History DevelopmentHell / LiveActionFilm

* For about a decade now, various Hollywood studios have been wanting to produce a faithful adaptation of ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' that would take advantage of modern special effects, and possibly start a new franchise or cinematic universe of ''Literature/LandOfOz''-related films. This ''shouldn't'' be too hard, since the original novel is in the public domain, yet no project has officially entered production as of 2020, likely due to the fact that the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz 1939 musical film]] is still one of the most beloved films of all time, if not ''the'' most beloved, ensuring any new adaptation of the source material would have some [[AudienceColoringAdaptation pretty big shoes to fill]] on the eyes of the audience. Instead, various films have been made that tie into that film, the most notable being ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful''.

* The last film in The Divergent Series, ''Ascendance'', has officially entered this due to ''Allegiant'' flopping at the box office. There's been talk of making a television film or miniseries rather than a theatrical release, but Creator/ShaileneWoodley's stated disinterest in doing another installment makes even that questionable.

** A film adaptation has a tentative date of December 2019 but nothing has been heard of it other than its date.

* For about a decade now, various Hollywood studios have been wanting to produce a faithful adaptation of ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' that would take advantage of modern special effects, and possibly start a new franchise or cinematic universe of ''Literature/LandOfOz''-related films. This ''shouldn't'' be too hard, since the original novel is in the public domain. Despite this, no project has entered production, though there's talk of a mini-series. Instead, various films have been made that tie into the more well-known [[Film/TheWizardOfOz 1939 musical film]], the most notable being ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful''.

* Nickelodeon has been planning films for ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' and ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' since early 2015. However, nothing has come of these films since then. The reason for ''Korra'' being delayed is unknown, but in the case of the Dora, there could be two factors that led to the delay: one, its popularity has been decreasing among its target audience, due to it being dethroned by ''WesternAnimation/PawPatrol'' as Nick's big preschool show, as well as being beaten in the ratings by shows on rival networks such as ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' [[note]] which despite being aimed at older kids has a huge audience of toddlers [[/note]] and two, the spin-off, [[WesternAnimation/DorasExplorerGirls Dora and Friends: Into The City!]] [[ScrewedByTheNetwork was poorly treated by the Nick Jr]] after "We Save A Pirate Ship!" aired and had a toy line with poor quality toys.
** The ''Dora'' movie was finally made and released in 2019. There's still no info yet about ''Korra'' though.

* In 2006, Creator/HideoKojima announced a film adaptation of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' was in development by Sony Pictures. However, aside from the usual reasons for this trope (budget concerns, who to give the rights to), the fact that Kojima (understandably) was very picky about who should direct the movie caused more than a few hurdles. For a while it seemed like the movie was being scrapped, until Avi Arad (former CEO of Marvel Studios and producer of the movies in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse) came on board in 2013, reviving the project. A director (Creator/JordanVogtRoberts) has been brought on board and has been [[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/kojima-meets-with-metal-gear-movie-director-but-th/1100-6457912/ meeting with Kojima himself]] on writing the script. However, the movie is still being written and rewritten, and no other news (production team, actors, etc) has come out. Time will only tell if the movie ever will get off the ground.

* ''Film/MortalKombat: Devastation'', derailed by Hurricane Katrina. The studio had been set up in New Orleans.
** In late 2015, early 2016 it was announced that James Wan would produce a new ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' film for Warner Bros. Whether or not it'll materialize remains to be seen.
* ''Franchise/{{Onimusha}},'' due to the death of Creator/HeathLedger, who was to have played Roberto Frois from ''VideoGame/OnimushaDawnOfDreams''.

* Back in 2013, director Creator/JJAbrams and Valve talk into the idea of developing a film adaptation based on ''{{VideoGame/Portal}}'' and/or ''VideoGame/HalfLife'', despite its confirmation by Abrams himself in this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVTSO17pvhU footage]] and by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf9YgeMVe-I Clevver News,]] Both projects are very early in development and no studio has been attached to them yet.

* Creator/BradPitt was rumored to be interested in developing and star in a film adaptation of ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' back in 2010, but since then there’s been radio silence.

* Sony Pictures’ film adaptation of the 2005 UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 adventure game ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' has announced back in 2009. with Kevin Misher, producer of ''Film/TheScorpionKing'' and ''Film/TheInterpreter'', was at first negotiating to produce. On May 23, 2012, it was reported that ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'' director Creator/JoshTrank would be directing the film adaptation. On September 4, 2014, the film might finally move forward to become a reality as Variety reports that ''Film/{{Mama}}'' Creator/AndresMuschietti (who happens to be a fellow fan of the game) will be directing the film along with ''Hanna'' writer Seth Lochhead penning the script after Trank has dropped out in the wake ''Film/FantasticFour2015''. As of 2015, no cast or release date has been announced.

** The ''Franchise/TheFlash'' movie went through a tumultuous turnover of directors and writers regarding the direction of the film. Seth Grahame-Smith was originally hired as the director before being replaced by Rick Famuyiwa, who later dropped out over creative differences, leading to Warner Bros. settling on John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. However, production was repeatedly delayed due to star Creator/EzraMiller's commitment to the ''Film/FantasticBeasts'' series. Furthermore, Miller's dissatisfaction with the LighterAndSofter approach by Daley and Goldstein lead to him rewriting the script with aid of Creator/GrantMorrison to make it DarkerAndEdgier. Daley and Goldstein would later drop out with Creator/AndresMuschietti of ''Film/IT2017'' fame signing on to direct in July 2019 while the studio rejected Miller's rewrite and instead hired Christina Hodson to draft a new script. However, given Muschietti's commitment to both completing ''Film/ITChapterTwo'' and possibly directing an ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' adaptation, along with his desire to take a hiatus after completing ''It Chapter Two'', means that the ''Flash'' movie could be further delayed by several months if not years.

* The ''{{Franchise/Halo}}'' movie adaptation was talked about a great deal in the late 2000s, but nothing ever came to fruition. Mostly due to creative control and budgetary constraints/disputes. The resulting collapse of the initial project turned into ''{{Film/District 9}}''. Microsoft has currently stated the project is on hold.
** That said, a 90 minute 5-part web series titled ''Film/Halo4ForwardUntoDawn'' was released to promote the release of ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}'', and another one titled ''Film/HaloNightfall'' was released to promote ''The Master Chief Collection'' and ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians''.

