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The new episode of WTF Happened to This Unmade Horror Movie finds out why Phantasm 1999 never went into production

Writer/director Don Coscarelli kicked off a mind-bending horror franchise with his low budget 1979 classic Phantasm, following that up with Phantasm II in 1988 and Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead in 1994. One Phantasm phan who thought they knew where the franchise should go next was Roger Avary – and soon after sharing an Academy Award win with Quentin Tarantino for co-writing the stories that made up Pulp Fiction, Avary started crafting a Phantasm sequel script he called Phantasm 1999. Coscarelli, impressed by Avary’s ideas, set out to bring Phantasm 1989 to screen… but that never happened. Nods to the ideas in that script made it into Phantasm: Oblivion and Phantasm: Ravager, but the budget required for Phantasm 1999 (which was also called Phantasm 2013 A.D. and Phantasm’s End as time went on) could never be secured. So find out about the Phantasm movie that never was by checking out the new episode of WTF Happened to This Unmade Horror Movie, embedded above!

If this Phantasm film had been made, returning franchise stars Reggie Bannister and Angus Scrimm would have been joined in the cast by Bruce Campbell, who was on board to play badass military man Colonel Heckleman.

Coscarelli’s original Phantasm (get it HERE) has the following synopsis: The residents of a small town have begun dying under strange circumstances, leading young Mike to investigate. Mike, his brother Jody and the local ice-cream man Reggie seek help after discovering that the Tall Man is reanimating and killing the dead in the form of misshapen zombies. Do you wish that

Phantasm199 was made? The WTF happened to this unmade horror movie

(formerly known The Horror Movie that Almost Was) series focuses on the various horror projects that never got off the ground. This could be due to budget concerns, creative differences or simply an ever-changing Hollywood landscape. This episode was written, narrated, and edited by Tyler Nichols. Produced and Executive Produced, by Berge Garabedian. To see more, and to check out our other video series, head over to the JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel – and subscribe while you’re there!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-VfFnu3Sk8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk_X9fL4Ajk

Entertainment - Media News Watch originally published at Entertainment - Media News Watch

Entertainment - Media News Watch originally published at Entertainment - Media News Watch

The new episode of WTF Happened to This Unmade Horror Movie finds out why Phantasm 1999 never went into production

Writer/director Don Coscarelli kicked off a mind-bending horror franchise with his low budget 1979 classic Phantasm, following that up with Phantasm II in 1988 and Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead in 1994. One Phantasm phan who thought they knew where the franchise should go next was Roger Avary – and soon after sharing an Academy Award win with Quentin Tarantino for co-writing the stories that made up Pulp Fiction, Avary started crafting a Phantasm sequel script he called Phantasm 1999. Coscarelli, impressed by Avary’s ideas, set out to bring Phantasm 1989 to screen… but that never happened. Nods to the ideas in that script made it into Phantasm: Oblivion and Phantasm: Ravager, but the budget required for Phantasm 1999 (which was also called Phantasm 2013 A.D. and Phantasm’s End as time went on) could never be secured. So find out about the Phantasm movie that never was by checking out the new episode of WTF Happened to This Unmade Horror Movie, embedded above!

If this Phantasm film had been made, returning franchise stars Reggie Bannister and Angus Scrimm would have been joined in the cast by Bruce Campbell, who was on board to play badass military man Colonel Heckleman.

Coscarelli’s original Phantasm (get it HERE) has the following synopsis: The residents of a small town have begun dying under strange circumstances, leading young Mike to investigate. Mike, his brother Jody and the local ice-cream man Reggie seek help after discovering that the Tall Man is reanimating and killing the dead in the form of misshapen zombies. Do you wish that

Phantasm199 was made? The WTF happened to this unmade horror movie

(formerly known The Horror Movie that Almost Was) series focuses on the various horror projects that never got off the ground. This could be due to budget concerns, creative differences or simply an ever-changing Hollywood landscape. This episode was written, narrated, and edited by Tyler Nichols. Produced and Executive Produced, by Berge Garabedian. To see more, and to check out our other video series, head over to the JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel – and subscribe while you’re there!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-VfFnu3Sk8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk_X9fL4Ajk

Entertainment - Media News Watch originally published at Entertainment - Media News Watch