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Movies that were announced but never happened...
I thought this would be an interesting thread to start. Last night I was thinking about some of the films that have been announced, rumored in the past but never actually happened or have been stuck in development for some time.
I remember reading an article some years ago about Anne Hathaway being cast in a biopic film of Judy Garland but nothing ever seemed to have come of it.
I also remember reading that actress Emma Thompson was looking to do a remake of My Fair Lady. various actresses were rumored with the last being Carey Mulligan but again nothing seems to have come of it.
I also remember for years there as been talk about reviving the Carry On films this seems to have been going on for some 15 years but still nothing.
What ones can other people remember?.
I remember reading an article some years ago about Anne Hathaway being cast in a biopic film of Judy Garland but nothing ever seemed to have come of it.
I also remember reading that actress Emma Thompson was looking to do a remake of My Fair Lady. various actresses were rumored with the last being Carey Mulligan but again nothing seems to have come of it.
I also remember for years there as been talk about reviving the Carry On films this seems to have been going on for some 15 years but still nothing.
What ones can other people remember?.
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Such a shame they never made it.
Buckaroo Banzai Vs The World Crime League.
A Janis Joplin biopic with Amy Adams
A Freddy mercury biopic
A film about Woodstock with Taylor swift playing Joni Mitchell
But considering both those films lost their studios a hell of a lot of money. it's understandable why they have been dropped.
It probably broke even or even made a little profit...but performed pretty badly in the US/Canada box office, which is more likely the reason for a follow up film being cancelled or put on hold.
When that finally fell through he used his extensive period research while making Barry Lyndon.
Spielberg is now panning to make it as a TV mini-series.
I will be shocked if they don't make another Terminator film sooner or later and Genisys was better than 3-4 (IMO)
Fantastic 4 will get another reboot in 5 years or less if Fox doesn't make one within 5 years the movie rights go back to Marvel/Disney.
*been due in the 'next year or so' for around a decade.
Producer Frederick Malmberg;
Fox may as well let the rights go there is no point flogging a dead horse.
Oh i hope so, so then it can finally get a proper Marvel adaptation. I don'r see Fox rebooting this for a third time, the latest one lost them alot of money.
That was a film called Superman Lives I believe. Warner Bros spent many years and $40 million plus developing various Superman films in the 90's. There are photos of Nicolas Cage in the costume for this, & there's a section in the 'An Evening With Kevin Smith' dvd on it, featuring absurd demands from the producers for the script, including they wanted a giant mechanical spider in the movie (It ended up in Wild Wild West!)
They made a film about the film that was never made:
http://www.tdoslwh.com/
Pretty interesting; some of the concepts look great, some (like the outfit) not so much.
btw I saw it via 'other means'.
This one?
https://oneroomwithaview.com/2014/08/17/best-films-never-made-18-paul-verhoevens-crusade/
I believe part of the reason "Crusade" was shelved was that the pitch reached "Saw"
levels of violence (including a lengthy castration scene
"Divine Rapture" starring Marlon Brando and Johnny Depp. This flick started filming in Ireland in 1995, then was cancelled due to financial problems. It got a lot of coverage in the Irish media at the time.
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/nov/26/brando-depp-divine-rapture