* Due to several directors dropping in and out in the course of making the film, the movie adaptation of ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' is currently an example of this. As of Spring 2019, the project seems to be finally headed to being a reality with casting underway. The studio has cast Creator/TomHolland as a young Nathan Drake, narrowed down the list of actors to play Nathan’s mentor, Sully, to four people and the female lead, Elena, is being screen tested. In May 2019, when Sony announced a new venture called [=PlayStation=] Production to turn their video game IP into movies, the CEO of Sony said that the film is in "advanced development". A few weeks later the project was given a Christmas 2020 release date. However, the film suffered yet another setback when director Dan Trachtenberg left, with no immediate word on a replacement.

* ''{{Literature/Foundation}}'':

** Additionally, a Comicbook/KittyPryde movie was said to be in the works back in early 2018, with Creator/BrianMichaelBendis writing the script and ''Film/{{Deadpool}}'''s Tim Miller attached to direct. Like ''Gambit'' and ''Doctor Doom'', the project was seemingly killed by the Disney-Fox merger.

** An adaptation of the supervillain-centered comic ''ComicBook/{{Nemesis}}'' was to be directed by the late Creator/TonyScott and written by Joe Carnahan, but Scott left in 2012 to focus on ''Film/TopGunMaverick'', leaving Carnahan to fly solo on this one. There was a load of back-and-forth on whether it would get made at all, considering the rare status of a successful R-rated superhero film, much less a supervillain film, but considering the successes of ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'' and ''Film/{{Deadpool}}'', and the growing [[CashCowFranchise interest of other Millar properties]], the likelihood of this story being adapted isn't too bleak looking, despite the studio change from 20th Century Fox to Warner Bros.

** A fifth film can be made without Paramount's involvement ([[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-takes-control-indiana-jones-663704 Disney has purchased Paramount's distribution rights to future sequels]]), and it has been confirmed for 2020, with Spielberg, Ford, and ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull Crystal Skull]]'' writer David Koepp returning. But it has been confirmed to be the last, at least with Creator/HarrisonFord.

** The 4th ''Star Trek'' movie has been put on ice after the box office underperformance of ''Film/StarTrekBeyond''. Although Abrams and Paramount were confident in another installment, the financial failure of ''Beyond'' and many of Paramount's tentpole films led the studio to focus more on developing smaller budget movies. In 2018, Paramount greenlit both a main sequel directed by S. J. Clarkson and a spin-off directed by Quentin Tarantino. However, to accommodate the smaller budget of the sequel, the cast had their salaries reduced significantly, leading to Creator/ChrisPine and Creator/ChrisHemsworth dropping since they were originally promised lucrative pay raises that were agreed upon prior to ''Beyond'''s release. Abrams also vacated his role as producer and creative consultant after signing on to direct ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'', which lost its original director and undergone massive re-writes following the death of Creator/CarrieFisher. The death of cast member Creator/AntonYelchin (Chekov) also dampened much enthusiasm for future sequels. With no release dates for either film, the cast and crew have moved on to other projects, effectively ending the rebooted Kelvin timeline.

* No less than two Creator/JimHenson biopics were placed in development in the 2008-2011 period but never got off the ground. ''Henson'', written by Robert D. Slane, appears to have been a standard bio. ''The Muppet Man'', written by Australian actor/writer Christopher Weekes, was a more unorthodox story that was going to parallel Henson's life with Muppet scenes, and even have Muppet characters interact with Henson. In both cases, the Jim Henson Company refused to give permission to use the characters, which was really odd for ''The Muppet Man'', since they had actually bought the screenplay after it topped the annual Black List for the best unproduced screenplays. Creator/JimCarrey, Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio and Creator/HughJackman were all said to be in the running to play Henson. The Henson organization wasn't too thrilled with the way ''The Muppet Man'' delved into the collapse of his marriage, and couldn't work out a compromise with Weekes. Reaction to the screenplay among Muppet fans and bloggers was mixed, noting that Henson never sentimentalized his characters or regarded them as real, and that the script was a bit sloppy, with too many misspellings and Australian slang terms.

* No less than two Creator/JimHenson biopics were placed in development in the 2008-2011 period but never got off the ground. ''Henson'', written by Robert D. Slane, was apparently going to be a standard bio. ''The Muppet Man'', written by Australian actor/writer Christopher Weekes, was a more unorthodox story that was going to parallel Henson's life with Muppet scenes, and even have Muppet characters interact with Henson. In both cases, the Jim Henson Company refused to give permission to use the characters, which was really odd for ''The Muppet Man'', since they had actually bought the screenplay after it topped the annual Black List for the best unproduced screenplays. The Henson organization wasn't too thrilled with the way ''The Muppet Man'' delved into the collapse of his marriage, and couldn't work out a compromise with Weekes. Reaction to the screenplay among Muppet fans and bloggers was mixed, noting that Henson never sentimentalized his characters or regarded them as real, and that the script was a bit sloppy, with too many misspellings and Australian slang terms.

[[folder: Video game adaptations]]
* [[http://www.stories-llc.com/wp-content/uploads/Circle-of-Confusion-STORIES-Press-Release-12012016-.pdf This document]] details how there were projects to turn several Creator/{{Sega}} properties including ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast'', ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'' and ''VideoGame/{{Shinobi}}'' into "feature films and television series for worldwide releases". Yeah right... has anyone ever heard of any of these?

* An ''[[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]]'' movie was in the works as far back as 2011, with the film eventually announced as part of Marvel's Phase 3 slate for a November 2018 release date. Ike Perlmutter envisioned the Inhumans as a replacement for the X-Men, whose film rights still belonged to Fox at the time, and began aggressively pushing for the franchise to become the next big thing. As such, to help familiarize audiences with the brand ahead of the movie, Inhuman characters were introduced into the MCU during ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'''s second season, and also began popping up in other mediums like the ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' cartoon and various video games. However, in 2016, the film was unexpectedly pulled from Marvel's slate for reasons that have never been publicly revealed. Even after [[Series/TheInhumans an ill-fated TV series]] based on the franchise was announced, studio head Kevin Feige claimed that the movie was not cancelled and could still show up in Phase 4. Despite this, no further word was ever given on its status, and the eventual Phase 4 slate revealed in 2019 did not include ''The Inhumans''. Also not helping things is the fact that ''The Inhumans'' was the pet project of Ike Perlmutter, whom Feige is known to dislike, leading many to assume that the movie was placed in Development Hell as an act of spite. The confirmation of an ''[[Comicbook/TheEternals Eternals]]'' movie (which covers similar territory) for Phase 4 and the return of the X-Men to Marvel, as well as the eventual announcement of a live-action ''[[Comicbook/MsMarvel2014 Ms. Marvel]]'' Creator/DisneyPlus series set in the MCU (which will be overseen by Feige instead of Perlmutter), has seemingly made the project's revival even less likely.

