Because it's a mass-market kind of thing, it was important to kind of keep that purity of it." Regardless, in 2009, Henry Selick stated that he could make a sequel to "Nightmare" if he and Burton could create a good story for it. In 2012, Shane Acker confirmed that Burton would work with Valve to create his next animated feature film, "Deep". Like "9", the film would take place in a post-apocalyptic world (although set in a different universe). "Deep" would be another darker animated film, as Shane Acker has expressed his interest in creating more PG-13 animated films. Since then, there have been no further mentions of "Deep", with Acker focusing on another project announced in 2013 ("Beasts of Burden").
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Tim Burton | Unrealized projects
In 2012, Shane Acker confirmed that Burton would work with Valve to create his next animated feature film, "Deep", since  then, there have been no further mentions of "Deep" A new "Superman" film, "Deep", etc. Yes, one of them is animated feature film "Deep". Sorry. I cannot find the answer based on the context.
when does the next alice in wonderland come out
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December 7, 2012
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what is the genre of this movie?
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Live-action/animated, dark fantasy,  adventure
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what does the second term mean?
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It is a subgenre of fantasy literary, artistic, and cinematic works that incorporate darker and frightening themes of fantasy
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when did this genre originate?
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Sorry. I cannot find the answer based on the context.
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what is the movie about?
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A nineteen-year-old Alice Kingsleigh, who is told that she can restore the White Queen to her throne, with the help of the Mad Hatter. She is the only one who can slay the Jabberwocky, a dragon-like creature that is controlled by the Red Queen and terrorizes Underland's inhabitants. In this situation, Alice fights against the Red Queen to protect the world
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who plays the protagonist?
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Mia  Wasikowska
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when was movie released?
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February 25, 2010
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does it have any sequel?
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Yes, there are many sequels
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by whom is this directed?
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Tim Burton
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does he have any projects which are yet to be completed?
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Burton was to direct "", a western/monster film that was to star Clint Eastwood and Jack Nicholson, with a screenplay by Jonathan Gems; he chose to direct "Mars Attacks!" instead.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "The Hawkline Monster"
Burton was briefly attached to direct "Maleficent" for Walt Disney Pictures in 2011, but chose to pursue "Dark Shadows" and "Frankenweenie" instead.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Maleficent"
In March 2011, it was announced that Burton was attached to direct a film of "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame", which was supposed to feature and be co-produced by Josh Brolin but the film has been scrapped.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame"
Burton was originally attached to direct the 1985 film "After Hours", but Martin Scorsese read the script at a time when he was unable to get financial backing to complete "The Last Temptation of Christ", which was finally completed in 1988; Burton gladly stepped aside when Scorsese expressed interest in directing "After Hours".
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "After Hours"
Around this time, Burton considered directing a remake of the 1960 Italian horror film "Black Sunday".
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Black Sunday"
When the "Goosebumps" film was in early production and was going to be made by 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks, Burton was originally going to produce it in 1998, with the option to direct. However, the project fell through and was later sold to Sony Pictures Entertainment, resulting in the 2015 film directed by Rob Letterman.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Goosebumps"
Robert Downey Jr. enlisted Burton to direct a Warner Bros. retelling of "The Adventures of Pinocchio" in 2012. Burton pursued "Big Eyes" and Ben Stiller was attached to direct.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Pinocchio"
The following is a list of unproduced Tim Burton projects, in roughly chronological order. During a career that has spanned over 30 years, Tim Burton has worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | Introduction
In 1993, Burton was set to direct "Cabin Boy", but left to direct "Ed Wood". Adam Resnick eventually directed the 1994 film, with Burton in a producer role.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Cabin Boy"
Around 1995, writer Jonathan Gems wrote a screenplay for a film adaptation of "Dinosaurs Attack!", with Burton as director. However, both Burton and Gems came to the conclusion that the project was too similar to "Jurassic Park".
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Dinosaurs Attack!"
A year is a long time to be working with somebody that you don't really want to be working with."
