 | 'Battlefield Earth' Writer Says He's Sorry  | Earlier this month, screenwriter J.D. Shapiro won a Razzie Award for worst screenplay of the decade. The killer script that earned him this distinction: Battlefield Earth, the L. Ron Hubbard/Scientology/John Travolta extravaganza that burned many an eyeball back in 2000. Along with accepting the award in person, Shapiro wrote an explanation of his involvement with the film for the NY Post called: "I penned the suckiest movie ever -- sorry." How could he come to make the worst script of the first 2000's? "It started, as so many of my choices do, with my Willy Wonker." Shapiro writes about touring the "Scientology epicenter" in Los Angeles to meet women, and how instead, the center's president was interested in him writing a Hubbard adaptation, even though he was a bit snarky with his opinions on the sci-fi religion. He soon met John Travolta and Kelly Preston, helped pitch a script, got it in the works, and handed in a screenplay that Travolta loved ... at first. Shapiro explains:... - mediamage | |
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