MOVIES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN OFFICIALLY RELEASED (OR LOST)
These are films that have either completed production.... only to be shelved.... or have started production and have been put on hiatus. Some of the films listed have made the rounds at various festivals.... while others were shown back in the silent film era.... but haven't been seen since.
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- DirectorOley SassoneStarsAlex Hyde-WhiteJay UnderwoodRebecca StaabWhen dosed with cosmic rays, four intrepid explorers are given incredible powers.German production company Neue Constantin bought the rights for The Fantastic Four for about $250,000 in 1983 and then sat on them until 1992. Faced with the expiration of the agreement and needing to actually make a film in order to retain their rights.... they slapped together a hasty.... low-budget product in under a month. It's debatable whether or not they actually intended to release the movie at all.... or simply shot the film in order to retain the rights.
- DirectorSteve BinderDavid AcombaStarsMickey MortonPatty MaloneyPaul GaleChewbacca and Han Solo try to get to the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk to celebrate Life Day, but are impeded by an Imperial blockade. Chewie's family passes the time with various forms of entertainment.This is a 1978 American CBS special that originally aired on November 17, 1978. It has never been re-broadcast.... or released on any format for rent or sale. However.... the animated Boba Fett cartoon from the special can be viewed separately on Disney's streaming service.
- DirectorRD RobbStarsScott BloomKevin ConnollyTobey MaguireA group of Los Angeles teenagers meet every week at their local diner to discuss their latest misadventures in their miserable lives.As a result of a lawsuit brought by stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire (settled in 1999).... this film cannot be shown commercially in the USA or Canada.
- DirectorGeorge SluizerStarsRiver PhoenixJudy DavisJonathan PryceDealing with nuclear testing and its deadly effects, the story portrays Boy, a young widower living in the desert on a nuclear testing site. Living as a hermit, he waits for the end of the world.The film is unfinished due to the death of actor River Phoenix on October 31, 1993.... 11 days before the scheduled completion date. Only a few scenes from Dark Blood were left un-filmed at the time of River Phoenix's death, and although director George Sluizer managed to cobble together a final cut after years of effort.... it's never seen release outside of a few film festivals.
- DirectorRobert TownsendStarsBill CosbyThis short film documents all that happened at comedian Bill Cosby's 77th birthday.Standup comedy special that was shelved by Netflix due to Bill Cosby's ongoing scandal.
- DirectorJerry LewisStarsJerry LewisPeter AhlmLars AmbleA circus clown is imprisoned by the Nazis and goes with Jewish children to their deaths.This is an unfinished and unreleased 1972 Swedish-French drama film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis. It is based on an original screenplay by Joan O'Brien and Charles Denton....from a story idea by O'Brien....with additional material from Lewis. The film was met with controversy regarding its premise and content....which features a circus clown who is imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp.
Lewis repeatedly insisted that the film would never be released....but later donated an incomplete copy of the film to the Library of Congress in 2015 under the stipulation that it was not to be screened before June 2024. According to Lewis' son....there is no complete negative of the film....and outstanding copyright issues have prevented its release. - DirectorMark TarlovStarsZoe SaldanaAdam PascalMichael CerverisBe careful what you wish for...you may just get it.The film was shown at the New York Musical Festival in 2004....but never received a theatrical or video release.
- DirectorTom GreenStarsRob PowellFederico DordeiTom GreenTwo student filmmakers decide to follow Tom Green on a trip across the USA to Canada but get more than they bargained for.In 2006.... Elixir Films was producing PRANKSTAR and had additional information of the film on their website. The film was shot in Ottawa.... Ontario.... Regina.... Saskatchewan.... and Los Angeles [California].
Little is known about the release of this film but on a February 2010 interview.... the star and director of the movie Tom Green stated that Prankstar has just been finished.... that the release has been "in the can" and that he is going to figure out what to do with the film soon as he is currently on his world stand-up comedy tour. On February 17, 2010....on Green's website TomGreen.com....in reply to a fan question asking when PRANKSTAR would be released.... Green wrote ---- "Stay tuned! It's the craziest movie I have ever made!!"
On a March 19, 2010 interview with 105.7: The Point St. Louis radio.... Green said that PRANKSTAR should be coming out later in 2010. On a November 2010 answer to a fan question in the Forum section of tomgreen.com.... Green stated that the film was going to be released sometime in 2011 as he has "just made a deal with a big time distributor so it's gonna be cool." - DirectorRoger AvaryStarsAngela GregovicWill HodgkinsonCorina MarinescuOver 70 hours of supplemental material was shot for the film THE RULES OF ATTRACTION that focused on Kip Pardue's character over in Europe. This material was then edited into an entirely new film.
- DirectorMars CallahanScott SpiegelStarsAlan RitchsonLee MajorsErik EstradaThe Z-Rows, four friends who are bullied by their graduating high school class find revenge against the now freshman college students while on Spring Break during 1983.The production was shut down due to the fact that the production company wasn't paying anyone. Even after the plug was pulled, additional filming went forward a few months later and director Mars Callahan told followers his cut had been completed. Big Sky Pictures' website hosted dozens of production photos and even a preview of the beginning of the film, but to date, the completed production is stuck in limbo.
- StarsCillian MurphySienna MillerLee InglebyAn account of counterculturalist Richard Neville's misadventures in London at the end of the 1960s.Shelved for undisclosed reasons. According to the production company behind it....the movie will never see the light of day.
- DirectorTom SchillerStarsZach GalliganApollonia van RavensteinLauren TomAn artist fails a test and is required to direct traffic in New York City's Holland Tunnel. He winds up falling in love with a beautiful woman, after he takes a trip to the moon on a Lunar Cruiser.Because of unknown legal issues....the film never made it to either the big screen or home release, though it's appeared on German and Dutch TV....and a single unceremonious airing on Turner Classic Movies. It is said that you can watch the movie online however.
- DirectorMichael FrenchJonathan LawrenceScott MillerStarsOlga KurylenkoMi YangDavy WilliamsSet in a mythical world, the story of an unlikely love story between a young human and a mermaid.In December 2014 the movie was announced as complete and due for release in China in December 2015 after almost 5 years of post-production.... mostly coming from the visual effects.... which had increased the budget to well over $140 million. The film remains unreleased.... going through 4 directors.... 10 scriptwriters.... and with many of the actors and production and technical crews still unpaid.
- DirectorGil JungerStarsElodie YungBilly CampbellJanet MontgomeryTwo teens unexpectedly fall in love, just before they are about to kill themselves.After just a few weeks of filming.... the production company ran into financial issues. Many claimed that Evan Rachel Wood's pregnancy was the reason for the delay in filming. A lawsuit was eventually filed against Wood.... citing she had been paid but didn't show up to set or want to complete the film. Wood was having none of it.... and fought back claiming the "financially troubled producers" were trying to place the blame on her for them running out of money. Nothing ever came of the lawsuit.... and though filming was never completed.... about 90 minutes of the original film exists.