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Superman Lives"
By October 2017, Conrad Vernon had been hired to direct the film, which he will also produce along with Berman and Alex Schwartz, based on a screenplay written by Pettler, with revisions by Matt Lieberman. The film turned into the critically panned The Addams Family (2019) that was released on October 11, 2019.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Addams Family" stop-motion animated film
Burton considered directing "Go Baby Go", a beach film in the style of filmmaker Russ Meyer, with a screenplay by Jonathan Gems; he chose to direct "Mars Attacks!" instead.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Go Baby Go"
Burton developed a script for a remake of the 1963 science fiction B-film "" with writer Bryan Goluboff, but it went unproduced.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes"
Morgan Creek Productions originally wanted Burton to direct "Stay Tuned" because of his work on "Beetlejuice" and his art style, but Burton left the project to direct "Batman Returns", the sequel to his 1989 "Batman" film, and was replaced by Peter Hyams while having some of the art styles paying tribute to Burton.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Stay Tuned"
In 1994, Burton was close to directing an adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" with a screenplay by Jonathan Gems; he chose to direct "Mars Attacks!" instead.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "The Fall of the House of Usher"
In April 2019, Warner Bros. stated the sequel had been shelved.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Beetlejuice" sequel attempts
In June 2011, it was reported that Burton was being considered to be selected as the director for "", the fifth installment of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series, but he chose to direct "Frankenweenie".
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales"
However, Disney shut down the film's production, along with Skellington Productions, after the poor box office results of "James and the Giant Peach".
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Toots and the Upside Down House"
A year is a long time to be working with somebody that you don't really want to be working with." In 2001, The Walt Disney Company began to consider producing a sequel to "The Nightmare Before Christmas", but rather than using stop motion, Disney wanted to use computer animation. Burton convinced Disney to drop the idea. "I was always very protective of ['Nightmare'], not to do sequels or things of that kind," Burton explained. "You know, 'Jack visits Thanksgiving world' or other kinds of things, just because I felt the movie had a purity to it and the people that like it...
Tim Burton | Unrealized projects
In May 2010, DreamWorks announced that it had acquired the rights to a film adaptation of "Monsterpocalypse", a Kaiju-themed collectible miniatures game. The studio had approached Burton for the project. On July 19, 2010, it was confirmed that Burton was attached to direct, but the film went unproduced. However, on May 3, 2016, Warner Bros acquired the project and hired Fede Álvarez to direct and co-write the film with Rodo Sayagues.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Monsterpocalypse"
After production was cancelled, these songs were released on the "Batman: The Musical" memorial site.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Batman: The Musical"
Burton bought the rights to "Geek Love" by Katherine Dunn in the 1990s. The story, about a traveling circus that uses chemicals to create genuine freaks, seemed perfect for Burton, but there has been no word about it since. In an interview with Dunn, she stated, "He's got the rights. That's half the battle right there. Though it no longer seems like something he'd do. It's a little too horror for him now in my opinion. Though I would love to see this film get made."
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Geek Love"
"Tim Burton's Lost in Oz" would be a television series based on L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz" book series. Burton would be its executive producer. A pilot episode was filmed in 2000, but the series became unproduced due to budget constraints.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Tim Burton's Lost in Oz"
After the 1985 film, Burton was offered the opportunity to direct "Big Top Pee-wee", but had no interest and was already working on his own pet project, "Beetlejuice".
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Big Top Pee-wee"
Arkoff were interviewed. "Conversations with Vincent" was stalled when Burton went to work on "Batman Returns" (1992), and after Price's death in October 1993. In December 1994, it was announced that Burton was returning to the hour-long documentary. Lucy Chase Williams, author of "The Complete Films of Vincent Price", was working as a consultant. The film likely would have been released in the direct-to-video market, but the project was ultimately abandoned and remains unfinished.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Conversations with Vincent"
After the success of "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (1985), and before his hiring of "Beetlejuice" (1988), Warner Bros. sent Burton various scripts. He was disheartened by their lack of imagination and originality, one of them being "Hot to Trot" (1988).
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Hot to Trot"
During the mid-2000s, Burton was scheduled to direct a film based on the famous "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" franchise, with Jim Carrey portraying Robert Ripley and a script by "Ed Wood" scribes Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski; the film ran over budget however, and was shelved by Paramount Pictures. Burton moved on to direct "," and on October 23, 2008, Chris Columbus took over the "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" film, with Carrey still portraying Ripley, and on January 12, 2011, it was reported that Eric Roth will write the script.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Ripley's Believe It or Not!"
