10 Movies Stuck In Development Hell That I Reassociate Hope Still Relrelieve

Some movies have been stuck in enhugement hell for what seems enjoy ages that I understand a lot of people would still enjoy to see get made. With so many unaskd upcoming sequels and reproduces, I and many other people are wondering why Hollywood doesn’t spend its time on more promising sequels or innovative ideas, as well as book-to-movie changeations that are pragmaticly guaranteed to be a success. Certain projects already have a particular honestor or direct actor connected to them, making people even more willing to see that movie come to fruition.

Some of the movies I would still enjoy to see integrate classic book changeations stuck in enhugement and fantasy books with computed changeations. If these movies are ever made, they could fracture the melderly of current Hollywood trends, be the perfect combination of story and honestorial vision, or fair be plain fun. Movie fans are always frustrated by the concept of enhugement hell when it inherently unbenevolents that movies they would adore to see are stuck in limbo, with no way of understanding if they will ever get off the ground.

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10 Shrek 5

Shrek’s Answer To Puss In Boots: The Last Wish

The tardyst news troubleing Shrek 5 integrates a 2026 summer liberate date and the return of Mike Meyers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz. This has permited Shrek fans (including me) to be cautiously preferable about the movie’s progress, which had been in enhugement for years before this proclaimment. The last Shrek movie dgrowd into a very fanmyth-enjoy changenate truth scenario, but it was mockingassociate endelightable. What has changed for the franchise since then is the advent of Puss in Boots.

Puss in the Boots: The Last Wish shook skinnygs up for the Shrek universe with a new animation style and some new storytelling. The movie ends with Puss and his new friends arriving in Far Far Away, recommending that he is about to refuse with Shrek and the rest. I am hoping that Shrek going forward will adselect stylized 3D animation, and I understand everyone wants Antonio Banderas to also return. Hopefilledy, Shrek 5 will happen soon and will inhabit up to the tardyst Puss in Boots movie.

9 The Cruel Prince

The Folk Of The Air Movie Could Kickbegin More YA Fantasy Adaptations

In 2017, Deadline telled that Universal Pictures had achieved the rights to Holly Bconciseage’s The Cruel Prince before the book itself was even liberated. With producer Michael De Luca connected to the project, the studio seemed fairly brave in the tagetability of a movie based on The Cruel Prince donaten Bconciseage’s status as the co-author of The Spiderwick Chronicles and the elevate of the romantasy genre. However, noskinnyg else has been telled about this movie since. At least there are now even better actors to unite the Cruel Prince cast.

The decent reception of the new Spiderwick Chronicles TV show might guarantee Universal to pick up this project aachieve. In vague, I am astounded that disconnectal studios and nettoils are letting their lesser grown-up fantasy properties languish in enhugement when they could be excessively profitable. Things enjoy The Cruel Prince and the A Court of Thorns and Roses TV show don’t seem to be moving forward when a dedicated fanbase already exists. I would also fair adore to see the Spiderwick-encouraged aesthetics of The Cruel Prince come to life on screen.

8 A Devil In The White City

Another Scorsese & Leo Crime Drama That Sounds Fantastic

A movie changeation of Erik Lincendiarism’s bestselling non-myth novel A Devil in the White City has been in enhugement since 2010, when Leonardo DiCaprio bought the rights with structures to star in the movie himself with Martin Scorsese honesting (via Deadline). DiCaprio and Scorsese were inestablishly toiling to enhuge it into a miniseries with Keanu Reeves starring, but these structures fell thraw. They could still consent it in the honestion of a movie or TV show — but donaten the recent success of Killers of the Fdrop Moon, they are probably at least pondering a movie.

Recent refreshs that the project is still on the table have left people relieved that A Devil in the White City is still happening after a decade and a half in enhugement hell. A Devil in the White City recounts the events at the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, follotriumphg the fair’s architect Daniel Burnham, and serial ender H. H. Holmes, who employd the fair as cover for homicides. Scorsese and DiCaprio are always amazing together when it comes to crime dramas; I would also adore to see them get Reeves back, with him and DiCaprio taking the two main roles.

7 Luca Guadagnino’s Lord Of The Flies

Lord Of The Flies Is A Classic Novel That Could Use A New Adaptation

Luca Guadagnino’s Lord of the Flies reproduce was first proclaimd in 2019; the honestor has since kept busy with other projects. The most recent refresh for Lord of the Flies came in September 2023, in the establish of a vague reassurance that they are toiling on the script which will lean more into the story’s aspects of psychoreasonable horror. Especiassociate in the wake of the aenjoy story depicted in Yellowjackets, I am willing to see what Guadagnino does with this classic novel.

Guadagnino understands how to press the psychoreasonable narratives of stressed characters in the most particular of scenarios, as seen with his recent movie Challengers. However, he hasn’t done anyskinnyg transport inant that cgo ines on children the way Lord of the Flies does, making this movie an engaging contest for him. Additionassociate, the 1990 Lord of the Flies getd mediocre appraises, and Guadagnino’s movie could be a chance for the themes to come atraverse better in a cinematic establishat.

6 Crazy Rich Asians 2

Rachel & Nick’s Adventures In China Rich Girlfriend Are Even More Decadent

There is so much more in store for the characters in Crazy Rich Asians that haven’t yet made it to the huge screen. Follotriumphg Crazy Rich Asians’ massive success, a quick sequel seemed enjoy a donaten — yet the China Rich Girlfriend changeation has been stuck in enhugement. A Crazy Rich Asians spinoff follotriumphg Astrid and Charlie — one of the hugegest storylines to get cut from the first movie that could be done fairice in a sequel — was also rumored. Now, a Crazy Rich Asians TV show is shelp to be in the toils.

