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==1960s==
===''Summer Holiday''===
{{Main|Summer Holiday (1963 film)}}
Before he made his first feature, Russell was given the offer of directing the ] '']'', with ]. Russell later admitted that he regretted turning it down: "I nearly did ''Summer Holiday'', I wish I had, my career would have changed," he said. "I would have made a good musical there's no doubt of that, and who knows what would have happened, because I don't think ]<nowiki>] was a very good director." Russell would however later direct Richards in two music videos; She's So Beautiful and All I Ask of You, both from 1988.<ref>{{cite web|author=Fisher, Iain|url=https://www.iainfisher.com/russell/ken-russell-interview.html|title=An interview with Ken Russell by Iain Fisher|date=October 2000}}</ref>

===''A Clockwork Orange''===
In 1964, Russell planned to make an adaptation of ]'s '']'' (1962) starring ], but abandoned the film after the ] advised it would not approve it.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Clockwork Orange|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/54041-A-CLOCKWORKORANGE?sid=5bb7e7c9-9ce6-4e6d-b1e9-7efdb8593c0d&sr=37.2068&cp=1&pos=0|access-date=2022-02-21|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>

==1970s==
===''Little Sparrow''===
In 1971, Russell wanted to direct a film about the life of French singer ], entitled ''Little Sparrow''.<ref name=LA>{{cite news|author=Kahan, Saul|title=Ken Russell: A Director Who Respects Artists|newspaper=]|date=March 28, 1971|issue=n18}}</ref> This was originally to be a ] production with the title role played by ]. In the end, Warner decided it was too risky financially and left the project to a French director, ]. (Edith Piaf: A Cultural History pg. 157)

===Untitled King Ludwig II biopic===
Also in 1971, Russell also pursued a biopic on ], "the Mad King of ]", before deciding to make '']'' (1972) instead, using his own money.<ref name=LA/>

===Untitled Sarah Bernhardt biopic===
In 1972, Russell announced a biopic of ] with ] but it was not made.<ref name=LA>{{cite news|author=Haber, Joyce|title=The Oscar of His Dreams Is Wilde|newspaper=]|date=April 30, 1972|issue=d15}}</ref>

==1980s==
===''St. Mawr''===
In 1987, Russell planned to direct a film of D. H. Lawrence's novella ''St. Mawr'', which he wanted to shoot in New Zealand and Australia. Ann-Margret, Glenda Jackson, and Raul Julia were to star in the adaptation. (https://www.filmcomment.com/article/unproduced-and-unfinished-films-l-through-z-a-ongoing-film-comment-project/

===''The Eleventh Commandment''===
A film about Moses (mentioned in Empire magazine, Nov 1989). There is a 1986 film The Eleventh Commandment but this is unrelated, about a psychopath.

==1990s==
===''Son of Man''===
In December 1997, it was reported in the ''Variety'' trade papers that Russell was planning a film on the life of Christ titled ''Son of Man'', that which would be depicted "with a lot of joy and humor". The film was to have been produced by John Daly and was expected to begin shooting in Istanbul in March the following year.<ref>'']''. (15 Dec 1997). "Russell already has scouted locations in Turkey for the John Daly-produced "Son of Man", which will, he promises, "depict the life of Christ with a lot of joy and humor." Shooting could start in Istanbul in March (1998). Expect Jesus "to crack a few jokes," the jolly helmer adds."</ref>

==2010s==
===''The Pearl of the Orient''===

===''Kings X''===

===''Alice in Wonderland'' remake===




Dracula
Ken Russell submitted two scripts, one for Dracula and one for The Rainbow. The latter was accepted. In the film Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat from 1989 there is a poster for the (unmade) film on the wall. Vampire films from around this time include Vampire's Kiss with Nicolas Cage (1989).

Vlad the Impaler
An unmade Hammer film, "This film was supposed to be directed by Ken Russell (Tommy, The Lair of the White Worm) and is possibly the most intriguing addition to this list of unmade nightmares. Would this have starred Christopher Lee? Would it have been a prologue to the Dracula cycle of Hammer films? Can you imagine the set and costumes involved in a period piece featuring the origin of Dracula? The mind reels." The quote comes from the Den of Geek site here.
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-vaults-of-hammer-14-unmade-hammer-horror-films/

Moll Flanders
Ken Russell was sued for failing to complete this film adaptation of the Daniel Defoe novel. He won the court case. As payment Russell did a pop video for his lawyer. A cast of Lucinda Rhodes Flaherty, Steven Berkoff and Barry Humphries. To be filmed in Croatia with a multi-million budget. Russell would also do the script and possibly appear in the film.

Evita
Before Madonna´s involvement Russell had the first attempt to make a film of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical. He wanted Liza Minnelli in the lead role rather than studio choice Elaine Page. The film was directed by Alan Parker with Madonna in 1996.

Nijinsky
A film project with dancer Rudolf Nureyev. Russell later filmed Nureyev in Valentino. In 1980 Herbert Ross directed Nijinsky with George de la Pena and Alan Bates. Hetty Baynes has a small role, but she went on to marry Russell in 1992.

Sergei Diaghilev
Another dancer. Melvyn Bragg wrote the script which is now in the Brotherton Library in Leeds University (article by Martin Wainwright from The Guardian, 31 Jan 2010).

The Gershwin Dream
David Puttnam commissioned six music films on Mahler, Liszt, Gershwin, Vaughan Williams and two others to be decided. Mahler and Lisztomania were made, the rest were not. Neil Diamond was to star as Gershwin (much as I love Russell, I am glad this did not go ahead!!).
https://www.nytimes.com/1975/10/19/archives/ken-russells-film-studies-of-composers-brilliance-gone-berserk.html

Cleopatra miniseries
The project got stopped at the writing stage. The 1963 Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton famously almost bankrupted Twentieth Century Fox.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1984/09/30/lost-cleopatra/fb5054b2-830f-4de8-a4ea-3d3962228967/

The Beethoven Secret
Glenda Jackson, Charlotte Rampling, Jodi Foster and Anthony Hopkins. In 1994 Bernard Rose directed Immortal Beloved with Gary Odman, Jeroen Krabbe and Isabella Rossellini. Rose later directed Mr. Nice which Ken acts in, though only in the DVD extras. The director of photography Peter Suschtzky also worked on Ken's Valentino and Lisztomania.
Director Bernard Rose recalls when he mention his Immortal Beloved and Ken replied "I was going to make that movie. I had Anthony Hopkins: he even got into the costume. That was before the project fell apart." Rose says "...although I didn't have the courage to say so, I did steal Immortal Beloved from him. I even tried to hire Anthony Hopkins, and I did hire Peter Suschitzky (who shot Russell's Lisztomania) to be my director of photography. But when I was shopping the idea around with studio executives, I constantly had to promise the movie would be nothing like one of Russell's" (from Hi Ken, sorry I stole your movie, The Guardian, 16 Sept 2008).