During production on the film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", a broadway musical was planned to accompany it. The studio and Burton reiterated their interest in May 2003, however, the project was cancelled by the time the film was released.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" musical
Director Acker has also mentioned the possibility of a sequel being made because of the lack of darker animated films, claiming that everything is G- and PG-rated with little to no dark elements. In 2009 he said that he will continue to make darker animated films, either doing so with a sequel to "9" or original ideas for future films. Before the theatrical release of the film, Acker and Tim Burton stated they were open for a sequel, depending on how well the film was received. Since the film's home release, there have been no further mentions of a sequel, with Acker focusing on projects announced in 2012 ("Deep") and 2013 ("Beasts of Burden"), neither of which have been released as of December 2017.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "9" sequel
After the 1992 film "Singles" was released, which had Burton in a rare credited acting role, Warner Bros. Television tried to turn the film into a television series, but the project never materialized. The film's director Cameron Crowe claims that "Singles" inspired the television series "Friends".
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Singles" television series
In an interview with "9" director Shane Acker: "I think there is definitely room. I mean, the way we end the film, there is a slight suggestion that it may be a new beginning. And I think we could continue the journey from where we left off and see how these creatures are existing in a world in which the natural environment is coming back and perhaps even threatening them in some way. Do they make the decision to not affect it, or do they try to affect it in some way? And do they still try to hold on to that humanity within them or do they recognize themselves at being machines too and go off on a different trajectory? So there's lots of idea that I think that we could play with and make another story out of." No plans for a sequel have been made, but possibilities were mentioned via the film's 2009 DVD commentary.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "9" sequel
If something works out, that's one thing, but you can't ever predict that. The ending had more to do with the soap opera structure of it."
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Dark Shadows" sequel
During the early development of the cancelled "Catwoman" spin-off, Burton expressed his interest in directing the third installment of the "Batman" film series that began with "Batman" in 1989. Warner Bros. was not happy with merchandise sales based on the second movie, they decided to change him and Burton put Joel Schumacher as the director of the third installment, leading to the release of "Batman Forever", in which Burton was given top-billing producer credit, without being able to contribute ideas; only hiring director and screenplayers.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | Third "Batman" film
In 2008, Paul Reubens approached Burton with one of two scripts and talked to Johnny Depp about the possibility of having him portray Pee-wee in a potential third film, but they both declined.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | Third Pee-wee Herman film
The film labored in development hell for years, with Pfeiffer replaced by Ashley Judd. The film ended up becoming the critically panned "Catwoman" (2004), starring Halle Berry.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Catwoman"
Burton held a fascination with Vincent Price films since his childhood. He first worked with the actor on the 1982 television film "Hansel and Gretel", and a second collaboration on the 1982 short film "Vincent". During the production of "Edward Scissorhands" (1990), in which Price portrayed the inventor, Burton conceived the idea of making an independent documentary film on the actor, 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.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Conversations with Vincent"
Because it's a mass-market kind of thing, it was important to kind of keep that purity of it." Regardless, in 2009, Henry Selick stated that he could make a sequel to "Nightmare" if he and Burton could create a good story for it. In 2012, Shane Acker confirmed that Burton would work with Valve to create his next animated feature film, "Deep". Like "9", the film would take place in a post-apocalyptic world (although set in a different universe). "Deep" would be another darker animated film, as Shane Acker has expressed his interest in creating more PG-13 animated films. Since then, there have been no further mentions of "Deep", with Acker focusing on another project announced in 2013 ("Beasts of Burden").
