Line #54 DevelopmentHell/LiveActionTV


1	* A movie adaptation of ''Literature/{{Phenomena}}'' was publicly announced early in 2012, but nothing new came up. One and a half years later, during the summer, a Twitter account surfaced called [=@PhenomenaWriter=], led by the script writer for the pilot as he wanted to adapt it into a TV series. The first script was rejected despite Creator/RubenEliassen liking it. He finally got a script accepted late in 2014 and they tried to get funding on AFM. This has been difficult, probably because the books haven't been translated into many languages (including English). Attempts to find fundings are still ongoing.
2	* Creator/DisneyChannel:
3	** ''Dreamfinders'' was a planned original series that was to be aired on the channel when it first launched in 1983. Based off the Ride/JourneyIntoImagination attraction, it would have featured Dreamfinder (or Old Eli, as he was to be named) and Figment taking kids to the "Realm of Imagination" to find solutions to real world problems and dealing with a villain named Fear and his minions (who sought to destroy the aforementioned "Realm of Imagination"). At least one script was written, and an actor had even been cast in the role of Dreamfinder, [[https://youtu.be/icwT0VlAkeU briefly appearing on the channel's launch countdown]] (skip to 1:23). Unfortunately, no episodes were ever completed and the show fell into this trope, with no chance of it happening in sight.
4	** ''Series/{{JONAS}}'' suffered from this. The original plan for the show was to have it's stars, Music/TheJonasBrothers, serving as a front for a group of secret agents (think a ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' meets ''Series/HannahMontana'' hybrid) with the name standing for "'''J'''unior '''O'''peratives '''N'''etworking '''A'''s '''S'''pies). For whatever reasoning, that didn't fly, resulting in {{Retool}} after [=retool=], ultimately culminating in a more standard sitcom (albeit sans LaughTrack). Then after a botched launch on Saturdays running against ''Series/ICarly'', it went through yet another retool after the first season, and with the Jonas Brothers' popularity fading among teenagers, it was retooled with a more dramatic tone in the second season, renamed ''JONAS LA'', and was cancelled soon afterwards.
5	** A TV show based on the novel series ''The Cheetah Girls'' was announced by Creator/DisneyChannel to premiere in 2003; however, it was cancelled after filming only four episodes, none of which aired. Instead it became ''Film/TheCheetahGirls'' film, which spawned two sequels.
6	* ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' was planned to have a movie which would take place after the events of the TV series, but the staff could never come up with a script that really suited the idea, and after spending five years in Development Hell the plans were finally canned for good in 2006. It didn't help that Joe Odagiri would never come back to reprise his role due to Shigenori Takatera being fired due to the Troubled Production of ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki.''
7	* The team behind ''Human Giant'' announced that MTV had allowed them a third season. Unfortunately, they couldn't film much because Aziz was busy on ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''. Since then, nothing has been said.
8	* The Sci-Fi Channel announced in 2002 that they would produce a ''Series/QuantumLeap'' television movie featuring Sam's daughter as a new leaper. A proposed release date of 2004 was given, and the movie's writer even gave a ''QL'' fansite [[http://www.quantumleap-alsplace.com/quantum2/castandcrew/treycallawayinterview.htm an interview]] about the plot, but ultimately nothing ever came of it.
9	* A few years ago, a planned live-action ''Franchise/StarWars'' TV series was announced, but since then there hasn't been much news about it. Reportedly, it would be a DarkerAndEdgier episode-based show that focused on the minor characters of the series rather than the main storyline, and took place between Episodes III and IV.
10	** It seemed to pick up a bit after the CGI WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars started doing well, but has been put on hold because they couldn't figure out how to do Star Wars on a TV show budget. The title has been announced to be ''Series/StarWarsUnderworld''.
11	*** Since then, Disney bought the franchise and immediately set about making a new trilogy, plus several spin-off movies with the aim of making one Star Wars movie a year after 2015. Given the amount of money Disney are funneling into the new movies, it's looking very, very unlikely that Star Wars: Underworld will ever be made, with an official live-action series being realised in 2019 via “Series/The Mandalorian”.
12	* ''Series/{{ER}}'''s {{Pilot}} script was written in 1974 but the show wasn't filmed until 1994.
13	* Adapting ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' over to ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' was a very difficult task. There are reports that Haim Saban had been planning to adapt ''Series/ChoudenshiBioman,'' which was made 8 years before. [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers The first season to be]] adapted ended up being ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger.''
14	** Also Marvel planned to adapt Super Sentai into Power Rangers with Executive Margaret Loesch being laughed out of building similar to Saban. Loesch eventually gave up and the rights reverted back to Toei, but as fate would have it Loesch was the very person who gave Haim Saban the go ahead to do the series.
15	* ''Entertainment Weekly'' reported in 2010 that a {{remake}} of ''Series/TheWildWildWest'' (the series, not [[Film/WildWildWest the movie]]) was being developed by Ron Moore and Naren Shankar for CBS; exactly nothing else about the project has been announced since then.
16	* {{Creator/HBO}} and producer Scott Rudin [[https://www.facebook.com/IndieGameTheMovie/posts/352368818109093 optioned to develop a television series based on ''Indie Game: The Movie'']] back in 2012. However, it seems unlikely to ever be materialized due to [[http://deadline.com/2012/07/hbo-and-scott-rudin-end-their-deal-307179/ Rudin’s unexplained antics causing his exclusive deal with HBO to end and putting their other projects into jeopardy.]]
17	* A spinoff from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' focusing on Giles to be called ''Ripper'' was on the drawing board for years once the original show ended in 2003. It's probably safe to say the [[Series/{{Angel}} actual spinoff]] will remain the only one...
