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The following is a list of unproduced Christopher McQuarrie projects in roughly chronological order. During his long career, American filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie has worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction. Some of these projects fell into development hell, were officially cancelled, or would eventually be completed by a different production team.

Alexander

The Prisoner

Iron Curtain

Untitled military action film

The Stanford Prison Experiment

Flying Tigers

Booth

The Champions

The Monster of Florence

Rubicon

One Shot

Unforgiven TV miniseries

The Last Mission

Without Remorse

The Wolverine

Jack Reacher sequel

Star Blazers

Ice Station Zebra remake

Three to Kill

The Chameleon

Man of Steel sequel

Untitled Space X film (Tom Cruise)

Untitled musical film (Tom Cruise)

Untitled Les Grossman film (Cruise)

The Gauntlet remake (Tom Cruise)

Broadsword (Tom Cruise)

https://ew.com/article/1999/07/30/re-best-unproduced-screenplays/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/nov/17/culture.features4

https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/09/20/mcquarrie-swears-the-prisoner-will-not-be-altered

https://deadline.com/2023/04/michael-b-jordan-christopher-mcquarrie-to-produce-iron-curtain-thriller-2-1235335114/

https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/mcquarrie-reports-for-duty-at-par-1117901931/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/pair-projects-christopher-mcquarrie-123044/

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/mcquarrie-write-flying-tigers/

https://culturepulp.typepad.com/culturepulp/2008/12/the-culturepulp-qa-christopher-mcquarrie.html

https://www.firstshowing.net/2008/interview-valkyrie-screenwriterproducer-christopher-mcquarrie/

https://collider.com/christopher-mcquarrie-one-shot-lee-child-rework-direct/

https://collider.com/christopher-mcquarrie-unforgiven/

https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/christopher-mcquarrie-wishes-he-could-remake-way-of-the-gun-admits-he-alienated-himself-from-the-film-industry-98898/

https://deadline.com/2011/10/ny-comic-con-christopher-mcquarrie-launches-transmedia-navy-seal-drama-rubicon-183017/

https://deadline.com/2012/08/paramount-confirms-chrisopher-mcquarrie-taking-on-tom-clancys-without-remorse-314194/#utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

1990s

Alexander

On July 30, 1999, it was reported that McQuarrie was attached to direct Alexander, a biographical film about Alexander the Great, for Warner Bros. Pictures.

2000s

Untitled military action adventure film

On March 18, 2004, it was reported that McQuarrie would write the screenplay for an untitled military action adventure film for Paramount Pictures, with Sean Daniel, Jim Jacks, and Michelle Manning producing and McQuarrie also serving as an executive producer.

2010s

Star Blazers

In February 2011, McQuarrie was hired by Skydance Media to write and produce a feature film adaptation of the 1970s animated television series Star Blazers (itself an adaptation of anime Space Battleship Yamato). In 2013, he was selected to direct the project, with Zach Dean being hired to write a new draft of the script in 2017.

Three to Kill

2020s

Iron Curtain

References

1. "Re: Best Unproduced Screenplays". Retrieved August 6, 2024.
2. "McQuarrie reports for duty at Par". Retrieved August 6, 2024.
3. Fleming, Mike Jr. (February 21, 2011). "'True Grit' Co-Financier Skydance Targets 'Star Blazers' For Christopher McQuarrie". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
4. Fleming, Mike Jr. (October 30, 2013). "Chris McQuarrie To Direct 'Star Blazers' From '70s Sci-Fi Anime Series For Skydance". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
5. Fleming, Mike Jr. (March 20, 2017). "Skydance Sets Zach Dean To Ready 'Star Blazers' For Christopher McQuarrie". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
6. Fleming, Mike Jr. (November 20, 2013). "Christopher McQuarrie To Helm Colin Firth In 'Three To Kill'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 6, 2024.

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