Tim Burton | Unrealized projects
Sandra Bullock, Courteney Cox and Julianne Moore had been approached for Lois Lane, while Chris Rock was cast as Jimmy Olsen. Michael Keaton confirmed his involvement, but when asked if he would be reprising his role as Batman from Burton's "Batman" films, he would only reply, "Not exactly." Burton immediately hired Wesley Strick to write a completely different story about the death and return of Superman. The film entered pre-production in June 1997, Burton gave art director Sylvain Despretz a concept drawing for Brainiac, which Despretz claims was "a cone with a round ball on top, and something that looked like an emaciated skull inside.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Superman Lives"
Stephen Frears was TriStar's first choice to replace Burton, and Di Novi was fired and replaced with Ned Tanen. The film ended up becoming the critically and commercially unsuccessful "Mary Reilly" in 1996, starring Julia Roberts and John Malkovich.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Mary Reilly"
In February 2019, it was reported that a new "Nightmare Before Christmas" film was in the works, with Disney considering either a stop-motion sequel or live-action remake. In October 2019, Chris Sarandon expressed interest on reprising his role as Jack Skellington if a sequel film ever materializes.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "The Nightmare Before Christmas" sequel
Before Michael Crichton's novel "Jurassic Park" was published, Hollywood studios were highly interested in purchasing the film rights. This included Warner Bros. and Burton, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Richard Donner, and 20th Century Studios and James Cameron. Universal Pictures acquired the rights in May 1990 for Steven Spielberg, resulting in the 1993 film adaptation.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Jurassic Park"
Imagine you take Merlin's hat, and you stick a fish bowl on top, with a skull in it." Filming was originally set to begin in early 1998. Burton chose Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as his primary filming location for Metropolis, while start dates for filming were pushed back. For budgetary reasons, Warner Bros. ordered another rewrite from Dan Gilroy, delayed the film and ultimately put it on hold in April 1998. Burton then left to direct "Sleepy Hollow". Burton has depicted the experience as a difficult one, citing differences with producer Jon Peters and the studio, stating, "I basically wasted a year.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Superman Lives"
Stage adaptation Walt Disney Theatrical was in early talks with Burton and screenwriter Linda Woolverton to develop "Alice in Wonderland" as a Broadway musical. Woolverton authored the screenplay for Disney's "The Lion King" and is also the Tony Award-nominated book writer of "Beauty and the Beast", "Aida", and "". Burton would have also rendered the overall designs for the stage musical. Woolverton would have adapted her screenplay for the stage production. Direction and choreography would have been done by Rob Ashford. The musical was aiming to make its world-premiere in London.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Alice in Wonderland" musical
On June 22, 2012, "", based on novel of the same name, was released to theaters, with Timur Bekmambetov as director and Burton in a producing role, leading to speculation that the sequel book "The Last American Vampire" would be adapted as well. However, due to the film bombing in the box office and poor critical receptions, talks of a sequel ceased.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "The Last American Vampire"
Producers Jon Peters and Peter Guber acquired the film rights to "Mary Reilly" in 1989, and optioned them for Warner Bros. with Roman Polanski as director. When Guber became CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment later that year, he moved "Mary Reilly" to Sony's sister company, TriStar Pictures, where Burton was approached to direct with Denise Di Novi to produce in 1991. Christopher Hampton was hired to write the screenplay, and Burton signed on as director in January 1993, after he approved over Hampton's rewrite. He intended to start filming in January 1994, after he completed "Ed Wood", but Burton dropped out in May 1993 over his anger against Guber for putting "Ed Wood" in turnaround.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Mary Reilly"
In August 2015, on "Late Night with Seth Meyers", Ryder confirmed she would be reprising her role in the sequel. In May 2016, Burton stated, "It's something that I really would like to do in the right circumstances, but it's one of those films where it has to be right. It's not a kind of a movie that cries out [for a sequel], it's not the "Beetlejuice" trilogy. So it's something that if the elements are right—because I do love the character and Michael's amazing as that character, so yeah we'll see. But there's nothing concrete yet." In October 2017, "Deadline" reported that Mike Vukadinovich was hired to write a script in time for the film's 30th anniversary.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Beetlejuice" sequel attempts
In 1996, when Burton was the CEO and founder of Walt Disney Animation Studios' stop-motion studio division Skellington Productions, he was going to produce the studio's planned third film, "Toots and the Upside Down House", that was based on the book by Carol Hughes where a young girl still grieving over the death of her mother goes to a fantasy world inside her home when her dad still won't pay attention to her, where goblins, fairies and sprites live while helping the fairies battle an evil Jack Frost. Burton was attached to produce it, while Henry Selick was set to direct it (marking the third collaboration between Selick and Burton), with the screenplay written by Steven Soderbergh and co-produced by Disney's film partner at the time Miramax, which would have made it the first original animated film made by the company.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Toots and the Upside Down House"
