36 Movies And Shows That Didn't Happen But Should Have

36 Movies And Shows That Didn't Happen But Should Have

With all the terrible movies and TV shows that we can't believe found a way to stumble into existence, it's hard to understand why more good ones can't seem to manage to make it through. We've extensively covered the Nic Cage Superman missed opportunity on this website. And we'll always love pondering Sam Riami's Spider-Man 4. These are truly fascinating projects, really original things from directors and creators who have blown our minds in the past.

We're talking Pulp Fiction prequels, H.P. Lovecraft adaptations from Guillermo del Toro, and an Alien teamup so epic that God Himself came down with an army of angels and personally stopped it. At least, that's a more satisfying explanation than some producer not getting the script.

We asked our readers to find us the greatest movie ideas that, in the end, turned out to just be too awesome to actually exist. The winner is below, but first the runners-up ...

DOUBLE V VEGA THE VEGA BROTHERS a film by Quentin Tarantino A planned prequel to both Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs about brothers Vic and Vincent.
Guillemo Del Toro, director of Pacific Rim. spent 20 years to adapt Lovecraft's 'At the Mountains of Madness' which details the journey of Antarctic e
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In 2005 Joss Whedon was signed to write and direct the Wonder Woman movie. However, Warner Bros. ditched the whole thing due to creative differences.
36 Movies And Shows That Didn't Happen But Should Have
STANLEY KUBRICK'S NAPOLEON An epic that Kubrick never filmed, Napoleon was of of a product years research, notes and drafts. It was scripted, put into
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KALEIDOSCOPE Alfred Hitchcock intended to shoot a film that would make Psycho look like Days Of Our Lives. Screenplay was in the works and many writ
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Warner Brothers. confident that This one would have featured Batman and Robin would Nicolas Cage as The Scarecrow, be a hit, planned another sequel an
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Christopher Nolan was once planning a biopic of Howard Hughes with Jim Carrey in the starring role. The project was shelved when Scorsese's The Aviat
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In 2005, it was announced Neill Blomkamp was that Columbia Pictures slated to direct the movie with Peter Jackson the and 28 Days Later as executive p
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Before casting BRUCE LEE as Kato in THE GREEN HORNET producer William Dozier initially wanted Lee to star in a movie update of the CHARLIE CHAN detect
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