Everyone used to rag on George Lucas for the special edition version of the original “Star Wars” trilogy with new VFX, new footage, etc. But let’s face it, no living legendary filmmaker is worse for toying with his classic films that Francis Ford Coppola, who has basically made an entire side career by re-releasing his films in new versions. There have been at least two major reworked versions of “Apocalypse Now,” new cuts of “One From The Heart,” “The Cotton Club,” and there’s been talk of a new cut of “Tucker: The Man and His Dream” coming too.

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This essentially means, Disney has passed on the script, and are hoping to sell the rights to the project to another studio in exchange for some of the cost of development (it’s what happened to “Watchmen,” but fiasco is an extreme example of what rarely goes that poorly).

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“[Depp] is a tremendous actor, he has that charm, that swagger, and the resemblance of my father is there” Martin said. “I’m sure he would do the role justice!”

It is not known what stage the project’s development is in or if Deana even has any involvement in its production, so she might be just wishful thinkin’ up a storm.

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