18	** A reboot was announced in 2018, with Monica Owusu-Breen as the showrunner and Creator/JossWhedon as an executive producer. Nothing about the reboot has been announced since then. The sale of Fox to Disney as well as the multiple allegations against Joss Whedon have made it less likely that the show will actually make it to air.
19	* No fewer than ''ten'' pilots were made between 1996 and 2010 for a revival of the ''Series/{{Pyramid}}'' game show franchise. Even with a successful revival from 2002 to 2004, the pilots just kept coming in the subsequent years. A revival launched on Creator/{{GSN}} for a short time in 2012, and another finally started in 2016 on Creator/{{ABC}}.
20	* In September 2011, FX started advertising a series called ''Untitled Jersey City Project'' with a vague "Coming Soon" mention (which probably meant it would start in Winter 2012). Cut to Summer 2012 and the show still hasn't aired (and according to some reports, the show was never intended to air and was instead supposed to be an ad for the Audi A6).
21	* The fourth series of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' ended on a massive cliffhanger, and Creator/RussellTDavies said that he intended to do a fifth season in America (where part of the fourth series was filmed.) Unfortunately, his partner fell ill, requiring him to move back to the UK so they could be closer to their families while he underwent treatment. While there, he started developing ''Series/WizardsVsAliens'' as a replacement series for ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures.'' The majority of the cast have said they'd like to do more, but there's no definite answer regarding when or if that'll happen. It didn't help that "Miracle Day" was not very well [[BrokenBase received]].
22	* Between 1999 and 2016, there were at least two attempts to revive ''Series/MatchGame'': One in 2004 was titled ''What the Blank?!'' and intended for FOX; the other was to have aired on TBS in 2008. Both stopped at the pilot stage. Going back even further, three revivals have been produced since 1982 and none have lasted a full season, counting ''Series/TheMatchGameHollywoodSquaresHour'' (two more attempts in the mid-80s were unsuccessful). Ultimately, a revival joined Creator/{{ABC}}'s lineup alongside a new version of ''Series/{{Pyramid}}'' in 2016.
23	* The American version of ''Series/RedDwarf'' never got past the two pilots made. NBC wanted to create their own version but couldn't capture the spirit of the series.
24	* The only classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' story with half or more of its episodes surviving that has never been released on DVD is "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E5TheUnderwaterMenace The Underwater Menace]]", because the animation studio commissioned to replace the missing episodes 1 and 4 decided to 'focus on higher priority projects'. (A trailer for it had already been released as a special feature for the DVD release of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E6TheMoonbase The Moonbase]]".) This fuels speculation on the "omnirumour" (a theory that holds all/most of the ''Who'' {{Missing Episode}}s have been found and Creator/TheBBC is [[ForTheEvulz keeping them hidden]]) - some people theorise that the BBC is refusing to pay for animated recons of the episodes, because the original episodes were found during the animation development process. However, the animation quality of the recons has been [[ArtEvolution steadily increasing]] (note the beautiful {{Animesque}} "The Moonbase"), so a more plausible theory is that the complexity got to the level where it was significantly more difficult and expensive for the animators to do it than anticipated.
25	* At one point in time there was talk of a ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' TV show. But so far nothing has emerged. There has, however, been a fan series announced called Fallout Revelations at Comic Con 2016. Then in summer of 2020 it was announced that the creators of ''Series/{{Westworld}}'' would be developing it for Amazon.
26	* There was also ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaBloodAndChrome Blood and Chrome]]'', a prequel series to ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica\|2003}}''. Three webisodes were made for Website/YouTube. But after that nothing else was heard about the prequel series.
27	* It was always insisted upon that ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' did not necessarily represent the last appearance ever of any of the original Enterprise crew, just the last appearance of them together. And indeed, they have made sporadic individual appearances up to and including the present day. Knowing that Sulu was now captain of the Excelsior, producers gave fans the idea that they were considering a series (or even movies) about Captain Sulu. Nothing was ever done to discourage these rumours. Nor, however, was anything done to prove that anyone was seriously ever working towards the adventures of Captain Sulu. Most agree that they may have seriously considered it but ultimately elected to focus on the current generation and limit appearances by original crew characters to cameos and guest appearances, and a straight continuation of 'the original ''Enterprise'' crew going about on their adventures' seems very unlikely given Creator/LeonardNimoy's death.
28	* Another reboot of the ''Franchise/{{Degrassi}}'' franchise[[note]]''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' was itself a reboot[[/note]] was announced in January 2022, nearly 5 years after the unceremonious end of ''Degrassi: Next Class''. It was intended to be a HBO Max original production with new showrunners, with franchise co-creator (and sole creative mainstay since [[Series/TheKidsOfDegrassiStreet the beginning]]) Linda Schuyler serving as a consultant. Although it was due to be released in January 2023, the initial announcement was followed up with absolutely no updates, and the controversial Warner Bros. Discovery merger put a damper on hopes that the reboot would happen. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it was revealed in November 2022 that HBO had scrapped the new ''Degrassi''. However, while [[CommonKnowledge many still believe it to be cancelled for good]], both WildBrain and Linda Schuyler have said that there are still plans to make it happen; in an August 2023 podcast interview, Schuyler mentioned that there was a new pitch in the works, but mentioned that because it required an American partner, plans were greatly affected by the then-ongoing Hollywood strikes, meaning that while not cancelled, production is still in limbo.
29	* Creator/MarvelComics:
30	** A ''Comicbook/MoonKnight'' TV show was announced in 2006, and writer Jon Cooksey confirmed he was working on it in 2008, nothing more has been heard since. Years later, a Creator/DisneyPlus series set in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse [[Series/MoonKnight2022 was made instead]].