The King´s Man 
A script by Oliver Reed who would play Thomas à Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury murdered on the steps of his cathedral in 1170. TS Eliot´s play Murder in the Cathedral covers the same event. The image is from here. The most famous Beckett film is based on Jean Anouilh's play and directed in 1964 by Peter Glenville with Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole and John Gielgud.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/howwe-met-1612956.html

The Angels
The story of a ghost in the afterworld. It is based on Georges Neveux´s play Juliette which was made into an opera by Martinu, but Russell´s treatment would centre on commercialism (the beans advert, reappearing in a different form in Tommy). The script was completed but filming never started.
https://thebedlamfiles.com/nonfiction/ken-russell-a-director-in-search-of-a-hero/

Scriabin
Russell calls composer Aleksandr Scriabin "a man after my own heart- a true mystic who many saw as a charlatan". The film did not go ahead, but it was converted and broadcast as a radio play. According to imdb.com Scriabin contributed (uncredited) the music The Divine Poem in Ken's film Savage Messiah. Director Bernard Rose recalls talking to Ken- "He tells me about a planned biography of Russian composer Scriabin. "I want giant bells hanging from clouds. A couple making love on a giant bed. Of course, it's too expensive to do. I did it as a radio play with Oliver Reed" (from Hi Ken, sorry I stole your movie, The Guardian, 16 Sept 2008).

Skeletons
A thriller with Christopher Plummer, James Coburn and Rod Silver, promoted as "Beneath the surface nothing is what is seems". Russell was fired from the film and David DeCoteau took over. DeCoteau says "I felt so bad for Ken, though; I mean Ken Russell was a visionary. But he did not leave Skeletons on a friendly basis. He was fired and, well, it was great for me because, looking back, I’ve just finished my hundredth movie and Skeletons is certainly one of the better ones. It’s certainly the biggest budget I’ve had. It’s just so odd how I got the job in the first place.”
You can read the interview with David DeCoteau by Matty Budrewiczis here https://iainfisher.com/dis/index.php?topic=24721.0

Kiplinger's Syndrome
There were attempts to film it (without Russell) starring Malcolm McDowell but nothing has resulted. "There is a picture named Kiplinger's Syndrome shooting in Seattle around the end of the summer (pending financing) and I've already spoken with the producers a few times this year about working on it. It would be great to work there since I just moved into my new house and there is no better time of year than summer in the Great Pacific Northwest" (from Joyce Wankable here).

The Wishing Tree
William Faulkner's childrens story. Twiggy says "I first met Ken when I was 17 when he was looking for a young character to appear in a film based on William Faulkner's The Wishing Tree and although it didn't happen, we became friends. Then, three years later, he cast me in The Boy Friend." ---- "They also had a couple of projects they were interested in. One was a William Faulkner story about a rather twee girl who goes off with pixies. Paul McCartney was going to write the music and I met him to chat it over but it felt like a non-starter" (Russell quoted in An Appalling Talent, John Baxter, 1973 chapter 16). The film could have had similarities with Bernard Roses' Paper House.

Shrine/The Dark
In Ingrid Pitt´s interview for Shivers, Russell says "James Herbert gave me two of his books. One was called Shrine. It was about this girl who becomes a kind of second-hand Virgin Mary and there were things in the book that I thought were terribly good...but I think it had something like 2000 people at the end." Maybe the second book was The Dark: Ingrid Pitt reveals in her introduction to the biography of James Herbert (Devil in the Dark by Craig Cabell, 2004) "I was asked to write a screenplay based on his novel The Dark". The biography itself says of the possible filming of Shrine "perhaps some of this would be lost in a movie version, unless directed by somebody like Ken Russell: a girl floating in the air, her once pure white dress now soaked in blood and dripping over the faces of her smiling disciples".

All-American Murder
A script by Ken Russell´s friend Barry Sandler, it was finally filmed by tv director Anson Williams and starring Christopher Walken (info from Ken Hanke´s White Haired Filmmaker article). Barry Sandler also wrote Crimes of Passion.

Two-Way Romeo
"The plot is a true story of two conjoined twins who were the frontmen in a rock band in mid seventies London. It follows their rise and fall through sex drugs and pub rock, playing alongside the likes of Kilburn & The Highroads". You can hear Ken talking about the film here. Thanks to Deborah for the information. The basis was Brian Aldis' novel Brothers of the Head. The book was eventually filmed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, with the original title. Ken appears in the films, along with some scenes from 2 Way Romeo. In the DVD extras Ken says that he paid £50,000 for the rights to the novel, but didn't realise that Brian Aldiss had based his novel on living people. So after Ken started filming Two way Romeo, he was faced with a lawsuit from the real-life people.

The Living End
American comic writer Stan Elkin. A shopkeeper is killed in a robbery and ends up in hell because he opened his shop on Sunday. A wordy novel, with long monologues and characters either in Hell, or buried and unable to move. Difficult to visualise on film, so a filmscript would be especially interesting. The paperback version of the novel from 1977 has the label "soon to be filmed by Ken Russell".

The Rose
Given a choice between The Rose, based on the life of Janis Joplin, and Valentino, Russell says "I foolishly chose Valentino". The Rose with Betty Midler and Alan Bates was directed by Mark Rydell in 1979.

The Revenge of the White Worm
Ken Hanke says "there was talk of a sequel Revenge of the White Worm, but the idea largely collapsed with Vestron ". Some parts of the script took place in Buckingham Palace involving Prince Charles.

Van Gogh with Spike Milligan
In the DVD commentary for Always on Sunday Brian Hoyle says that Ken and British comedian Spike Milligan (the subject of a documentary by Ken) discussed a film on Van Gogh with Milligan in the title role. Ken decided to wait until he had the opportunity to film it in colour rather than in black and white.

Pearl of the Orient
"Set in the Philippines of World War II, a headstrong and aristocratic young woman yearns to leave the islands and travel the world, only to fall in love with an American missionary and thereby come to terms with her heritage as a Filipina". Script was by Richard A. Lasser, screenwriter Peter J. Bartels. Click on the image for more details, thanks to Peter for the link. Ken and the film came together via this website!!! There were problems with financing and rumours of money disappearing.

