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Men in Black Production Forced Dark Skies Into 11 Day Reshoot With 19 Demands
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"We received a call from the same executive. He says, I have to come over and talk to you. We were presented a list of 19 non-negotiable demands for what had to happen in our pilot. We had to reshoot our pilot. No elevators. No secret organizations in Washington, D.C. No autopsy. No alien autopsy. No farmer. I was told there can be no farmer in Dark Skies because we have a farmer in Men in Black."
Columbia TV, producing both Dark Skies and the Men in Black film simultaneously, forced Zabel to conduct 11 days of expensive pilot reshoots and issued 19 non-negotiable content restrictions including no black suits, no elevators, no autopsies, and no farmers. Executives threatened to shut down production and destroy the negative if Zabel refused. The aggressive legal action was unusual given both projects were at the same studio.
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