31	** A ''[[Comicbook/NewWarriors Night Thrasher]]'' TV show for the Creator/{{UPN}} was announced in 2002, with the character billed as "A superhero for today's generation." Work began on a pilot script, but nothing further was ever reported about the project.
32	** Creator/GuillermoDelToro was working on a new ''[[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]'' live-action show for a while, but the project was shelved after the Hulk became a BreakOutCharacter in ''Film/{{The Avengers\|2012}}''. Del Toro has said there is still a slight chance the project could happen, but that it gets less likely with each passing day.
33	** Likewise, Creator/JephLoeb announced a ''Comicbook/{{Mockingbird\|MarvelComics}}'' series alongside the aforementioned ''Hulk'' show in 2011. The show would've featured Bobbi Morse as a college freshman working for Comicbook/{{SHIELD}}, with the plot revolving around her trying to balance her double life as a student and a spy. The series was presumably buried for good when an alternate take on Bobbi Morse was introduced on ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' instead.
34	** Speaking of which, there were plans for Mockingbird and Lance Hunter to star in an ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' SpinOff called ''Marvel's Most Wanted''. ''S.H.I.E.L.D.'''s Season 2 finale was meant to set up the new series, but plans were delayed when ABC passed on the project. Another attempt was made the following season, with Mockingbird and Lance being written out of the show and Marvel filming a pilot for ''Most Wanted'', which featured Delroy Lindo as Dominic Fortune. Things then fell apart again when ABC rejected the pilot, with the show's fate seemingly being sealed when Creator/AdriannePalicki left to join the cast of ''Series/TheOrville''.
35	** An Comicbook/XMen show called ''Hellfire'' was announced alongside ''Series/{{Legion\|2017}}'', with plans to air on Fox. The series would have seen a secret agent trying to thwart the Hellfire Club's plans for world domination during TheSixties, similar to ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. Fox ultimately passed on ''Hellfire'' in favor of ordering ''Series/TheGifted2017'', a different X-Men show.
36	* Creator/DCComics:
37	** Franchise/WonderWoman:
38	*** In the 90s, Creator/WarnerBros announced plans for a live-action ''Wonder Woman'' pilot, but it fell apart before filming began. Comic book artist Nicola Scott was actually one of the women who auditioned for the lead role, and made it to the final round before the plug was pulled.
39	*** Warner Bros. announced in 2011 that a LiveActionAdaptation of ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' was to be produced as a series. Creator/{{NBC}} picked up [[Series/WonderWoman2011Pilot a pilot]] after initially turning it down. However, after the pilot was finished and screened to the standards & practices division, NBC turned it down, knowing it will not be something the audiences and fans alike will enjoy.[[note]]And upon the pilot's leak to the net, they were right.[[/note]]
40	*** In 2012, it was announced that the Creator/TheCW was pursuing a ''Series/{{Smallville}}''-style series called ''Amazon'', which would have focused on a teenage version of Diana in the years before she actually became Wonder Woman. Initial casting began after Allan Heinberg wrote the script, with the CW aiming for a debut during the 2014/2015 television season. The project was eventually put on hold in favor of ''Series/{{The Flash\|2014}}'', and was later shelved indefinitely. The announcement of ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' seems to have ensured the project will never see the light of day, as DC/WB generally dislikes having conflicting live-action versions of their characters.[[note]] For instance, a planned Harley Quinn appearance on ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' was nixed to avoid confusion with the ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' movie.[[/note]]
41	*** In late 2020, it was announced that the CW was developing a ''Comicbook/{{Wonder Girl\|Infinite Frontier}}'' series from Creator/GregBerlanti and ''Series/QueenOfTheSouth'''s Dailyn Rodriguez. The show would have followed Yara Flor, a young Latina immigrant who becomes a superhero after discovering that she's the daughter of a Brazilian river god. Just a few months later, Rodriguez revealed that the CW had passed on the project.
42	** A ''Series/{{Smallville}}''-style series called ''The Graysons'' was in the works at The CW for a while. The series would've focused on a young [[AdaptationNameChange DJ Grayson]] in the years leading up to the murder of his parents and his subsequent transformation into Comicbook/{{Robin}}. The CW ordered a pilot, but the whole series was scrapped for not fitting with WB's plans for the Batman franchise at the time. Dick Grayson would eventually headline a live-action DC show, ''Series/{{Titans\|2018}}'', though it takes place long after he became a superhero. ''Titans'' itself was formerly in this trope, having been in development since 2014 but only began airing in 2018.
43	** In 2013, the CW announced that they were developing a series based on Hourman from the ''[[Comicbook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA]]''. In a departure from the comics, the series would've been a mostly InNameOnly adaptation about a young man who discovers that he has the ability to see tragic events an hour before they occur. No further news about the project was released after the initial announcement, however. An alternate (and more comic-accurate) take on the Hourman character was introduced as a minor character in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', and another incarnation had a starring role in ''Series/{{Stargirl\|2020}}''.
44	** Back in 2014, a live-action ''Comicbook/{{Static}}'' show was said to be in the works from Reginald Hudlin and WB's Blue Ribbon division. Nothing more was ever revealed about the series.
