 Originally the film was to be directed by Ridley Scott (qv) in  1989. Then brought Roland Emmerich (qv) from Germany to the United  States back in 1990 and at the time it was going to be a $90 million  movie. So 1990, thats a big budget. It was going to star  Sylvester Stallone (qv) and Kim Basinger (qv).  Joel Silver (I) (qv) was the producer and the executive producer  was Mario Kassar (qv). Rick Baker (I) (qv) was hired to create  special effects.