- DirectorMarc TurtletaubStarsRobin WeigertAlicia SilverstoneSharon StoneGreek gods living in modern-day New York intervene in the lives of a young couple.The film premiered at the 10th Rome International Film Festival in Nov. 2013 (out of competition) and was critically panned. Since then the film hasn't been released in any form. Only some film stills and reviews can be found on the internet.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsBarbara CramptonJeffrey CombsDavid WarnerIn this 'sequel' anthology, the film offers a TRANCERS sequel written by original creators Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo, a new Lovecraft adaptation THE EVIL CLERGYMAN, featuring Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton, and finally a sequel to THE DUNGEONMASTER.Originally shot during 1987/88, the film was unfortunately caught up in the financial wranglings that followed the collapse of Empire Pictures. The movie has been shelved since that time, although it was screened once on August 11, 2012.... at Chicago Flashback Weekend Horror Convention. The film features three 30-minute segments, two of which (The Evil Clergyman and Trancers: City of Lost Angels) can be purchased separately on DVD. The last segment.... a sequel to Dungeonmaster is currently unavailable.
- DirectorTony KayeStarsKarl UrbanBrittany SnowStephen DorffStory follows the divergent agendas of criminals, cops and lawyers as they collide over a shipment of illegal firearms and a double homicide. Earl Pike, a criminal, tries to get his family's illegal gun collection to a safe haven.The movie was reported to have screened at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. However.... a seemingly never-ending stream of litigation has kept this film on hold.
- DirectorJohnny DeppStarsJohnny DeppMarlon BrandoMarshall BellA down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of which could greatly help his poverty stricken family.After negative reviews.... director Johnny Depp forbade the film to have any kind of release in the U.S.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsCraig HamannQuentin TarantinoCrystal Shaw MartellIt's Mickey's Birthday and his girlfriend just left him, so that's when his friend Clarence shows him a birthday he'll never forget.The original cut of the film was approximately 70 minutes.... however due to a fire in the processing lab.... roughly half of the footage was destroyed. The surviving film was re-cut into a 36-minute short film which has been screened at film festivals.... but has never been made available commercially.
- DirectorMatthew PatrickStarsCarmen J BonefontJuan B. ColonDaniel Earnshaw2 strangers, a man and a woman are trapped together underground when the building collapses around them, and are forced to create a new world.This American-made Spanish language film received awesome reviews upon its initial screenings on the film fest circuit in 1980. Then…. nothing. The movie was never able to lock a distribution deal.... and almost 40 years later, it has never been released in the states.
- DirectorPaulus MankerStarsGert VossAngela WinklerLeni TanzerA seemingly contented man's descent into hallucination, paranoia and, finally, total insanity.This movie was written by Michael Haneke who would go on to make FUNNY GAMES and CACHE. An Austrian scientist learns of a toxic gas leak at a nearby chemical plant and becomes convinced the toxic fumes are permeating the air. He sets up a completely self-sufficient ecosystem in his apartment....sealing himself off from the outside world. Eventually, his wife and kids return home from a trip, but then it becomes hard to tell what is real and what is just in the scientist’s degraded mind. The final moments of this movie are intense and will stick with you! Though it is available in Europe (even playing on some overseas HULUs)....it has never been released stateside.
- DirectorKye Soo JeonStarsKim KkobbiChun Ho-jinPark Joon-myeonA musical horror film that will make you like musicals! A young girl tries to solve the mystery of her grandmother's disappearance in a haunted theater.This horror musical falls right in line with the likes of ROCKY HORROR or REPO THE GENETIC OPERA, but yet it has never been released in the United States. The musical weaves a fairy tale style adventure of a teenage girl who takes a job at a local rundown movie palace after her grandmother disappears there one evening. She soon discovers the theater is haunted with many ghosts from film history.
- DirectorPedro OleaStarsJosé Luis López VázquezAmparo Soler LealAntonio CasasBenito Freire is a peddler who lives miserably in an environment dominated by ignorance and superstition. He is dedicated to peddling by the Galician towns and suffers severe attacks of epilepsy. Through the region begins to spread the rumor that he is a werewolf and that he is possessed by a demonic spirit. And it will be precisely the stories that people are telling about him what start to make him go crazy.This Spanish film is a refreshing and innovative take on the werewolf myth. It treats the werewolf-ism like a disease that is passed from person to person, but it is presented against a small Spanish town that can only see it as a supernatural curse. Think like MARTIN but with a werewolf.
- DirectorRobert EnricoStarsRoger JacquetAnne CornalyStéphane FeyThis Civil War anthology adapts three Ambrose Bierce stories "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", "Chickamauga" and "The Mockingbird".Released at the height of New Wave cinema in France, and this quiet, moody anthology war horror became rather disregarded. It was later cut up into segments, and one of those segments was released as a solo short and won an academy award and was also released as a TWILIGHT ZONE episode.
- DirectorPenelope SpheerisStarsRichard PryorFranklyn AjayeWhile it's unclear what the film was about, it is believed that it followed a group of Black Panthers who kidnap a wealthy white man and put him on trial for all the racial crimes in American history.Pryor shredded the only working print of the *almost* completed movie during the argument just to spite his wife. The film was considered lost for more than 30 years, until clips showed up in a Directors Guild of America tribute to Pryor in 2005. In seems that Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales director Penelope Spheeris (who later directed Wayne's World) had another print, but a lawsuit has kept it from becoming public.
- DirectorJason A. CarboneMike FleissStarsEddie MacsalkaHans SwolfsAlexander Loyless5 college guys head to a resort in Cabo to do what college guys do during spring break in Mexico, filming it reality show style. Will the remaining virgin manage to lose his virginity before returning to the US?Formerly titled DRUNKEN JACKASSES: THE QUEST....the movie was intended to have a theatrical release....but once the movie The Real Cancun tanked in theaters....it was scheduled for a straight to DVD release. Apparently the filmmakers were threatened with a lawsuit over the title being to similar to JACKASS soon after....and the movie was shelved indefinitely.
- ShortDirectorRobert RodriguezStarsJohn MalkovichMarko ZarorShuya ChangThe content of this film is currently a secret, due to be revealed only when the title is released in 2115.Completed....but it's not scheduled for release until 2115.
- DirectorJohn CorsoJoseph Ryan ZwickStarsSanto Victor RigatusoGary AlbrightOx BakerAliens come to Earth to fight has-been professional wrestlers.The movie never found a distributor and was only screened in one theater in Baltimore, Maryland. Only one 35mm print of the film exists and full rights to it are being offered for $21 million (!?!?).
