In 2015, Big Fish and Frankenweenie screenwriter John August pitched a The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror movie to Disney. The film never got made, but August shared some details and illustrations from the pitch on Twitter this week.
August said the central conceit of the film was that the famous elevator travels through time. The two main characters would have been a 1920 band leader and a 2020 urban spelunker. He described it as a combination of Time Bandits, Groundhog Day, and Back to the Future. Unfortunately, this wasn’t what Disney wanted and the film was never made.
August shared more illustrations and reference photos from his pitch with Inneresting. Though he never had the opportunity to write a Tower of Terror script, he did go on to co-write Disney’s live-action Aladdin film which was released in 2019.
How do you feel about this Tower of Terror film concept? Let us know in the comments.
I mean… There’s already a tv adaptation from late 90s early 2000s that worked with it so I dont see why its needed
There already was a Tower of Terror movie a while ago. Disney probably didn’t see the need to make another.
Sad that it was never made, maybe if thanks to Disney+ could do a tower of terror adaptation but (for me) do it as a limited series with a mockumentary inspired by how Netflix is doing good at true crime series. This is just wishful thinking.😊😊😊😊😉😉😉😉😉