[[folder: Anime and Manga adaptations]]

** Apparently, the producers got so far as that they needed Creator/StudioGainax to hand over the rights so they could finally get moving... and that's when things fell apart. When ADV went to buy the rights they had optioned, Gainax backed out, citing certain unfulfilled conditions. The producers lost their window with the studio (at least for the moment), and ADV is now suing Gainax over the rights. This happened Q3 2011, and no word has been heard since. Hideki Anno's Studio Khara later gained all rights to Eva, and it is currently devoted to ''Rebuild of Evangelion''. The release of ''Film/PacificRim'', which many considered to be sort of a SpiritualAdaptation of the series, probably didn't help either.

** [[http://deadline.com/2016/11/voltron-david-hayter-live-action-film-universal-dreamworks-animation-1201848630/ Things seemed to be looking up as of 2016]]. With Creator/{{Universal}} buying Creator/DreamWorksAnimation (the current owners of the ''Voltron'' franchise) and production of ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'', Universal appeared to be dead set on starting a ''Voltron'' multimedia franchise, going full-steam ahead with the movie and Creator/DavidHayter rumored to be attached as scriptwriter. However, following that latest incarnation of the series showing dismal merchandise sales, and Dreamworks hurrying to finish their commitment and wash their hands of the series, it remains to be seen if Universal still continues to see Voltron as a viable franchise, with no news since the announcement of the film, or for any additional Voltron related items. As of October 2019, there is no mention of any ''Voltron'' productions from either Universal or Dreamworks in their upcoming schedules (when prior a film had been listed by Dreamworks as “TBA”), which means that the film was likely quietly shelved.
* The live-action ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' film was announced sometime between 2005-2007 from Creator/20thCenturyFox, but nothing has come of it since. Creator/KeanuReeves (who is supposed to playing the lead character, Spike Spiegel) has given conflicting statements about his involvement in it. The last we heard anything from the project was in 2013.
** [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-06/sunrise-to-co-produce-live-action-cowboy-bebop-tv-series/.117094 A live action TV series is now in development.]]. {{Creator/Netflix}} picked it up and as per their Twitter [[https://twitter.com/nxonnetflix/status/1181192452440547329?s=21 filming began in October 2019]].
* The ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' live-action film has been this for a long time, with Creator/WarnerBros acquiring the rights back in ''2002'', and more and more prospective producers passing on the project (Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio was once attached). Every other hot young actor in Hollywood has been considered for roles in the movie (notably, Creator/JosephGordonLevitt, Creator/ChrisEvans, Creator/GarrettHedlund, and Creator/KristenStewart). Jaume Collett-Serra (''Film/HouseOfWax2005'') was once attached to direct before the project was halted over budget concerns. Creator/GeorgeMiller has confirmed that he turned down an offer to direct. Currently, Creator/WarnerBros has Marco Ramirez (Netflix's ''Daredevil'') attached to write with Creator/ChristopherNolan possibly involved in some way, and Justin Lin (''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' creator), David Sandberg (''Film/LightsOut''), Creator/JordanPeele (''Film/GetOut2017''), and Creator/TaikaWaititi (''Film/ThorRagnarok'') all in talks to direct, with the latter expressing the most interest. The film suffered yet another setback in July 2019 when negotations with Waititi broke down over casting disputes (Waititi wanted lesser-known actors playing the characters, while Warner Bros. pushed for [[StuntCasting big-name actors]]), resulting in Waititi signing on for ''Thor: Love and Thunder'' and the film losing its planned 2021 release date. In an [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2019-10-19/taika-waititi-comments-briefly-on-status-of-live-action-akira-film/.152411 October 2019 interview]], Waititi said the film was still going to be made, but it would need to wait until production on ''Love and Thunder'' wrapped up.

* The rights for a live-action Hollywood Franchise/LupinIII film were purchased back in 2003, and ads for the manga mentioned: "soon to be a major motion picture!"...but nothing ever came of it.
* In the late '90s, Disney was in talks to make a live-action movie based on ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' featuring Creator/GeenaDavis as Queen Beryl (and, depending on the source, Creator/AliciaSilverstone or Creator/KirstenDunst rumored for the title role). At the time, Disney owned [=DiC=], the then-US licensors of the ''Sailor Moon'' franchise. Save Our Sailors later reported that the project had been canceled to due to Kodansha, the Japanese publishers of the original manga, refusing to sell the rights. Not helping was the failure of two superhero films at then-rival Creator/WarnerBros, ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' and ''Film/{{Steel}}'', at the box office, the underperformance of the series itself in syndication, and the fact that both Davis and Silverstone (if the latter is credited as the one Disney was seeking for the title role) had recently starred in damaging box office bombs, including one of the two aforementioned superhero film {{Genre Killer}}s. [[http://variety.com/1997/voices/columns/magoo-goes-stunt-crazy-1117863071/ This ''Variety'' article]] from 1997 mentions that director Stanley Tong (who made the ''Mr. Magoo'' live-action film) was attached to the project.

[[folder: Comic book adaptations - DC]]

[[folder: Comic book adaptations - Marvel]]

* The fourth ''ComicBook/{{Blade}}'' [[Film/BladeTrilogy movie]] lapsed into this after the much-maligned ''Film/BladeTrinity'' failed to meet New Line Cinema's financial expectations and star Creator/WesleySnipes sued the studio and the film's director over being cut off the filmmaking processes and casting decisions. In 2008, [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison]] for tax evasion, [[ScrewedByTheLawyers directly resulting in Marvel revoking the film license from New Line/Warner Bros.]] [[FranchiseKiller and killing their franchise]] due to NLC/WB being deemed unable to produce a fourth film on time without Snipes. Ultimately Marvel announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2019 that Blade would be rebooted for the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse with Creator/MahershalaAli taking on the role.

** There was an idea for a female-centric team movie that would've had Creator/EmmaStone returning to play an alternate universe version of Gwen Stacy as Comicbook/SpiderWoman (ironically predating the creation of Comicbook/SpiderGwen). Comicbook/SilverSable was also planned to appear as one of the main characters.

