Con Air (1997), Skyfire (2019) and more, with director Simon West

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Cape Fear (1991), and when Martin Scorsese read it three times and hated it

It's pretty well known that originally, Steven Spielberg was interested in directing a remake of Cape Fear, and that Martin Scorsese held the rights to what became Schindler's List. That the two then swapped projects. Yet that's just part of the story. In this episode of Film Sto ...  Show more

Dick Tracy (1990), along with the strange trick to hold onto its rights

June 1990 saw Disney spend big on a summer movie, at a point when that was the last thing it was inclined to do. But 1990's Dick Tracy - specifically the way it was promoted - was hugely influenced by Warner Bros' success with Batman the year before. Dick Tracy though by that tim ...  Show more

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