Movie (or TV) plots affected by real events during production
05-03-15, 04:50 PM
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05-03-15, 05:05 PM
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Re: Movie (or TV) plots affected by real events during production
Shrek was recorded three times. Chris Farley before his death, Mike Myers in his normal voice, then Myers with the voice we have now.
The Crow's plot was left pretty much the same, but characters and scenes were dropped.
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnasus (sp?) had to be reworked a little when Heath Ledger died. Terry Gilliam got Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Ferrell to finish the character.
Game of Death was reworked to include the footage Bruce Lee shot before his death.
The Knights of Badassdom was famously messed up by producers lying about the budget and Peter Dinkledge being pulled off the set, in the middle of filming, by HBO because he was needed to shoot Game of Thrones.
The Crow's plot was left pretty much the same, but characters and scenes were dropped.
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnasus (sp?) had to be reworked a little when Heath Ledger died. Terry Gilliam got Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Ferrell to finish the character.
Game of Death was reworked to include the footage Bruce Lee shot before his death.
The Knights of Badassdom was famously messed up by producers lying about the budget and Peter Dinkledge being pulled off the set, in the middle of filming, by HBO because he was needed to shoot Game of Thrones.
05-03-15, 05:10 PM
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05-03-15, 09:46 PM
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Re: Movie (or TV) plots affected by real events during production
The ending of Men in Black II, taking place at the World Trade Center, was changed after that 9/11 thing.
Sort of counting- the forgettable 1993 football movie "The Program" had a scene cut during its theatrical release (a replacement reel was sent to theaters without the scene) after some dumb kids were killed imitating it- it had characters lying down on the freeway.
Sort of counting- the forgettable 1993 football movie "The Program" had a scene cut during its theatrical release (a replacement reel was sent to theaters without the scene) after some dumb kids were killed imitating it- it had characters lying down on the freeway.
05-03-15, 10:26 PM
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Re: Movie (or TV) plots affected by real events during production
In Plain Sight on USA wrote in Mary McCormack's real life pregnancy into the final season
Kiefer Sutherland underwent surgery during filming of the 8th season of 24 and they wrote in an injury for Jack which kept his action scenes limited.
Back to the TNT version of Dallas, Hagman died after shooting only a handful of episodes of the second season. So they wrote in his death into the show as a big murder mystery arc.
Jim Davis who played Jock Ewing in the original Dallas died during filming of the third season. They wrote in Jock's death into the show.
Dolph Sweet died of cancer during one of the early seasons of Gimme a Break. His death was written in.
Game of Death as most Bruce Lee fans know was supposed to be an entirely different movie. However, after Bruce died, Robert Clouse constructed a turd of a movie out of the 30-40 minutes of action scenes Bruce shot in 1972.
The list for stuff like this goes on and on.
Kiefer Sutherland underwent surgery during filming of the 8th season of 24 and they wrote in an injury for Jack which kept his action scenes limited.
Back to the TNT version of Dallas, Hagman died after shooting only a handful of episodes of the second season. So they wrote in his death into the show as a big murder mystery arc.
Jim Davis who played Jock Ewing in the original Dallas died during filming of the third season. They wrote in Jock's death into the show.
Dolph Sweet died of cancer during one of the early seasons of Gimme a Break. His death was written in.
Game of Death as most Bruce Lee fans know was supposed to be an entirely different movie. However, after Bruce died, Robert Clouse constructed a turd of a movie out of the 30-40 minutes of action scenes Bruce shot in 1972.
The list for stuff like this goes on and on.
Last edited by DJariya; 05-03-15 at 10:32 PM.
05-03-15, 10:32 PM
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Re: Movie (or TV) plots affected by real events during production
Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
Alexander Fu Sheng (Star of the movie) died during filming. Gordon Liu was re-written as the hero and the film still became a classic in the genre.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think Simon Yuen died of natural causes during Mystery of Chess Boxing. I say that because it's one of the few (Ol school) kung fu movies where a character rarely dies offscreen.
Alexander Fu Sheng (Star of the movie) died during filming. Gordon Liu was re-written as the hero and the film still became a classic in the genre.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think Simon Yuen died of natural causes during Mystery of Chess Boxing. I say that because it's one of the few (Ol school) kung fu movies where a character rarely dies offscreen.
05-04-15, 01:39 PM
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Re: Movie (or TV) plots affected by real events during production
Forgot about this big one...
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When the actor died, Sesame Street used it as a teaching moment for children to learn about death.
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When the actor died, Sesame Street used it as a teaching moment for children to learn about death.
