# Greatest movies never made **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735 "2019-05-09T17:32:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/61 "2019-05-12T20:56:50Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Asimov’s “Foundation” series has yet to see the screen. Done right, it could be bigger than LOTR. In development [now](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_(TV_series)). ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/62 "2019-05-12T21:13:58Z")
> [@MacSpon](#): > > In development [now](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_(TV_series)). No cast. And David Goyer - not a good sign. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/63 "2019-05-12T22:25:50Z")
some of the freddy vs jason sequel scripts that were described in the nightmare on elm street series documentary … they were way out there … like freddy and jason became electronic viruses and they infect a spaceship and was killing everyone off while battling each other … ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/64 "2019-05-13T02:29:26Z")
> [@Typo\_Knig](#): > > I’d love to see the Vorkosigverse on the screen, but I’m not holding my breath. Bujold was quoted as saying some of the proposed scripts were awful. In one, she said the screenwriter had the Barrayarans in a space ship showing their barbarous nature by each squad cooking its own food over a wood fire. On a space ship. In space. Over an open fire. Teh stoopid - it buurrrns! Besides, Peter Dinklage is way too old to play Miles now. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/65 "2019-05-13T12:12:28Z")
> [@Grestarian](#): > > My wife and I went to see the 2007 release of Mongol: the Rise of Ghengis Khan. We were eager to see the sequels, but… > And, apparently unlike everyone else on the planet, I **liked** John Carter. I would have liked to have seen sequels, and they wouldn’t even need to be in 3D. Then again, I’ve never read the books so I have no idea how much the movies deviated from them > > –G! > > . You’re not at all alone. I loved **John Carter** and would’ve loved to have seen the sequels. I was on a panel at a convention a few years ago that was attended by a LOT of like-minded fans who would have seen the sequel(s). I wore a T-shirt with a made-up poster for _John Carter and the Gods of Mars_. The movie altered a lot of things from the books, but I think they did a very good job of it. Explaining what they changed and why, though, would take up a book. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/66 "2019-05-13T13:26:27Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > There is nothing I enjoy more than a gigantic clusterfuck of a movie, so definitely _Superman_ with Nick Cage. > [@blondebear](#): > > It would really be great if someone made a _ **GOOD** _ film adaptation of The Wild Wild West. You should both watch Kevin Smith’s [tale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo2KB1dEDdk) of his time working on a Superman script. It’s rather long (that link is only to the first part), but entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/67 "2019-05-13T14:43:06Z")
Bit role actor Glen Stensel died a few years after announcing he was trying to get financing for a movie about. . . Teddy and the Chappaquiddick, eh, ‘incident.’ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/68 "2019-05-13T15:19:05Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > You should both watch Kevin Smith’s [tale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo2KB1dEDdk) of his time working on a Superman script. It’s rather long (that link is only to the first part), but entertaining. I have. I believe there is also a documentary about the making and unmaking of the film. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/69 "2019-05-13T17:09:16Z")
A good series of movies about Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct. The one that was made based on Fuzz was so bad I won’t link to anything about it. ---
**Author:** ![TimfromNapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TimfromNapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimfromNapa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/70 "2019-05-13T20:53:35Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > Somebody is sitting on the rights to “Ringworld” Too bad, though I’d even rather see that as a TV series. ---
**Author:** ![TimfromNapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TimfromNapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimfromNapa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/71 "2019-05-13T21:07:09Z")
> [@Grestarian](#): > > My wife and I went to see the 2007 release of Mongol: the Rise of Ghengis Khan. We were eager to see the sequels, but… > > I don’t believe the sequel(s) were ever finished. > > I worked at the theaters around the time Empire Strikes Back was winding down. I managed to grab one of the posters near the theater exit: Coming Soon: Revenge of the Jedi\* > > I kinda would have preferred seeing Luke’s \*revenge \*rather than just the return-from-the-dojo-planet. > > And, apparently unlike everyone else on the planet, I **liked** John Carter. I would have liked to have seen sequels, and they wouldn’t even need to be in 3D. Then again, I’ve never read the books so I have no idea how much the movies deviated from them > > –G! > > \*I gave it to a friend as a birthday gift, explicitly telling him it would be worth a lot some day. He ended up tossing it in a corner and it didn’t go with him when he moved away from home. At least one other person on the planet liked John Carter. It had a weak aerial fighting scene in the first reel, but I enjoyed the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/72 "2019-05-13T21:15:27Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The roadblock that killed the project was Tolkien. He was still alive and absolutely refused to sell the film rights to the Beatles because he hated their music. I don’t hate the Beatles music, but I am pretty confidant in saying Tolkien made the right call there. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/73 "2019-05-13T21:35:45Z")
> [@TimfromNapa](#): > > At least one other person on the planet liked John Carter. It had a weak aerial fighting scene in the first reel, but I enjoyed the rest. I think it was the title itself that killed that possible franchise. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/74 "2019-05-13T23:05:52Z")
I’d happily see another Addams Family sequel with Raul Julia and Angelica Huston. Bonus points if they could find a role for Christina Ricci. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/75 "2019-05-14T00:12:58Z")
Spaceballs Part II: The Search For More Money Also, History of the World, Part II. (Mel Brooks was pretty lazy on the follow-through) ---
**Author:** ![wahsahzii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@wahsahzii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wahsahzii)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/76 "2019-05-14T01:20:56Z")
Protector. I liked Niven and I think the characters are more interesting in this one. And I’d love to see that spacesuit. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/77 "2019-05-14T01:28:59Z")
I wanted to see Justin Bieber in the remake of Back to the Future. D&R ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/78 "2019-05-14T01:31:16Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > Somebody is sitting on the rights to “Ringworld” I initially misread this as “Riverworld” and thought someone tried twice to make it into a TV series. I really would like someone to make a good adaption of Philip José Farmer’s book series. As far as Larry Niven’s “Ringworld” it definitely has potential for the makings of a great movie or TV series. His novel “Footfall” also has an interesting premise which would make for a good movie. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/79 "2019-05-14T01:36:49Z")
One of my favorite books is a time travel novel by Ken Grimwood called “Replay”. Apparently it was in production to made into a movie with Ben Affleck in talks to play the lead but development on it is apparently stalled at this point. This apparentl happens to a lot of movie projects. It’s known as “Development Hell”. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development\_hell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_hell) [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DevelopmentHell](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DevelopmentHell) WARNING: Tv Tropes Link. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735/80 "2019-05-14T01:53:25Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I’d happily see another Addams Family sequel with Raul Julia and Angelica Huston. Bonus points if they could find a role for Christina Ricci. Alas, [Raul died in 1994](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raul_Julia#Illness_and_death), far too young. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movies-never-made/833735.md?page=5)