- DirectorWesley RugglesErnest B. SchoedsackStarsIvan F. SimpsonLouise CarterC. Aubrey SmithA mother wishes for the return of her dead son--a wish that is granted by the severed paw of a dead monkey.Although the movie was in fact released nationwide (which goes against the original conception for this list)....nobody knows what happened to the original negative and prints....so the movie is in fact lost for now. All that is left is some stills and posters.
- DirectorErnst MatrayStarsAräschuNils Olaf ChrisanderAud Egede-NissenIn Paris in the 1880s, the beautiful opera singer, Christine, is captured and held against her will by the infamous "phantom of the opera".No stills, posters, photographs, reviews or descriptions of the film have ever surfaced.
- DirectorAlan MehrezBarry SamsonStarsFrank StalloneDennis HopperPeter DobsonThree guys move from New Jersey to Miami, where two of them end up killing the third.The film was never released on any format due to legal action instigated by Sylvester Stallone.... who did a cameo in the film as a favor to his brother Frank. He claims that a promotional reel of the film used his scene excessively .... therefore.... was promoting him as the star.... instead of the cameo that he had agreed upon. He sued for $20 million.... his average salary at the time. The producers countersued.... and in 1999 the case was settled out of court.
- DirectorSam SederStarsSam SederSarah SilvermanH. Jon BenjaminIt is May 2001 in a pre-9/11 world. Arthur Lieberman, a ne'er-do-well tennis instructor from West Palm Beach, is the son of losing Vice-President candidate Joe Lieberman. Arthur is so crazy that six months later he is still upset over the fraudulent 2000 presidential election. in an attempt to keep from "making waves" his father strikes a corrupt deal to land him in a fancy co-op apartment in New York City. Arthur's desperation for relevance and burning desire to appear on the Charlie Rose Show lead him to start an "Intellectual Salon". There, Arthur pleads with misfits, sluts, and drunks to vote him president of their group. Soon, Arthur is unwittingly inculcated by two radical Jewish zealot Postal workers to commit a terrorist attack. Hilarity ensues!
- DirectorColin TrevorrowStarsDan SherbondyGreg GarciaJoe GnoffoIn an effort to achieve instant celebrity an eccentric millionaire bankrolls his own reality show and brings 10 girls to Mexico to find "America's craziest party girl" but the millionaires tough treatment of the cast and crew causes them to rise up against him. Using actual footage from the doomed 2003 production of 'Rock The Party', this documentary exposes a crazy side of reality TV that is bizarre and unsettling.The film was first shown at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival on November 21, 2004. In 2006.... the film was shown at San Francisco's DocFest and the Milwaukee Film Festival. As of 2012.... the decision was made to bury the film altogether.
- DirectorRyan NicholsonStarsRyan NicholsonMomona KomagataAidan DeeThe Bowling Bag Killer returns to wreak havoc at a bowling alley.This was filmed years ago.... and it was screened on the festival circuit.... but it has not been released on DVD at this time. Some say that it will never be released.
- TV MovieDirectorRoger HolzbergStarsJennifer Love HewittMeryl StreepKevin BaconThe six archenemies of Earth are challenged by two kids and a five-toed dragon.The Magic 7 is an animated television film written and directed by Roger Holzberg. It centers on the adventures of two children and a dragon as they fight the arch-enemies of Earth. It was originally slated to air on Earth Day (April 22) in 1997, but was postponed. After later plans for a 2005 release, the film was once again suspended. Production on the film began in 1990 and has been delayed three times. Pulse Entertainment and Distribution, under the direction of CEO Ron Layton, bought the rights to The Magic 7 in 1995 with the intention of fully producing the animation. However, insufficient funds were raised and the project was eventually shelved until the early 2000s, when interest was reignited in it.
- DirectorJean-Claude Van DammeStarsJean-Claude Van DammeClaudia BassolsJohn ColtonA military veteran and former mercenary named Frenchy is haunted by his childhood, as well as his past in the military.Originally filmed in 2008 under the title THE EAGLE PATH....with reshoots done four years later with the new title SOLDIERS. Later on....the film reverted back to it's working title ~ FULL LOVE ~ and hasn't been officially released other than on the festival circuit.
- DirectorKen AnnakinPeter DuffellStarsRichard TysonDaming ChenBekim FehmiuThe fate of a legendary boy, Temudjin, later the Genghis Khan, who became the most powerful emperor of Mongolia. With his army created one of the largest empires of all time.The film began shooting in Kyrgyzstan in 1991, which was still part of the Soviet Union at that time. During the production process, the producers were concerned about the material filmed so far, and developed a new screenplay which included new material on Khan's childhood, they also replaced original director Tolomush Okeyev with Peter Duffell who left the project shortly afterwards to be replaced by Ken Annakin. By the time the majority of filming was completed, the Soviet Union had started to collapse and the cast and crew were recalled to their respective embassies. Post-production therefore was unable to be completed until 2010 when Madison Motion Pictures Group purchased the rights to the original footage, with the intention to release it in 2010 as "Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime", as both a 2-hour feature film and 6-hour TV series (both director Ken Annakin and first unit director Antonio Margheriti were to be credited as co-directors.
- DirectorRoberto Busó-GarcíaStarsLynn EvansMark FishMichael StoneAn operator at a mobile pager company has her life turned upside down by a seemingly senseless abduction.The movie went from a late '98 release date, to an early '99 release date, to finally premiering at the Metro movie theater complex in Santurce, Puerto Rico, on Monday, November 8, 1999, playing simultaneously on two of the theater's three screens and having personnel from Miramax Films, HBO, and Strand Releasing (which went on to distribute The Condemned (2012), also written and directed by Roberto Busó-García), among others, in attendance, to never being released.
- DirectorEvi QuaidStarsRandy QuaidFilm actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi's detailed account of how Hollywood assassins have been out to kill them for over a decade.Randy Quaid produced and starred in this film....based on his own *ahem* first-hand knowledge of the title personas. It was screened in 2011....but it was never commercially released.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsKenneth BranaghAlice ConnorCourteney CoxPhysics lecturer Steven Chesterman finally realizes his long cherished dream of perfecting a teleportation device and rushes home to tell his wife, Alice. But she has news of her own - she's a male alien disguised as a human female. Then Elizabeth arrives, another alien who is to escort Alice back to the planet Nulark.Originally meant to be one of three....30-minute shorts shown together by Miramax....as a Sci-Fi/horror/comedy feature. This segment was originally going to be written and directed by Kevin Smith. The project was canceled when the other two segments....'Mimic' and 'Impostor'.... grew into full-length features of their own.