Kings X
Scriptwriters are Chris and Peter Cleverly and it is described as "A London professional woman takes revenge on gangland hardman after he destroys her life." Emily Lloyd was to be the star.

Voss
Ken Russell and then Joseph Losey were first choice for director of the novel Voss by Patrick White. Donald Sutherland and Mia Farrow were lined up to act. A young Sutherland appeared in Ken's Billion Dollar Brain. The image is from here.






A Clockwork Orange

Dracula

Vlad the Impaler

Moll Flanders

Evita

Nijinsky

Untitled Sergei Diaghilev biopic

The Gershwin Dream

Cleopatra miniseries

The Beethoven Secret

The King's Man

The Angels

Scriabin

The 11th Commandment

Skeletons

Kiplinger's Syndrome

Hair (https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/56127)

The Rose

Alice in Wonderland remake

Gargantua

The Wheels of Chance

The Quest for Corvo

The Great Twentieth Century Music Revue

Strachey

King of the Crocodiles

To the Lighthouse

The Living End

The Revenge of the White Worm

All-American Murder

Untitled Vincent Van Gogh biopic

Charged: Tesla & Katherine

The Wishing Tree

Shrine/The Dark

Two-Way Romeo

The Pearl of the Orient

Kings X

Voss




Ludwig
Little Sparrow
Clockwork Orange
Sarah Bernhardt
Alice in Wonderland
Kings X
The Pearl of the Orient
























































































The Departed sequel The Departed sequel


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1960s

Summer Holiday

Main article: Summer Holiday (1963 film)

Before he made his first feature, Russell was given the offer of directing the musical Summer Holiday, with Cliff Richard. Russell later admitted that he regretted turning it down: "I nearly did Summer Holiday, I wish I had, my career would have changed," he said. "I would have made a good musical there's no doubt of that, and who knows what would have happened, because I don't think was a very good director." Russell would however later direct Richards in two music videos; She's So Beautiful and All I Ask of You, both from 1988.

A Clockwork Orange

In 1964, Russell planned to make an adaptation of Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange (1962) starring the Rolling Stones, but abandoned the film after the British Board of Censors advised it would not approve it.

1970s

Little Sparrow

In 1971, Russell wanted to direct a film about the life of French singer Édith Piaf, entitled Little Sparrow. This was originally to be a Warner Bros. production with the title role played by Liza Minnelli. In the end, Warner decided it was too risky financially and left the project to a French director, Guy Casaril. (Edith Piaf: A Cultural History pg. 157)

Untitled King Ludwig II biopic

Also in 1971, Russell also pursued a biopic on Ludwig II, "the Mad King of Bavaria", before deciding to make Savage Messiah (1972) instead, using his own money.

Untitled Sarah Bernhardt biopic

In 1972, Russell announced a biopic of Sarah Bernhardt with Barbra Streisand but it was not made.

1980s

St. Mawr

In 1987, Russell planned to direct a film of D. H. Lawrence's novella St. Mawr, which he wanted to shoot in New Zealand and Australia. Ann-Margret, Glenda Jackson, and Raul Julia were to star in the adaptation. (https://www.filmcomment.com/article/unproduced-and-unfinished-films-l-through-z-a-ongoing-film-comment-project/

The Eleventh Commandment

A film about Moses (mentioned in Empire magazine, Nov 1989). There is a 1986 film The Eleventh Commandment but this is unrelated, about a psychopath.

1990s

Son of Man

In December 1997, it was reported in the Variety trade papers that Russell was planning a film on the life of Christ titled Son of Man, that which would be depicted "with a lot of joy and humor". The film was to have been produced by John Daly and was expected to begin shooting in Istanbul in March the following year.

2010s

The Pearl of the Orient

Kings X

Alice in Wonderland remake

Dracula Ken Russell submitted two scripts, one for Dracula and one for The Rainbow. The latter was accepted. In the film Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat from 1989 there is a poster for the (unmade) film on the wall. Vampire films from around this time include Vampire's Kiss with Nicolas Cage (1989).

Vlad the Impaler An unmade Hammer film, "This film was supposed to be directed by Ken Russell (Tommy, The Lair of the White Worm) and is possibly the most intriguing addition to this list of unmade nightmares. Would this have starred Christopher Lee? Would it have been a prologue to the Dracula cycle of Hammer films? Can you imagine the set and costumes involved in a period piece featuring the origin of Dracula? The mind reels." The quote comes from the Den of Geek site here. https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-vaults-of-hammer-14-unmade-hammer-horror-films/

Moll Flanders Ken Russell was sued for failing to complete this film adaptation of the Daniel Defoe novel. He won the court case. As payment Russell did a pop video for his lawyer. A cast of Lucinda Rhodes Flaherty, Steven Berkoff and Barry Humphries. To be filmed in Croatia with a multi-million budget. Russell would also do the script and possibly appear in the film.

Evita Before Madonna´s involvement Russell had the first attempt to make a film of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical. He wanted Liza Minnelli in the lead role rather than studio choice Elaine Page. The film was directed by Alan Parker with Madonna in 1996.

Nijinsky A film project with dancer Rudolf Nureyev. Russell later filmed Nureyev in Valentino. In 1980 Herbert Ross directed Nijinsky with George de la Pena and Alan Bates. Hetty Baynes has a small role, but she went on to marry Russell in 1992.

Sergei Diaghilev Another dancer. Melvyn Bragg wrote the script which is now in the Brotherton Library in Leeds University (article by Martin Wainwright from The Guardian, 31 Jan 2010).

The Gershwin Dream David Puttnam commissioned six music films on Mahler, Liszt, Gershwin, Vaughan Williams and two others to be decided. Mahler and Lisztomania were made, the rest were not. Neil Diamond was to star as Gershwin (much as I love Russell, I am glad this did not go ahead!!). https://www.nytimes.com/1975/10/19/archives/ken-russells-film-studies-of-composers-brilliance-gone-berserk.html

Cleopatra miniseries The project got stopped at the writing stage. The 1963 Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton famously almost bankrupted Twentieth Century Fox. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1984/09/30/lost-cleopatra/fb5054b2-830f-4de8-a4ea-3d3962228967/

The Beethoven Secret Glenda Jackson, Charlotte Rampling, Jodi Foster and Anthony Hopkins. In 1994 Bernard Rose directed Immortal Beloved with Gary Odman, Jeroen Krabbe and Isabella Rossellini. Rose later directed Mr. Nice which Ken acts in, though only in the DVD extras. The director of photography Peter Suschtzky also worked on Ken's Valentino and Lisztomania. Director Bernard Rose recalls when he mention his Immortal Beloved and Ken replied "I was going to make that movie. I had Anthony Hopkins: he even got into the costume. That was before the project fell apart." Rose says "...although I didn't have the courage to say so, I did steal Immortal Beloved from him. I even tried to hire Anthony Hopkins, and I did hire Peter Suschitzky (who shot Russell's Lisztomania) to be my director of photography. But when I was shopping the idea around with studio executives, I constantly had to promise the movie would be nothing like one of Russell's" (from Hi Ken, sorry I stole your movie, The Guardian, 16 Sept 2008).