45	** In 2019, a ''Comicbook/GreenLantern'' series was announced for Creator/HBOMax, with Creator/GregBerlanti producing and Seth Grahame-Smith and Marc Guggenheim attached to write. Described as a SpaceOpera spanning several decades, the show was said to feature multiple Green Lanterns like Alan Scott, Guy Gardner, Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz across different time periods, with Comicbook/{{Sinestro}} serving as an antagonist. The project was also said to be the most expensive DC series to date, with a lavish production budget similar to the ones enjoyed by the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] and ''Franchise/StarWars'' shows on Creator/DisneyPlus. Development on the series moved slowly, with Creator/JeremyIrvine and Creator/FinnWittrock joining the cast as Alan and Guy, respectively, in 2021, before a long news drought. Near the end of 2022, following the purchase of WB by Discovery, it was announced that the series was being heavily {{ReTool}}ed, with Grahme-Smith exiting the project and the scope being drastically narrowed for budgetary reasons. In January 2023, it was confirmed that Berlanti had left ''Green Lantern'' as well, and that it had been redeveloped into a new series entitled ''Lanterns'' as part of Creator/JamesGunn's reboot of the [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse DCEU]] following the establishment of Creator/DCStudios. Now described as a sci-fi PoliceProcedural, ''Lanterns'' will reportedly follow John Stewart and Hal Jordan (the two most famous Green Lanterns) as the protagonists instead of the original plan for multiple separate [=GL=]s across many years.
46	** A ''Strange Adventures'' anthology series was also announced alongside ''Green Lantern'', with a similarly large budget. The series was said to explore some of DC's lesser known heroes and villains, with Creator/KevinSmith attached to write and direct an episode focusing on Comicbook/JimmyOlsen and Comicbook/{{Bizarro}}. After a few years without any updates, Smith confirmed in 2022 that development on ''Strange Adventures'' had ceased due to the WB-Discovery merger.
47	* A television series following up on the film ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'' was proposed after the film's success, but cancelled due to budgetary concerns.
48	* In 2011, it was announced that Prime Focus -- the company that made the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' {{Made for TV Movie}}s -- were in discussions with Creator/TerryPratchett concerning a TV series based on the Watch, which Sir Terry described as ''[[Series/CSIVerse CSI]]: Ankh-Morpork''. In 2012 it was announced that this was now being done by Sir Terry's own production company Narrativia, and that Creator/TheBBC Worldwide were very interested and were bandying about terms like "the next ''Series/DoctorWho''". Since then, the only word is that it is still progressing, but only once they're sure they can do it ''right''. In October 2018, there was a press release from BBC America which basically said "Yes, this is actually happening". In 2021, we got ''Series/{{The Watch\|2021}}''. Whether they did it "right" is another question.
49	* Various attempts have been made to get an adaptation of Creator/VCAndrews's Literature/LandrySeries made. First by CBS (who had also bought the rights to the Literature/CutlerSeries) in the mid-90s as a four hour miniseries, which was canceled after the executive who wanted it was no longer apart of the network. CBS tried again in 2002, which quickly went nowhere. Lifetime then started development for a miniseries under the title ''The Landry'' in 2007, but the writers' strike disrupted those plans and the possibility of moving to another station came up due to money issues with the Lifetime before it was abandoned. In 2013, it was announced that the project was going on again, and development started in 2014, with rumors of Warner Bros. Television involved.
50	* It was announced back in 2013 that there would be a live-action TV series of ''Manga/{{Monster}}'', produced by Creator/GuillermoDelToro and Creator/{{HBO}}. As of 2015, there's no information yet considering that Del Toro is notoriously known [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder for having a lot of projects on his hands]].
51	* The concept for the game show ''Combination Lock'' has been floating around the game show industry since 1996, when it was piloted for the UK with Ross King hosting. Pilots were shot in 2006 and 2007 with Marc Summers and Ty Treadway respectively hosting, but neither was picked up due to King World being merged into CBS Television. The 2007 pilot was filmed alongside a revival of ''Series/TheJokersWild'' which also never made it to air.
52	* Creator/TheCW began discussing the possibility of a ''Film/BattleRoyale'' adaptation for TV in 2012, but [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents a spate of high profile school shootings]] have made it extremely unlikely that the show (which would have focused on high school students killing each other with weapons) will ever make it to air.
53	* Two examples involving 1985 Sci-fi/Horror film ''Film/Lifeforce1985'':
54	** In November 22, 2013, Ringleader Studios announced the acquisition of the rights to develop a TV Series based on Creator/ColinWilson's ''The Space Vampires''. At the point of this writing (August 2016) no further news on the project are available.
55	** In May 5, 2015, Chiller TV announced a TV series based on Creator/TobeHooper's ''Lifeforce'' that was supposed to be out by the end of the same year. As of August 2016, no further news on the project was available, and considering the Chiller network later [[NetworkDeath shut down in 2017]], it's safe to call this one dead.
56	* Back in 2012 or 2013, there was talks of a live action ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' TV show called "Arklay", which had a well received proof of concept short, but so far nothing else has been heard about it. Another show based on the franchise was announced in 2019, but that has since been delayed.
57	%%* A few years ago there was gonna be a darker reboot of ''Captain Power''.
58	* The Creator/StevenSpielberg-produced Halo TV show for Showtime. Announced at E3 and hadn’t been heard from for two years, before Pablo Schreiber was confirmed in April 2019 to be playing the role of Master Chief. Showtime advertised the show for the first quarter of 2021, only for several delays and a shake-up in management to result in the show being delayed an additional year to the first quarter of 2022, with the show now set to air on the Paramount Plus streaming service instead of Showtime.
59	* The reboot of ''Series/TalesFromTheDarkside'' for Creator/TheCW.
60	* In 2015, Creator/{{NBC}} ordered a revival of the 1980s sitcom ''Series/{{Coach}}'' starring Craig T. Nelson; however, various problems resulted in the show's cancellation shortly after just beginning production.
61	* ''Commando Nanny'', the only scripted series ever produced by Creator/MarkBurnett, was announced as part of Creator/TheWB's fall 2004 lineup, but an egregious case of TroubledProduction - including star Phillip Winchester breaking his foot and Creator/GeraldMcRaney undergoing lung surgery - caused the sitcom to be scrapped altogether.
