Poll: The Movies We Never Saw

Results of 455 votes:

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   Christian Clavier in Napoléon (2002)

    

   Napoleon Stanley Kubrick wanted desperately to make a film detailing Napoleon's life, from birth to death.
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   Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

    

   At the Mountains of Madness Based on a H.P. Lovecraft story, Guillermo de Toro was prepared to direct this terrifying tale of a group of experts exploring Antarctica, starring Tom Cruise.
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   Ghostbusters (1984)

    

   Ghostbusters III: Hellbent Written partly by Dan Aykroyd, this sequel would have the Ghostbusters travelling to a hellish, alternate version of Manhattan.
4. 4.
   

   Alien (1979)

    

   The Train or Isobar This idea from Ridley Scott was to be similar to 'Alien'... only on a train. In the 90's, Stallone probably would've starred.
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   Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List (1993)

    

   Aryan Papers Stanley Kubrick intended to make an accurate Holocaust drama, but it kept getting pushed back and almost became a play, but nothing ever came of it.
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   Arnold Schwarzenegger in Conan the Destroyer (1984)

    

   Crusade Arnold Schwarzenegger was to star in this 90's historical epic set in the Middle Ages.
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   Ian McKellen in X-Men (2000)

    

   X-Men Origins: Magneto This prequel was supposed to tell the life story of Magneto and his time in in the Auschwitz death camp. The project was halted when Ian McKellen wouldn't appear in the film.
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   Jackie Robinson in Jackie Robinson (2016)

    

   Jackie Robinson Spike Lee wrote a script for an unmade film about the baseball player, with Denzel Washington in mind for the title role.
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   Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

    

   Spider-Man James Cameron was to helm this quite different version of Spidey, featuring a Peter Parker in puberty, spying on Mary Jane while she was undressing... so basically a Peeping Tom.
10. 10.
    

    Godzilla (1998)

     

    Godzilla 2 This sequel to the 1998 film pitted the one surviving baby dinosaur (now an adult with her own offspring) against a giant, bloodthirsty insect queen.
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    Idina Menzel in Frozen (2013)

     

    The Snow Queen The earlier concepts for 'Frozen' featured an evil, blue-skinned version of Elsa.
12. 12.
    

    Brandon Routh in Superman Returns (2006)

     

    Superman Lives A mid-90's Superman movie and Sean Penn was planned to play the Man of Steel. Over time, Nic Cage was re-cast, and the film would've also featured giant spiders, polar bears, and a rob…
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    Alfred Hitchcock in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)

     

    The Short Night Described as "A romantic suspense thriller with espionage elements" based on a book and a true story.
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    Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

     

    Night Skies Steven Spielberg was set to make this sci-fi/horror, which was in lieu of a sequel to 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.' Unfortunately, it never came to fruition.
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    Forbidden Planet (1956)

     

    Forbidden Planet Remake When J. Michael Straczynski's updated version of the script was leaked, James Cameron wanted to do a complete rewrite.
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    Jurassic Park III (2001)

     

    Jurassic Park 4 Human-raptor hybrids are created to fight drug lords, but things go horribly wrong.
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    Cowboys & Aliens (2011)

     

    Cowboys and Aliens 2 The sequel, cancelled due to the first film's under-performance at the box office, reportedly had "twice as many genres."
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    Jack Black in The X-Files (1993)

     

    The Green Lantern This take on Green Lantern would've been a comedy film, with Jack Black in the title role.
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    Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator (1987)

     

    Doc Savage Arnold Schwarzenegger was going to portray the comic book character, but his own political career got in the way, as well as the other projects of the crew.
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    Ulla Bergryd and Michael Parks in The Bible in the Beginning... (1966)

     

    Genesis The late Dino de Laurentiis planned a "lavish" telling of the first book of the Bible, but it never came to be.