The King´s Man  A script by Oliver Reed who would play Thomas à Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury murdered on the steps of his cathedral in 1170. TS Eliot´s play Murder in the Cathedral covers the same event. The image is from here. The most famous Beckett film is based on Jean Anouilh's play and directed in 1964 by Peter Glenville with Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole and John Gielgud. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/howwe-met-1612956.html

The Angels The story of a ghost in the afterworld. It is based on Georges Neveux´s play Juliette which was made into an opera by Martinu, but Russell´s treatment would centre on commercialism (the beans advert, reappearing in a different form in Tommy). The script was completed but filming never started. https://thebedlamfiles.com/nonfiction/ken-russell-a-director-in-search-of-a-hero/

Scriabin Russell calls composer Aleksandr Scriabin "a man after my own heart- a true mystic who many saw as a charlatan". The film did not go ahead, but it was converted and broadcast as a radio play. According to imdb.com Scriabin contributed (uncredited) the music The Divine Poem in Ken's film Savage Messiah. Director Bernard Rose recalls talking to Ken- "He tells me about a planned biography of Russian composer Scriabin. "I want giant bells hanging from clouds. A couple making love on a giant bed. Of course, it's too expensive to do. I did it as a radio play with Oliver Reed" (from Hi Ken, sorry I stole your movie, The Guardian, 16 Sept 2008).

Skeletons A thriller with Christopher Plummer, James Coburn and Rod Silver, promoted as "Beneath the surface nothing is what is seems". Russell was fired from the film and David DeCoteau took over. DeCoteau says "I felt so bad for Ken, though; I mean Ken Russell was a visionary. But he did not leave Skeletons on a friendly basis. He was fired and, well, it was great for me because, looking back, I’ve just finished my hundredth movie and Skeletons is certainly one of the better ones. It’s certainly the biggest budget I’ve had. It’s just so odd how I got the job in the first place.” You can read the interview with David DeCoteau by Matty Budrewiczis here https://iainfisher.com/dis/index.php?topic=24721.0

Kiplinger's Syndrome There were attempts to film it (without Russell) starring Malcolm McDowell but nothing has resulted. "There is a picture named Kiplinger's Syndrome shooting in Seattle around the end of the summer (pending financing) and I've already spoken with the producers a few times this year about working on it. It would be great to work there since I just moved into my new house and there is no better time of year than summer in the Great Pacific Northwest" (from Joyce Wankable here).

The Wishing Tree William Faulkner's childrens story. Twiggy says "I first met Ken when I was 17 when he was looking for a young character to appear in a film based on William Faulkner's The Wishing Tree and although it didn't happen, we became friends. Then, three years later, he cast me in The Boy Friend." ---- "They also had a couple of projects they were interested in. One was a William Faulkner story about a rather twee girl who goes off with pixies. Paul McCartney was going to write the music and I met him to chat it over but it felt like a non-starter" (Russell quoted in An Appalling Talent, John Baxter, 1973 chapter 16). The film could have had similarities with Bernard Roses' Paper House.

Shrine/The Dark In Ingrid Pitt´s interview for Shivers, Russell says "James Herbert gave me two of his books. One was called Shrine. It was about this girl who becomes a kind of second-hand Virgin Mary and there were things in the book that I thought were terribly good...but I think it had something like 2000 people at the end." Maybe the second book was The Dark: Ingrid Pitt reveals in her introduction to the biography of James Herbert (Devil in the Dark by Craig Cabell, 2004) "I was asked to write a screenplay based on his novel The Dark". The biography itself says of the possible filming of Shrine "perhaps some of this would be lost in a movie version, unless directed by somebody like Ken Russell: a girl floating in the air, her once pure white dress now soaked in blood and dripping over the faces of her smiling disciples".

All-American Murder A script by Ken Russell´s friend Barry Sandler, it was finally filmed by tv director Anson Williams and starring Christopher Walken (info from Ken Hanke´s White Haired Filmmaker article). Barry Sandler also wrote Crimes of Passion.

Two-Way Romeo "The plot is a true story of two conjoined twins who were the frontmen in a rock band in mid seventies London. It follows their rise and fall through sex drugs and pub rock, playing alongside the likes of Kilburn & The Highroads". You can hear Ken talking about the film here. Thanks to Deborah for the information. The basis was Brian Aldis' novel Brothers of the Head. The book was eventually filmed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, with the original title. Ken appears in the films, along with some scenes from 2 Way Romeo. In the DVD extras Ken says that he paid £50,000 for the rights to the novel, but didn't realise that Brian Aldiss had based his novel on living people. So after Ken started filming Two way Romeo, he was faced with a lawsuit from the real-life people.

The Living End American comic writer Stan Elkin. A shopkeeper is killed in a robbery and ends up in hell because he opened his shop on Sunday. A wordy novel, with long monologues and characters either in Hell, or buried and unable to move. Difficult to visualise on film, so a filmscript would be especially interesting. The paperback version of the novel from 1977 has the label "soon to be filmed by Ken Russell".

The Rose Given a choice between The Rose, based on the life of Janis Joplin, and Valentino, Russell says "I foolishly chose Valentino". The Rose with Betty Midler and Alan Bates was directed by Mark Rydell in 1979.

The Revenge of the White Worm Ken Hanke says "there was talk of a sequel Revenge of the White Worm, but the idea largely collapsed with Vestron ". Some parts of the script took place in Buckingham Palace involving Prince Charles.

Van Gogh with Spike Milligan In the DVD commentary for Always on Sunday Brian Hoyle says that Ken and British comedian Spike Milligan (the subject of a documentary by Ken) discussed a film on Van Gogh with Milligan in the title role. Ken decided to wait until he had the opportunity to film it in colour rather than in black and white.

