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== Automobiles ==
* Monica, a French luxury automobile brand, created 22 '''prototypes''' and only 8 '''production cars''' before work was stopped indefinitely. Read more
* General Motors planned to turn Saturn into Opel of America, with more vehicles added to the product line, when the 2007-2009 global economic crisis struck. The name then disappeared as 2009 ended and 2010 started.<br /><br />The Saturn division itself was first announced and a prototype shown in 1983. It was 1991 by the time you could actually buy one, and the original sedan's wraparound rear window had been stolen ''internally'' by Oldsmobile, leading observers to see the Saturn as the "copy".
* Due in large part (but not entirely) to [[World War Two]], the VW Beetle design was finalized for production in 1938 but the first cars delivered to retail customers weren't until 1947.
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* A [[Biopic]] about Baron Gustaf Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland during [[World War II]], was announced in 2000, with Finnish director Renny Harlin attached. The filming has been postponed many times due to budgetary issues. Harlin finally pulled out in May 2011, but it is unclear whether the project will go on without him.
* A remake of ''[[The Incredible Shrinking Man]]'' has been in the works since 2001, with [[Eddie Murphy]]'s name often attached. It's still apparently in pre-production.
* In 1992 it was announced that [[John Hughes]] had
* There has also been a lot of talk about the musical version of ''[[Wicked (Theatre)|Wicked]]'' being made into a movie. It appears to be just that: talk. Oh sure, it's said to be officially confirmed, but only recently have they began looking for a cast, at least three years after the confirmation of it...
* The Brazilian movie ''Chatô'' started filming in 1998. It spent a lot of money, led his director to get sued, but no one even knows if it will ever come out!
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