62	* Creator/{{NBC}} picked up ''Day One'', a sci-fi drama about apartment residents that survive an unknown worldwide cataclysm that destroys modern infrastructure, for midseason in 2010. It ultimately got reduced from 13 episodes to a four-part miniseries, then a standalone TV movie before being shelved permanently.
63	* ''Eight Days a Week'' was picked up by Creator/TheCW for the 2007-2008 season. Unfortunately, the writers' strike put that show to a halt before any post-pilot episodes were produced.
64	* Subverted with Creator/{{NBC}}'s ''Emerald City'', which was initially canned due to disagreements with producer Josh Friedman, but was later restarted with a new writer and a 10-episode order.
65	* ''Friend Me'', a 2012 Creator/{{CBS}} sitcom about workers at Groupon, was canceled due to the suicide of head writer Alan Kirschenbaum.
66	* A series named ''Galantyne'', akin to ''Series/{{Revolution}}'' was ordered by Creator/{{AMC}} in 2014, and a pilot was even filmed, but for unspecified reasons the show was cancelled.
67	* A Philippine soap opera entitled ''Haram'' was to air on GMA-7 starring Robin Padilla's daughter Kylie, but due to its [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents subject matter]] involving Muslims, along with hostile reaction to the video ''Innocence of Muslims'' overseas, it was eventually shelved out of respect for the said community.
68	* Following the death of Eddie Garcia (of ''[[Series/AngProbinsyano2015 FPJ's Ang Probinsyano]]'' fame) in an on-set accident, Philippine TV network GMA decided to cancel ''Rosang Agimat'' partly out of respect for Garcia, with the lead actress Gabbi Garcia being [[https://www.manilatimes.net/gabbi-garcia-gets-new-soap-in-place-of-rosang-agimat/589828/ given a new lead role]] in its place.
69	* ''Hieroglyph'', first picked up in October 2013, was cancelled by Creator/{{Fox}} in July 2014 without even filming an episode besides the pilot.
70	* Before ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', Jason Bateman was set to star in an NBC sitcom titled ''The Jake Effect'' for broadcast in early 2002. It unfortunately was dropped after filming seven installments, six of which were aired on Bravo in 2006.
71	* A TV prequel to the 1999 film ''Film/CruelIntentions'', Creator/{{Fox}}'s ''Manchester Prep'', was cancelled for, well, being too risque for broadcast TV. The pilot eventually got released DirectToVideo (with some additional nudity and coarse language added) as ''Film/CruelIntentions 2''.
72	* ''Members Only'' was a prime time soap starring John Stamos that was supposed to be part of Creator/{{ABC}}'s 2014-2015 midseason lineup. However, co-creator Creator/DavidORussell left shortly after it was ordered, and the drama was subsequently shelved.
73	* ''Misconceptions'', a planned 2006 midseason series for Creator/TheWB, was cut to just six episodes, and ultimately failed to make Creator/TheCW's inaugural fall lineup.
74	* Creator/{{NBC}}'s ''Mission Control'', a sitcom starring Creator/KrystenRitter and Creator/MichaelRosenbaum, was cancelled without filming any episodes other than its pilot.
75	* Creator/{{NBC}} axed the Creator/DaneCook comedy ''Next Caller'' after filming four out of its six-episode order, citing creative differences.
76	* The Creator/ScottBaio comedy ''Rewind'', despite being highly promoted over the summer of 1997, was suddenly cancelled by Creator/{{Fox}} without any explanation.
77	* The U.S. version of ''Series/TheITCrowd'' first aired on Creator/{{NBC}} in February 2007, and was subsequently picked up to air in early 2008. However, it ended up being pushed back to fall 2008, but ultimately never got a place on the 2008-2009 schedule. Fortunately, the pilot did leak onto Website/YouTube.
78	* Creator/TheWB ordered the Creator/AdamSandler-produced sitcom ''The Mayor'' for midseason 2003-2004, but quickly withdrew its six-episode order due to poor creative direction.
79	* ''The Men's Room'' was an Creator/{{NBC}} sitcom starring Creator/JohnCho that was supposed to air in early 2005, but production was shut down after six installments, and none of them ever aired.
80	* ''Schimmel'', an eponymous sitcom starring Robert Schimmel, was pulled from Fox's fall 2000 schedule due to the actor undergoing treatment for lymphoma. Though it was rescheduled for midseason 2001, it was ultimately cancelled.
81	* Yet another Creator/{{NBC}} comedy, ''The Singles Table'', was cancelled after filming only six episodes and none airing.
82	* ''Snip'', a 1976 comedy about a man and his ex-wife who are both in the same hairdressing school, which is run by an openly gay man. The show was likely pulled due to concerns about having an openly gay character, which was very abnormal at the time.
83	* ''Star Trek: Phase II'' was announced in 1977 to debut in 1978 as part of the proposed Paramount Television Service. But in August 1977, those plans would fall apart, as Paramount CEO Barry Diller decided that ''Phase II'' would be better as a live-action film, resulting in the creation of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'', which inherited the first script of the unmade series.
84	* ''Thick & Thin'' was prematurely axed despite being announced as a midseason replacement for 2005-2006; creator Paula Pell and co-star Chris Parnell returned to ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' afterwards.
85	* Creator/{{Fox}} originally ordered 13 episodes of ''Us & Them'', but cut the order to seven before shelving it permanently.
86	* Creator/{{HBO}} once announced that ''Series/GameOfThrones'' producer Christopher Newman and his team would be developing a historical drama series about UsefulNotes/WuZetian, titled ''Empress'', starring Liu Xiaoqing. Liu herself had portrayed Wu in a Chinese TV series back in 1995. This was in 2016 and, as of this writing in 2022, it hasn't been heard from since.
87	* Creator/{{CBS}} ordered ''Waterfront'' as a midseason series for 2007; however, creative and financial issues led the network to axe the series after completing just five episodes.
