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Terry Zwigoff's unrealized projects

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The following is a list of unproduced Terry Zwigoff projects in roughly chronological order. During his long career, American film director Terry Zwigoff has worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction. Some of these productions fell in development hell or were cancelled.[1][2]

20th Century

Sassy

According to Vice, Zwigoff and Robert Crumb wrote an unproduced screenplay titled Sassy.[3]

21st Century

Elf

Zwigoff turned down the offer to direct Elf (2003) in favor of directing Bad Santa (2003).[4][5]

Happy Days

In July 2006, it was reported that Zwigoff was to write and direct a film adaptation of the French novel Happy Days by Laurent Graff. Jerry Stahl was to have co-written the script with Zwigoff and the film was to have been produced by Johnny Depp via Infinitum Nihil and Graham King via Initial Entertainment Group.

References

  1. ^ Hoffman, Jordan (May 18, 2017). "Ghost World Director Terry Zwigoff Has Learned to Expect the Worst from Hollywood". Vanity Fair. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  2. ^ Jagernauth, Kevin (May 18, 2017). "'Ghost World' Director Terry Zwigoff Runs Down All The Films He Couldn't Get Made". ThePlaylist.net. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  3. ^ Koester, Megan (May 17, 2017). "Terry Zwigoff Doesn't Like Doing Interviews". Vice. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  4. ^ Sherlock, Ben (August 4, 2020). "You Sit On A Throne Of Lies: 10 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Elf". Screen Rant. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  5. ^ Udovitch, Mim (November 30, 2003). "FILM; Terry Zwigoff's Santa: He's Making a List And Checking His Escape Routes Twice". The New York Times. Retrieved March 10, 2024.