10 Insane Ways Movies Got Sabotaged

Say what you will about the other movies on this list, but at least there was an actual intent from the people making them that they would be released.

The same can't be said for 1994's infamous The Fantastic Four, which only went into production because producer Bernd Eichinger's option on the property was running out and he wanted to retain the rights.

And so, Eichinger teamed with legendary low-budget producer Roger Corman to make a Fantastic Four movie for just $1 million, which was shot in early 1993 over the course of three weeks.

A release date was set for early 1994, yet the cast suddenly received cease and desist letters from producers and the studio confiscated the film negatives, with Eichinger announcing that its release had been cancelled.

Yet according to Stan Lee, The Fantastic Four wasn't merely a desperate attempt to retain the rights to the IP but an outright "ashcan production," as Eichinger never actually intended to release the movie but simply go through the motions to keep the rights - a claim Eichinger unsurprisingly denied.

Sadly the cast and crew who worked hard on the film were entirely unaware of the surrounding drama, and their hard work never saw the official light of day.

Mercifully, though, a bootleg copy did eventually make its way online, confirming it to be something of a charming disaster.