7 Abandoned Movie Crossovers (And Why They Fell Apart)

The Crossover: When Pacific Rim opened in the summer of 2013, there were four words on every excited fanboy's lips: "Jaegers versus Godzilla. NOW!"

And while, by all accounts, nothing like this was ever close to actually entering production, the idea of merging Legendary Pictures' MonsterVerse (which consists of Godzilla and Kong) with their Pacific Rim series is a crossover that has been discussed behind closed doors.

In October 2017, Pacific Rim: Uprising director Steven S. DeKnight told Collider that "there’s been a lot of discussion about that possibility", adding that it seemed like a "natural step". He also told Nerdist that Uprising was being used as a "launching pad" for a wider universe, which could have allowed for the likes of Godzilla and Kong to enter the fray and start beating those Jaegers to scrap metal.

Why It Fell Apart: Literally a month after DeKnight's chat with Collider, Legendary producer Cale Boyter came forward and bluntly shot down the idea of a crossover movie (via CinemaBlend):

“There’s no plans to merge. Understandably that might be cool, but I might have something up my sleeve that will surprise you - that I think you guys will love, that I think is better than the obvious approach.”

It's unclear what he's referring to by "something up my sleeve", though this could be the recently-announced Pacific Rim anime series over on Netflix.

As for the crossover movie, the poor performance of Pacific Rim: Uprising (it tanked domestically, and received bad reviews to boot) has likely put an end to that franchise, which, in turn, means we won't be seeing any more Jaegers on the silver screen.