Pearl of the Orient "Set in the Philippines of World War II, a headstrong and aristocratic young woman yearns to leave the islands and travel the world, only to fall in love with an American missionary and thereby come to terms with her heritage as a Filipina". Script was by Richard A. Lasser, screenwriter Peter J. Bartels. Click on the image for more details, thanks to Peter for the link. Ken and the film came together via this website!!! There were problems with financing and rumours of money disappearing.

Kings X Scriptwriters are Chris and Peter Cleverly and it is described as "A London professional woman takes revenge on gangland hardman after he destroys her life." Emily Lloyd was to be the star.

Voss Ken Russell and then Joseph Losey were first choice for director of the novel Voss by Patrick White. Donald Sutherland and Mia Farrow were lined up to act. A young Sutherland appeared in Ken's Billion Dollar Brain. The image is from here.




A Clockwork Orange

Dracula

Vlad the Impaler

Moll Flanders

Evita

Nijinsky

Untitled Sergei Diaghilev biopic

The Gershwin Dream

Cleopatra miniseries

The Beethoven Secret

The King's Man

The Angels

Scriabin

The 11th Commandment

Skeletons

Kiplinger's Syndrome

Hair (https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/56127)

The Rose

Alice in Wonderland remake

Gargantua

The Wheels of Chance

The Quest for Corvo

The Great Twentieth Century Music Revue

Strachey

King of the Crocodiles

To the Lighthouse

The Living End

The Revenge of the White Worm

All-American Murder

Untitled Vincent Van Gogh biopic

Charged: Tesla & Katherine

The Wishing Tree

Shrine/The Dark

Two-Way Romeo

The Pearl of the Orient

Kings X

Voss



Ludwig Little Sparrow Clockwork Orange Sarah Bernhardt Alice in Wonderland Kings X The Pearl of the Orient













































The Departed sequel

Into the Setting Sun

An Afternoon with SCTV

Untitled Powell and Pressburger documentary


Timo Tjahjanto scott derrickson



Robert Dillon

Charlie Peters



Roman Polanski's unrealized projects

 - Knife in the Water remake
 - Waiting for Godot (1966)
 - Downhill Racer (1967)
 - This Perfect Day (1968)
 - Paganini (1968)
 - Donner Pass (1969)
 - Day of the Dolphin (1969)
 - The Two Jakes (1974)
 - King Kong (1975)
 - White Dog (1975)
 - The First Deadly Sin (1976)
 - The Hurricane (1977)
 - Schindler's List (1986)
 - The Master and Margarita (1989)
 - Mary Reilly (1989)
 - Sliver (1993)
 - The Double (1994)
 - The Count of Monte Cristo (1997)
 - Pompeii (2007)
 - Aryan Papers (2009)



https://www.nytimes.com/1969/02/09/archives/polanskis-new-babies.html Paganini & Donner Pass

https://variety.com/2009/film/columns/1969-polanski-vs-censors-1117999260/ Donner Pass

https://variety.com/1997/film/news/polanski-confirms-count-pic-111661045/ The Count of Monte Cristo

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2015/great-directors/roman-polanski-2/ This Perfect Day 



Worthpoint:

Day of the Dolphin Hurricane Mary Reilly

Robert Altman's unrealized projects

The Extra

Nashville 12


The Night Digger

The Chicken and the Hawk

92 in the Shade (Heat wiki)

North Dallas Forty

Breakfast of Champions

Ragtime

The Y.I.G. Epoxy

Lone Star

The Diviners

The Feud

Across the River and Into the Trees

Biarritz

Heat

Rossini! Rossini!

Mata Hari

Angels in America

Stamp and Deliver

Amos 'n Andy

More Short Cuts

Voltage

Pal Joey

The Singing Detective

An Unfinished Life

The Widow Claire

Paint

The Tortoise and the Hare

Hands on a Hardbody


The Late Show

Alien


A Confederacy of Dunces Untitled Ronald Dahl collaboration Untitled Artie Shaw biopic (Johnny Depp)




https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/27/movies/at-the-movies-by-chris-chase-for-sigourney-weaver-heady-taste-of-success.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1977/05/08/filmmaker-robert-altman-back-in-the-swim/a70c1172-014a-4068-834c-386d30a48c7a/

https://www.movieinsider.com/m856/the-widow-claire

https://ew.com/article/2003/07/08/winona-ryder-will-costar-sean-connery/

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/robert-altman-shocker/

https://variety.com/2002/film/columns/altman-focusing-on-voltage-not-oscars-1117858971/

https://variety.com/2002/film/markets-festivals/voltage-may-be-on-the-fritz-1117861233/

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed427230212/

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/altman-races-tortoise-hare/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-26-ca-8460-story.html

https://www.dga.org/VideoHTMLNew.ashx?id=%7B1D865EAC-D9AE-4083-A7ED-1ABDF594932A%7D&db=web

https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/68140

https://playbill.com/article/bewitched-weisslers-explore-rodgers-and-harts-pal-joey-with-director-robert-altman-com-116081

https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/11/style/IHT-the-art-of-making-the-impossible-look-easy.html

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-nashville-robert-altman-20150607-story.html

https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/58501

https://variety.com/1993/film/news/rko-altman-pact-on-new-mata-hari-116592/

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/11/movies/robert-altman-sells-studio-for-2.3-million.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/11/movies/robert-altman-turns-to-the-stage.html

https://www.nuvo.net/arts/performing/jim-leonard-talks-the-diviners-and-beyond/article_68f990fa-d856-5cc3-9f3b-4a1674b310c8.html

https://bookandfilmglobe.com/nonfiction/biography/book-review-roald-dahl-teller-of-the-unexpected/

https://www.newsweek.com/master-and-servant-143745

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/24/archives/altman-goes-by-the-book-his-way.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/26/archives/how-ragtime-led-to-discord-how-ragtime-led-to-discord-ragtime.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/14/movies/at-the-movies.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-jul-03-mn-9316-story.html

https://www.foxnews.com/story/salma-hayek-will-paint-the-town-with-altman

https://www.filmcomment.com/article/unproduced-and-unfinished-films-a-ongoing-film-comment-project/

The Extra (Robert Altman)

Starring Lily Tomlin in a movie about Hollywood bit players.


