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The state wherein an announced creative project becomes stuck at the preparation stage for years.

For those examples which ''finally'' became real, after years, or decades in some cases, look at [[Saved From Development Hell]].

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== Anime and Manga ==

* An anime adaptation of ''Tonari no 801-chan'' was originally supposed to be animated by Kyoto Animation, and even had a preliminary website up for it. Then something happened and it fell into limbo. The project was ultimately cancelled, though a 90-second animated OP was created by A-1 Pictures and bundled with Vol.4 of the web manga.

** David E. Kelley wrote a treatment for a Wonder Woman TV series. It was rejected by NBC, but after seeing the strong initial ratings for Kelley's ''[[Harry's Law]]'' show, they changed their mind. A pilot directed by McG was produced... and rejected by NBC in May 2011. After seeing the leaked scripts for the project, some Wonder Woman fans consider this a good thing.

** The movie project might not be quite dead yet. Nicolas Winding Refn (yes, [[Drive (film)|that guy]]) has expressed interest in directing, and Christina Hendricks is being considered for the lead (of course). However, the earliest production start date couldn't have started until mid 2012, since Refn was making ''Only God Forgives''.

* The ''[[Battle Royale]]'' American adaptation. In June 2006, producers Neil Mortiz and Roy Lee announced that they had the greenlight to go ahead with the movie, which would, indeed, retain the "high schoolers killing each other" theme, and that New Line Cinema had given a tentative release date of 2008. Aside from the Virginia Tech Massacre making New Line nervous about the themes, they still haven't acquired the rights to make the film in the first place and apparently don't wish to try.

** ''[[Battle Royale]]'' might be fast tracked depending on the performance of the ''[[Hunger Games]]''. In fact ''[[Hunger Games]]'' may open a new renaissance of human hunting human movies in the same manner as 28 Days Later resurrected the ''[[Zombie Apocalypse]]'' genre.