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Steven Spielberg Says He Fought to Stop E.T. Sequel From Being Made (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Don't worry, once he's dead and can't stop it Hollywood will thoroughly sh*t over this IP as well with prequels, sequels and spinoffs. They're very patient if there's potential for a cash grab.

Then again, Spielberg isn't so pure -- he CGI'd the guns with walkie-talkies in the re-release didn't he? Can't depict our loving government agents as anything but benevolent, right?

Wasn't it Terry Pr⍺tchett who specifically put in his will that all of his unfinished works (on hard drives) were to be crushed with a steamroller?

Ah yes

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Spielberg later regretted making those changes to ET saying,

"That was a mistake," Spielberg told a master class at the Time 100 Summit in New York City.

"I never should have done that.

"E.T. is a product of its era. No film should be revised based on the lenses we now are, either voluntarily, or being forced to peer through.

Also, in another example, Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale have the rights to Back to the Future. Universal need there approval for any sequels/remakes which they will strongly refuse. They've also left the legal rights to their estates. So even once they've passed on, the chance of anymore films are basically zero.

[–] Maultasche 9 points 4 days ago

His daughter did publish The Shepherd's Crown after his death, but that one was almost completely finished and works great as a finale to the series.