88	* Creator/SyFy got Creator/MasiOka and Alex Sabeti to co-write the pilot for a time travel series called ''The Correctors'' (presumably about TimePolice or those who SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong), with Oka also slated to produce the pilot and perhaps [[WrittenByCastMember also co-star]]. Unfortunately, the pilot never aired for unknown reasons (although Oka's [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder absolutely insane schedule]] probably made keeping him around difficult).
89	* Creator/{{Fox}} got Creator/MasiOka to co-write and co-produce the pilot for ''[=ESL=]'', a comedy about an English as a Second Language class, with Zak Shaikh as co-writer and Ben Queen as co-producer. While the pilot was slated for 2015, it never surfaced.
90	* ''Fearless'' was officially placed on the 2003 fall schedule by Creator/TheWB, but later delayed to midseason (''Series/OneTreeHill'' appeared in its place) and then canceled without ever being broadcast.
91	* ''The Grubbs'' was cancelled by Creator/{{Fox}} '''two days''' before its premiere, supposedly due to bad reviews.
92	* ''The Ortegas'', an American adaptation of the British sitcom ''The Kumars At No. 42'', was cancelled a few weeks before it was supposed to debut.
93	* ''All My Babies' Mamas'' was set to premiere on Oxygen in early 2013, but was cancelled in the wake of public outcry and a subsequent petition.
94	* Creator/{{CBS}} ordered ''Arranged Marriage'' in mid-2009, but for unknown reasons, it never aired.
95	* ''Buy It Now'' was originally slated to be part of ABC's summer 2006 lineup; however, eBay pulled out of the series' participation before it debuted, resulting in its cancellation.
96	* ''Do You Trust Me?'', a Creator/{{CBS}} game show hosted by Tucker Carlson, shot six episodes in 2007, but didn't make it to the air at all.
97	* Creator/{{ABC}} announced ''Let's Dance'' in 2009, only to cancel it in November due to casting difficulties.
98	* ''Marie'', a syndicated talk show hosted by Marie Osmond, was scheduled to debut in the fall of 2009. However, despite being cleared in 80% of the country, it was withdrawn by Program Partners over a month before it even debuted, leading to several affiliates dropping the series as well. Finally, in 2012, it aired on the Hallmark Channel.
99	* ''Our Little Genius'' was a game show produced by Creator/MarkBurnett and hosted by Kevin Pollak, that was supposed to premiere in January 2010 with ''Series/AmericanIdol'' as a lead-in. However, a week before its debut, it was pulled at Burnett's request due to concerns about integrity; Fox would eventually shelve the series for good.
100	* ''Surprise with Creator/JennyMcCarthy'' was announced in May 2012, only to be scrapped in January 2013.
101	* Creator/TheCW ordered the reality game series ''The Frame'' in late 2010, and nothing has been heard of it since.
102	* After being picked up by Creator/{{Fox}} in 2007, ''When Women Rule the World'' got delayed ''three times''; it was planned to debut that summer, then pushed back to early 2008, then to June 2008, before the network ended up pulling the plug on the series for good. However, the United Kingdom did get their own version of the show on Creator/{{Channel 4}} in September 2008.
103	* Creator/{{ABC}} axed ''Welcome to the Neighborhood'' before it aired in the summer of 2005, likely due to its inappropriate subject matter.
104	* Despite premiering on TV in 1968, ''Series/TheModSquad'' began as a pilot written in 1960.
105	* In 2015, Canadian company 9 Story Media Group announced they were in active development on a reboot of ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' set to premiere in 2017. The year has come and gone, and the show has yet to materialize.
106	* ''{{Franchise/Foundation}}'':
107	** Creator/{{HBO}} allowed [[http://www.thewrap.com/interstellars-jonah-nolan-developing-foundation-series-for-hbo-wbtv-exclusive/ a leak]] in 2014 that Creator/JonathanNolan would be writing a television series based on the {{Trilogy}}.
108	** Creator/SkydanceMedia refused comment to [[https://deadline.com/2017/06/foundation-isaac-asimov-skydance-television-series-deal-david-goyer-josh-friedman-science-fiction-star-wars-1202120701/ an article in 2017]] that they were purchasing the rights to a television series based on ''Literature/TheFoundationTrilogy''. Then, in 2018, [[https://deadline.com/2018/08/foundation-apple-gives-series-order-to-adaptation-of-isaac-asimovs-sci-fi-classic-from-david-goyer-josh-friedman-1202450917/ another article]] revealed that they would be working with [[Platform/AppleMacintosh Apple]].
109	* ''Series/AmericanCrimeStory'': After the success of the [[Series/ThePeopleVOJSimpson first season]], it was announced that the followup season would be called ''Katrina'' and center around Memorial Medical Center scandal that occurred during Hurricane Katrina, followed by a third season called ''Series/TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace'' which would focus on the events that led up to Gianni Versace's murder. However, due to production issues with ''Katrina'', it was later announced that ''Versace'' would go forward as the second season instead while postponing ''Katrina'' as the potential third season. While ''Versace'' ended up airing in 2018, series producer Ryan Murphy later stated that the ''Katrina'' project had stalled and wouldn't go into production after all, leaving it unclear if the season would ever go into development.
110	* The TV miniseries adaptation of Music/NineInchNails' album ''Music/YearZero'' has fallen into this. Originally announced as a film project, Trent Reznor met with various producers and writers back in 2007, but pre-production got slightly derailed during the 2007 Writers Guild strike; despite this, Reznor insisted that the project was still alive, and in 2010 he began working with HBO and BBC America. However, in 2013 it was announced that HBO had passed on the project, and it is currently unknown what its exact status is. Rob Sheridan, the band's former art director, revealed in a 2019 episode of the NIN-themed podcast ''Pod Like A Hole'' that he and Reznor had at one point planned on adapting the album as a comic book instead; this also went nowhere, as Reznor and Sheridan parted ways in 2017.
