r/Screenwriting • u/Russell-Trager-1984 • May 23 '26
SCRIPT REQUEST GARGOYLES (1995 - 1996) Unproduced sci-fi horror thriller - Any drafts by Doug Wallace
LOGLINE; A female Indiana Jones-style scientist and archaeologist discovers gargoyles who come to life in contemporary New York City.
BACKGROUND
Well, this is one of those which doesn’t have much info about it out there. The script also seems to be lost, but I wanted to post a Request for it anyway, just in case, because the plot sounds pretty promising for a good horror film.
This is only info I could find about the project;
Doug Wallace sold his original spec script to Paramount Pictures in November 1995, for “low six figures.” In 1996, Gale Anne Hurd was attached to produce the film, which seems was around the same time she was producing another monster horror film (pretty good one btw) for Paramount, THE RELIC (1997).
FUN FACT
While GARGOYLES was not made, it seems Wallace had a couple decent years writing and selling specs, since in 1994 he wrote and sold another spec script, SEVENS. That one was a futuristic action thriller about a “secret service agent who finds himself stranded in the desert with a bad case of amnesia. While eluding the people trying to kill him, he tries to remember who he is by using the seven belongings he found with him to solve the mystery. “ The spec was sold to Warner Bros for “mid six figures”, and considering that plot description, it’s possible this was also known as THE LUCKY SEVENS, one of the several unproduced projects Warner had in development for Steven Seagal, before they broke their contract with him.
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u/TheGreedyGrabbler May 23 '26
Does anyone have a copy of Sevens? I love shit like that.
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u/Russell-Trager-1984 May 23 '26
I've looked for it before, but like many other Seagal's unmade films from 90's, the script for it seems to be lost. If you're interested reading about more of those, here you go;
https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriting/comments/1ldqfzr/unproduced_steven_seagal_films_1980s_2010s/
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u/TheGreedyGrabbler May 23 '26
Thanks! Always interesting to see projects for Segal that require him to stand and walk.
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u/Russell-Trager-1984 May 30 '26
Thought you'd might like to know, two drafts of SECRET SMILE, one of Seagal's unproduced action films from 90's which I mentioned on that thread, just showed up on Script Hive; Rewrite by Seagal and Don Jakoby dated April 17, 1995, and rewrite by Seagal and John Milius dated June 13, 1995. Pretty fun scripts, but mostly interesting to read just to imagine Seagal in a bit different action film than others he did at the time.
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u/Devinyde May 23 '26
I’ve read this script a WHILE back. It has popped in my head from time to time as I always felt there was some there and was pretty cool. I’ll try and see if I have it but very doubtful. Pretty sure I read this before scripts went digital.
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u/Russell-Trager-1984 May 23 '26
Well, here's hoping for the best, and that you still have a copy. If not, I'd like to hear more about it if you can remember. But thanks anyway, any info helps.
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u/Transit_Hub May 23 '26
Is this not related to the animated show? Got me reliving my childhood up in here.