10 Movies That Just Got Cancelled
These in-development movies just got canned.
Though there are literally thousands of movies released every single year, the number of in-development films that end up getting scrapped for one reason or another is basically innumerable. Heck, some films get culled early enough in development that we never even hear about them - not unless someone close to the production spills the beans.
But there are, of course, many movies that get so close to actually being filmed that they're widely publicly known about, and yet for one of many potential reasons, they still end up cancelled. And that's unfortunately true of these 10 films, each of which had either been formally announced or at least widely whispered about, from remakes to classic movies to sequels everyone just assumed would happen, only for the winds to ultimately blow elsewhere, leaving these films to be canned.
Perhaps the previous offering in the series flopped so catastrophically as to kill the franchise dead, maybe the bean-counters had a sudden change of heart, or it's a simple case of ever-frustrating creative issues behind the scenes.
Whatever the reason, these 10 films are all deader than disco.
10. Tron 4
The recently released Tron: Ares was obviously intended to revitalise the series' big-screen prospects, complete with an ending which suggests that Jared Leto's Ares will seek out the protagonists of previous film Tron: Legacy - Sam (Garrett Hedlund) and Quorra (Olivia Wilde) - in Tron 4.
But as ever, the sequel's existence was entirely contingent upon the box office success of Ares, and given that the $220 million blockbuster will be lucky to crack $200 million worldwide by the end of run - less than half of what Legacy made 15 years ago - it's instantly killed any plans for Tron 4.
Days after the movie's soft opening weekend, The Hollywood Reporter indicated that Disney would likely now be "retiring" Tron as a cinematic event, instead using the IP's branding for theme park rides, video games, and perhaps TV series.
Sure, it's possible that Disney dusts off Tron a few decades from now for yet another attempt to make fetch happen, but considering that both Legacy and Ares confirmed Tron to be a firmly niche IP that just doesn't have billion-dollar box office appeal, they might also let it rest for good.