Tales from Development Hell

A compulsively readable journey into the area of film-making where all writers, directors and stars fear to Development Hell, the place where scripts are written, actors hired and sets designed… but the films rarely actually get made! Why have there been so many scripts written over the years for Steven Spielberg and George Lucas’s still in development Indiana Jones 4? Why was Lara Croft’s journey to the big screen so tortuous? Why did Ridley Scott’s Crisis in the Hot Zone collapse days away from filming, and were the Beatles really set to star in The Lord of the Rings? All these projects, and more, are covered in this major book, which features many exclusive new interviews with the writers and directors involved. This softcover edition has been revised to bring it completely up to date.