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I’ve seen a lot of people saying that Hollywood/Amazon is going to completely rewrite The Mandela Catalogue, but do we actually have any evidence of that?
From everything that’s been announced so far:
Alex wrote the screenplay and is directing the movie.
The screenplay was already finished before it was pitched to studios.
Aaron B. Koontz said that the script was 100% Alex’s
He also said this isn’t Hollywood “watering down” the idea.
That doesn’t mean absolutely nothing can change during production. Every movie goes through revisions, scenes get shortened, dialogue gets tweaked, etc.
But based on what Aaron said, it doesn’t sound like Amazon bought the IP just to rewrite Alex’s story from scratch. It sounds like they bought Alex’s screenplay because they liked it.
Scott Stuber, Steven Spielberg/Amblin and Amazon MGM are producing and financing the movie, but as far as we know, Alex is still both the writer and director.
Obviously we don’t know the details of his contract, so nobody can say how much creative control he has.
I just think it’s a little early to assume Hollywood has already ruined the movie when one of the producers is publicly saying the exact opposite.
What do you guys think?

I was worried that Amazon mgm and Hollywood would completely rewrite the movie , but after reading Alex’s story showing what Aaron B. Kootz said on Twitter, I think I understand the situation better.
From what I understand:
Alex Kister wrote the screenplay before it was even pitched to studios.
The script was already finished when Amazon MGM bought the project.
Aaron Koontz said it’s “100% Alex’s vision” and that Hollywood isn’t watering it down.
Alex is also directing the movie.
Amazon MGM is financing and distributing it.
Scott Stuber and Amblin/Steven Spielberg are producing it.
So if that’s correct, does it basically mean Amazon and the producers are producing Alex’s screenplay, rather than replacing it with their own story?
I know changes can always happen during production, but it sounds like the core story is still Alex’s vision.

What scares me the most is the fact that he is working with Amazon…
I really love Steven spilbierg movies but disclosure day is dogshit and im scared they Will ruin the Mandela catalogue movie
Im not sure about Scott stuber since I have never seen one of his movies so idk about that…
Does anyone feel the same ?