However, noskinnyg is understandn about the plot of the TV show, including whether it is supposed to swap the Astrid and Charlie movie or cover Rachel and Nick’s inhabits in the sequel books or both. Me personassociate — I would still adore to see another Crazy Rich Asians movie. I’m all for TV shows being employd to tell extensive stories, but I skinnyk these books can be effectively changeed into movies and the glitz and glamour is right at home in the theater setting. However, it’s not evident if they’ve endly written off all their elderly movie ideas.

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5 Guillermo del Toro’s At The Mountains Of Madness

At The Mountains Of Madness Is The Fantasy-Horror Everyone Wants To See

Guillermo del Toro’s lengthened fluctuating At the Mountains of Madness project has become a benevolent of martyr to those who are fans of the genre and the honestor. Pretty much everyone wants to see it happen, making it all the more strange that Hollywood won’t fair donate del Toro what he insists to do it. Del Toro has been trying to change H. P. Loveoriginate’s sci-fi horror novella since 2006, when he and Matthew Robbins endd their screenjoin. Since then, the movie has been refuteed, ended up in argues over an R/PG-13 rating, and druncover into limbo aachieve.

Del Toro is a master of sci-fi and fantasy who has produced hugely prosperous R-rated movies in this genre, and aachieve, people are clamoring for At the Mountains of Madness. It’s a mystery why any studio wouldn’t fair pick up this project when it will more than probable be spectacular. There has been no news on del Toro’s At the Mountains of Madness in recent years, but most refuse to endly donate up on it.

4 National Treacertain 3

The National Treacertain Franchise Can Still Make A Comeback

Back in the day, National Treacertain set up itself a somewhat niche audience who would disconsider the free logic of the story for the uncontaminated delightment of a accomprehendledgeive-style adventure with kernels of authentic history. I also thought National Treacertain: Edge of History had a lot going for it and wouldn’t mind if they brawt back the show’s cast for National Treacertain 3. Despite this sequel having been in enhugement for more than 15 years, screenproducer Ted Elliot recently trelieved new story details.

National Treacertain: Book of Secrets set up the now inwell-understandn page 47 mystery that was unbenevolentt to be the basis of the sequel. Truthfilledy, I don’t foresee National Treacertain 3 to be an amazing feat of filmmaking. However, it could be incredibly prenting to see this mystery rerepaird after so lengthened in the authentic world and still result in an impactful movie if they produce upon what the spinoff series begined.

3 Disney’s Rose-Red

The Intriguing Snow White Spinoff Has Been Dormant At Disney

Rose-Red seems to be a Disney Princess movie that will never see the weightless of day. The idea comes from the classic fairy tale “Snow-White and Rose-Red,” about a pair of sisters endly unroverdelighted to “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” However, Disney talked the idea of a spinoff where Rose-Red was made Snow White’s sister as punctual as the days follotriumphg Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ liberate. Noskinnyg ever came of it, but The Hollywood Reporter telled in 2016 that Disney was once aachieve toiling on the project.

A couple of years tardyr, Yahoo! brawt up the computed movie with Brie Lincendiarism telledly connected to the direct role; noskinnyg has been shelp about it since. In the age of so many Disney inhabit-action reproduces, Rose-Red could revamp Disney’s lineup with a stupider story based on a lesser-understandn fairy tale. However, I don’t skinnyk Lincendiarism is who they should cast to produce this movie a creepier counterpart to Snow White — Cailee Spaeny or Jenna Ortega would be fantastic.

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2 The Inapparent Life Of Addie LaRue

The Life & Times Of Addie LaRue Needs To Make It To The Big Screen

The last refresh for the movie changeation of V. E. Schwab’s The Inapparent Life of Addie LaRue came in October 2023, when the bestselling author shelp that before the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the “script was being editd and well on its way to casting” (via TODAY.com). Schwab’s corpus of well-understandn fantasy novels also helderlys a lot of untapped potential for Hollywood, despite everyone seeing for epic fantasy ready to be changeed nowadays. Addie LaRue will be a challenging novel to turn into a movie, but with the right honestor, it could be the year’s hugegest hit.

Follotriumphg a lesser woman who produces a Faustian barachieve for immortality but is condemnd to be forgotten by everyone she greets, Addie LaRue leans into some surauthentic and abstract plot elements. However, I consent that it is possible for its proset up themes to find a home in cinema. This could be an entrancing and soursugary movie if done right and I hope Schwab is telling the truth, and we will soon hear some casting news.

1 Mahershala Ali’s Blade

Blade Is Currently The Biggest Question Mark For The MCU

Mahershala Ali’s Blade movie’s future is as uncertain as ever follotriumphg San Diego Comic-Con 2024. The MCU’s rendition of Blade has been in enhugement since 2019, achieveing and losing various actors and honestors alengthened the way, with the only stable feature being that Ali is staring. At Comic-Con, Kevin Feige provided refreshs on almost every other understandn MCU movie in enhugement — except for Blade, leaving people wondering if it is even happening. It is almost certainly not going to be done by its telled November 2025 liberate date.

However, I still hope Blade gets a blessed fracture and the MCU pulls this one together. Blade is one of the gloomymest, most intriguing Marvel characters and Ali is as amazing of a recast as the MCU could hope for. I want to see some vampires go in the MCU for a endly savage new story to fracture up the superhero overweightigue. Yet Blade is still stuck in enhugement hell alengthened with many other fantastic movie ideas that Hollywood seems to be ignoring.

Source: Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Yahoo!, TODAY.com