111	* Netflix bought the rights to make a live-action version of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' in the summer of 2018 but production has hit some snags that didn’t allow it to start shooting until Q4 of 2021. The original creators of the show were attached to be the showrunners and things were looking good for about the first year and a half of development. It hit trouble in early 2020. Production was scheduled to start in Hawaii that February but when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, it was put on indefinite hold since they’d plan to film extensively on location. That summer, the creators left due to unknown CreativeDifferences. The fate of the show is now further complicated by the [[https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/24/22297512/avatar-last-airbender-korra-studios-paramount-plus-streaming-netflix founding of Avatar Studios]], a studio specifically controlled by said creators to produce new content replayed the series for Nickelodeon and Paramount Plus, as well as control spin-off media related to the franchise. Production began in November 2021 in Vancouver, BC in a state of the art production studio that will make use of the same virtual background technology used in ''Series/TheMandalorian'' since the pandemic made location filming unfeasible.
112	* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', with fairly ambitious plans including a virtual reality tie-in game after the series debuted. [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-13/live-action-sword-art-online-producer-series-sold-to-netflix-will-have-asian-lead-actors/.127753 In early 2018 the rights were sold to Netflix]] with the promise that lead characters Kirito and Asuna would be cast with Asian leads to avoid concerns of whitewashing. However, nothing has been said about the show since, be it writers or casting.
113	* In 2015, Creator/TheCW announced a dystopian SettingUpdate for ''Literature/LittleWomen''. The show was ultimately never produced.
114	* When it was announced in 2017 that ''Series/GameOfThrones'' creators Creator/DavidBenioff and Creator/DBWeiss' next project for HBO would be an AlternateHistory series in which UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar ended in a stalemate between the North and South titled ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_(TV_series) Confederate]]'', critics, journalists and the public alike expressed apprehension at the premise, especially given the tense state of American race relations at the time due to [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents then-recent events]] such as the Unite the Right rally. Despite the creative teams (which included two black writers) asking that people reserve judgment for when the show aired, the [[OvershadowedByControversy controversy]] made them wary of going forward with the project and it was ultimately cancelled in January 2020.
115	* ''Mega-City One'', an adaptation of ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'', specifically, a sequel of sorts to the 2012 film ''Film/{{Dredd}}'', which, despite the film's mediocre box office, was spurred on by its success on home video and On-Demand. The series was announced in May 2017, only to be followed by several years of silence. [[https://movieweb.com/judge-dredd-tv-show-mega-city-one-scripts/ Finally, in July of 2020]], the CEO of Rebellion (current owners of the TV rights to ''Dredd'') announced the scripts were ready but the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic made it impossible to begin production, while expressing hope of getting Creator/KarlUrban to reprise his film role as Dredd, as well as wanting to cast Creator/SylvesterStallone in a role. In August 2020, Urban expressed [[https://screenrant.com/judge-dredd-mega-city-one-show-karl-urban/ he was open to returning to the role of Dredd]] if the show ever begins production. Time will tell if it does.
116	* After a well-received short film called ''Voltron - The End'', Greg Aronowitz, the creator of that short, (and producer of ''Series/PowerRangersSPD''), [[https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-abandoned-plans-for-a-voltron-live-action-series/ got into serious negotiations with Voltron rights holders World Events Productions]] about making a ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' television series. However, Creator/DreamWorksSKG exercised their option to ''Voltron'' media through their 2012 purchase of the Classic Media assets (which included not only ''Voltron'' but numerous Filmation properties such as ''She Ra'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Bravestarr}}''), and announced they were going to make what eventually became ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender''. Negotiations quickly fell apart afterward, but Aronowitz, as recently as 2018 when ''Legendary Defender'' ended, has publicly expressed hope that his version of the series will eventually see the light of the day. While in October 2020, WEP Inc. President Bob Koplar mentioned he was looking into possibly making a live-action ''Voltron'' show if it made more sense than a film, he did not mention who, if anyone he was negotiating with for said production.
117	* A live-action series based on the manga ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'' [[https://deadline.com/2019/05/bokurano-mohiro-kitoh-hyde-park-entertainment-ashok-amritraj-anime-tv-series-charlie-craig-1202614503/ was announced in May of 2019 with Hyde Park Entertainment producing and Charlie Craig as showrunner]]. There has been no news of any sort since that time.
118	* The Tomorrow Studios adaptation of ''Manga/OnePiece'' was [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-21/one-piece-manga-gets-live-action-hollywood-tv-show/.119132 announced back in July of 2017]]. Nearly two years later [[https://ign.com/articles/2019/03/08/one-piece-live-action-series-seemingly-coming-to-netflix in March of 2019, it was announced Netflix had secured the rights to the show]]. Since that time, there has been no news regarding any sort of casting, and the series has missed numerous rumored production start dates. In September of 2020, showrunner Steven Maeda claimed in an interview the show was still scheduled to come out, but casting had yet to begin, specifically debunking rumors casting was set and the show was ready for production. Since that time, Maeda has provided no further updates other than to say that it is still scheduled to be made.
119	* In the early 2010s, The CW optioned ''Literature/TheSelection'' no less than two times, giving each a pilot order with a different cast, before giving up on the project. Years later, Netflix was reported to have picked it up. We'll see if they are successful.