This short film finally received its belated UK premiere in February 2008....as the final film to be shown at the smallest cinema in Wales - La Charrette....a 23-seat converted railway carriage in a back garden in Swansea. The cinema was due to close in November 2007....but stayed open especially for the event after the venue's plight came to the attention of film critic Mark Kermode....who organized the special screening as a memorable farewell. To my knowledge....the short film hasn't premiered anywhere else....and is unavailable on home video. - DirectorSôya KumagaiStarsEizaburô MatsumotoFuminori ÔhashiReizaburo IchikawaIn part one of this silent two-part film, an ape nicknamed King Kong by its master kidnaps the daughter of a wealthy man as part of a revenge plot by one of his lackeys. The story concludes in King Kong Appears in Edo: The Episode of Gold (1938).This is the first part of a Japanese KING KONG film that was destroyed in the Tokyo firebombing and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So technically the movie was released....but all copies of it were destroyed in 1945.
- DirectorSôya KumagaiStarsEizaburô MatsumotoFuminori ÔhashiReizaburo IchikawaIn part two of this silent two-part film, an ape nicknamed King Kong by its master has kidnapped the daughter of a wealthy man as part of a revenge plot by one of his lackeys. The conclusion of the story from The King Kong That Appeared in Edo (1938).This is the second part of the Japanese KING KONG film that was destroyed in Tokyo in 1945.
- DirectorTom LaughlinStarsTom LaughlinRodney HarveyTeresa KellyBilly Jack returns to bring down a child pornography ring headed by the Godfather of Godfathers.Production began in December 1985....but was shut down halfway through filming. While shooting a fight scene in Toronto in January 1986....Tom Laughlin suffered head and neck injuries when a breakaway bottle failed to break over his head. While Laughlin recovered....he lost financing on the film. He had made a verbal agreement with a videocassette company for distribution rights for $4.2 million….but failed to file the proper paperwork with the bank. Laughlin then tried to sell the distribution rights to Paramount Pictures for $12.5 million. But as the insurance company investigated Laughlin's accident.... Paramount lost interest. Laughlin tried to find other investors but failed. The film was never completed. In 2009....Laughlin featured two completed scenes on his website....billyjack.com.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsVincent PriceTim BurtonSamuel Z. ArkoffDuring the filming of Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton made an independent documentary on Vincent Price's life.During the production of EDWARD SCISSORHANDS....Tim Burton conceived the idea of making an independent documentary film on Vincent Price....using the working title 'Conversations with Vincent'. With self-financing from his own production company....Burton shot the film in black-and-white over a three-day period at the Vincent Price Gallery in East Los Angeles College in April 1991. In addition to Price....Roger Corman and Samuel Z. Arkoff were interviewed. Burton never finished the documentary because he was too busy working on 'Batman Returns' and due to the difficulty of securing licensing for various clips from Price's films. Sadly....Vincent Price died in October 1993....but in December 1994 it was announced that Burton was returning to the hour-long documentary....now titled 'A Visit with Vincent'. It remains unfinished to this day.
- DirectorRupert JulianJohn WillardStarsHelen TwelvetreesRaymond HackettNeil HamiltonDisappearances and strange goings-on in a spooky old mansion.Although the movie was released at one time.... the picture has been deemed lost....and is unavailable on any format. Only a few clips have survived.
- DirectorAlbert PyunStarsSimon ClarkeKenzie PhillipsNathan FerrierSorcerers is an unfinished animated fantasy film that would have combined live actors with CG backgrounds and characters in a story inspired by The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas.Parts of the film were shot in 1997 and it was originally meant for a release in 1998....but it remains unfinished at this time.
- DirectorJames FrancoStarsJosh HartnettGiancarlo EspositoJames FrancoA young contractor is hired to build a honky-tonk in Tennessee by the man who killed his father.Principal photography began on May 1, 2015 in Hamilton which coincided with filming of another Franco film ---- GOAT ---- and were shot "pretty much simultaneously" and then began in Eaton on May 17. Production on the film wrapped on May 23, 2015....with filming lasting 23 days. As of 2021....the film has yet to be released.
- DirectorVincenzo NataliStarsKevin BaconFred WardHunter ParrishA television reboot of the film 'Tremors' in which a small town is gripped with fear over giant underground worms living beneath them.This was filmed as the pilot for another TREMORS television series....but it was eventually passed over.
- DirectorLouis C.K.StarsLouis C.K.Chloë Grace MoretzRose ByrneWhen a successful television writer's daughter becomes the interest of an aging filmmaker with an appalling past, he becomes worried about how to handle the situation.The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2017....where distribution rights were bought by company The Orchard for $5 million. It was scheduled to be released on November 17, 2017....in a limited release before opening wide on December 1.
On November 9....The Orchard canceled the New York premiere of the film due to "unexpected circumstances". The Hollywood Reporter reported that a possibly damaging upcoming New York Times story on C.K. was the reason for the cancellation. The Times published the story later in the day, accusing C.K. of sexual misconduct against five women. On November 10, 2017....a week before it was set to be theatrically released, it was pulled from the schedule. Shortly after....international distributors dropped the film and scrapped all release plans.
In December 2017....C.K. was reported to have purchased the film's global distribution rights back from The Orchard. Later that month.... piracy group CM8 acquired one of 12,000 screener DVDs of the film and posted it to several torrent file hosting websites. Asked about C.K.'s move to purchase the rights....lead actress Chloë Grace Moretz said in an August 2018 interview with The New York Times that she would prefer the movie "just kind of go away.... honestly"....adding that "it's devastating to put time into a project and have it disappear". She elaborated the following month that she does not "think that it's a perspective or a story that needs to be told in this day and age....especially in the wake of everything that’s come to light". Rose Byrne in an interview stated: "I stand with the women who came forward....I think it will be a while before that film can be seen....and I think that’s right. - DirectorRupesh PaulStarsSayani GuptaRaw LeibaThe Untold Story of the Missing Malaysian Plane is an upcoming English language feature film inspired by the events surrounding the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.This is an unreleased English-language feature film from India....that was inspired by the events surrounding the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
- DirectorMichael HoffmanStarsKevin SpaceyMichael StuhlbargGriffin DunneA young man spends a summer in Italy where he meets his idol, Gore Vidal, who teaches him about life, love, and politics.The Netflix film was shelved after numerous accusations of misconduct by star Kevin Spacey.
- DirectorJoel SouzaStarsTravis FimmelFrances FisherAlec BaldwinA boy left to fend for himself and his younger brother following their parents' deaths in 1880s. Kansas goes on the run with his long-estranged grandfather after he is sentenced to hang for the accidental killing of a local rancher.Shelved indefinitely after star Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun that had a live round chambered instead of a blank....which killed one person and injured another.
