Studio:
Universal Pictures.
Production Company:
Unknown.
Project Phase: Development Hell.
Who's In It:
Matthew McConaughey (Evel Knievel, unconfirmed),
Who's Making It:
Marco Bambrilla (Director).
Premise: The story of the stuntman who become famous by jumping over trucks and also by breaking lots of bones.
Release Date: Unknown.
Comments: CA's Director remembers owning the Evel Knievel 'Grand Canyon' rocket set and the stunt bike (complete with ramp for daredevil leaps over his Tonka trucks.) Twenty years later, here's proof that everything eventually becomes a movie.
Matthew McConaughey as Evel? Yeah, ok, we're behind that -- as long as the rocket and bike toys get re-released.
Rumors: Unknown.
Scoop Feedback:
[Page draft submitted through a flaming hoop by 'Widgett'.]
March 27, 1998... It is reported that computer graphics will be used along with video footage to bring Mr. Knievel's stunts to life. [Scoop driven off a cliff by 'Widgett', originally reported on Empire's Movie Track.]
Knievel himself stated in an interview with POV Magazine that he had problems with the screenplay because of language and the fact it "degrated [sic] the people associated with me so I had them change the screenplay." He mentioned in the interview that Brad Pitt and Val Kilmer were also mentioned as possibles to play him. We just hope when Hollywood makes a movie about the events surrounding CA, there'll be talk that some of the hottest young actors will play our roles. More'n'likely it'll be a combination of CGI and heavy makeup FX to the rescue. [Scoop shot out of a cannon by 'Widgett', originally reported in POV Magazine.]
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