Hes also garnered critical acclaim for historical films likeSchindlers List,Saving Private Ryan,andBridge of Spies.
Spielberg has openly admitted thatE.T.was about the moment during his childhood when his parents got divorced.
That friend arrives in the improbable form E.T., an alien whos landed on Earth by mistake.
Thankfully,Steven Spielberg agrees thatE.T.s perfectas it is.
in Elliotts life, and moved by the mutual warmth and humor that forged their unlikely bond.
Yet I found myself fighting back the tears when E.T.
Some aliens from movies, like E.T.
Why Steven Spielberg Didn’t Make A Sequel To E.T.
II: Nocturnal Fears.
This sequel was going to be about Elliott getting kidnapped by evil aliens, and calling on E.T.
As the director said in 2009, We had nowhere to take it except to go home with him.
(viaThe New Zealand Herald) Famously, E.T.
Spielberg worried that a sequel would take something away from the original movie.
I think a sequel to E.T.
would do nothing but rob the original of its virginity, he told the American Film Institute in 2012.
People only remember the latest episode, while the pilot tarnishes.
He rightly assumed thatany sequel to his masterpiece would only diminish its stature.
Why An E.T.
and Elliott as well.
At least, thats what the treatment forE.T.
II: Nocturnal Fearsinvolved.
Luckily,Spielberg changed his mind and rejected thisE.T.sequelbefore it got past the ideation stage.
In 1982, E.T.
Whats more, the magical moment in which Elliott discovers E.T.
for the first time can never be replicated in any sequel.
Some things are best left alone, as the multiple revivals of SpielbergsIndiana Jonesfranchise have surely proven.E.T.
the Extra-Terrestrialis ultimately too close to home for Steven Spielberg to revisit its story in another movie.
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