- DirectorS.J. ClarksonStarsNaomi WattsAlex SharpJamie Campbell BowerPlot unknown. Prequel to 'Game of Thrones' set 5,000 years before the events depicted in the series, centering on an unconstructed era in a land divided into a hundred kingdoms.This is a $30 million pilot for a Game of Thrones series that was ultimately cancelled. It's overall length is unknown.... but it would most likely be between 1 - 2 hours. Given the fact that pilots and first episodes are sometimes repackaged as standalone features.... I figured I would add it to this list. No audience has seen this pilot however.... despite the reviews and rating here on the IMDB.
- DirectorDavid WintersStarsMatt McColmVic DiazSam DouglasJohn Trenton, a commando on his mission, is captured behind enemy lines. In the hellish prison camp he is subjected to tortures.Screened once in April 1997 before the film went missing altogether.
- DirectorDavid AllenStarsWalker BrandtRobert CornthwaiteJeffrey S. FarleyWhen a group of explorers go in search of a yeti, they find themselves taken captive by an ancient race of alien creatures.The live action scenes and a majority of the stop motion effects were all filmed in 1994.... but David Allen.... the director.... had passed away due to cancer in 1999. The studio that was making this movie was also having financial issues.... so they had to keep postponing the production of the movie.... until they ran out of money and had to shelf it. In 2019.... after an online fundraising campaign....the original effects artist.... Chris Endicott .... returned to complete the remaining stop motion sequences. Charles Band from Full Moon Features is currently trying to assemble a cut of the film for wide release.
- DirectorDenice Shakarian HalickiStarsDenice Shakarian HalickiAn unfinished sequel to Gone in 60 Seconds. Mandrian Pace is employed by a band of thieves to steal a secret car from a warehouse, but the police are determined not to let him retrieve it.On June 9, 1989....Toby and Denice Halicki began to shoot the 1989 reboot GONE IN 60 SECONDS 2.... which would star them both. The reboot would not have the same storyline of 1974 film.... as Toby Halicki wanted a new and bigger story about a professional international thief. He bought over 400 cars to destroy for the film.
On August 20, 1989.... while filming in Dunkirk and Buffalo [New York].... Halicki was preparing for a dramatic stunt sequence in the film.... during which a 160 ft. (49m) tall water tower was supposed to topple to the ground. When a cable attached to the tower snapped unexpectedly.... it sheared off a telephone pole.... which fell on Halicki.... killing him instantly. The film was put on hold and Denice Halicki wanted to finish the film later on.... but never had the opportunity. A 34-minute short was eventually assembled using stock footage....and was released as a special feature on DVD's of Toby Halicki's earlier films. - DirectorIvan PasserStarsAlfre WoodardCharles S. DuttonJill ClayburghAn unreleased film about a white girl adopted by a black family in 1950s Nevada. Based on the early life of Fauna Hodel whose grandfather is prime suspect in the Black Dahlia murder case.Production was suddenly halted in December 1990 with just two days of filming to go. A rough cut was assembled but.... as of 2019.... the film remains unreleased.
- DirectorMichael WorthStarsTim ThomersonLance HenriksenNatasha AlamWhen 80s B-movie icon Tim Thomerson wakes up one day to realize the acting roles are not coming his way any more, he sets out on a quest to find his former co-star Lance Henriksen to discover his secret of Hollywood longevity and gets more than he bargained for in the process.Shot in 2010.... but remains unreleased.
- The Waterman Movie is an unfinished independent Flash animated comedy film based on the web series WATERMAN and was in a state of financial difficulty. The film was announced on March 16, 2007 via a blog which was posted on Waterman Studios' official site.... stating that a film of the popular series WATERMAN would be made. The film will feature the voice of comedic actor Leslie Nielsen. Nielsen died on November 28, 2010.... but had already completed recording for his part in the film. The release date was set for winter 2007.... then changed to 2008. On January 14, 2008.... Bryan Waterman stated that the film was only 40% done. He also stated that the film is "still moving ahead as scheduled." With over a year since any news on the project.... a message was posted by him on February 3, 2009 stating.... "That 2008 was a busy year for Waterman Studios" and that production of the film had come to a halt. In June 2011 during a live video on Vokle.... he mentioned that he was aiming for a release of Christmas 2012.... but that did not happen.
- DirectorMarcus DunstanStarsJosh StewartNavi RawatDot-Marie JonesThis is the third film in The Collector film series. Follow up to The Collection (2012) by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton.
Filming began on September 23, 2019 in Atlanta with Tom Atkins.... Randy Havens.... Dot-Marie Jones.... Peter Giles.... and Navi Rawat. After eight days of filming.... production unexpectedly shut down. The cast expected production to pick up again by late October 2019. Filming was then believed to begin once again in Vancouver in early 2021.... but production never took place. In April 2021.... Marcus Dunstan claimed that props were stolen from the set and that the producers had not been in contact with him since the closure of production and that he does not have the rights to the film.... preventing him from finishing it. Patrick Melton added that "very little" of the film was shot. - DirectorAlbert PyunStarsSasha MitchellVincent KlynTerrie BatsonA U.S. Marine special ops team awakens from hypersleep in a long-abandoned underground laboratory complex with no memory of who they are or why they are there - and they are not alone. Something has infiltrated the complex.Originally titled RED MOON (and then CYBORG: RISE OF THE SLINGERS).... work on this project commenced as early as 2011. But in February 2016.... Albert Pyun stated that he retired completely from filmmaking due to dementia.... saying the illness had taken control of his life. He also stated that CYBORG NEMESIS: THE DARK RIFT would not be completed nor released. The entire movie was shot.... but editing in effects.... cutting and audio remain unfinished.
- DirectorAlbert PyunStarsKenzie PhillipsBrad ThorntonClare HoakThe Imperial Empire is attacked by an Alliance of rebels led by fanatical mystics. The ruler, Empress Nobu, the 8th generation of her family, wants to execute a bold plan to rescue a cyborg, Leah C6, trapped on the battle ravaged planet Endor. The Empress believes Leah C6 holds the secret to destroying the Alliance of Rebels before their insurgency can kill millions of citizens of the Empire. She recruits her heroic fleet commander, Lord General Luka Raan and asks him to gather a team from the Empire's elite soldiers, the Galactic Rangers. Raan assembles the team in the ruins of Endor which was attacked by depraved Rebels and outlaws led by, Kindo-Ker, a fanatical mystic in Dark Energy. The Galactic Rangers begin a desperate search to find and rescue Leah C6 before the Alliance Rebels can.This is another film that director Albert Pyun never completely finished. It was shown in Milwaukee at the Twisted Dreams festival.... but it never received the limited release that Pyun had initially promised.
