The Variable Man with Gary Goldman and Angus Fletcher | Development Hell
02/29/24 • 40 min
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Gary Goldman was a writer on “Total Recall”, a Philip K. Dick adaptation directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Arnold Schwarzeneger. It was a big hit. So why do Gary and his writing partner, Angus Fletcher, have so much trouble selling another Philip K. Dick adaptation? They tell Malcolm that it all came down to a roller coaster ride of plot twists that even A-List action actors couldn’t stomach, and an early attempt at AI that was too dumb to pick a smart script.
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Gary Goldman was a writer on “Total Recall”, a Philip K. Dick adaptation directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Arnold Schwarzeneger. It was a big hit. So why do Gary and his writing partner, Angus Fletcher, have so much trouble selling another Philip K. Dick adaptation? They tell Malcolm that it all came down to a roller coaster ride of plot twists that even A-List action actors couldn’t stomach, and an early attempt at AI that was too dumb to pick a smart script.
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Revisionist History - The Variable Man with Gary Goldman and Angus Fletcher | Development Hell
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Speaker 2Welcome to episode two of Development Hell, our revisionist history series based on the radical notion of the best Hollywood stories are the ones that never got made into movies. Last time, we kicked out the series with the story of how my book Blink failed to make it under the big screen. If you haven't heard that one yet, you really really should, because it explains why failed stor
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