Grahame-Smith signed on with the intention of doing "a story that is worthy of us actually doing this for real, something that is not just about cashing in, is not just about forcing a remake or a reboot down someone's throat." He was also adamant that Michael Keaton would return and that Warner Bros. would not recast the role. Burton and Keaton have not officially signed on but will return if the script is good enough. Grahame-Smith met with Keaton in February 2012, "We talked for a couple of hours and talked about big picture stuff. It's a priority for Warner Bros.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Beetlejuice" sequel attempts
On June 11, 2012, Shane Acker confirmed that Burton would work with Valve to create his next animated feature film, "Deep". Like "9", the film will take place in a post-apocalyptic world (although set in a different universe). "Deep" would have been another darker animated film, as Shane Acker has expressed his interest in creating more PG-13 animated films. Since then, there has been no further announcements. However, despite the silence from Acker, in January 2017, the Facebook profile of the character "the Scientist" was updated with a rather cryptic message. The profile had been inactive since 2009, leading some to speculate the teasing of a sequel.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Deep"
In 2001, The Walt Disney Company began to consider producing a sequel to "The Nightmare Before Christmas", but rather than using stop motion, Disney wanted to use computer animation. Burton convinced Disney to drop the idea. "I was always very protective of "Nightmare" not to do sequels or things of that kind," Burton explained. "You know, 'Jack visits Thanksgiving world' or other kinds of things just because I felt the movie had a purity to it and the people that like it... Because it's a mass-market kind of thing, it was important to kind of keep that purity of it." In 2009, Selick said he would do a film sequel if he and Burton could create a good story for it.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "The Nightmare Before Christmas" sequel
After the financial success of "Planet of the Apes", Burton supposed that 20th Century Fox would hire him to make a sequel, that was planned to explain the cliffhanger ending of the first film, but instead the studio decided to reboot the franchise and in 2011, released "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Planets of the Apes" sequel
In 2010, it was announced that Illumination Entertainment, in partnership with Universal Pictures, had acquired the underlying rights to the Addams Family drawings. The film was planned to be a stop-motion animated film based on Charles Addams's original drawings. Burton was set to co-write and co-produce the film, with a possibility to direct. In July 2013, it was reported that the film was cancelled. On October 31, 2013, it was announced in "Variety" that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer would be reviving "The Addams Family" as an animated film with Pamela Pettler to write the screenplay and Andrew Mittman and Kevin Miserocchi to executive produce the film and were in final negotiations with BermanBraun's Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun to produce.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Addams Family" stop-motion animated film
Chase Meridian. However, when Warner Bros. observed that the script was just as gloomy as the previous film, they decided to put Joel Schumacher as the director of the third installment, leading to the release of "Batman Forever", in which Burton served as producer, without being able to contribute ideas.
List of unproduced DC Comics projects | <a href="Tim%20Burton">Tim Burton</a> "Batman 3"
And I have to say, I love Lydia Deetz so much. She was such a huge part of me. I would be really interested in what she is doing 27 years later." Ryder confirmed that she would only consider making a sequel if Burton and Keaton were involved. In December 2014, Burton stated, "It's a character that I love and I miss actually working with Michael. There's only one Betelgeuse. We're working on a script and I think it's probably closer than ever and I'd love to work with him again." In January 2015, writer Grahame-Smith told "Entertainment Weekly" that the script was finished and that he and Burton intended to start filming "Beetlejuice 2" by the end of the year, and that both Keaton and Ryder would return in their respective roles.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Beetlejuice" sequel attempts
Around the 1990s, after Tim Burton was ousted from the director's chair for "Batman Forever" after the controversies surrounding "Batman Returns", Raimi wanted to direct the film due to his interest in directing a film of a comic book superhero. He also wanted to direct the fourth film in the film series. However, Warner Bros. decided to not hire Raimi as the director and hired "The Client" director Joel Schumacher to direct it. The film was finally released in 1995 and directed by Schumacher.
Sam Raimi's unrealized projects | "Batman Forever"
After Kevin Smith had been hired to write a new "Superman" film, he suggested Burton to direct. Burton came on and Warner Bros. set a theatrical release date for the summer of 1998, the 60th anniversary of the character's debut in "Action Comics". Nicolas Cage was signed on to play Superman, Burton hired Wesley Strick to rewrite Smith's script, and the film entered pre-production in June 1997. For budgetary reasons, Warner Bros. ordered another rewrite from Dan Gilroy, delayed the film, and ultimately put it on hold in April 1998. Burton then left to direct "Sleepy Hollow". Burton has depicted the experience as a difficult one, citing differences with producer Jon Peters and the studio, stating, "I basically wasted a year.
