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Jonathan Gems collaborations
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 * The Fall of the House of Usher
 * January 1994: Aside from Catwoman, which will star Michelle Pfeiffer, word is beginning to circulate that Burton will direct an adaptation of the classic Edgar Alan Poe tale The Fall of the House of Usher by playwright Jonathan Gems.


 * Dinosaurs Attack!
 * Jonathan Gems, who had previously written multiple unproduced screenplays for director/producer Tim Burton, came up with the idea of doing a film adaptation of the Mars Attacks trading card series in 1993. The writer then pitched both the concepts of Mars Attacks and Dinosaurs Attack! to Burton, and they decided that Dinosaurs Attack! would be too similar to Jurassic Park (1993); thus they went to work on Mars Attacks!.

Superman Lives
"We thought of the idea of focusing more on the fact that he's an alien, and maybe for the first time feel what it's like to be Superman. Here's this guy who's from another planet and he's really strong, and he's got to hide it. What if he gets angry? And Nic Cage is the kind of actor who could pull that off." A combination of disagreements among Jon Peters, Warner Bros., and Burton. "A year is a long time to be working with somebody that you don' really want to be working with."

Locations for Metropolis had been scouted, the original script (by Kevin Smith) rewritten out of existence and an art department hired, before Warner Bros. decided to axe it. Burton blames a combination of factors, including creative differences with Superman Lives' producer, John Peters.

Scooby Doo
March 1997: Dish hears "Batman" director Tim Burton is talking about doing "Scooby Doo."

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117434748 http://www.variety.com/article/VR1116678353 http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117750009 http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117869055

Batman: The Musical
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117493526 http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117851657 http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117873107 http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117875309

Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Movie

 * http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/12/09/pee-wees-playhouse-the-movie-is-incoming-and-weve-got-story-details/
 * http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118021268

Ripley's Believe It or Not
Ripley's Believe It or Not is an adventure film that pays homage to both the Indiana Jones franchise and the acclaimed 1932 horror film, Freaks. The story stars with Ripley gaining celebrity status through his Believe It or Not! newspaper column depicting his search for the greatest oddities on the planet. He eventually learns to appreciate his discoveries as more than mere conquests to be cataloged.
 * Premise


 * Cast
 * Jim Carrey as Robert Ripley: Johnny Depp was considered for the role.

Prior to screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski hiring in October 2004, Paramount Vantage and Alphaville Productions developed a script written by John Sayles. Alexander was impressed by the public image of Ripley. "In his time he was one of the craziest, wealthiest, most famous personalities of the '30s and '40s who evaporated into the ether." The writer continued, "everyone knew him in his time. We are bringing him back." Actor Jim Carrey and director Tim Burton joined Ripley's Believe It or Not in mid-2005 with a planned October 2006 start date in London. The scheduled theatrical release date was set for late 2007.
 * Production

Pre-production ensued and location scouting took place in China, but in June 2006, Paramount halted the film because of the escalating $150 million budget; Burton and Carrey envisioned specific scenes that necessitated a significant rewrite of the script by Alexander and Karaszewski. By December 2006, Burton and Carrey still remained attach to Believe It or Not, while Paramount hired Steve Oedekerk to rewrite the script. The studio listed the film as a "priority" in July 2007 and hoped Burton would still end up directing.

However, in October 2008, Chris Columbus entered negotiations to direct. Columbus pitched Paramount an entirely new concept for the film; the studio was eager enough to start from scratch and commission a new screenplay. The China-based storyline from the previous scripts will be scrapped. Believe It or Not will be released in 2011 because Columbus is due to direct Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.


 * http://blastr.com/2009/07/director-chris-columbus-o.php
 * http://www.deadline.com/2011/01/paramount-reviving-ripleys-believe-it-or-not-with-eric-roth/

Ripley's Believe It or Not is intended to be the first in a series of films. Producer Jim Jacks, in particular, explained the intention is "to make a series of movies that, if not quite the truth, are the adventures that should have happened [with Robert Ripley]."
 * Sequels

2010s
http://movies.ign.com/objects/073/073965.html
 * Monsterpocalypse
 * http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118020506
 * http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118021940