Word: prequel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Following his small dramatic roles as Steve Rubell in the unsuccessful film 54 and as a repentant drug dealer in the unreleased Pete's Meteor, Myers felt ready to have another go at Austin. Several prequel ideas were tossed about. In one, young Powers and Evil were classmates fighting over the same woman. Roach, returning to direct, suggested making Dr. Evil a square cold-war agent, with Austin "single-handedly creating the British invasion to mess with his head." But Myers and co-screenwriter, Michael McCullers, a former writer for SNL, decided on a plot that had Austin revisit...
...prequel. It's set a long time ago. It features monster-like creatures. Not Star Wars--it's The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. "Fred and Barney are students at Bronto Crane Academy," says MARK ADDY (the chubby guy in The Full Monty), who, with the help of two dialect coaches, is playing Fred. "They live in a trailer that's just a pigsty." The movie will answer several burning Flintstone questions: How did blue-collar Fred win heiress Wilma Slaghoople (KRISTEN JOHNSON)? How did Barney Rubble (STEPHEN BALDWIN) meet Betty O'Shale (JANE KRAKOWSKI)? And where did Dino come...
...Second prequel scheduled for release...
...human nature, including loyalty, honor, adherence to right and perseverance against wrong. After The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, the Star Wars phenomenon continued to grow, and it is about to receive a fresh jolt of life with the release of the first chapter of the Prequel Trilogy, The Phantom Menace...
...release of the movie is almost unprecedented. The millions of fans who watched the original "Star Wars" trilogy unfold and the millions more who have discovered the series in the years since "Return of the Jedi" was released wait in heady anticipation for Episode I, the first of three "prequel movies." This anticipation has, in true consumer culture fashion, translated itself into a whirlwind of product advertisements and money-making promotions...