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Monkey Island movie conceived, cancelled; some art uncovered 10 Jan, 2005, 16:49 / 13 comments

By ATMachine


There used to be a department, somewhere within Industrial Light and Magic, that was tasked with writing screenplays for animated films, based on Lucasfilm's intellectual property from other media.

One such screenplay was a Monkey Island movie, titled The Curse of Monkey Island, likely loosely based on the game of the same name.

Unfortunately, in the big reorganization of Lucasfilm that occurred a couple of years ago, the department was killed, and the MI movie (still in preproduction) with it.

Recently a few images from the project have surfaced, courtesy of a former ILM scriptwriter named Tony Stacchi (who worked on the project alongside Steve Purcell). Check them out:
Also, be sure to check out the other art on Mr. Stacchi's website. It's quite good.

It's times like these I'm reminded of that quote about the saddest words of tongue or pen...

Source: The Monkey Island SCUMM Bar

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13 Comments

  • netmonkey on 11 Jan, 2005, 23:28…
    Man, where do you dig these things from? I like the artwork.

    Keep digging.
  • RumRogerz on 11 Jan, 2005, 15:14…
    i was thinking the same thing about skull island. looks more like one of those easter island sculptures than a duck :(
  • ZeroXcape on 11 Jan, 2005, 14:07…
    interesting...
  • telarium on 11 Jan, 2005, 10:57…
    Interesting how Elaine's crew for the movie was not unlike her crew in EMI.
  • JBRAA on 11 Jan, 2005, 04:52…
    *shock* News at mixnmojo? =)
    And great ones as well? =)
    Cool. =)
  • JBRAA on 11 Jan, 2005, 04:53…
    By the way, great news ATMachine. You roxz! =)
  • ATMachine on 11 Jan, 2005, 11:18…
    Actually, Remi posted it on The Scumm Bar first, but I figured it was cool enough to warrant a post on Mixnmojo.

    What's funny is that World of MI hasn't picked up on it yet....
  • ATMachine on 11 Jan, 2005, 19:28…
    Well, they have now, but they got the details wrong. They're saying CMI was based on the movie....
  • Remi O on 11 Jan, 2005, 20:10…
    The whole concept of dates is difficult. ?
  • ThunderPeel2001 on 10 Jan, 2005, 21:53…
    Well the original LucasFilm animation was called "Pixar" and then went on to do. Stuff. (Doh!)

    Now of course... the thing I'm REALLY interested in is finding a copy of the SCREENPLAY!!!

    Anyone able to find it and post it? :D
  • Guyfrench Threepwood on 10 Jan, 2005, 20:45…
    Hey ?! Skull Island doesn't look like a duck here !
  • jp-30 on 10 Jan, 2005, 17:01…
    I wanna be a movie pirate...
  • jp-30 on 10 Jan, 2005, 17:04…
    Actualy there is that new LucasFilm Animation division created a year back that's had sweet F.A. to do, so maybe there's a chance of resurrection some day...

    Or not.