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Subscribe to our newsletter Long before it became a modern sci-fi classic, Interstellar was once in the hands of Steven Spielberg.While little was previously known about the legendary director's take on Interstellar (other than the fact Jonathan Nolan had started penning a script, based on a treatment from author and astrophysicist Kip S.
Thorne), Spielberg has decided to open up on the project that never was, his initial research, and Christopher Nolan taking over the project in a new interview with Empire."involv was I with Interstellar for a year," Spielberg said.
Kip Thorne brought me the project with Lynda Obst, the producer, and I became fascinated with it.
I spent a lot of time at the [Jet Propulsion Laboratory] in Pasadena, California, talking to the scientists there and the aerospace engineers."Article continues below On how far along the project was, Spielberg revealed, "I actually hired Chris Nolan's brother Jonah to write the first and second draft for me, but it didn't stick.
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Jonah actually said, 'If there comes a point where you decide not to make this movie, I can tell you who's gonna grab it
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