120	* ''Ultimate Slip 'N' Slide'', a reality game show produced by Universal Television and hosted by Bobby Moynihan and Ron Funches, was slated to air on Creator/{{NBC}} in summer 2021, premiering as the lead-out program to the [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Tokyo Olympics]] closing ceremony. Filming was nearly complete when [[https://people.com/tv/ultimate-slip-n-slide-scrapped-at-nbc-explosive-diarrhea-outbreak/ an outbreak of the waterborne parasite Giardia]] violently sickened as many as 40 crew members with a bad case of diarrhea. The show was initially postponed, but was then scrapped entirely when it proved unfeasible to move the show's massive set to a safer location.
121	* On October 30, 2019, Creator/HBOMax announced a [[MediumBlending live-action/animation hybrid series]] called ''Tooned Out'' which starred Creator/ChristopherLloyd, Creator/ZachGalifianakis, and directed by Creator/RobertZemeckis. The series involved Christopher Lloyd's character interacting and getting help from the ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'' characters and WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}. Before HBO Max launched, footage from the series was shown during a sizzle reel for a Warner Brothers Earnings Meeting. ''Tooned Out'' was originally planned for a 2020 release, but was delayed due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. With [[Creator/DiscoveryChannel Discovery Inc.]] acquiring Warner Media (now Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery) on April 9, 2022, the series has either been QuietlyCancelled or hasn't restarted production. The show still has an official IMDB page, which claims it will premiere on November 6th, 2023, but no official announcement regarding so has been made and the IMDB isn't always reliable.
122	* In 2021; former longtime Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} producer Creator/DanSchneider (who had departed that network in 2018 following an investigation revealing that he was overly aggressive and verbally abusive) announced that he had sold [[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/arts/dan-schneider-nickelodeon.html an unnamed pilot script]] that was implied to be Schneider's comeback vehicle. As of August 2022; no further word on the pilot has surfaced. Additionally; incidents such as the publication of "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by former ''Series/ICarly'' star Creator/JennetteMcCurdy[[note]]which includes allegations of being photographed in a bikini for a wardrobe fitting - [=McCurdy=] being only 15 when ''iCarly'' first began; being encouraged to drink alcohol by who she referred to as "The Creator" {which Buzzfeed suggested was a thinly-veiled reference to Schneider} and that Nickelodeon tried to pay her $300,000 in hush money; which [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules she rejected]][[/note]] leading to several other allegations coming to public attention[[note]]such as former ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' co-star Creator/DaniellaMonet noting her discomfort over a scene involving her character, Trina Vega, sticking a pickle in her mouth due to Monet feeling the scene was [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything too sexualized for a children's show]]; the incidents that led to Creator/AlexaNikolas leaving ''Series/Zoey101'' after getting yelled at by Schneider and Music/BritneySpears during [[HostilityOnTheSet a feud]] between Nikolas and series star (and Britney's sister) Jamie Lynn Spears and a [[https://web.archive.org/web/20220831185842/https://www.businessinsider.com/dan-schneider-nickelodeon-empire-massages-hostile-workplace-allegations-inappropriate-costumes-2022-8 Business Insider article]] mentioning incidents such as Schneider having driven Anquelique Bates to tears on the set of ''Series/AllThat'' when a sketch fell apart; rarely hired female writers (with an unnamed female writer for ''Series/TheAmandaShow'' accusing Schneider of pressuring her into simulating being sodomized, while that show's other female writer - Jenny Kilgen - said she was uncomfortable with Schneider repeatedly requesting massages; with Kilgen's 2000 lawsuit being settled out of court); tried to [[{{Unperson}} erase another writer's name]] from unaired episodes of one show after the unnamed writer quit only to back down when told that action would be illegal; Schneider repeatedly trying to push for the actresses on ''Victorious'' and ''iCarly'' to wear skimpier outfits; misconduct allegations dating to the early days of ''All That'' being referenced by Liz Feldman, currently showrunner for the ''Creator/{{Netflix}}'' series "''Series/DeadToMe''" and a video showing a ''Victorious'' where [[Music/ArianaGrande Ariana Grande's]] Cat Valentine character was shown with her big toe in her mouth {likely related to Schneider's long-rumored [[FootFocus foot fetish]]} while pouring water on herself from online extras where Schneider was credited as a writer going viral[[/note]] while re-igniting long-running rumors about Schneider [[PaedoHunt possibly being a pedophile]]; making it highly unlikely Schneider's pilot would see the light of day.
123	* In 2020, The CW ordered a live-action adaptation of ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'', set to air in 2021. It ended up being delayed indefinitely and eventually QuietlyCancelled in 2023, following poor test screenings of the pilot and the subsequent leak of its [[Script/{{Powerpuff}} script]] that was widely mocked for its [[TotallyRadical overly hip dialogue]] and [[TooBleakStoppedCaring gratuitously dark tone]], as well as the departure of cast member Creator/ChloeBennet (who played Blossom).
124	* In 2009, a {{Puppet Show\|s}} from Flexitoon based on ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat'' was announced, slated to have 13 episodes and 65 interstitals. Nothing ever came of it and Craig Marin (founder of Flexitoon) eventually confirmed that the show never made it past the planning phase:
125	-->"Hi. Thanks for asking about the show. Unfortunately, it never made it past the planning stages: Puppets were built as you see but the producers decided not to go forward. It would have been a great one though -- UNCLE FLOYD was brought in to be the host... Keep checking www.flexitoon.com for an exciting new show about to drop. All the best, Craig Marin"
126	* In 2014, ''[[Film/Underworld2003 Underworld]]'' co-creator Len Wiseman announced plans to expand the film series into a franchise with the possibility of spin-offs in addition to a television series. Development on a TV adaptation was officially announced in September 2017 with Wiseman as executive producer and with Sony Pictures Television, Screen Gems, Sketch Films, Lakeshore Entertainment and 20th Century Television producing the show, but nothing has been heard of the project since.

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