8 Cancelled Movies We Secretly Still Want To See
The one bad thing about Spidey going to Marvel.
We’re living in an age where dreams come true. Well, if your dreams are of long-anticipated movies that you've given up hope of ever seeing miraculously becoming a reality
Last year we got Star Wars Episode VII, which was followed only a few months later by the massive surprise of 10 Cloverfield Lane. Next year sees Twin Peaks Season 3 finally air and marks the release of Blade Runner 2. Around the same time Terry Gilliam will finally be shooting his Don Quixote. If we can get the Orson Welles cut of The Magnificent Ambersons restored and Joss Whedon to make more Firefly for Netflix, then "want" culture may have just peaked.
Or maybe not – we may be living in a time where the sheer wealth of different content platforms and hunger for nostalgia means once dismissed projects can become a reality, but there’s still a lot of discussed projects that never made it. And, sadly, never will - thanks to reboots or alternatives, there's a whole host of intriguing prospects that never made it to the big screen. Here's eight of the most fascinating.
8. Cloverfield 2
The Unmade Movie: Cloverfield practically begged for a sequel; a thrilling found footage experience, it provided no explanation of the
monster’s origin, what was going on in the bigger picture or even if our heroes survived.
Naturally the prospect of a follow-up was the hot topic from the moment of release. There was little revealed, but Matt Reeves did suggest taking the cue from another amateur documentarian seen briefly on the Brooklyn Bridge and telling a concurrently running story. After that suggestion, however it was a long run of increasingly vague comments before everyone moved on to new projects and the prospect of more Clover seemed lost. This was all finalised when the linked-in-name-only 10 Cloverfield Lane was released out of nowhere earlier this year.
Why It’s Such A Shame: I love where they’re taking the Cloverfield series, turning into an anthology of genre staples with unique twists (at least that’s what I think it is), especially as, so far, they’re two-for-two. However, it’s hard to fully put away that captivating worlds of Slusho, Tido Wave and the spindly beast with its exterior lungs. There’s just so much potential there, and a bit more exploration (the manga, with mind-control children, doesn't count).
Although maybe it’s for the best, as the reason a sequel is so desired is also why it probably wasn’t a good idea; mystique was the first film’s ace, and to provide even a bit more in the way of answers could nuke that.