Initially he wanted to shoot a film based on their novel Dead Mountaineer's Hotel and he developed a raw script.
ɪnˈɪʃəli hiː wˈɔntᵻd tə ʃˈuːt ɐ fˈɪlm bˈeɪst ˌɔn ðɛɹ nˈɑːvəl dˈɛd mˌaʊntɪnˈɪɹz hoʊtˈɛl ænd hiː dɪvˈɛləpt ɐ ɹˈɔː skɹˈɪpt.