* The third ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' film was placed on indefinite hold after Disney executive Alan Horn fired director James Gunn in July 2018 for some nearly decade-old offensive jokes made on Twitter (that he's sincerely apologized for). Although Disney and Marvel kept Gunn's script out of goodwill, the film lost its original 2020 release date when it became clear no director wanted to take over in light of the controversy, and several cast members, most notable [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Dave Batista]], threatened to leave in protest of Gunn's dismissal. Worse, it came out that the jokes were dug up by alt-right trolls trying to smear Gunn for his political views, thus discouraging anyone from associating themselves with the film. Three months after his firing, Gunn was hired by Warner Bros. to write and direct a new ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' film, making him even less likely to come back to MCU. Gunn's dismissal also led to the scrapping of many of the cosmic storylines that would take place after ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', since he was supposed to oversee them. Although Gunn was rehired in March 2019, the film still doesn't have a release date and production won't start until late 2020 at the earliest given his obligations to ''The Suicide Squad''.
* An ''[[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]]'' movie was in the works as far back as 2011, with the film eventually announced as part of Marvel's Phase 3 slate for a November 2018 release date. Ike Perlmutter envisioned the Inhumans as a replacement for the X-Men, whose film rights still belonged to Fox at the time, and began aggressively pushing for the franchise to become the next big thing. As such, to help familiarize audiences with the brand ahead of the movie, Inhuman characters were introduced into the MCU during ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'''s second season, and also began popping up in other mediums like the ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' cartoon and various video games. However, in 2016, the film was unexpectedly pulled from Marvel's slate for reasons that have never been publicly revealed. Even after [[Series/TheInhumans an ill-fated TV series]] based on the franchise was announced, studio head Kevin Feige claimed that the movie was not cancelled and could still show up in Phase 4. Despite this, no further word was ever given on its status, and the eventual Phase 4 slate revealed in 2019 did not include ''The Inhumans''. Also not helping things is the fact that ''The Inhumans'' was the pet project of Ike Perlmutter, whom Feige is known to dislike, leading many to assume that the movie was placed in Development Hell as an act of spite. The confirmation of an ''[[Comicbook/TheEternals Eternals]]'' movie (which covers similar territory) for Phase 4 and the return of the X-Men to Marvel, as well as the eventual announcement of a live-action ''[[Comicbook/MsMarvel2014 Ms. Marvel]]'' Creator/DisneyPlus series set in the MCU (which will be overseen by Feige instead of Perlmutter), has seemingly made the project's revival even less likely.[[/folder]]

[[folder: Comic book adaptations - other]]

* ''Comicbook/{{Witchblade}}'' was in development not too long ago. It seems to have been scrapped in favor of a movie about ''Comicbook/TheDarkness'', with Witchblade making a guest appearance. Although ''The Darkness'' seems to be in DevelopmentHell too, with no news about it for several years. In 2017, a reboot of the ''Series/{{Witchblade}}'' television series was announced.

** ''Film/{{Wanted}}'' was supposed to get a sequel, yet everyone involved in it got so busy (the director with ''Film/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter'', the protagonist with ''Film/XMenFirstClass'') that the producer has since said the movie "will not happen any time soon if at all." Creator/JamesMcAvoy then admitted that while he is still interested, the time in development hell and the studio's struggles to find a suitable script are all red flags.

* In early 2007, Creator/NewLineCinema bought the film rights for ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan''. The screenwriter got to work and the cameras were supposed to start rolling by Fall 2008. The script passed through many hands (even the comic's creator Creator/BrianKVaughan) but no one could crack compressing the story enough to fit into a movie's runtime while still staying true to the original series. Ultimately the director D.J. Caruso and his team pitched a trilogy to New Line (the first movie would have ended at issue #14) but were told it needed to be one movie. Caruso couldn't make it work and quit the project. By 2013, a new script that the studio felt was workable was written and then they hired a new director, aiming to shoot in 2014. However, the rights reverted back to Vaughan and co-creator Pia Guerra by the time it could start shooting. In 2015, Vaughan and Guerra optioned the rights for a show to debut on Creator/{{FX|Networks}} which was to debut sometime in 2019 or 2020, over a decade after the rights were first sold. Then, in April 2019, it was reported that showrunners Aida Mashaka Croal and Michael Green had exited the project during pre-production due to CreativeDifferences, leaving the show in limbo as well.
* The film adaptation to ''ComicBook/MouseGuard'' was picked up by Fox in 2016 and was ready to start shooting by May 2019 before it got caught up in the studio's merger with Creator/{{Disney}}. The new owners shut production down two weeks before filming was to begin as part of the studio's restructuring. Disney allowed the producers to shop the project elsewhere, but no one was intrested, and director Wes Ball confirmed the project dead in June 2019.

* A film adaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'' was announced to be in the works in 2016 with Adam [=McKay=] (''Film/{{Vice}}'' and ''Film/TheBigShort'') set to direct. As of 2019, no other news of progress has come out. Some wonder if ''Film/{{Brightburn}}'', a movie with similar elements as a deconstruction of Superman, might've put it on hold.

[[folder: Comic strip adaptations]]

[[folder: Literature adaptations]]
* In 2008, Handmade Films announced plans for ''Literature/{{Eloise}} in Paris'' -- A live-action adaptation of the Eloise book of the same name has been in development since late 2007-2008 and was to star Australian child actress Jordana Beatty for the title role alongside Creator/UmaThurman. A few years later and yet little, if any, development was announced. Now, Beatty's clearly too old to play the title character.

* Creator/TerryPratchett joked that the road to film for ''Literature/GoodOmens'' had become so long and complicated that even he stopped paying attention. He relied on fans at conventions and signings to keep him posted on the latest news/rumors. One such rumour was that Creator/RobinWilliams would play the angel.
** [[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a311115/neil-gaiman-teases-good-omens-tv-series.html Lo and behold! there is a four-part TV series in the works by now.]]

** Creator/TerryGilliam was also going to direct an adaptation of ''Literature/GoodOmens''. A script was completed in 2002, but the project has essentially been in Development Hell ever since. [[note]]It has made it to radio without incident, though, and a Netflix series is scheduled for 2019[[/note]]
* ''Literature/TheThreeBodyProblem''--This was actually filmed, but after two years, nobody knows when it will be released.