Tim Burton | Unrealized projects
In January 2020, Tarantino stated the film "might" be made, but he would not direct it.
Quentin Tarantino's unrealized projects | "Star Trek"
Gilliam turned down the offer to direct "Forrest Gump" (1994).
Terry Gilliam's unrealized projects | "Forrest Gump"
Critical, public and commercial reception to films Burton has directed as of August 2020.
Tim Burton | Reception
During his long career, American-born British film director Terry Gilliam has worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction. Some of these productions fell in development hell or were cancelled. The following is a list of projects in roughly chronological order.
Terry Gilliam's unrealized projects | Introduction
It's a priority for Tim. [Michael's] been wanting to do it for 20 years and he'll talk to anybody about it who will listen." The story will be set in a real time frame from 1988; "This will be a true 26 or 27 years later sequel. What's great is that for Beetlejuice , time means nothing in the afterlife, but the world outside is a different story. In November 2013, Winona Ryder hinted at a possible return for the sequel as well by saying, "I'm kind of sworn to secrecy but it sounds like it might be happening. It's 27 years later.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Beetlejuice" sequel attempts
On December 7, 2011, Pfeiffer told MTV that she is hoping sequels will be made for the film. On May 8, 2012, "Variety" reported that Warner Bros. may want to turn "Dark Shadows" into a film franchise. On May 18, 2012, Collider mentioned that the ending of "Dark Shadows" lends itself to a possible sequel. When Burton was asked if he thought that this could be a possible start to a franchise, he replied, "No. Because of the nature of it being like a soap opera, that was the structure. It wasn't a conscious decision. First of all, it's a bit presumptuous to think that.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Dark Shadows" sequel
Gilliam turned down the offer to direct "Braveheart" (1995).
Terry Gilliam's unrealized projects | "Braveheart"
In 2010, it was reported that Gilliam was to serve as a creative adviser for an unmade animated film titled "1884". The film has been described as a steampunk parody of George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four". The film was to have used CGI and live action puppets. Gilliam was to produce the film and Tim Ollive was to direct it. The film never came to fruition.
Terry Gilliam's unrealized projects | "1884"
On June 10, 2010, del Toro stated that he was working on an untitled film about Van Helsing,
Guillermo del Toro's unrealized projects | Untitled <a href="Van%20Helsing">Van Helsing</a> project
Gilliam also turned down the offer to direct "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988). According to Gilliam, "I passed on that one, but that didn’t matter because it was just at a stage when it was still just the book and I didn’t want to get into animation. I just read the book and said, ‘This is too much work.’ Pure laziness on my part." The film wound up being directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Terry Gilliam's unrealized projects | "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"
Beginning in the late 1980s, new wave rock band Sparks attempted to make the Japanese manga "Mai, the Psychic Girl" into a musical, with interest from Burton and Carolco Pictures, who purchased the film rights in August 1991. Carolco hoped Burton would start production in 1992, but he chose to work on "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Ed Wood" for Touchstone Pictures. The option on the film rights eventually expired, and Burton dropped out. Francis Ford Coppola later developed the property in the late 1990s. In June 2000, Sony Pictures Entertainment started on a different project with Kirk Wong attached to direct.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Mai, the Psychic Girl"
It's a factory job, that's what it is, and I know the way it's done. I've had too many friends work on those movies. I know the way it works, and that's not the way I work." In 2011, Gilliam expressed his regret entering into talks to direct the first "Harry Potter" film.
Terry Gilliam's unrealized projects | "Harry Potter"
The following is a list of unproduced Quentin Tarantino projects in roughly chronological order. During his long career, American film director Quentin Tarantino has worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction. Some of these projects are officially cancelled and scrapped or fell in development hell.
Quentin Tarantino's unrealized projects | Introduction
As recently as 2016, Bharat Bala and producer Phillip Lee have expressed their desire to continue the film with a different cast.
