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* It's possible the fourth ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' film is in this, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131004223514/http://www.aslanscountry.com/2011/10/gresham-confirms-waldens-contract-expired/ as the contract of production company Walden Media with the C.S. Lewis estate has expired].

* Around 2003, [[Robert Zemeckis]] was planning to remake the William Castle film ''Macabre'' for Dark Castle Entertainment (a company he co-founded with Joel Silver) at some point in between the productions of ''[[The Polar Express]]'' and ''[[Beowulf (film)|Beowulf]]''. After Zemeckis got heavily into motion capture, he abandoned the project and eventually left Dark Castle to start Imagemovers Digital. Nothing has been heard about the project since.

* A ''[[Gunnm|Battle Angel]]'' film with director James Cameron. On again off again with rumors as far back as the early 2000s including supposed casting calls for a lithe girl who could move like a cat ... then nothing. Then he said he was waiting for the technology to catch up to his vision. Then ''[[Avatar]]''. Is he even working on it still? Who knows.

* A ''[[Gunnm|Battle Angel]]'' film with director James Cameron. On again off again with rumors as far back as the early 2000s including supposed casting calls for a lithe girl who could move like a cat ... then nothing. Then he said he was waiting for the technology to catch up to his vision. Then ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]''. Is he even working on it still? Who knows.

* The ''[[Clue (film)|Clue]]'' remake, first announced in 2006. At first it was announced as a straight remake of the 1985 comedy, then it wasn't, then Gore Verbinski joined the project, then it was a straight remake again. The Wikipedia page for the 1985 film currently lists a release date of 2013.

* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=5813834 This] ESPN the Magazine article gives an inside account of the process of getting stuck in Development Hell—specifically, David Fleming's attempt to get ''Breaker Boys'', his book on the 1925 Pottsville Maroons, an early NFL team that had its championship revoked after bitter lobbying from richer rival team owners, onto the big screen. Fleming sees this as a larger failure than most—because the movie isn't getting made, the NFL won't be forced to admit its mistake and restore the stolen championship.