- DirectorAlbert PyunStarsDawna Lee HeisingJulie Anne PrescottDebra LambIn the end of days comes the ultimate battle between good and evil. Lead by a young hero, the Bad Ass Angels fight the Demons from hell in this epic Albert Pyun classic.This was the last film that director Albert Pyun worked on before his death.... and is still unfinished. Pyun wrote the project in 2017 and it began filming in 2018 under the title ---- BAD ASS ANGELS & DEMONS. There was even talk about combining the footage that was already shot with INTERSTELLAR CIVIL WAR.... and having it premiere as a television series.
- DirectorAdil El ArbiBilall FallahStarsBrendan FraserMichael KeatonJ.K. SimmonsBased upon the popular DC character, Barbara Gordon dons the guise of Batgirl to fight crime.The movie.... originally intended for either a theatrical or HBO Max release.... has reportedly been shelved indefinitely. The movie.... originally budgeted at $80 million.... has already gone $10 million over budget.... with additional post-production work still needed. It has also been said that the movie.... despite being nearly finished.... doesn't quite gel with the studio execs.... and they would much rather the film not be released (at least for now).
- DirectorBill HallerMichael KurinskyStarsFrank WelkerIain ArmitageMckenna GraceTo celebrate Scooby-Doo's first Christmas, 10-year-old Shaggy and the gang take him to a holiday-themed resort owned by Fred's Uncle Ned. The kids are forced to solve a 40-year-old mystery to save the resort from a ghostly haunting.In June 2021.... Cervone said that a sequel to the film was in development. On December 22, 2021.... HBO Max released a sizzle reel featuring a first look at a Christmas-themed spin-off film.... titled SCOOB! HOLIDAY HAUNT.... which was to be released on the service in December 2022. The film takes place in the gang's youth.... with Welker and the actors who portrayed the younger versions reprising their roles while Cervone returned to write the film with Paul Dini as well to produce the project. The film was co-directed by Bill Haller and Michael Kurinsky.... and had a production budget of $40 million. On August 2, 2022.... Warner Bros. Discovery canceled its release.... citing cost-cutting measures and a refocus on theatrical films rather than creating projects for streaming. Tony Cervone would go on to say on the same day that the project was "practically finished".
- DirectorJamie FoxxStarsRobert Downey Jr.Gerard ButlerBenicio Del ToroTwo buddies form a rivalry over their favorite American basketball player.The movie was originally scheduled to be released on February 16, 2018.... to coincide with the 2018 NBA All-Star Game.... but post-production was not completed in time. The film was delayed to February 22, 2019.... within the week of the 2019 NBA All-Star Game.... but ended up missing the release date for undisclosed reasons. The film was then projected to be released sometime later in 2019.... and in 2021. By July 2022.... the film was considered indefinitely shelved.
- DirectorTom McGrathJohn WolfeB.O.O. (Bureau of Otherworldly Operations) is the super classified agency you've never heard of and certainly never seen. Dedicated to protecting humans from evil hauntings, the agents of B.O.O. have a secret weapon: they are ghosts themselves. When newbie agents Jackson Moss (Seth Rogen) and his odd-ball partner Watts (Melissa McCarthy) uncover a plot to destroy B.O.O. by the agency's Most Wanted Haunter, they must use every trick in their arsenal to defeat his powerful ghost army and save Earth from a ghostly fate.The film was scheduled to be released on June 5, 2015 by 20th Century Fox. In January 2015.... DreamWorks Animation announced the closing of their Redwood City, California studio.... and the laying off of over 500 artists. As a result, B.O.O. had been dropped entirely from the production slate for the studio.... even though the animation was said to be 60% finished. Some footage from B.O.O. was uploaded online on September 27, 2019.
- DirectorRobert FrankStarsTruman CapoteDick CavettMarshall ChessFollow the Rolling Stones on their 1972 North American Tour and their first return to the States since the tragedy at Altamont.This is a documentary film that chronicled the 1972 Rolling Stones American tour in support of their album Exile on Main Street and has never been released. The tour was highly anticipated since it was the first time the Stones had visited the United States since 1969's Altamont Free Concert in which a fan was stabbed and beaten to death by the Hells Angels.
The documentary was shot in an observational manner.... numerous cameras were available backstage for anyone to pick up and begin filming. This allowed the cameras to capture backstage parties.... drug use.... and other examples of debauchery. Fearing the film would tarnish their reputations.... the Stones brought the film to court.... as they did not want it shown publicly. The film's director.... Robert Frank.... felt differently and fought to prevent the film from being destroyed. Ultimately.... a judge ordered that the film could not be shown unless Frank was present and prevented him from screening it more than four times a year in an “archival setting”.
Although The Rolling Stones have never officially released the film themselves.... black-and-white scenes from the infamous documentary can be seen in their subsequent video/DVD releases. These include: Video Rewind: The Rolling Stones' Great Video Hits (1984) and The Rolling Stones: Four Flicks (2003). - DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsEdna PurvianceEve SouthernRaymond BloomerThe sea motif is employed as a device counterpointing a psychologically dramatic though simple love story.In 1933.... the negative was destroyed so that all losses incurred by the production could be written off.
- StarsRichard DreyfussDanny GloverJon HederEthan Jones, a sixth-grade English teacher is on a mission to get the newly constructed Junior High gymnasium named after his elderly father Winston, the old retired gym teacher, despite the fact that being dead is one of the requirements.Went into production in 2012.... with an expected release date of 2014.... but was shelved due to allegations made against star Danny Masterson.
- DirectorRichard SmithStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxHarpo played the hero, a detective named Watson who "made his entrance in a high hat, sliding down a coal chute into the basement". Groucho played an "old movie" villain, who "sported a long mustache and was clad in black", while Chico was probably his "chuckling [Italian] henchman". Zeppo portrayed a playboy who was the owner of a nightclub in which most of the action took place, including "a cabaret, [which allowed] the inclusion of a dance number". The final shot showed Groucho "in ball and chain, trudging slowly off into the gloaming". Harpo, in a rare moment of romantic glory, gets the girl in the end.This was shown publicly only once in 1921.... before it was shelved indefinitely. It has been stated that Groucho Marx destroyed the only copy of the film.
- DirectorLeody M. DiazStarsJing AbalosDante RiveroVivian LorraineMad scientist Doctor Zorba is at his wit's end because of the interference of Batman in his smuggling attempts. Together with his mad fanatic follower Turko, they hatch a plan to bring Dracula back to life by electronic means which make him different in that he can be controlled and is not afraid of the Cross. In a hidden laboratory in a cemetery mausoleum, they perpetuate their evil deed by getting fresh blood from their victims. Dracula comes to life. Marita Banzon, the daughter of another scientist, helps Batman solve the mystery of his powerful foe Dracula, by whom she is held captive. Learning the secret of the ultra-ray sunglasses worn by Dr. Zorba and his men, Batman raids their secret hideout and saves the lady. Also, he turns Dracula to kill the very men who created him.The movie was produced without the consent of DC Comics.... causing the movie to go unreleased.