Kamal Haasan's unrealized projects | "19 Steps"
In 1996, Warner Bros. decided to hire Kevin Smith to write another of the "Hawaiian" script, but he turned down the offer to write the script of the unmade "Superman Lives". In March 1997, Gems released a statement saying "The "Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian" script is still owned by The Geffen Film Company and it will likely never get made. You really couldn't do it now anyway. Winona is too old for the role, and the only way they could make it would be to totally recast it. In September 2011, Warner Bros. hired Seth Grahame-Smith, who collaborated with Burton on "Dark Shadows" and "", to write and produce a sequel to "Beetlejuice".
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Beetlejuice" sequel attempts
In February 2018, DC Films is eyeing Michael Bay to direct the film inspired by the success of Tim Miller's "Deadpool" film, but only if Bay agrees to direct under the right budget that's below $200 Million. There have been no further announcements since.
Michael Bay's unrealized projects | "Lobo" film
Gilliam turned down the offer to direct "Enemy Mine" (1985).
Terry Gilliam's unrealized projects | "Enemy Mine"
Tarantino had expressed interest in making a screwball romantic comedy film in the vein of Howard Hawks films that would've starred two A-list leads. No other news updates have emerged since.
Quentin Tarantino's unrealized projects | Untitled Howard Hawks-style project
On 9 December 2014, Abrams and Michael De Luca were producing Chris Alender's sci-fi film with Alender directing and co-writing the script with Justin Doble, as a coproduction between Columbia Pictures and Bad Robot.
J. J. Abrams's unrealized projects | Untitled "Chris Alender/Justin Doble" film
On September 30, 2016, Burton's adaptation of "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" was released, leading to speculation that the sequel novels ("Hollow City" and "Library of Souls") would be adapted as well. However, due to the mediocre box office returns of "Peculiar Children", talks of a sequel have been scrapped.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" sequels
On 11 June 2013, Warner Bros and Platinum Dunes will be making the film and Michael Bay will produce and possibly direct the film, written by Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia.
Michael Bay's unrealized projects | "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon" film
Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker, animator, and artist. He is best known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as "Beetlejuice" (1988), "Edward Scissorhands" (1990), "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993), "Ed Wood" (1994), "Sleepy Hollow" (1999), "Corpse Bride" (2005), "" (2007), "Dark Shadows" (2012), and "Frankenweenie" (2012). He has directed blockbuster films, such as the adventure-comedy "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (1985), the superhero films "Batman" (1989) and "Batman Returns" (1992), the sci-fi film "Planet of the Apes" (2001), the fantasy-drama "Big Fish" (2003), the musical adventure film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005), the fantasy film "Alice in Wonderland" (2010), and the film adaptation of "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" (2016).
Tim Burton | Introduction
Tarantino was linked at one point to an Iron Man film for New Line Cinema. Nothing came out of this.
Quentin Tarantino's unrealized projects | "Iron Man" film
On February 8, 2008, it was reported that del Toro was in talks to direct a film adaptation of the "Halo" video game series. However, he chose instead to focus on "The Hobbit" film adaptation.
Guillermo del Toro's unrealized projects | "Halo"
On November 2011, it was announced that Green would write and direct a film adaptation of Evan Mandery's "Q" for Columbia Pictures. The film was to have been produced by Matt Tolmach and Pouya Shahbazian.
David Gordon Green's unrealized projects | "Q"
By March 2007, Jonathan Nolan was hired to write a screenplay. After Spielberg moved his production studio DreamWorks from Paramount to Walt Disney Studios in 2009, Paramount needed a new director for "Interstellar". Jonathan Nolan recommended his brother Christopher Nolan, who joined the project in 2012.
Steven Spielberg's unrealized projects | "Interstellar"
Spielberg was among the list of filmmakers considered to direct the film before Peter Weir officially assumed the position.
Steven Spielberg's unrealized projects | "The Truman Show"
On 30 October 2013, Lee was in negotiations to direct the biopic of Neil Bogart with Justin Timberlake set to play Bogart with Bogart's son Tim writing the script entitled "Spinning Gold". On 19 June 2019, Tim was announced as director and Jeremy Jordan replaced Timberlake.
