Orson Welles alone took longer than expected so here. More later,
Orson Welles
Born Orson George Welles. His early path follow largely the same, though one notable different is he doesn't accidentally stab Joseph Holland with a real knife during a production of Julius Caesar. his includes the War of the Worlds broadcast. Though his play
The Green Goddess is not lost. His first film is technically
Too Much Johnson, a short comedy he made In 1938. Welles released
Heart of Darkness (1941). This was his original idea for Citizen Kane and that film is further delayed as the Government acts Welles to make a propaganda Film and he adapts
The Shadow(1942). This is partly because OTL he was sent overseas to South America and procrastinated on working on
The Magnificent Ambersons, resulting in the studio editing it without him. The Shadow helps revolutionize Superhero films as a genuine genre early on mixed with the better made Film Serials of the era. Welles then makes
The Magnificent Ambersons(1943).
Journey into Fear(1944) is released with Joseph Cotton and Michelle Morgan in her American debut. Welles then makes The cancelled OTL
It's All True(1945) in South America which consists of story segments. It is then that he makes
Citizen Kane(1946) as ITTL his delays in South America never led him to be removed from Hollywood for a time. Hearst still attacks him. He doesn't direct
The Stranger due to John Huston being available. Welles goes to direct the
Around the World in 80 Days(1947), which is shot around the world. His next film is
The Way of Santiago(1948), which replaces OTL's
The Lady from Shanghai, which OTL was made because Welles was called and needed to make a movie and picked a random book off his shelf. That film involves a Nazi Conspiracy to attack America set in Mexico, similar to
Casablanca. He made
The Life of Christ(1949) in place of Macbeth. He plays Harry Line in
The Third Man but does not appear In Black Magic ITTL.
Macbeth(1951) is released in place of Othello ITTL. He did write a script for Erich Von Stroheim's
Portrait of an Assassin. He released
Moby Dick-Rehearsed(1955). Essentially a Film on his own screenplay of Moby Dick. which included Gordon Jackson, Christopher Lee, and Patrick McGoohan. This scene from the OTL 1956 adaptation with Welles in a cameo role is likely a close to what to expect:
Welles releases his version of
Don Quixote(1958) with Francisco Reiguera for Universal as he was working for Desilu at the same time. This delays
Touch of Evil(1962) as Heston was the one pushing for it and insisted Welles direct. Also butterflying away
The Trial. He then does
Catch-22(1965). He then does
Chimes at Midnight(1968) and then
The Deep(1973), followed by
The Heroine(1978). He then has three final film made between 1980 and his death, possibly provided he survives his heart attack. The first is Batman around 1980 or so as ITTL the 1978
Superman film was directed by Steven Spielberg, leading them to look for bigger talent for the OTL delayed until 1989 Batman film. Another cancelled OTL Film The Dreamers followed around 1983 or so, with his final film being a French funded adaptation of
King Lear, which was planned OTL but ended with his death.