LeChuck then throws the jewel to Murray, who is his second-in-command and still in possession of all of his body parts, commanding him to guard the jewel with his life. Suddenly, infuriated monkeys appear, chasing away LeChuck and his crew. The jewel is the final ingredient he needs to execute his evil plan. The pirate falls, and the jewel is taken from him by LeChuck, who appears in human form. The film starts out with a pirate stealing a glowing jewel, the "Eye of the Monkey", from the head of a stone monkey idol. The movie is in no way intended as a sequel or prequel to the games, existing in its own parallel timeline. There seems to be some amount of fan service, such as the appearance of Murray in living form, though he is now LeChucks first mate as opposed to a general minion. Mêlée Island remains the starting point of the story, while Monkey Island itself serves as home to the climax, but other new locations are introduced in between. However it seems that major players in the game world, such as the Voodoo Lady and Stan do not make an appearance. The relations of characters remain similar to their game counterparts as do their personality traits. Though a number of game characters appear and the protagonist and antagonist remain Guybrush Threepwood and LeChuck respectively, the plot of the movie seems to be a reboot of the franchise, ignoring the already established plots and backstories in favour of a completely fresh adventure. Included on the disc is a gallery featuring concept art from the cancelled film (some of which hasn't been seen before), as well as a storyboard, introducing several new characters, locations and concept to the Monkey Island universe. In 2011, with the release of the Monkey Island Special Edition Collection, a disc featuring the Special Editions of both The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, LucasArts for the first time confirmed the existence of a Monkey Island movie. So basically the first two PotC movies are the Monkey Island movie". The Monkey Island movie never got the green light and years later Ted Elliott wrote 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl', which took several ideas from Monkey Island. He asked Ted Elliott, a script writer who has worked on several Disney movies (including 'Treasure Planet') and on 'Steven Spielberg’s Director's Chair' game, to help with the story for the MI movie. "The really interesting thing is that the movie was going to be produced by Steven Spielberg (who is a big Monkey Island fan himself). The World of Monkey Island was contacted by a very reliable source, who wished to remain anonymous. Although I'd love to share some completely random unrelated pirate images I have lying around". "As far as a Monkey Island movie, I'm probably not allowed to confirm or deny in print for numerous, obscure contractual reasons. On March 29, 2006, an interview with Steve Purcell is published at The World of Monkey Island, in which he comments on his involvement in the movie project: He helped develop the project for awhile and his experience working on the games really helped". "The drawing was mine but the great painting job was done by Steve Purcell. In January 2005 Tony Stacchi confirmed his involvement. a year ago? Of course, this is old info and the project could very well have been resurrected by now, but the rumors that there was an MI movie in development aren't entirely untrue". There was a department somewhere in the greater Lucas empire that was tasked with developing screenplays for some of the more animated film friendly LEC properties, but the department was scrapped in the big reorganization about. "Best I heard is that there WAS a script in development, but no longer. Dominic Armato wrote the following on LucasForums on August 27, 2003.
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