10 Movies That Led To Other Movies Being Cancelled (And Why)

10. Avatar Keeps Fantastic Voyage Remake Stuck In Development Hell

Fantastic Voyage is one of those movies that you can't believe hasn't been remade yet, given both the high-concept logline and a unique setting that could make the most of modern-day CGI technology. It isn't like they haven't tried, with James Cameron attached to an update of the 1966 classic for a decade before his plans for Pandora got in the way.

Cameron was toying with the idea of directing as far back as 1997, but his focus on Avatar saw him step back but still produce through his Lightstorm Entertainment banner. Roland Emmerich, Paul Greengrass, Shawn Levy and Guillermo del Toro were all linked at various stages, with the man behind Titanic and Terminator still set to have a hand in the screenplay.

Ultimately, Cameron decided to focus all of his energies on expanding the world of Avatar, and after the announcement that he apparently plans to just keep making sequels to the sci-fi epic for what looks to be the rest of his life, any and all talk of the Fantastic Voyage remake was abruptly dropped as both he and del Toro moved on to different projects.