10 Movies That Just Got Cancelled
4. The Hunt for Ben Solo
Now in total fairness, this film was technically cancelled a few years ago, but news of its existence was only brought to light in recent weeks.
Kylo Ren actor Adam Driver just revealed that he and legendary filmmaker Steven Soderbergh spent two years developing a follow-up to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker called The Hunt for Ben Solo, with Soderbergh's regular collaborator Scott Z. Burns penning the script.
Burns wrote a draft which Driver called "one of the coolest" scripts he'd ever been involved with, but ultimately Disney CEO Bob Iger and co-chairman Alan Bergman rejected the pitch, expressing confusion over how Ben Solo could still be alive after The Rise of Skywalker.
Given the vitriolic fan response to The Rise of Skywalker, a campaign swiftly began, urging Disney to greenlight The Hunt for Ben Solo rather than leave it unmade forever more. But considering the wildly messy state of modern Star Wars and the series' fraught past with kotowing to the loudest members of its fanbase, it seems incredibly unlikely that the Mouse House will actually pull the trigger on this one.
It's dead, Jim (sorry, wrong franchise).