Months after the network rejected the series, a French studio offered to buy the pilot and turn it into a movie — which wasn’t easy, it required additional shooting, renegotiating actors’ fees, and securing the rights to the original footage. Unfortunately, while the deal was being put together, Lynch discovered that ABC had lost track of all of the original costumes and the sets were in ruins, which made simply picking up where they left off an impossibility.
Lynch then tried to get out of the movie, but one of the producers, who thought the director was being a “baby,” told Lynch that he’d convinced Disney to take legal action if they didn’t go through with the deal. Then, perhaps not coincidentally, the same night his producer threatened to sue him with the help of one of the largest corporations on Earth, Lynch meditated and suddenly “knew exactly how to finish the movie” — which involved, for the most part, the actors returning as entirely new characters who wouldn’t require the same clothes or living spaces.
Bill Murray Had His Fancy Watch Written Into a Bank Heist Scene
When you think about Bill Murray, you probably picture his iconic roles such as Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters, or Phil Connors in Groundhog Day, or Phil Connors in Groundhog Day, or Phil C — but one of Murray’s most underrated performances came in the 1990 comedy Quick Change, about a trio of bank robbers who commit the perfect crime, but have trouble making it to the airport. Oh, and Murray’s character is dressed like a clown during the heist, yet it sadly made only a fraction of what Joker did at the box office.