Comingsoon.net is taking a look at the calendar to find the ten movies canceled before they hit theaters. Check out our selections in the gallery below!
Over the course of the past decade or so, Blumhouse has quickly become one of the most notable studios currently in the game. From the films of Jordan Peele to countless horror franchises like Paranormal Activity and The Purge, the studio led by Jason Blum works so well by utilizing limited budgets to make maximum profits. This business model allows them to take risks on smaller projects that might not have ever seen the light of day otherwise.
One such example is the now-cancelled thriller The Hunt. After some audiences caused an uproar because they failed to use critical thinking to realize the true message of the film—that the elite will always prey on the less fortunate without a shred of remorse, often taking glee in treating economics like the most dangerous game—the studio made the decision to pull the film altogether. This sort of thing actually happens all the time in Hollywood.
Cancelled movies
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10 Things I Hate About Life
A follow-up to late-90s hit 10 Things I Hate About You, this now-defunct film paused filming when star Evan Rachel Wood became pregnant. During the break, producers must’ve done some re-assessing—production never resumed and the film was softly cancelled.
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A Rainy Day in New York
Woody Allen had it made over at Amazon—they were throwing all kinds of money at him, letting him make a movie a year like he’d been doing since the beginning of his career. That is, until Allen’s reprehensible personal life resulted in him losing it all—including his just-finished film A Rainy Day in New York.
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Black Water Transit
American History X director Tony Kaye assembled a pretty solid cast for his crime drama Black Water Transit back in the late 2000s. But, like many other films in this collection, post-production legal issues kept the movie from being put out.
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Don's Plum
Kevin Connolly, Tobey Maguire, and Leonardo DiCaprio all went on to be huge stars in their own rights. A movie starring the three of them as LA teens was filmed before they had their big breaks, but their rapid rise to stardom kept this somewhat embarrassing dramedy from ever being distributed.
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Hippie Hippie Shake
A British drama about Richard Neville starring Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller should’ve been a surefire festival circuit hit. However, that was never the case—despite being finished, the movie was never distributed.
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I Love You, Daddy
After Louis CK was confronted for the multiple sexual misconduct allegations against him, film studio The Orchard decided to file his (ironically) Woody Allen-esque dramedy I Love You, Daddy away for good.
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Nothing Lasts Forever
Saturday Night Live writer Tom Schiller was given the chance to write and direct a comedy with all of the sketch comedy’s biggest stars back in the early 80s. Due to poor test screenings, MGM shelved it forever.
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The Day the Clown Cried
Jerry Lewis will always be remembered for his massive contributions to comedy, but he’s yet to be immortalized for his never-finished film The Day the Clown Cried. Set in a concentration camp and following a man who takes it upon himself to cheer up others trapped by the Nazis, the movie was deemed too tasteless to be seen by the general public.
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The Fantastic Four
Spoofed on Arrested Development, The Fantastic Four was made solely to keep the rights to the franchise—it’s no doubt terrible, but the legal loophole worked.
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The Last Film Festival
Dennis Hopper is an absolute acting legend. You’d think audiences would be interested in seeing his final film. Unfortunately, due to absolutely horrendous reactions early in the test screening process, the film went through all kinds of trouble in the post-production process and never got the release the cast and crew expected.
