![]() Lawrence Kasdan was attached to write the screenplay. The film was intended to be a spiritual follow-up to Close Encounters. Night Skies Īfter his decision not to make a sequel to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Spielberg started the development of his next project, a science fiction horror film entitled Night Skies, whose concept was pitched by him during the development of Close Encounters. ![]() He also didn't want developer Columbia Pictures to make a sequel without him, which had happened with Universal Pictures' Jaws. However, he later refused the idea, because he felt that "The army's knowledge and ensuing cover-up is so subterranean that it would take a creative screen story, perhaps someone else making the picture and giving it the equal time it deserves". In late 1977, after the successful reception of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Spielberg expressed interest in filming a sequel or a prequel. However, the film was never made due to various problems, so Spielberg left the project to direct The Sugarland Express.Ĭlose Encounters of the Third Kind 2 Spielberg approached screenwriters Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck to write the script. Unrealized projects Flushed with Pride: The Story of Thomas Crapper Īt the beginning of the 1970s, Spielberg tried to greenlight the production of Flushed with Pride: The Story of Thomas Crapper, the semi-satirical biography of Thomas Crapper, who, as the book suggested, invented the flushing toilet. 3.5 The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings.2.14 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. ![]()
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