* The ''Literature/DragonridersOfPern'' has been in development hell since probably the '80s. At one time there was a TV series that was in production, but it was basically InNameOnly so it never went forward (most people see this as a good thing). A movie was supposed to be released last year (2009), but the date has been pushed back to 2011.

* An ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' adaptation has been talked about and rumored since at least 2001. A script has even been written and a director even signed on to do the film but it has never come through. It seems though the film might be back on track with Walt Disney Pictures, currently slated for release in 2019.
* The adaptation of Sister Souljah's urban fiction novel ''The Coldest Winter Ever''. The adaptation was rumored as far back as 01 or 02. But nothing ever came of it. Then in 05 Creator/JadaPinkett-Smith tried to get it off the ground as a producer but it fell through.
* ''Atuk'' based on a book by Canadian author Mordecai Richler was never filmed and is linked to a curse in which the actors who signed onto to star in it all met with untimely ends.

[[folder: Theatre adaptations]]
* Rumors of a ''Theatre/{{Cats}}'' adaptation have been floating around for over a decade but none have made it to development. In 2018, it was announced that Tom Hooper would be directing, with Sir Creator/IanMcKellen, Music/TaylorSwift, Jennifer Hudson and James Corden in the cast.
* A film version of ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' was desired almost as soon as the show made its London and Broadway debuts (1986 and 1988, respectively), but plans fell by the wayside until it was finally released in late 2004.

* The doomed ''Series/RedDwarf'' movie has a complicated history, mostly revolving around budget problems. It came very close to entering production in 2001, to the point where shooting schedules had been worked out and costume tests were being done, but a last-minute yanking of the budget brought the project to a standstill. Several restarts would be attempted over the course of 7 or 8 years, but ultimately nothing would come of it; when the television series (which had ended due to Doug Naylor's desire to focus on making the film) restarted various parts of the film's script was cannibalised for episodes (most notably "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonXTheBeginning The Beginning]]", which borrows much of the film's set-up, but a notorious set piece made its way into "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonXLemons Lemons]]").

* ''Ripley's Believe it or Not!''

* This is the current and probably permanent location of the proposed film of the television series ''Series/BlakesSeven'' since Paul Darrow (the actor who played Avon) resigned from the project due to "artistic differences".

** Good news came out in October 2017, when it was announced that the ''Dora'' movie was finally greenlit for release in 2019. There's still no info yet about ''Korra''.

* At one point there was talk of a ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' movie.
* The long-rumored ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' film seems to have faded away. The last mention of it was in 2011 when attached director D.J. Caruso announced it would be a prequel, and that he was looking over a script treatment. Since then, Visceral Games have indicated that they don't want to rush into a "cash grab adaptation", which is the likely reason for the holdup. Since then Creator/JohnCarpenter (Yes, ''that'' John Carpenter) expressed great interest in directing the film.
* Around in the late 2000s, Electronic Arts announced that a film adaptation of ''VideoGame/TheSims'' is in development at 20th Century Fox with producer John Davis and an animated series based on their title ''VideoGame/MySims'' is stated to be in the works at Creator/FilmRoman. However, several years later, both projects never materialized for unknown reasons.

* A film adaptation of ''VideoGame/KaneAndLynch'' has been in varying states of development over the years. Early information had Creator/BruceWillis and [[RaceLift Jamie]] [[Creator/JamieFoxx Foxx]] picked to play Kane and Lynch, respectively. A leaked 2007 draft of the script [[http://kotaku.com/5497820/first-impressions-of-the-kane--lynch-movie-script analyzed by Kotaku]] was not received well by fans due to a number of changes from the game, such as Lynch being a [[TheDitz ditzy]] TVGenius instead of an AxCrazy psychopath. Since then, the only news of the film was in late 2013, stating that Creator/GerardButler and Creator/VinDiesel were in talks to play the lead roles and [[Film/{{Hitman}} Skip]] [[Film/HitmanAgent47 Woods]] was writing the script.

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* ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' is another Hanna-Barbera property with a live action film stuck in development hell for decades. It was first announced in the early 90s when Turner began seriously pushing a revival of the franchise. Creator/RichardDonner expressed interest in directing, with production beginning in 1995 and filming scheduled for 1996, but it never happened. The project was revived in 2006 with Creator/ZacEfron attached to star as Jonny Quest and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson attached to star as Race Bannon, but once again, the project fizzled. In 2016, Creator/RobertRodriguez became the next name to be attached to direct a live-action ''Jonny Quest'' film, and Chris [=McKay=] (director of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie'') was attached in 2018, but time will tell on if it actually goes into production.

* ''The Story of Bonnie and Clyde'' has been delayed for several years. After Music/HilaryDuff, who was cast as Bonnie, became pregnant, the producers quickly replaced both leads fearing that the film would be delayed further if they waited for Duff to be available. That was back in 2011, and the film has yet to enter production. Given the December 2013 release of the A&E miniseries, ''Bonnie and Clyde'', starring Holliday Grainger and Emile Hirsch (which may or may not have ever been connected to the Hilary Duff remake), a feature film remake seem unlikely anytime soon.

** Jackson's estate [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/michael-jackson-estate-prepping-film-about-very-sp,65251 was shopping around]] a {{Biopic}} in late 2011, but nothing's been heard of it since. Given that his rise to superstardom was already covered (if sugarcoated) by the Jacksons-sanctioned (and since [[AdoredByTheNetwork ran into the ground by VH-1]]) 1992 MadeForTVMovie ''Jacksons: An American Dream'', and that his estate apparently doesn't want to bring up the mistakes and misfortunes that dominated his later years, there haven't been any takers.
* 20th Century Fox optioned William Monahan's script ''Tripoli'' in 2001, depicting the Barbary Pirate Wars. After Monahan's 2006 Oscar win for ''Film/TheDeparted'' its production was announced, putatively directed by Creator/RidleyScott and featuring Creator/RussellCrowe, Creator/KeanuReeves, and Ben Kingsley. Despite periodic claims of future release dates, it still hasn't been made.

