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THR: Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan (Pacific Rim, 4 Saw films) tapped to rewrite [GODWR] Paul2k Jul 10, 17:55

HORRIBLE writers! {nm} MontyBurnz Jul 10, 18:45

Actually, they're pretty good at what they do, and very genuine people. {nm} tawdryhepburn Jul 10, 23:42

Their writing on the Feast sequels and PIRA2 left a lot to be desired. Most of the Saw films they wrote weren't good either. {nm} Mr. Smitherz Jul 10, 23:52

Feast 2+3 were cut up from the script for Feast 2 (ala Robocop 2+3) and filmed back-to-back with 4 other films under crappy circumstances {nm} tawdryhepburn Jul 10, 23:56

What about PIRA2? Why was it noticeably worse than the first one even with a cast that could be considered better? {nm} Mr. Smitherz Jul 10, 23:58

They wrote a draft/rewrite of Pirhana 3D as well. {nm} tawdryhepburn Jul 11, 00:00

I thought HSXer Stolberg wrote the first film? Never heard that they rewrote it. {nm} Mr. Smitherz Jul 11, 00:03

They were TWC's go-to guys for a few years. They rewrote tons of Dimension films, iirc. {nm} tawdryhepburn Jul 11, 00:05

Certain {nm} Mr. Smitherz Jul 11, 00:06

Explains why most Dimension films are subpar to crappy. Did they rewrite Scream 4 too? {nm} Mr. Smitherz Jul 11, 00:07

Not to my knowledge. That was Williamson, followed by Ethan Kruger, who I think did all the on-set rewrites. {nm} tawdryhepburn Jul 11, 00:09

I assume you mean Ehren Kruger? {nm} Mr. Smitherz Jul 11, 00:11

Yeah, that dude. The Ring was superior to the Japanese film, but everything else... {nm} tawdryhepburn Jul 11, 00:18

Pirahna 3DD was written in under two weeks for a hard start date that the studio totally balked on, and then rewritten by a STV guy. {nm} tawdryhepburn Jul 10, 23:57

Writing a good Piranha movie isn {nm} Mr. Smitherz Jul 10, 23:59

Shouldn't take that long. The premise was good but was never fully exploited for its horror movie potential. {nm} Mr. Smitherz Jul 11, 00:00

I happen to like Saw IV-VI. Saw VII was supposed to be VII+VIII until the studio lumped them together and changed the director tawdryhepburn Jul 11, 00:00

Saw IV was the worst of the series. {nm} Mr. Smitherz Jul 11, 00:01

Saw III and VII are twin nadirs in my mind. IV is actually a very interesting exercise in the kuleshov effect. {nm} tawdryhepburn Jul 11, 00:04

Point being; these are guys who come in and write like mofos. They turn pages and keep production going on schedule. tawdryhepburn Jul 11, 00:03

Why is production forced to a start date when the script isn't ready? That is a recipe for bad films. {nm} Mr. Smitherz Jul 11, 00:09

Because you call your release date 3 years in advance and then have to reverse engineer production start dates from there. {nm} tawdryhepburn Jul 11, 00:10

And then if you're Weinstein, you delay the film for months anyway so might as well get the script right to begin with. {nm} Mr. Smitherz Jul 11, 00:14

Are you a screenwriter yourself? How do you know this stuff? {nm} Mr. Smitherz Jul 11, 00:15

Yes. And I think my first post gives a pretty strong clue as to how I might have heard this. tawdryhepburn Jul 11, 00:19