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1. 7 SCRIPT IDEAS THAT
CHANGED
(DRAMATICALLY) ON
THE WAY TO THE
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2. #1: BACK TO THE FUTURE
In the original draft, Marty and the Professor
manage a video bootleg operation together.
That's right, in the
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY,
Marty's world is heavy on the
cynicism-- with corruption,
boarded storefronts, and the
inevitable threat of nuclear
Holocaust.
Oh, and the MAGIC
INGREDIENT that powers
the time machine in the
original spec is none other
than good ol' American Coca
Cola. Seriously.
Lifetime Gross: $210,609,762

3. #2: TOY STORY
Pixar's initial plans for Toy Story involved an evil,
bullying Woody who abuses Slinky the Dog.
Aiming to be more EDGY and
DARK, the original plan for
Toy Story was to make
Woody a terrorizing doll.
(Yikes!)
How edgy? Woody was to be
a character who’ll stop at
NOTHING to stay Andy's
favorite - even if it involves
murdering Buzz by tossing
him out a window.
Lifetime Gross: $191,796,233

4. #3: ROCKY
In the original script for Rocky, the Italian Stallion
throws the big fight.
In Stallone's original draft,
the fight that Rocky spends
the entire movie preparing
for, ends not in a satisfying
loss because he tried his
hardest and held his own…
…but in unemotional demise
when he throws the fight on
purpose and decides to get
rich by opening a pet store
instead.
Lifetime Gross: $117,235,147

5. #4: INTERSTELLAR
In Interstellar’s original script, Coop and the gang
encounter evil Chinese robots instead of Matt
Damon.
Back when Spielberg held the
reins on the Interstellar
script, the crew comes across
a Chinese base camp still
roamed by Chinese Robots
who beat them there by 50
years.
Unhappy with their visitors,
the Chinese robots will stop
at nothing to keep the
Americans from stealing their
research and reporting back
to the states.
Lifetime Gross: $188,020,017

6. #5: TWILIGHT
Forget tween romance…in the original script they
were going for a Blade-like gore trilogy!
Initially aiming to attract a
male audience, Paramount
wanted to forgo the lovey-
dovey romance and instead
focus on fight scenes.
In this draft, Bella actually
does something useful, and
Edward has a Korean FBI-
agent nemesis who knows
karate.
And there is definitely NO
“vampires play baseball!”
Lifetime Gross: $192,769,854

7. #6: GHOSTBUSTERS
In an early draft of Ghostbusters, the ghost hunters
called themselves Ghost Smashers and they could
time travel!
In Dan Aykroyd's early draft,
the Ghost Smashers travel
through space and time to fight
ghosts.
The Marshmallow Man is only
one of many monsters and
doesn't appear until half-way
through the film.
To combat the supernatural, the
Ghostbusters wore SWAT-like
uniforms and used wands
instead of proton packs.
Lifetime Gross: $242,212,467

8. #7: SHREK
Originally, Chris Farley was chosen to be the voice
of Shrek and the plot of the Dreamwork's classic
was totally different.
Before Chris Farley's
untimely death, Dreamworks
started work on Shrek with
every intention of casting
Farley as its lead voice-actor
in a bawdy, edgy animated
comedy.
In the orginal script, Shrek is
a teenager who doesn't want
to join the family business
and instead dreams of
becoming a knight.
Lifetime Gross: $267,655,011

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