13 Crazy Movie Pitches That Would Have Ruined 2015

11. Barbie: The Movie

The Pitch: Sony Pictures and Mattel want to bring a live-action comedy adaptation of the classic girls' plaything to the big screen...for some reason. What Happened?: The project was announced back in April of last year, but absolutely nothing has been heard about it since. Given the inherent difficulty in adapting something like this to the big screen, it would surprise nobody if it simply continued to be a "vaporfilm" of sorts, lingering in developmental purgatory while never officially being cancelled. Still, a 2015 release was widely expected following the announcement, yet with no cast or crew picked yet beyond Sex and the City writer Jenny Bicks, things aren't looking good for this year or any other. With the Barbie product on the downslide as young girls become increasingly steered away from the product's rather blatant conformity to gender stereotypes, there would be very few ways to make this movie work without a significant re-branding of the product line. Thank God.