15 Most Ridiculous Movies In Development

2. Monster Trucks

Monster Trucks Lucas Till
Paramount Pictures

Release Date: January 13, 2017

The Pitch: High school senior Tripp (Lucas Till) builds himself a monster truck from spare parts, only for an oil drilling accident nearby to cause an alien creature to emerge and take a liking to Tripp's truck. A monster in a truck = monster trucks, get it?

Why It's Ridiculous: When the movie was first announced, most seemed to assume it'd be a movie about anthropomorphic monster trucks (a live-action version of Cars, kinda), and surely nobody expected something as hilariously bonkers as this.

Even more absurd is that it has a damn fine cast, including Amy Ryan, Rob Lowe, Danny Glover, Barry Pepper, Thomas Lennon and Jane Levy.

Will It Be Any Good?: This one started shooting almost three years ago, has been delayed numerous times and releases in the graveyard month. It's dead on arrival, and everyone knows it.

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