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Hollywood can be a tough place to get a movie made. That applies even if you’re one of the most accomplished filmmakers of all-time. Throughout the history of movies, there are plenty of examples of film projects that never took off. But the most shocking thing? Some of these projects could have been really amazing.
For instance, Stanley Kubrick, the master filmmaker behind the likes of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ and ‘A Clockwork Orange’ never got to make his passion project ‘Napoleon.’ Steven Spielberg, yes, THE Steven Spielberg, couldn’t get his project ‘Night Skies’ off the ground. (He got a little too distracted by a project about a friendlier alien named E.T.) Guillermo del Toro, the filmmaker behind ‘Pan’s Laybrinth’ and ‘Hellboy,’ has always wanted to adapt H.P. Lovecraft’s short story ‘At the Mountains of Madness.’ Sadly, the project is far too expensive for studios to want to fund.
Other projects include Orson Welles’ attempt to adapt Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness,’ Tim Burton’s ‘Superman Lives’ and even a ‘Halo’ film based on the popular video game series. That movie had Neil Blomkamp attached as director with Peter Jackson attached as producer and it still didn’t make it to the big screen! Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Batman: Year One’ is yet another project we would love to have seen.
And this is just the beginning. There are tons of other examples of filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese not getting to make their passion projects. Let’s take a look at the entire list and try to figure out what happened.
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