He also thought about a follow-up to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and began to develop a darker project he had planned with John Sayles called Night Skies in which malevolent aliens terrorize a family.
Ia juga berpikir tentang tindak lanjut dari film Close Encounters of the Third Kind dan mulai membangun proyek yang telah ia rencanakan bersama John Sayles berjudul Night Skies dimana para alien jahat meneror sebuah keluarga.