- DirectorChristy CabanneRaoul WalshStarsEagle EyeRobert HarronIrene HuntThe life and career of Panccho Villa from young man to revolutionary leader is chronicled.Currently the film is presumably lost.... with only unedited fragments and publicity stills known to exist.
- DirectorGeorge PearsonStarsJames BragingtonFred PaulAgnes GlynneSherlock Holmes solves a murder rooted in the Mormon trek of 1850.No prints of the film have ever been found.
- DirectorBob BendetsonPeter ShinStarsAndré 3000Marlon BrandoBrendan FraserCandy company worker Howard Kind gains special abilities after being bitten by insects.The film is an unreleased American animated television film starring Brendan Fraser and Marlon Brando. The $20,000,000 film is a Studio-Free Studios Production.... and it was originally to be released between 2006 and 2008.... but was never released or distributed. The film is Marlon Brando's last known film work.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsBernhard GoetzkeNita NaldiMalcolm KeenIn the Kentucky hills, a store keeper tries to win the love of an innocent schoolteacher. She runs away and seeks refuge with a hermit.No prints of this movie are known to have survived.... and no one has seen it since the late 1920s.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsEmil JanningsLewis StoneFlorence VidorPaul I, the Emperor of All Russia, becomes the target of a deadly conspiracy.
Only pieces of this film are left.... including trailers. The UCLA Film and Television Archive is in possession of 2500 feet of footage (out of 10,000).... and one reel was found in Portugal.... but to date no complete copy has been located. - DirectorTodd HaynesStarsMerrill GruverMichael EdwardsMelissa BrownKaren Carpenter's battle with anorexia nervosa and the cultural influence of the Carpenters in the 70s.This is an experimental short biographical film that portrays the last 17 years of singer Karen Carpenter's life.... as she struggled with anorexia. Directed by Todd Haynes.... the film uses Barbie dolls as actors.... as well as documentaries and artistic footage. SUPERSTAR was co-written and co-produced by Haynes and Cynthia Schneider.... with an unauthorized soundtrack consisting mostly of the hit songs of The Carpenters. It was filmed over a ten-day period at Bard College in the summer of 1985. Barry Ellsworth collaborated on the film and was the cinematographer for the Barbie themed interior segments of the film.
The film was withdrawn from circulation in 1990 after Haynes lost a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Karen's brother and musical collaborator.... Richard Carpenter. The film's title is derived from The Carpenters' 1971 hit "Superstar". Meanwhile.... over the years SUPERSTAR has developed into a cult film.... has notably been bootlegged.... and is included in Entertainment Weekly's 2003 list of top 50 cult movies. Much like THE FANTASTIC FOUR.... and THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL.... the film has technically been released and is not lost.... but is still not allowed to be legally shown. - DirectorRichard ThorpeJohn FarrowJames C. McKayStarsJohnny WeissmullerMaureen O'SullivanJohn BucklerAn expedition seeking to bring Jane back to civilization, and Tarzan into captivity, gets more than it's bargained for.Just to be clear.... TARZAN ESCAPES is technically not lost (even though portions of it are). The film started out as THE CAPTURE OF TARZAN and was 100% completed. However.... after a disastrous test screening that sent children screaming down the aisles.... over half of the movie was reshot.... with the print of THE CAPTURE OF TARZAN being destroyed sometime in the 1930's.
- DirectorIvan NagyStarsGary ColemanCicely TysonRon O'NealMade-for-TV film starring a not-so-young Gary Coleman as a teenage arsonist. The authorities, friends, and neighbors warn his absentee parents until it is too late.Playing With Fire premiered on April 14, 1985 on NBC. The film received mostly negative reviews and this.... combined with low viewership.... prompted NBC to not air it further. To date.... no known copies of the film have surfaced.... and it's currently unknown if it received any home video release. Claims have been made that the film was shown in schools as part of fire safety education.... suggesting copies may have circulated for educational purposes. However.... this has yet to be confirmed. In addition to promotional photos and advertisements.... two commercial promos have also surfaced.
- DirectorJoseph SikorskiStarsSean YoungEd Begley Jr.Michael LernerThe enigmatic life of electrical genius Nikola Tesla unravels through a posthumous F.B.I. investigation into his particle beam research, including a new super weapon called the "death ray".This was supposed to be released in 2013.... but remains unreleased as of today.
- DirectorBrad Michael ElmoreStarsM.C. GaineyGreg HillJames PaxtonA bat-wielding, masked killer in a rusted-out black Cadillac weaves in and out of three interlocking stories awash in sex, drugs, punk rock, black magic, and broken homes.The film had its World Premiere at the Cinepocalypse Film Festival way back in 2018.... followed by Popcorn Frights.... and has never screened again.
- DirectorDanis GouletStarsSarah GadonAlice BragaKris Holden-RiedA mother recovering from a brutal accident moves into a prototype smart home. As she begins to get settled, she finds out that the house's groundbreaking AI technology is quickly developing real human emotions.The film completed production in 2021 and sat on the shelf for quite a while before its title was changed to HOUSE/WIFE. Streaming service Netflix was set to premiere it.... but they announced in Jan. 2023 that they no longer had any interest in doing so. The film is currently being shopped to other studios and streaming platforms for distribution.
- DirectorWoon-gyu NaStarsWoon-gyu NaIl-seon ShinTae-jin KimA man comes to stay at a friend's house in the country. The household consists of a father, daughter, and a mentally disturbed son. The man falls in love with the daughter. One day she is attacked, but her attacker is slain. At first her boyfriend stands accused of murder, but in a moment of lucidity, her brother steps forward and claims responsibility. He is led away to prison.Prints were reportedly destroyed during the Korean War.
- DirectorWilliam Desmond TaylorStarsMary Miles MinterPaul KellyMarcia HarrisAnne Shirley, an orphan, is taken into the lives of a generous farmer and his sister. She grows from an adventuresome young lass into a charming and much sought-after young lady.No prints have survived since its initial release.... only stills from the book version that was released the same year. Work is under way to recreate the film.... using those stills.... as well as a silent-era piano score.
- DirectorAziz AnsariStarsSeth RogenBill MurrayKeke PalmerBased on the book "Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End" by surgeon Atul Gawande. A 2014 non-fiction book.After principal photography began on March 28, 2022.... Searchlight halted production on April 18 and officially suspended production on April 20 after investigating a complaint filed against Bill Murray for "inappropriate behavior" a week prior. In a letter to the cast and crew.... Searchlight said they were working with Ansari and Henley to resolve the matter and resume production.
