Supernova (2000 film)

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Supernova is a 2000 American science fiction film written by David C. Wilson, William Malone, and Daniel Chuba, and directed by Walter Hill, credited as "Thomas Lee." Malone originally developed the film in the late 1980s as Dead Star, with paintings by H. R. Giger and a plot pitched as Hellraiser (1987) or Dead Calm (1989) in space. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer then bought it in the 1990s, and retitled it Supernova; Malone was no longer involved. "Thomas Lee" was chosen as a directorial pseudonym for release in lieu of Alan Smithee, as the latter had become too well known as a badge of a film being disowned by its makers. Jack Sholder was hired for substantial uncredited reshoots, and Francis Ford Coppola was brought in for editing purposes. Various sources suggest that little of Hill's work remains in the theatrical cut of the film. The cast features James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Lou Diamond Phillips, Peter Facinelli, Robin Tunney, and Wilson Cruz. The film was shot by cinematographer...

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