Whether it’s a remake, a sequel, or a brand new movie, films are constantly being cancelled in the middle of production or development.
From budget constraints to creative differences to a lack of audience excitement, here are 11 films that never even made it to the editing room.
1.
The horror film turned rock musical turned musical-horror-comedy-blockbuster, Little Shop of Horrors, was *so close* to being remade again.
2.
10 Things I Hate About Life is the 10 Things I Hate About You sequel we didn’t even know we dodged.
3.
41 years after the original Yellow Submarine came out, Disney planned and then scrapped a remake.
4.
For a VERY BRIEF moment in time, we almost had a Revenge of the Nerds remake.
5.
A tricky contract clause cancelled the first Barbarella remake… but there’s still hope!
The original Barbarella, Jane Fonda, did get real about a reboot, telling The Hollywood Reporter, “I try not to [think about it]. Because I worry about what it’s going to be, I had an idea of how to do it that [original producer] Dino De Laurentiis, when he was still alive, wouldn’t listen to. But it could have been a truly feminist movie.”
6.
2012 would’ve welcomed in the new year with the episodic sequel 2013, but the cost was too high.
7.
The fall in popularity of YA novels-turned-films caused the end of The Divergent franchise before its story could be finished.
8.
The sequel to World War Z spent almost ten years in production limbo before being tossed out.
9.
The low ratings of Fantastic Four (2015) meant its sequel was cancelled before the script was even written!
10.
Thankfully, Disney scrapped the idea of a Pocahontas live-action remake VERY quickly.
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And lastly, the reboot that the Pirates of the Caribbean series desperately *needs* will sadly probably never happen.
Did any of these surprise you? Perhaps we missed out a movie? Let us know in the comments!
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/tori_honore/cancelled-movies-remakes-sequels
