John Sayles wrote a semi-sequel to Incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo (1977) called 'Night Skies', about a group of hostile aliens that come to Earth and lay siege to an isolated farmhouse where a terrified family has barricaded itself inside. Spielberg decided not to go ahead with the rather dark project, but a subplot about the relationship between the lone good alien and an autistic boy inspired him to redevelop the concept as 'E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial". Interestingly, the idea of a family barricading itself in a farmhouse against hostile aliens bears a striking resemblance to Signs (2002), whose producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall are frequent Spielberg collaborators (Kennedy also co-produced E.T.).

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