Not even death can stop John Hughes from being a big draw in the film industry. Paramount is pressing forward with The Grigsbys Go Broke, one of the last scripts he ever wrote, with Ice Age: The Meltdown writer Jim Hecht on board to do rewrites. Before you get too excited, though, keep in mind that…
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In March, we broke news that Paramount Pictures and Roth Films were developing a movie using John Hughes' unproduced screenplay Grisby's Go Broke. Paramount later denied the rumor (which probably means they considered the property, but decided not to), but I've been itching to get my hands on Hughes original script to see an unmade…
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Update: Paramount claims they are not developing Grisby's but "would jump at the chance to take part in another Hughes creation." [risky] In Vanity Fair's profile of the late writer/director John Hughes, it was revealed Hughes didn't stop writing after leaving Hollywood in 1994. His sons found boxes of writings, more than 300 pocket notebooks,…
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