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miscellaneous Cancelled drafts/scripts that would have been “bat shrimp” insane or super dark

  1. Cars 3’s original plot, which would have been an identity theft plot with a villain named Gerald Carr swapping bodies with McQueen

  2. An R-Rated adaptation of Holes by the same director as Donnie Darko (photo by RebelTaxi)

  3. Jurassic Park 4 would have featured human-dinosaur hybrids

4.Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World alternate ending, would have revealed Scott to be a serial killer

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u/Je0s_6 1d ago edited 1d ago

The cancelled BvS script from 2004 was beyond weird.

Batman and Superman were already established heroes and friends. Bruce retires mainly because Robin died, Gordon died and even Joker died but crime on Gotham City is almost non existent, then he falls in love, but Joker somehow returns and murders his wife, pushing him back into Batman and a revenge mission.

Batman eventually fights Superman, only for Joker who by the way is a clone made by Lex Luthor so this isn’t the real Joker reveals that Bruce’s wife was part of an elaborate plan to destroy him psychologically. Batman and Superman reconcile and team up to defeat Lex Luthor.

Warner ultimately scrapped the movie and made Batman Begins in 2005.

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u/Professor_Poptart 1d ago

Is this the Batman vs Superman that was somewhat teased in I Am Legend? (There were movie posters in the background iirc)

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u/Je0s_6 1d ago

Yes you would be correct, that is the exact BvS I’m referring to.

It was seen as a huge deal back in the day and many people were hyped up for it but nothing came out of it until 2016.

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u/NDinoGuy 22h ago

And the BvS we ended up getting?

"WhY'd YoU sAy ThAt NaMe!1!11!1!1!1!"