The Yig Epoxy (Robert Altman)

A plane-crash comedy starring Peter Falk and Sterling Hayden, to be produced by Warner Bros. Altman called it “a cross between Dr. Strangelove and M*A*S*H,” to be adapted by Alan Rudolph from Robert Grossbach’s book Easy and Hard Ways Out. Peter Falk, Sterling Hayden, and Henry Gibson were to star in “a big, big cast.”





In late 81 it was announced that he was going to direct Sigourney Weaver in Lone Star for United Artists but it was cancelled due to Heaven's Gate's costs.




https://archive.org/details/robertaltman00patr Nashville 12 Biarritz Heat Across the River and Through the Trees

Bob Fosse's unrealized projects

 - Ending (1979)
 - The King of Comedy (1982)
 - The Bad and the Beautiful remake
 - Dick Tracy (1985)
 - Edie Sedgwick biopic
 - Winchell (1988)
 - Good Morning, Vietnam
 - Big Deal
 - Chicago


Fosse was going to direct an adaptation of the book Ending, but opted not to, due to its. The director would instead tackle All That Jazz, which delt with similar themes.

At the time of his death, Fosse had wanted to direct a film version of Chicago.

Sydney Pollack's unrealized projects

Boys and Girls Together

Valdez Is Coming

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Dirty Harry

Victory (Conrad)

Us

First Blood

The Dead Zone

Rain Man

Presumed Innocent

Schindler's List

Mission: Impossible

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir remake

The Night Manager

The Bridges of Madison County

Wild Bill

The Saint

The Ice Queen

For Love of the Game

Untitled HBO Western miniseries

An Equal Music

Peeper

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

The Rackets

Recount

Shockproof Sydney Skate


Bronx Country Ferrari Untitled romantic comedy Cheet Time Between Trains Silver Linings Playbook



Us (Sydney Pollack)

Written by Eric Roth, this was to star Jane Fonda as an archaeologist who discovers what might have been the Garden of Eden at a dig in Machu Picchu, alongside Robert Redford.

https://www.filmcomment.com/article/unproduced-and-unfinished-films-l-through-z-a-ongoing-film-comment-project/


One, entitled "Us," for example, was written in the early 1980s as a vehicle for Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, hot on the heels of their success in "The Electric Horseman." The screenplay tells the story of a dig at Machu Picchu, through which a female archaeologist discovers the origins of man in what might be construed as the Garden of Eden. "She's suffering the loss of her mother and has a need to fill a broken place in herself," Mr. Roth explained. "She meets a priest in Peru who has lost his faith and is trying to understand the meaning of his own life without faith. Both find what they are looking for, but for each a different meaning. It was originally set up at Columbia for Sydney Pollack, but once a year someone pops up that wants to do it."

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/movies/eric-roths-screenplays-get-made-except-the-ones-that-dont.html November 19, 2006 Kristopher Tapley Eric Roth's Screenplays Get Made, Except the Ones That Don't





https://www.scmp.com/article/75708/top-team-plots-espionage-film May 27, 1994 South China Morning Post Top team plots espionage film



https://variety.com/1994/film/news/connery-set-for-cause-120324/


https://variety.com/1999/tv/news/pollack-to-head-west-with-hbo-1117750043/

https://variety.com/1997/voices/columns/pollack-pfeiffer-thaw-ice-1116680682/

https://variety.com/2000/voices/columns/pollack-eyes-peeper-gopnik-books-moon-1117789195/

https://variety.com/1995/film/features/pollack-packs-full-bag-99130283/

https://variety.com/1999/voices/columns/rudin-pollack-will-be-par-s-music-men-1117750452/

https://variety.com/2003/film/markets-festivals/mirage-morphs-1117884637/


https://variety.com/2000/film/news/pollack-joins-grant-on-col-pic-1117779749/


https://variety.com/2002/voices/columns/minghella-pollack-to-cheet-in-blighty-1117860640/


https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/par-tv-sets-three-pilots-1117467387/


https://variety.com/2002/scene/markets-festivals/abc-pollack-in-rackets-1117875437/

John Boorman's unrealized projects

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead The Lord of the Rings I Hear America Labour of Love The Last Run The Diamond Smugglers Sharky's Machine Final Analysis Nostromo (David Lean) Alice and Lucien A Simple Plan Memoirs of Hadrian Broken Dream The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe The Sea Wolf Knight's Castle The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Halfway House Mr. Ping Pong Underground

https://davidkoepp.com/script-archive/the-sea-wolf-unproduced/

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01439685.2021.1976913#:~:text=In%20drafting%20the%20contract%2C%20extensive,America%20and%20Labour%20of%20Love.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-nov-06-ca-narnia6-story.html

Ivan Reitman's unrealized projects

Ivan reitman Creature from the Black Lagoon

Laser Orgy Girls

https://theplaylist.net/animal-house-director-john-landis-talks-charles-manson-in-high-school-origins-cast-the-legacy-of-the-comedy-classic-20130129/


Offers

Beverly Hills Cop

https://www.youtube.com/live/JJQET_yFN9E?si=9HFTt5PO_EX-R6vl

License to Kill

Main article: License to Kill (film)

https://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2020/11/29/landis-tells-author-he-turned-down-directing-licence-to-kill/

Howard the Duck

Meatballs

Vacation

Big

Follow That Bird

Problem Child

The Nutty Professor

Nothing but Trouble

Men in Black

William Friedkin's unrealized projects

Last Warrant, Act of Vengeance, Bump City, The Man Who Killed Versace, Gangster (Stallone, Paul Attanasio)


Throughout his career, Friedkin has turned down various offers to direct films. "If I can't see it in my minds eye, I won't do it." (Last interview) Some of these include Gunn; M*A*S*H; All the Presidents Men; Superman: The Movie; an early version of Born on the Fourth of July starring Al Pacino; Child's Play, then under the title Blood Buddy; and the second season of True Detective. He also rejected offers to direct the sequels to his films The French Connection and The Exorcist. In the 1970s, he was approached by Albert Broccoli to direct a James Bond film...

https://www.bigissue.com/culture/film/william-friedkin-on-rip-off-exorcist-sequels-scorsese-selling-out-and-dressing-as-ali-g/

Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski's unrealized projects

The Jetsons

Untitled Howard Hughes biopic (Milos Forman)

Untitled Marx brothers biopic

Monopoly (Ridley Scott)

Untitled Robert Ripley biopic

Untitled Patty Hearst biopic (James Mangold)

Shoe Dog

King of the Jungle

Untitled Grateful Dead biopic (Martin Scorsese)

Federico Fellini's unrealized projects

Sixty-four minutes with Rebecka

The Journey of G. Mastorna

Untitled documentary (Scorsese)

