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** Creator/RidleyScott would eventually make ''Gladiator II''.
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** Orson Welles' ''Film/TheOtherSideOfTheWind'', filmed between 1970 and 1976, finally saw release in 2018.
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** The "Not Coming Soon" section mentions how Creator/JossWhedon had been trying to make a ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' film going back to 2007. Creator/PattyJenkins' ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' would be delivered four years after the book was published and it became a huge SummerBlockbuster, setting box office records, making it the ninth highest-grossing film of the year and, along with ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', made star Creator/GalGadot the third highest-grossing star of the year, behind Creator/VinDiesel and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson.
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** The "Not Coming Soon" section mentions how Creator/JossWhedon had been trying to make a ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' film going back to 2007. Creator/PattyJenkins' ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' would be delivered four years after the book was published and it became a huge SummerBlockbuster, setting box office records, making it the ninth highest-grossing film of the year and, along with ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', made star Creator/GalGadot the third highest-grossing star of the year, behind Creator/VinDiesel and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson.
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** Creator/FrancisFordCoppola eventually managed to make ''Film/{{Megalopolis}}''.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Simon Braund gave ''The Hot Zone'' a 1/10 chance of ever being made, saying "Unlikely, unless Ebola hits the headlines again." That same year, it [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_African_Ebola_virus_epidemic did hit in West Africa]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_cases_in_the_United_States then in the U.S. in 2014]].
* HilariousInHindsight: The "Not Coming Soon" section mentions that Music/TheBeatles turned down an offer to appear in an adaptation of Joe Orton's ''Up Against It''. It's noted that another abandoned idea would have had them starring in an AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' and that Creator/StanleyKubrick thought the book was unfilmable. Creator/PeterJackson, anyone?
* HilariousInHindsight: The "Not Coming Soon" section mentions that Music/TheBeatles turned down an offer to appear in an adaptation of Joe Orton's ''Up Against It''. It's noted that another abandoned idea would have had them starring in an AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' and that Creator/StanleyKubrick thought the book was unfilmable. Creator/PeterJackson, anyone?
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: HarsherInHindsight: Simon Braund gave ''The Hot Zone'' a 1/10 chance of ever being made, saying "Unlikely, unless Ebola hits the headlines again." That same year, it [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_African_Ebola_virus_epidemic did hit in West Africa]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_cases_in_the_United_States then in the U.S. in 2014]].
* HilariousInHindsight: The "Not Coming Soon" section mentions that Music/TheBeatles turned down an offer to appear in an adaptation of Joe Orton's ''Up Against It''. It's noted that another abandoned idea would have had them starring in an AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' and that Creator/StanleyKubrick thought the book was unfilmable. Creator/PeterJackson,anyone?anyone?
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Some of the movies were later SavedFromDevelopmentHell, making the book this.
** An adaptation of Caleb Carr's ''Literature/TheAlienist'' in 1996 was scrapped. In 2018, Creator/{{TNT}} turned it into an [[Series/TheAlienist eight-episode series]], with Creator/{{Netflix}} getting the international rights.
** Creator/TerryGilliam's ''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote'', which was originally started in 1998, finally saw release twenty years later.
** Orson Welles' ''Film/TheOtherSideOfTheWind'', filmed between 1970 and 1976, finally saw release in 2018.
** The "Not Coming Soon" section mentions how Creator/JossWhedon had been trying to make a ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' film going back to 2007. Creator/PattyJenkins' ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' would be delivered four years after the book was published and it became a huge SummerBlockbuster, setting box office records, making it the ninth highest-grossing film of the year and, along with ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', made star Creator/GalGadot the third highest-grossing star of the year, behind Creator/VinDiesel and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson.
** Creator/NationalGeographicChannel turned ''The Hot Zone'' into a series in 2019.
** ''Film/GeminiMan'' was finally made in 2019 and ''Film/TheTrialOfTheChicago7'' in 2020.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The "Not Coming Soon" section mentions that Music/TheBeatles turned down an offer to appear in an adaptation of Joe Orton's ''Up Against It''. It's noted that another abandoned idea would have had them starring in an AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' and that Creator/StanleyKubrick thought the book was unfilmable. Creator/PeterJackson,
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Some of the movies were later SavedFromDevelopmentHell, making the book this.
** An adaptation of Caleb Carr's ''Literature/TheAlienist'' in 1996 was scrapped. In 2018, Creator/{{TNT}} turned it into an [[Series/TheAlienist eight-episode series]], with Creator/{{Netflix}} getting the international rights.
** Creator/TerryGilliam's ''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote'', which was originally started in 1998, finally saw release twenty years later.
** Orson Welles' ''Film/TheOtherSideOfTheWind'', filmed between 1970 and 1976, finally saw release in 2018.
** The "Not Coming Soon" section mentions how Creator/JossWhedon had been trying to make a ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' film going back to 2007. Creator/PattyJenkins' ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' would be delivered four years after the book was published and it became a huge SummerBlockbuster, setting box office records, making it the ninth highest-grossing film of the year and, along with ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', made star Creator/GalGadot the third highest-grossing star of the year, behind Creator/VinDiesel and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson.
** Creator/NationalGeographicChannel turned ''The Hot Zone'' into a series in 2019.
** ''Film/GeminiMan'' was finally made in 2019 and ''Film/TheTrialOfTheChicago7'' in 2020.
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*FunnyAneurysmMoment: Simon Braund gave ''The Hot Zone'' a 1/10 chance of ever being made, saying "Unlikely, unless Ebola hits the headlines again." That same year, it [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_African_Ebola_virus_epidemic did hit in West Africa]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_cases_in_the_United_States then in the U.S. in 2014]].
*HilariousInHindsight: The "Not Coming Soon" section mentions that Music/TheBeatles turned down an offer to appear in an adaptation of Joe Orton's ''Up Against It''. It's noted that another abandoned idea would have had them starring in an AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' and that Creator/StanleyKubrick thought the book was unfilmable. Creator/PeterJackson, anyone?
*HilariousInHindsight: The "Not Coming Soon" section mentions that Music/TheBeatles turned down an offer to appear in an adaptation of Joe Orton's ''Up Against It''. It's noted that another abandoned idea would have had them starring in an AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' and that Creator/StanleyKubrick thought the book was unfilmable. Creator/PeterJackson, anyone?