* There are several movies about Creator/HarryHoudini, that were planned but never made:
** In 1932 Creator/RKOPictures considered making a biopic, with Paul Muni in the lead. For legal reasons Houdini's name could not be used, so Harry Houdini became Harry Pinetti. Titled ''Now You See It'' the first screenplay was written by Fulton Oursler, who knew Houdini personally. Oursler's screenplay followed Houdini's life very loosely and invented many fictional episodes. Then Kubec Glasmon was brought in to write a new screenplay. The project was then shelved, but in 1936 the Pinetti name resurfaced in treatment for a movie called ''Man of Magic'', which had nothing to do with Houdini. That movie was also never made.
** In the mid-30s Houdini's widow, Bess Houdini, approached Creator/ColumbiaPictures about a Houdini biopic, however, the studio's president, Harry Cohn, rejected it, claiming, that Houdini's life was not dramatic enough. Then Mrs. Houdini approached Paramount, which in 1936 announced ''Houdini the Great'', with a screenplay by Frank O’Connor and Dore Schary as producer. Schary later commissioned another screenplay by Pierre Collings. Paramount however eventually dropped the project and in 1944 Schary offered it to David O. Selznick. Selznick wanted Creator/AlfredHitchcock to direct it and Creator/CaryGrant or Joseph Cotten to star in it, but the Master of Suspense rejected it. Then William Dieterle was attached to the project as director and Garry Moore as Houdini, but the project soon died out.
** Producer Ray Stark tried to make his own Houdini biopic for many years. In 1969 he announced a stage musical about the King of Handcuffs under the title ''Hocus Pocus''. By 1974 this turned into a movie called ''The Magic Man: The Story of Houdini'', with James Bridges as director and Creator/JamesCaan as Houdini. However, the movie went through several screenwriters, as Stark was unsatisfied with them. At one point Stark wanted to turn the movie into a time travel fantasy. Then in the early-90s Stark managed to sign on Creator/RobertZemeckis as director, with Universal and Columbia co-producing the movie. However there was still no script, so in 1992 Zemeckis dropped out. By 1997 Stark managed to get a screenplay written by Stephen J. Rivele and Christopher Wilkinson and Creator/PaulVerhoeven signed on as a director, but he soon left the project. Up until his death in 2004, Ray Stark claimed, that he was in talks with Creator/AngLee to direct and Creator/TomCruise to star in his Houdini biopic, but the project went to the grave with him.

* ''Gray State'' was to be a dystopian action film about a Second American Revolution against a OneWorldOrder, largely rooted in the conservative/libertarian fears and conspiracy theories of its creator, David Crowley. Unfortunately, given Crowley's [[PaterFamilicide double murder-suicide of his family]], the film will likely never see the light of day. The only thing to come from it has been a Creator/WernerHerzog-produced documentary, titled ''A Gray State'', about Crowley and what drove him over the edge.

** An adaptation of the supervillain-centered comic ''ComicBook/{{Nemesis}}'' was to be directed by the late Creator/TonyScott and written by Joe Carnahan, but Scott left in 2012 to focus on ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' (which also seems to be comfortably settled here), leaving Carnahan to fly solo on this one. There was a load of back-and-forth on whether it would get made at all, considering the rare status of a successful R-rated superhero film, much less a supervillain film, but considering the successes of ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'' and ''Film/{{Deadpool}}'', and the growing [[CashCowFranchise interest of other Millar properties]], the likelihood of this story being adapted isn't too bleak looking, despite the studio change from 20th Century Fox to Warner Bros.

* The third ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' film was placed on indefinite hold after Disney executive Alan Horn fired director James Gunn in July 2018 for some nearly decade-old offensive jokes made on Twitter (that he's sincerely apologized for). Although Disney and Marvel kept Gunn's script out of goodwill, the film lost its original 2020 release date when it became clear no director wanted to take over in light of the controversy, and several cast members, most notable [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Dave Batista]], threatened to leave in protest of Gunn's dismissal. Worse, it came out that the jokes were dug up by alt-right trolls trying to smear Gunn for his political views, thus discouraging anyone from associating themselves with the film. Three months after his firing, Gunn was hired by Warner Bros. to write and direct a new ''Film/SuicideSquad'' film, making him even less likely to come back to MCU. Gunn's dismissal also led to the scrapping of many of the cosmic storylines that would take place after ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', since he was supposed to oversee them. Although Gunn was rehired in March 2019, the film still doesn't have a release date and production won't start until late 2020 at the earliest given his obligations to ''The Suicide Squad''.

* Similar to the cancelled/delayed ''[[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice Batman v Superman]]'' and ''Film/JusticeLeague'' SpinOff projects mentioned above, ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' was originally meant to be the start of a shared Spider-Man Cinematic Universe from Sony. A number of projects were supposed to be spun out of the movie, but when it underperformed at the box office and received negative reviews from critics, many of these plans were cancelled or at least put on hold. So far, the lone exception has been ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}'', which was eventually released in 2018 as a standalone film divorced from the continuity of the ''Amazing Spider-Man'' series.

* A ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' live-action film was announced in 2008 by Harmony Gold and Warner Bros. A certain Creator/TobeyMaguire was said to be producing it. Also heavily hyped was the announcement that Creator/LawrenceKasdan (yes, the same one who wrote ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', and ''Film/TheBodyguard'') had written a script. Things were looking up until the fans were informed that Mr. Kasdan's script was handed over to Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (writers of ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' and ''Herbie Fully Loaded'') for a rewrite. The script was then handed to another writer named Tom Rob Smith for yet another rewrite. Given the questionable sanity involved in not just going with a script by a lauded screenwriter (let alone entrusting it to a two mediocre writers and then one nobody to "rewrite"), ''Robotech'' fans were no longer optimistic that the film would be worth seeing if it was ever made. The rights were sold to Sony in 2015, completely abandoning the original project. Sony hopes to develop a franchise out of the property, but whether it actually happens remains to be seen. James Wan (''Film/{{SAW|I}}'', ''Film/FastAndFurious'') was attached to direct for a while, but as his plate was full through 2018 with ''{{Film/Aquaman|2018}}'' and ''Film/TheConjuring2'', the hell continued. As of September 2017, Andy Muschietti (''[[Film/It2017 It]]'') is now attached to direct with Jason Fuchs (''Film/WonderWoman'') attached to write. It was thought that a [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-14/harmony-gold-macross-mospeada-southern-cross-licenses-still-expire-in-2021/.121372 2017 ruling]] indicating Harmony Gold would lose the rights to everything ''Robotech'' related except the name (as the three original shows would revert to their original owners in Tatsunoko) would be the end of the film, only for Harmony Gold to renegotiate a license renewal for an unknown period of time. A major highlight of the renewal announcement was that a ''Robotech'' movie would come out, eventually, but given the tumultuous history of the film’s development, most doubt this.