Spike Lee's unrealized projects | "Spinning Gold" biopic
Warren Skarren wrote a sequel script called "Beetlejuice In Love", but was unable to keep polishing his story past the first draft due to his sudden death. Later in 1990, Burton hired writer Jonathan Gems for write a sequel to "Beetlejuice", entitled "Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian". In early 1991, Burton was still interested in directing the sequel, and hired Daniel Waters to yet another script, but the two decided to focus on "Batman Returns". Waters story outline involved Beetlejuice appearing in the White House and harassing the Clinton family. By August 1993, producer David Geffen hired Pamela Norris ("Troop Beverly Hills", "Saturday Night Live") to rewrite the script.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Beetlejuice" sequel attempts
On November 1, 2006, Kubrick's son-in-law Philip Hobbs announced that he would be shepherding a film treatment of "Lunatic at Large". Kubrick had commissioned the project for treatment from noir pulp novelist Jim Thompson in the 1950s, but it had been lost until Hobbs uncovered a manuscript following Kubrick's death. As of August 2011, this project is in development for future release, with the involvement of actors Scarlett Johansson and Sam Rockwell, and U.K. screenwriter Stephen R. Clarke.
Stanley Kubrick's unrealized projects | "Lunatic at Large"
That’s dead. That’s over."
Terry Gilliam's unrealized projects | "A Tale of Two Cities"
Tim Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker, animator, and artist, who often works with certain actors and crew members in multiple feature film directing projects. The actors who collaborated with Burton the most frequently are Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Christopher Lee, who all appeared in eight, seven, and five films, respectively. Film composer Danny Elfman composed the music for all of Burton's feature films with the exception of "Ed Wood" (1994), "" (2007), and "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" (2016). He also composed the music for "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993), a stop-motion animated film Burton co-wrote and produced.
List of frequent Tim Burton collaborators | Introduction
The following is a list of unproduced Stanley Kubrick projects in roughly chronological order. During his long career, American film director Stanley Kubrick has worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction. Some of these projects fell into development hell or are officially cancelled.
Stanley Kubrick's unrealized projects | Introduction
On March 7, 2018, Bay signed on to replace Steven Spielberg as the director of the "Robopocalypse" film adaptation.
Michael Bay's unrealized projects | "Robopocalypse" film
R. Rahman and studio Lyca Productions became attached to the project in July 2019.
Kamal Haasan's unrealized projects | "Thalaivan Irukkiraan"
In January 2012, Abrams and Matt Reeves were producing Michael Gilio's action film with Brad Parker on board to direct for Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot.
J. J. Abrams's unrealized projects | Untitled "Brad Parker/Michael Gilio" film
Burton became attached as director, while producer Denise Di Novi and writer Daniel Waters also returned. In January 1994, Burton was unsure of his plans to direct "Catwoman" or an adaptation of "The Fall of the House of Usher". On June 6, 1995, Waters turned in his "Catwoman" script to Warner Bros., the same day "Batman Forever" was released. Burton was still being courted to direct. Waters joked, "Turning it in the day "Batman Forever" opened may not have been my best logistical move, in that it's the celebration of the fun-for-the-whole-family Batman. "Catwoman" is definitely not a fun-for-the-whole-family script." In an August 1995 interview, Pfeiffer re-iterated her interest in the spin-off, but explained her priorities would be challenged as a mother and commitments to other projects.
Tim Burton's unrealized projects | "Catwoman"
it's an antidote to that very kind of film, the horror movie with the expendable human beings in it. Because I don't believe any human beings are".
Joss Whedon | Unrealized projects
On February 16, 2007, Columbus was in talks to direct a "Dilbert" film. On May 26, 2010, Ken Kwapis was hired to direct the film, instead of Columbus.
Chris Columbus's unrealized projects | live-action "Dilbert" film
Gilliam was among the list of filmmakers considered to direct "The Truman Show" (1998) before Peter Weir assumed the position.
Terry Gilliam's unrealized projects | "The Truman Show"
In 2004, unable to employ a non-DGA filmmaker, Paramount assigned Kerry Conran to direct and Ehren Kruger to rewrite the John Carter script.
Robert Rodriguez's unrealized projects | "John Carter"
In June 2010, Brad Miska announced that Neil Marshall will direct "Burst" and Raimi producing the project. Since then, there have been no further announcements since.
Sam Raimi's unrealized projects | "Burst"
On 3 April 2017, Scott will direct a "Battle of Britain" movie from a Matthew Orton script, which is described as a "passion project" for the director. However, the project fell in development hell and its fate is unknown after the Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney was completed.
Ridley Scott's unrealised projects | "The Battle of Britain" film