On April 30.... Murray made a similar statement ---- "I did something I thought was funny.... and it wasn't taken that way. The company.... the movie studio.... wanted to do the right thing.... so they wanted to check it all out.... investigate it.... and so they stopped the production. But as of now.... we're talking and we're trying to make peace with each other." In October of that year.... reports emerged that Murray had allegedly straddled a "much younger" female production assistant and kissed her on the mouth.... causing her to file an official complaint.
Shortly afterward.... Palmer told Variety that the film would need "a major rewrite" to be completed without Murray.... but that "if somebody could figure it out, it's Aziz".
The filmmakers sought to find a financier and distributor to replace Searchlight to no avail. Ansari is set to direct another film.... GOOD FORTUNE.... also starring Rogen.... whose production begins in May 2023.... after which he reportedly intends to revisit BEING MORTAL. - DirectorShizuo NakajimaStarsEma IshiharaShitosi ShimaGodzilla vs. Wolfman consists of a werewolf appearing in Japan, which becomes irradiated and grows to enormous size. This giant Wolfman encounters Godzilla in the countryside, and the two monsters battle.Production on this unauthorized GODZILLA film started in 1983. Over ten hours of footage was shot specifically for the film. Toho has said that they had nothing to do with.... and did not even approve of the film. As a result.... it has remained unreleased and "lost" for nearly 40 years. In 2016.... director Shizuo Nakaijima announced that he had been working to splice together the footage for the film and hoped to give the film a DVD release soon. Nakajima shared an image on his Facebook page that said the film would be coming to DVD in the summer of 2016.... but the film remains unreleased to this day.
- DirectorTiziano PellegrisStarsChad AllenDorie BartonFrancesca BielliThis one is a bit of a mystery. So.... the director of this claims that it was released in Italy for one week.... but was pulled from cinemas due to issues with the rights. Apparently.... the movie *borrowed* a lot of footage from another slasher movie called DO YOU WANNA KNOW A SECRET? New footage was then shot with a new actor wearing the same mask for the sequel. To complicate things further.... some people say that DO YOU WANNA KNOW A SECRET? itself was marketed as a sequel to THE POOL in other countries. Other than a few production stills.... no one can seem to verify if production on THE POOL 2 actually took place.
- DirectorDennis DuganLee GrantStarsBruce WillisMaura TierneyDaniel BaldwinEddie Kapinsky, a retired professional ice hockey player comes to terms with his retirement and starts a romance.This is an unfinished romantic comedy film that starred Bruce Willis and Maura Tierney and was originally directed by Lee Grant. It was produced by Willis and Joseph Feury for Cinergi Pictures.... and was to have been distributed by The Walt Disney Company in 1997. Other cast members included Daniel Baldwin.... Alex Boyd.... Jenifer Lewis.... and Casey Moses Wurzbach.... though it is unclear how much.... if any.... of their scenes were shot at the time the production folded.
The film was to be entirely shot in Feury's hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. 20 days into shooting (2 years of pre-production though) Willis.... unhappy with the work of some of the crew.... fired multiple people.... leading to Disney to shut production down. $14 million of the $28 million budget had already been spent. Dennis Dugan was brought onboard as the new director.... but never actually shot any new scenes. Instead of suing him.... the studio cut a deal with Willis to work on three films for a discounted rate; ARMAGEDDON.... THE SIXTH SENSE.... and THE KID. - ShortDirectorJeremiah S. ChechikStarsAl Peter BrunoJoan CusackWillem DafoeThe project.... penned by writers Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue.... centered on a detective investigating a boxer's murder and falling for an exotic dancer. Willem Dafoe and Joan Cusack were cast in the lead roles.... with Jermiah S. Chechik onboard to direct. Filming lasted for all of one week.... because producers were dissatisfied with the dailies. Dafoe quit soon after.... causing the entire budget to become a tax write off.... and the footage has never seen the light of day.
- DirectorJim WynorskiStarsMichael MadsenGrace RoubidouxAaron GrobenA gigantic, mutated reptile attacks the population of an unprepared city.Completed back in 2018 but remains unreleased to this day.
- CreatorJay OlivaStarsTig NotaroJena MaloneChristian SlaterScott Ward and his rescue crew's efforts to protect all they love during the first phases of the mysterious zombie outbreak in Vegas.Even though this is listed as having a 2024 release date.... the project has officially been put on hiatus according to Zak Snyder. Netflix shelved the series.... even though it was far into production.... and somewhat watchable in its current form. Snyder stated ---- "We did all the scripts and the animatics.... and all the voices are recorded. So.... you could watch it.... even in its crazy animatic form. You can watch the whole run."
- DirectorDave GreenStarsJohn CenaLana CondorWill ForteA story set in the ACME warehouse, the manufacturer of anything and everything used by the Looney Tunes characters.Warner Bros. has decided to permanently shelve the movie.... which completed principal photography in 2022.... so that they can take a $30,000,000 tax write off for it. The film originally had a July 21, 2023 release date.... but Warner Bros. decided to remove it from their schedule in April 2022.
- DirectorMatt CharmanStarsHalle BerryMolly ParkerPaul GuilfoyleOne year after her husband's mysterious disappearance, Sara Morse discovers a strange, extraterrestrial object underneath their home. She and her kids are on a race to find their husband, father, and the truth.The movie completed principal photography in 2021.... but was shelved by Netflix after numerous delays in post-production.
- DirectorChannon ScotStarsDick BryanEd ButlerJames CamilliA bunch of hippies move into an abandoned farmhouse out in the woods in rural New England. Deputy Richard is always hassling them and of course when the bloody Bigfoot murders start, the hippies are blamed.This movie has been deemed lost.... as it has never been officially released on VHS or DVD. Some say that only trailer footage has survived.... but others claim that a handful of bootleg copies are still floating around somewhere.
- DirectorGary DaubermanStarsLewis PullmanSpencer Treat ClarkBill CampAuthor Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot in search of inspiration for his next book only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.Principal photography started in September 2021.... with additional photography taking place in late May / early June 2022. Originally set for theatrical release on September 9, 2022.... the new Stephen King adaptation was then bumped to April 21, 2023.... before ultimately getting ejected from the theatrical slate altogether. On October 31, 2023.... it was reported that Warner Bros. was looking to release the film on Max.... due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike creating a "growing need for Max content".... although a spokesperson stated no decision regarding the film's future distribution plans had been made yet. The following day.... author Stephen King stated that the film was still currently shelved by Warner Bros.... but revealed that he had seen the film and praised it.