* In early 2007, Creator/NewLineCinema bought the film rights for ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan''. The screenwriter got to work and the cameras were supposed to start rolling by Fall 2008. The script passed through many hands (even the comic's creator Creator/BrianKVaughan) but no one could crack compressing the story enough to fit into a movie's runtime while still staying true to the original series. Ultimately the director D.J. Caruso and his team pitched a trilogy to New Line (the first movie would have ended at issue #14) but were told it needed to be one movie. Caruso couldn't make it work and quit the project. By 2013, a new script that the studio felt was workable was written and then they hired a new director, aiming to shoot in 2014. However, the rights reverted back to Vaughan and co-creator Pia Guerra by the time it could start shooting. In 2015, Vaughan and Guerra optioned the rights for a show to debut on Creator/{{FX}} which was to debut sometime in 2019 or 2020, over a decade after the rights were first sold. Then, in April 2019, it was reported that showrunners Aida Mashaka Croal and Michael Green had exited the project during pre-production due to CreativeDifferences, leaving the show in limbo as well.

** A ''Comicbook/GreenLantern Corps'' movie was announced as part of the first slate of DCEU movies back in 2016, with a planned 2020 release date. In contrast to the [[Film/GreenLantern 2011 film]], the reboot was said to be a ''Film/LethalWeapon''-style take that would've seen veteran GL Hal Jordan mentoring John Stewart, the Corps' newest recruit. David Goyer and Justin Rhodes were announced as the movie's writers, with the GL Corps itself teased in ''Justice League'' (which showed a past Green Lantern fighting against Steppenwolf's army during a {{Flashback}} sequence). Following the failure of ''Justice League'' and the subsequent overhaul of the DCEU, Goyer and Rhodes presumably exited the project, as it was later reported that Creator/GeoffJohns had been hired to rewrite the script. There's been no update on the project since then, and the subsequent announcement of a big-budget ''Green Lantern'' TV series for the Creator/HBOMax streaming service has cast doubts as to whether WB still intends to do a movie.

* An ''[[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]]'' movie was in the works as far back as 2011, with the film eventually announced as part of Marvel's Phase 3 slate for a November 2018 release date. Ike Perlmutter envisioned the Inhumans as a replacement for the X-Men, whose film rights still belonged to Fox at the time, and began aggressively pushing for the franchise to become the next big thing. As such, to help familiarize audiences with the brand ahead of the movie, Inhuman characters were introduced into the MCU during ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'''s second season, and also began popping up in other mediums like the ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' cartoon and various video games. However, in 2016, the film was unexpectedly pulled from Marvel's slate for reasons that have never been publicly revealed. Even after [[Series/TheInhumans an ill-fated TV series]] based on the franchise was announced, studio head Kevin Feige claimed that the movie was not cancelled and could still show up in Phase 4. Despite this, no further word was ever given on its status, and the eventual Phase 4 slate revealed in 2019 did not include ''The Inhumans''. Also not helping things is the fact that ''The Inhumans'' was the pet project of Ike Perlmutter, whom Feige is known to dislike, leading many to assume that the movie was placed in Development Hell as an act of spite. The eventual announcement of an ''[[Comicbook/TheEternals Eternals]]'' movie (which covers similar territory) for Phase 4 and the return of the X-Men to Marvel, as well as the eventual announcement of a live-action ''[[Comicbook/MsMarvel2014 Ms. Marvel]]'' Creator/DisneyPlus series set in the MCU (which will be overseen by Feige instead of Perlmutter), has seemingly made the project's revival even less likely.[[/folder]]

* An ''[[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]]'' movie was in the works as far back as 2011, with the film eventually announced as part of Marvel's Phase 3 slate for a November 2018 release date. Ike Perlmutter envisioned the Inhumans as a replacement for the X-Men, whose film rights still belonged to Fox at the time, and began aggressively pushing for the franchise to become the next big thing. As such, to help familiarize audiences with the brand ahead of the movie, Inhuman characters were introduced into the MCU during ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'''s second season, and also began popping up in other mediums like the ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' cartoon and various video games. However, in 2016, the film was unexpectedly pulled from Marvel's slate for reasons that have never been publicly revealed. Even after [[Series/TheInhumans an ill-fated TV series]] based on the franchise was announced, studio head Kevin Feige claimed that the movie was not cancelled and could still show up in Phase 4. Despite this, no further word was ever given on its status, and the eventual Phase 4 slate revealed in 2019 did not include ''The Inhumans''. Also not helping things is the fact that ''The Inhumans'' was the pet project of Ike Perlmutter, whom Feige is known to dislike, leading many to assume that the movie was placed in Development Hell as an act of spite. The eventual announcement of an ''[[Comicbook/TheEternals Eternals]]'' movie (which covers similar territory) for Phase 4 and the return of the X-Men to Marvel, as well as the eventual announcement of a live-action ''[[Comicbook/MsMarvel2014 Ms. Marvel]]'' Creator/DisneyPlus series set in the MCU (which will be overseen by Kevin Feige instead of Ike Perlmutter), has seemingly made the project's revival even less likely.[[/folder]]

* An ''[[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]]'' movie was in the works as far back as 2011, with the film eventually announced as part of Marvel's Phase 3 slate for a November 2018 release date. Ike Perlmutter envisioned the Inhumans as a replacement for the X-Men, whose film rights still belonged to Fox at the time, and began aggressively pushing for the franchise to become the next big thing. As such, to help familiarize audiences with the brand ahead of the movie, Inhuman characters were introduced into the MCU during ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'''s second season, and also began popping up in other mediums like the ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' cartoon and various video games. However, in 2016, the film was pulled from Marvel's slate for reasons that have never been publicly revealed. Even after [[Series/TheInhumans an ill-fated TV series]] based on the franchise was announced, studio head Kevin Feige claimed that the movie was not cancelled and could still show up in Phase 4. Despite this, no further word was ever given on its status, and the eventual Phase 4 slate revealed in 2019 did not include ''The Inhumans''. Also not helping things is the fact that ''The Inhumans'' was the pet project of Ike Perlmutter, whom Feige is known to dislike, leading many to assume that the movie was placed in Development Hell as an act of spite. The eventual announcement of an ''[[Comicbook/TheEternals Eternals]]'' movie (which covers similar territory) for Phase 4 and the return of the X-Men to Marvel, as well as the eventual announcement of a live-action ''[[Comicbook/MsMarvel2014 Ms. Marvel]]'' Creator/DisneyPlus series set in the MCU (which will be overseen by Kevin Feige instead of Ike Perlmutter), has seemingly made the project's revival even less likely.[[/folder]]

