The black phone Director Scott Derrickson Unearths a selection of art pieces for his vision of John Milton’s 17th-century epic Paradise Lost From his saved adaptation. Along with the 2021 horror feature, Derrickson directed many well-known modern features in franchises, including Evil, The Exorcism of Emily RoseAnd the MCU’s Doctor Strange. Milton’s poem is a biblical epic that explores the fall of Lucifer from heavenAnd the following corruption he broke on Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden.
While Derrickson has taken a break from the darker explorations of humanity for his upcoming romantic comedy The gorgeThe director took to his personal X account to share a selection of Newly unearthed piece of his scrapped attempted adaptation of Paradise Lost.
In his first tweet, the artwork was Focused on establishing the vision of heavenA realm composed of sweeping pathways in the clouds. Each piece explored the process of Lucifer’s fall and the war in heaven that would lead to his banishment.
The second tweet Explores the development of Lucifer after his fall. The plays depicted his rise to the throne of Hell, along with the dawn of humanity with the creation of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
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The war in heaven would have been a battle worthy of Middle-earth
Despite many projects heavily alluding to or inspired by Milton’s work, few creatives have attempted to bring the poem to the screen, and So far no one has successfully wrapped such a product. Derrickson’s production would have begun in 2004, with Legendary Pictures at the helm. Rather than focusing on the corruption of humans, the movie would instead focus on Lucifer’s fall in the war in heaven, while he was envisioned as similar to Lucifer. The Lord of the Rings Movies. The script initially written by Philip de Blasi and Byron Willinger would see revisions by Stuart Hazeldine, Lawrence Kasdan and Ryan Condal before Derrickson joined the project.
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With its focus on Lucifer’s fall, other concept art shared by Derrickson in 2023 would showcase his vision of what the fallen angel would look like. In the artwork, Lucifer transforms from a pale figure with ornate gold, illustrating a horned, sharp, gray inhuman beast. however, Paradise Lost Creatives would ultimately lose their confidence In the project, especially in the face of potential controversy, closing the book on this attempt.
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It is clear how the production was keen on evoking the spectacle of the Lord of the Rings. Each piece establishes the grand, sweeping scale of the story not too dissimilar to Peter Jackson’s movie trilogy in terms of his vision of epic battles on grand vistas. however, Derrickson’s War in Heaven would take the conflict to a much more earthly realms, really set themselves apart.
However, the spectacle may also explain why the project could be shuttered, as those behind the production acknowledged the potential controversy. The FX-heavy production could have been costly if the critics caused it to underperform. Despite his unfortunate fate and Derrickson returned to more earth-bound horrors in productions included The black phoneThe newly developed Paradise Lost The concept art of the adaptation is sure to spark many potential imaginations.
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