The Thousand Miles

Trip to Tulum

Flash Gordon

Mandrake the Magician

Don Quixote

https://thefilmstage.com/unused-ingmar-bergman-script-to-be-turned-into-feature-film/

https://www.filmcomment.com/article/unproduced-and-unfinished-films-l-through-z-a-ongoing-film-comment-project/

Akira Kurosawa's unrealized projects

  • A German at the Daruma Temple (Daruma-dera no Doitsujin)
  • All Is Quiet (Shizukanari)
  • Snow (Yuki)
  • A Thousand and One Nights in the Forest (Mori no sen'ichiya)
  • The Story of a Bad Horse (Jajauma monogatari)
  • The Lifted Spear (Dokkoi kono yari)
  • The Sampaguita Flower (Sampaguita no hana)
  • Beautiful Calendar (Utsukishiki koyomi)
  • The Third Harbor (Daisan hatoba)
  • The People of Kanokemaru (Kanokemaru no Hitobito)
  • The Runaway Train
  • Tora! Tora! Tora!
  • Sixty-four minutes with Rebecka
  • The Mask of the Black Death (mid '70s)
  • Modern Noh (Gendai no No)
  • Silvering Spear

https://thefilmstage.com/unused-ingmar-bergman-script-to-be-turned-into-feature-film/

https://www.filmcomment.com/article/unproduced-and-unfinished-films-a-ongoing-film-comment-project/

https://www.filmcomment.com/article/unproduced-and-unfinished-films-l-through-z-a-ongoing-film-comment-project/

https://collider.com/akira-kurosawa-new-screenplays-discovered/

https://akirakurosawa.info/2010/10/29/three-kurosawa-or-related-scripts-discovered/

https://www.indiewire.com/news/general/new-screenplays-by-akira-kurosawa-discovered-in-japan-122045/

https://variety.com/2010/biz/news/kurosawa-scripts-discovered-1118026567/

https://akirakurosawa.info/the-men-who-tread-on-the-tigers-tail/

https://www.flixist.com/unproduced-kurosawa-scripts-to-see-the-light-of-day/

https://akirakurosawa.info/other-movies-involving-kurosawa/

https://www.screendaily.com/unfinished-kurosawa-film-to-be-completed/4037570.article

https://akirakurosawa.info/2008/03/02/unfinished-footage-by-kurosawa-to-be-released/

https://akirakurosawa.info/biography-part-3/

http://thebigpicturemagazine.com/the-beauty-of-free-movement-akira-kurosawas-uma-no-uta/



First article

Shizukanari

This early screenwriting effort Shizukanari (All Is Quiet) won Kurosawa the 1942 Nihon Eiga contest for best scenario, but never proceeded to filming due to production constraints during wartime.

Daruma-dera no Doitsujin

In 1941, Kurosawa was set to make his directorial debut with Daruma-dera no Doitsujin (A German at the Daruma Temple), his first screenplay. The project was selected by the studio but shut down during preproduction by government censors.


Second article

Dokkoi kono yari

Similarly to Kagemusha, Kurosawa's screenplay Dokkoi kono yari (The Lifted Spear) would have climaxed with a grand battle involving the 16th-century warlord Nobunaga Oda. Due to wartime shortages no horses were available for the crucial scene, and the project was subsequently abandoned.

Yuki Snow

Another award-winning, early screenplay by the director.

Jajauma monogatari The Story of a Bad Horse

Kurosawa wrote the script before his career as a filmmaker took off.




In addition, Kurosawa wrote the following unproduced scripts, composed during the pre-war period in the 1930s and also the wartime period in the 1940s, either when he was still an assistant director or had just graduated to full director. Some of these won prizes in screenwriting contests, establishing his reputation as a promising talent even though they were never filmed.

Deruma-dera no doitsujin – A German at Daruma Temple Shizukanari – All Is Quiet Yuki – Snow Mori no senichia – A Thousand and One Nights in the Forest Jajauma monogatari – The Story of a Bad Horse Dokkoi kono yari – The Lifted Spear San Paguita no hana – The San Pajuito Flower Utsukishiki koyomi – Beautiful Calendar Daisan hatoba – The Third Harbor

Bernardo Bertolucci's unrealized projects

Red Harvest

The White Hotel

Man's Fate

Heaven and Hell

Bel Canto

The Echo Chamber

Terrence Malick's unrealized projects

 - Q (1978)
 - Untitled Joseph Merrick biopic (1979)
 • Untitled Louis Malle film (1983)
 • Countryman (1983)
 • The Desert Rose (1984)
 • Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
 - Tartuffe (1988)
 - The English Speaker (1992)
 - The Moviegoer (1994)
 - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2002)
 - The Catcher in the Rye (2006)
 - Che (2008)
 - Held by the Taliban (2010)
 - Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (2011)
 • Untitled Harmony Korine film (2023)


Turned Down: 

 - In the Boom Boom Room (1979)
 - The White Hotel (1988)

Brighton Rock (1991) Untitled Richard Linklater documentary (2002) Aloft (2003) Untitled television series (2007)

https://theplaylist.net/the-lost-projects-and-unproduced-screenplays-of-terrence-malick-20110712/



Harmony Korine's unrealized projects

https://theplaylist.net/harmony-korine-at-apple-store-plus-new-20080502/

https://www.indiewire.com/news/general/wtf-marlon-wayons-to-star-in-harmony-korines-twinkle-twinkle-122158/

https://www.gq.com/story/harmony-korine-the-beach-bum-profile

https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/harmony-korine-says-his-chris-cunningham-collaboration-mitch-poppins-might-be-released-this-year-268088/

https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/harmony-korine-snapchat-spectacles-film-1203411237/

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/harmony-korine-spielberg-call-of-duty-aggro-drift-1235702889/

Fight Harm What Makes Pistachio Nuts? Jokes Below the Waist, Above the Ankles Crutchnap Twinkle Twinkle The Trap Mitch Poppins Untitled Scarecrow-esque film Duck Duck Terrence Malick script

Porky's Smokey and the Bandit Police Academy II Cocoon

https://youtube.com/watch?v=MTxSH6cIXeM&si=OEPQ-vGLmtG8hoFq March 28, 2019 Alamo Drafthouse Harmony Korine's dream remake must be produced right now

