Uncover the Untold Secrets of Screenwriting with Jack Epps in This Exclusive Go Into The Story Interview
“Well, we’ve got this project we’ve had in development over here,” because I’d never heard of it. Then, as I recall, there was a little bit of a race between the two projects. A strike was happening. We came out first but you won the box office.
Jack: You came about six months before us, but it affected our movie. In K-9, the dog doesn’t die so there was a pressure for us in Hooch to basically not have Hooch survive. Jim and I pushed back on that. We said, “Hey guys, really, you don’t want to do this. Audiences hate this stuff. Plus, you can make more of them.” The executives said, “Yeah, but what about Old Yeller?” I said, “Yeah, but no one went to see Old Yeller twice. You saw it once and never went back.”
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