* An ''[[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]]'' movie was in the works as far back as 2011, with the film eventually announced as part of Marvel's Phase 3 slate for a November 2018 release date. Ike Perlmutter envisioned the Inhumans as a replacement for the X-Men, whose film rights still belonged to Fox at the time, and began aggressively pushing for the franchise to become the next big thing. As such, to help familiarize audiences with the brand ahead of the movie, Inhuman characters were introduced into the MCU during ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'''s second second season, and also began popping up in other mediums like the ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' cartoon and various video games. However, in 2016, the film was pulled from Marvel's slate for reasons that have never been publicly revealed. Even after [[Series/TheInhumans an ill-fated TV series]] based on the franchise was announced, studio head Kevin Feige claimed that the movie was not cancelled and could still show up in Phase 4. Despite this, no further word was ever given on its status, and the eventual Phase 4 slate revealed in 2019 did not include ''The Inhumans''. Also not helping things is the fact that ''The Inhumans'' was the pet project of Ike Perlmutter, whom Feige is known to dislike, leading many to assume that the movie was placed in Development Hell as an act of spite. The eventual announcement of an ''[[Comicbook/TheEternals Eternals]]'' movie (which covers similar territory) for Phase 4 and the return of the X-Men to Marvel, as well as the eventual announcement of a live-action ''[[Comicbook/MsMarvel2014 Ms. Marvel]]'' Creator/DisneyPlus series set in the MCU (which will be overseen by Kevin Feige instead of Ike Perlmutter), has seemingly made the project's revival even less likely.[[/folder]]

* An ''[[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]]'' movie was in the works as far back as 2011, with the film eventually announced as part of Marvel's Phase 3 slate for a November 2018 release date. Ike Perlmutter envisioned the Inhumans as a replacement for the X-Men, whose film rights still belonged to Fox at the time, and began aggressively pushing for the franchise to become the next big thing. As such, to help expose audiences to the brand ahead of the movie, Inhuman characters were introduced into the MCU during ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'''s second second season, and also began popping up in other mediums like the ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' cartoon and various video games. However, in 2016, the film was pulled from Marvel's slate for reasons that have never been publicly revealed. Even after [[Series/TheInhumans an ill-fated TV series]] based on the franchise was announced, studio head Kevin Feige claimed that the movie was not cancelled and could still show up in Phase 4. Despite this, no further word was ever given on its status, and the eventual Phase 4 slate revealed in 2019 did not include ''The Inhumans''. Also not helping things is the fact that ''The Inhumans'' was the pet project of Ike Perlmutter, whom Feige is known to dislike, leading many to assume that the movie was placed in Development Hell as an act of spite. The eventual announcement of an ''[[Comicbook/TheEternals Eternals]]'' movie (which covers similar territory) for Phase 4 and the return of the X-Men to Marvel, as well as the eventual announcement of a live-action ''[[Comicbook/MsMarvel2014 Ms. Marvel]]'' Creator/DisneyPlus series set in the MCU (which will be overseen by Kevin Feige instead of Ike Perlmutter), has seemingly made the project's revival even less likely.[[/folder]]

* An ''[[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]]'' movie was in the works as far back as 2011, with the film eventually announced as part of Marvel's Phase 3 slate for a November 2018 release date. Ike Perlmutter envisioned the Inhumans as a replacement for the X-Men, whose film rights still belonged to Fox at the time, and began aggressively pushing for the franchise to become the next big thing. As such, to help introduce audiences to the brand ahead of the movie, Inhuman characters were introduced into the MCU during ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'''s second second season, and also began popping up in other mediums like the ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' cartoon and various video games. However, in 2016, the film was pulled from Marvel's slate for reasons that have never been publicly revealed. Even after [[Series/TheInhumans an ill-fated TV series]] based on the franchise was announced, studio head Kevin Feige claimed that the movie was not cancelled and could still show up in Phase 4. Despite this, no further word was ever given on its status, and the eventual Phase 4 slate revealed in 2019 did not include ''The Inhumans''. Also not helping things is the fact that ''The Inhumans'' was the pet project of Ike Perlmutter, whom Feige is known to dislike, leading many to assume that the movie was placed in Development Hell as an act of spite. The eventual announcement of an ''[[Comicbook/TheEternals Eternals]]'' movie (which covers similar territory) for Phase 4 and the return of the X-Men to Marvel, as well as the eventual announcement of a live-action ''[[Comicbook/MsMarvel2014 Ms. Marvel]]'' Creator/DisneyPlus series set in the MCU (which will be overseen by Kevin Feige instead of Ike Perlmutter), has seemingly made the project's revival even less likely.[[/folder]]

* An ''[[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]]'' movie was in the works as far back as 2011, with the film eventually announced as part of Marvel's Phase 3 slate for a November 2018 release date. Ike Perlmutter envisioned the Inhumans as a replacement for the X-Men, whose film rights still belonged to Fox at the time, and began aggressively pushing for the franchise to become the next big thing. As such, to help introduce audiences to the brand ahead of the movie, Inhumans were introduced into the MCU during ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'''s second second season, as well as popping up in in other mediums like the ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' cartoon and various video games. However, in 2016, the film was pulled from Marvel's slate for reasons that have never been publicly revealed. Even after [[Series/TheInhumans an ill-fated TV series]] based on the franchise was announced, studio head Kevin Feige claimed that the movie was not cancelled and could still show up in Phase 4. Despite this, no further word was ever given on its status, and the eventual Phase 4 slate revealed in 2019 did not include ''The Inhumans''. Also not helping things is the fact that ''The Inhumans'' was the pet project of Ike Perlmutter, whom Feige is known to dislike, leading many to assume that the movie was placed in Development Hell as an act of spite. The eventual announcement of an ''[[Comicbook/TheEternals Eternals]]'' movie (which covers similar territory) for Phase 4 and the return of the X-Men to Marvel, as well as the eventual announcement of a live-action ''[[Comicbook/MsMarvel2014 Ms. Marvel]]'' Creator/DisneyPlus series set in the MCU (which will be overseen by Kevin Feige instead of Ike Perlmutter), has seemingly made the project's revival even less likely.[[/folder]]