Unproduced Doctor Strange Movie (1989)
“Doctor Strange was my favourite superhero, and his adversary Dormamu my preferred villain. Stan Lee is a great writing partner. Starts in New York, goes to the Fourth Dimension, and ends on Easter Island, where Stan had always wanted a showdown. Very old-fashioned. It was almost made by an LA company called Regency. But they distributed via Warner Bros, who were in a dispute with Marvel Comics over merchandising, and Warners nixed it. Probably too pagan to be made today.” - Alex Cox
Posted here last september was a link to Sean Witzke’s blog about the film that never was.
A screenplay written by Alex Cox - writer/director of Repo Man and Sid & Nancy, probably the best presenter BBC2’s Moviedrome ever had, occasional actor (I only remember him from Perdita Durango…damn, I want to watch that now it’s in my head) and sometime film writer for the guardian, the independent, and many other publications. Looks like it would’ve been a winner.
You can read Sean Witzke’s blog post here, and download the entire screenplay on PDF here. Actually, have a look at the whole Alex Cox website while you’re there, he’s a very interesting man.
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mondoghosto reblogged this from fuckyeahdoctorstrange and added:
Damn. I still miss Moviedrome.
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fuckyeahdoctorstrange reblogged this from fuckyeahdoctorstrange and added:
Posted here last september...Sean Witzke’s blog about...film...
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