in the film's cancellation.[8]
The Precious Few
It was reported in 2003 that Green was working on a script of a film titled Precious Few.[5] Green co-wrote the script with Danny McBride.[9] It has been said that the film is about demolition derbies.[5][9] The Independent reported that had the film been greenlighted, Green was to have cast Paul Schneider as "a gay mechanic named Tess."[5] Green said of the project in 2011, "I would love to (make it). We’ve been around for a couple years trying to get it financed. Yeah that would be our flagship film if we can find a great international financier. I wrote it with my buddy when I was all drugged up on painkillers after having jaw surgery and somehow, in six days, we cranked out something we were really proud of.”[9]
Nerd Camp
Green stated in a 2005 interview with IndieWire that he was writing a script of a film titled Nerd Camp and that Seann William Scott was to star in it.[10] Green later said in a 2006 interview that the film was "about a summer camp for geniuses.”[9] The film was to have been distributed by Universal Pictures.[9] When asked about the fate of Nerd Camp in 2011, Green responded, "They took it away from me and Danny (McBride) before anybody knew who we were and had some other guy write it."[9]
The Innocent Man
References
- ^ Oppelaar, Justin (7 November 2002). "'Dunces' pic caps long road". Variety (magazine). Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ Catlin, Roger (7 October 2003). "LILY TOMLIN'S FUNNY FILES". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ Hyman, Peter (14 December 2006). "A Conspiracy of Dunces". Slate (magazine). Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ a b Rooney, David (2 June 2003). "A stage of 'Dunces'". Variety (magazine). Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ a b c d "David Gordon Green: This real boy's life". The Independent. 25 July 2003. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ Cotter, Padraig (25 November 2019). "Confederacy Of Dunces: The Movie Hollywood Has Been Trying To Make For 40 Years". Screen Rant. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ Hartl, John (23 March 2008). "David Gordon Green: an indie director's path". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ Battleground, Andrea (11 March 2014). "A Confederacy Of Dunces could be headed to Broadway". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f Perez, Rodrigo (14 April 2014). "The Lost, Unmade & Abandoned Projects Of Director David Gordon Green". IndieWire. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ "DVD RE-RUN INTERVIEW: David Gordon Green Talks About "Undertow," His "Southern Tall Tale"". IndieWire. 25 April 2005. Retrieved 8 December 2019.