Brett Ratner's unrealized projects

The Killing of Chinese Bookie remake

Josiah's Canon

Ocean's Eleven

Die Another Day

The Red Circle

Paycheck

Memoirs of a Geisha

Superman Returns

The Boys from Brazil remake

The Fat Lady Sang

Playboy

The Incredible Shrinking Man

Beverly Hills Cop 4

Conan the Barbarian

Youngblood

The Reluctant Communist

The 39 Clues

Wicked

Untitled Eddie Murphy project

Hunting Eichmann

The Last American Virgin remake

Midnight Run 2

The Golden Age

I Want My MTV

Jersey Boys

Once Upon a Time in Russia

Enter the Dragon remake

The Libertine

Soul Soul Soul: The Murray Murray Story

Rush Hour 4

Untitled Mill Vanilli biopic


https://variety.com/2007/film/features/ratner-juggles-a-handful-of-projects-1117969376/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/eddie-murphy-brett-ratner-teaming-848643/

https://variety.com/2012/film/markets-festivals/bret-ratner-cj-team-on-golden-age-1118054540/

https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/connery-loads-canon-1117904080/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cannes-johnny-depp-brett-ratner-891688/

https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/brett-ratner-talks-roman-polanksis-weekend-of-a-champion-rush-hour-4-his-version-of-superman-more-91325/

https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/brett-ratner-eyes-directing-adaptation-of-i-want-my-mtv-the-uncensored-story-of-the-music-video-revolution-112160/

https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/brett-ratner-working-on-new-project-with-eddie-murphy-admits-he-lied-about-banging-olivia-munn-255209/

https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/brett-ratner-says-hes-remaking-the-last-american-virgin-255174/

https://deadline.com/2011/10/ann-peacock-signs-on-for-brett-ratner-helmed-hunting-eichmann-189270/

https://deadline.com/2012/03/universal-hires-new-scribes-for-midnight-run-2-and-brett-ratner-will-direct-it-246204/

https://deadline.com/2011/05/brett-ratner-signs-to-direct-the-39-clues-129974/

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/movies/brett-ratner-directs-tower-heist.html

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/09/once-upon-a-time-in-russia-oligarchs-movie

https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/brett-ratner-boards-youngblood-1117999799/

https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/ratner-guns-for-crime-pic-1117908445/

https://variety.com/2001/film/news/regen-joins-the-circle-1117791347/

https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/ratner-on-col-s-laff-track-1117908414/

https://www.today.com/popculture/brett-ratner-goes-seasoned-pros-wbna6394425

https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/brett-ratner-to-direct-playboy-1117967550/

https://variety.com/2010/film/markets-festivals/brett-ratner-turns-communist-1118024792/

Joe Carnahan's unrealized projects

Miami The Surrender of Washington Hansen The Town Live Bait A Cold Case Quantico Death Wish remake Narco Sub Nemesis Daredevil Narc TV series White Jazz Killing Pablo https://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/movies-joe-carnahan-stretch-mission-impossible-the-grey-tom-cruise-white-jazz-daredevil-unproduced-movies/

The Raid https://variety.com/2017/film/news/joe-carnahan-frank-grillos-xyz-films-on-raid-reimagining-1201989573/

Bad Boys for Life https://variety.com/2015/film/news/joe-carnahan-will-smith-bad-boys-3-1201516017/

Uncharted https://variety.com/2016/film/news/uncharted-movie-joe-carnahan-video-game-adaptation-bad-boys-3-1201826553/

Leo from Toledo https://variety.com/2019/film/markets-festivals/mel-gibson-frank-grillo-joe-carnahan-leo-from-toledo-1203392691/

Dine and Dash https://variety.com/2012/tv/news/carnahan-binder-to-dine-and-dash-1118060787/

Five Against a Bullet https://variety.com/2016/film/asia/jackie-chan-joe-carnahan-five-against-a-bullet-1201934154/

Umbra https://variety.com/2010/film/news/carnahan-to-write-direct-umbra-1118025652/

Mission: Impossible III https://variety.com/2003/film/markets-festivals/carnahan-to-lead-mission-3-1117881199/

Angel Face https://deadline.com/2013/09/cbs-to-adapt-ann-rices-seraphim-novels-as-drama-project-with-timberman-beverly-memphis-beat-creators-joe-carnahan-596340/

Continue https://collider.com/joe-carnahan-continue-fox/

Blood, Sweat & Tears https://deadline.com/2013/06/ae-buys-amateur-bull-riding-drama-from-joe-carnahan-timberman-beverly-520634/

Cross Brothers https://deadline.com/2012/02/jason-bateman-forms-aggregate-label-gets-first-look-film-tv-deal-at-universal-224474/ https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/joe-carnahan-to-direct-cross-brothers-ralph-fiennes-bryan-singer-sought-for-imitation-game-david-yates-takes-a-reliable-wife-253945/

Graves Pound for Pound Thorn Wheelman 2 https://collider.com/frank-grillo-joe-carnahan-interview-wheelman-2-upcoming-movies/

Motorcade https://deadline.com/2015/03/joe-carnahan-motorcade-dreamworks-1201390975/

Untitled Will Wright biopic https://variety.com/2005/film/markets-festivals/helmer-high-on-drug-pic-1117930524/



Bunny Lake Is Missing Remarkable Fellows Preacher Taskmaster






Mark Rydell's unrealized projects

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

The Thing of It Is...

The Exorcist

A Star Is Born

The White Hotel

Something Wicked This Way Comes

No Small Affair

Nuts

Starman

Fertig

Manhattan Ghost Story

Untitled Abbie Hoffmann biopic

An Unfinished Life

Survivors

The Locked Room

Unchain My Heart: The Ray Charles Story

Jumpshot




https://variety.com/2018/film/news/a-star-is-born-previous-films-judy-garland-barbra-streisand-1202969451/

https://variety.com/2000/voices/columns/journal-follows-in-i-variety-i-s-footsteps-1117779260/

https://variety.com/1997/voices/columns/60s-revivals-spur-rivals-1116679932/

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/jamie-foxx-to-star-in-ray-charles-bio-pic-75864/

https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/05/07/foxx-unchains-his-heart

https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/a-lot-of-white-noise-1200341788/

https://variety.com/1994/film/news/rydell-castle-rock-ink-deal-for-fertig-120485/

https://variety.com/1993/film/news/stone-woos-rydell-for-a-ghost-pic-106995/

https://variety.com/1999/voices/columns/rydell-sets-his-sights-on-molina-s-survivors-1117750232/

https://variety.com/2002/film/markets-festivals/rydell-locks-up-gig-to-direct-rko-room-1117869536/

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