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Manymovie adaptations of classic novelsare presently languishing in development hell or have been cancel altogether . Having been praise by scholars for decades , even centuries , adaptations of classic literature are typically met with hatful of tending from the metier and the populace . superb conductor , producer , and writers , including Guillermo del Toro and John Legend , have propose refreshing takes on these literary works , but their idea do n’t seem to be moving forward .
producer might not palpate the motive to induce an adaptation since most of the origin material is in the public domain , and they can adapt it any time they want . However , budgetary trouble and more movie idea coming in will result in suchmovies officially being canceled . Yet fan of Greco-Roman literature and sure filmmakers still desire that studios will demonstrate their continued interestin some of these approximation for classical novel flick adaptations .
9Guillermo del Toro’s At The Mountain Of Madness
Del Toro’s Mountains of Madness adaptation landed at multiple studios before being canceled.
Guillermo del Toro has been hear to adjust H.P. Lovecraft’sAt The Mountains of Madnesssince 2006,when he and Matthew Robbins completed their initial screenplay . The sci - fi repugnance novelette follow a doomed military expedition to Antarctica in September 1930 . Del Toro met his first obstacle when Warner Bros. declined to finance the flick .
Del Toro’sMountains of Madnesswas seemingly revived when Tom Cruise and James Cameron became attached to it in 2010 , butUniversal turn down to produce an roentgen - rated movie , fit in to del Toro ’s sight . He after agreed to make a PG-13 interpretation for Legendary Pictures , but the movie was still canceled . Del Toro covered some other Lovecraft account in his anthology seriesCabinet of Curiosities . He also shared some test footage of hisMountains of Madnessvia hisInstagram , but a feature - length picture now seems unlikely .
8George Cowan’s The Regulators
Bohemia Group is planning one of many Stephen King adaptations in Hollywood.
It was announced in 2022 ( viaDeadline ) thatBohemia Group acquire the rights to Stephen King ’s 1966 novelThe regulator . King published the leger , characterise as a“Western horror - thriller,”under the playpen name Richard Bachman . This anonym was exposed in 1984 . Bohemia Group employ George Cowan to write the script for a movie adaptation . The company ’s chief operating officer Susan Ferris had this to say about the project:“The novel ’s musical theme and character vibrate so powerfully , and we are depend forward to ca-ca an unbelievable film . ”However , no extra news about theRegulatorsmovie has surfaced since its announcement .
There are many more forthcoming Stephen King movie adaptation that are presently in ontogeny , some of which are await for a 2024 or 2025 release .
7Disney’s Penelope (The Princess And The Pea)
Penelope would not be the first Disney animated movie canceled.
Disney is reportedly developing a unexampled animated musical comedy ground on Hans Christian Andersen ’s fairy taradiddle " The Princess and the Pea"under the titlePenelope(viaDeadline ) . No patch detail were reported ; only the names of those committal to writing , producing , and draw up the movie . No new announcements have been made since . DisneyInsiderbelieved that the motion-picture show would come out in 2023 , which evidently did not happen . Additionally , Disney previouslyended development onGigantic , an adaptation of " Jack and the Beanstalk . " Therefore , it is not guaranteed thatPenelopewill ever be fill out .
6Denis Villeneuve’s Rendezvous With Rama
Villeneuve is planning another classic sci-fi novel adaptation after Dune.
5Luca Guadagnino’s Lord Of The Flies
A new director plans to further explore Lord of the Flies' elements of horror.
Aremake ofLord of the Fliesis also on its manner , with the last movie adaption of William Golding ’s novel coming out in 1990 . Director Luca Guadagnino is reportedly leaning more into the novel ’s aspects of psychological horror . The remaking was first announced ( viaVariety ) in 2019 , butGuadagnino spoke about the undertaking in September 2023.While there is no confirmed cast yet , the recent update from the director on the script ’s progress is reassure , argue that the project is moving onward .
4Scott Derrickson’s Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost had two different directors before it was canceled.
Director Scott Derrickson ’s movie adaptation of John Milton’sParadise Lostwas announced in 2006 . Milton ’s poetic retelling of Adam and Eve ’s fall is notable for its nuanced line drawing of the devil , which Derrickson was eager to adapt:“You have to honour that Milton created the first anti - wedge with that poem,“said Derrickson ( viaMTV),“and certainly this was preserved in the book . "
Yet Derrickson never articulate anything else about the project . According toCollider , Legendary Pictures hired Alex Proyas to take over from Derrickson asParadise Lost’sdirectorin 2010 , and Bradley Cooper was attached to the lead role for some sentence . The undertaking was then shut down due to budget proceeds before being formally set off .
3Guillermo del Toro’s The Count Of Monte Cristo
Del Toro wanted to remake Alexandre Dumas' classic novel.
Del Toro is constantly occur up with dazzlingly macabre film ideas , too many of which never get off the ground . Another of del Toro ’s canceled movies is an adjustment of Alexandre Dumas’The Count of Monte Cristo , under the titleThe Left Hand of Darkness . According toCabinet of oddity : My Notebooks , assemblage , and Other Obsessionsby del Toro and Marc Scott Zicree , del Toro started writing the script in 1994 . The news report was set in Mexico and described as a“steampunk gothic western . ”However , this mind never came to fruition .
Guillermo del Toro reveals 17 dissimilar movie thought that he ’s developed into full - blown scripts , but which have never been made . We break them down .
2John Fusco’s The Phantom Of The Opera
John Legend is attached to a modern-day The Phantom of the Opera movie.
Another movie that has had no news since its announcement is EGOT winner John Legend ’s adaptation of Gaston Leroux ’s novelThe Phantom of the Opera . Universal bought the tentative script , written by John Fusco , in 2021 . Legend was announced as a producer . ThePhantomremake will be set in present - day New Orleans and will feature a Modern soundtrack , different from the Broadway musical . Mike Fleming Jr. delineate ( viaDeadline ) the movie ’s premise as“the history of a H.E.R.-like neo - Soul singer ingenue who is mentored by a orphic man , as inscrutable mischance occur in a famed order trying to remain vibrant . ”
1Will Dunn’s The Halloween Tree
Will Dunn is working on another Ray Bradbury adaptation.
The Halloween Treeis a fancy novel by Ray Bradbury about a group of boy who learn about the origins of Halloween during a reality - bending journey to save their booster from supernatural forces . In 2020,Warner Bros. tap Will Dunn to write the handwriting for an adaptation ofThe Halloween Tree(viaDeadline ) , with no additional news . This announcement came after the release of the poorly review 2018 adaptation of Bradbury’sFahrenheit 451 . This suggests that Warner Bros. did not worry about the previous movie ’s failure , but executives may still choose to prioritise other projects .
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