Movies in Development Since Forever

[@cristianosouza2947]

We don't need a live action of Akira.

[@Syntopikon]

Especially not from Waititi after Thor: Love and Thunder.

[@DaveRedsky]

Who said that? I'd like one

[@tumadrexuxa]

I’d Watch it

[@robertolanderos5308]

Maybe if it was Denis Villeneuve or Christopher Nolan directing, but NOT Waititi. He literally does not make any sense for an Akira adaptation.

[@Syntopikon]

​@@robertolanderos5308​ I think Villeneuve would be the best choice. After Dune, Arrival, and Blade Runner 2049, I think virtually any sci-fi/sci-fi tangential property would be safe in his hands.

[@zacharia1446]

Thor Love and Thunder was an insult to the audience and I wouldn’t trust Taika Watiti with a toilet paper commercial

[@basedsaul2746]

So they want a pg13 lovecraft movie....... are they okay?

[@Syntopikon]

One gets the sense they never really read Lovecraft. Or, if they did, wanted to shoehorn in a Hollywood romance & ending.

[@LOP4795]

Akira - Live Action Dialogue - If Done by Waititi Kaneda: "Hey! Tetsuooooo over here!" Tetsuo: "What in Neo-Tokyo are you doing, KANEDAAAAA!?" Kaneda: "Remember this dance we used to do as kids?" *Does Orange Justice Dance* Tetsuo: "Think you can out dance me?" Kaneda: "Spot light's on you, pal." *Satellite shoots Tetsuo.*

[@deadpilled2942]

I don't trust streaming channels to make these shows. For every "Last of Us" there's five Witchers, and Resident Evil tv shows

[@skullkid4561]

Amazing take lol especially with how true this is.

[@Haydenthemaker1000]

I thought there were already like a million metal gear movies? They come packaged with these sweet little stealth games and they're at least a trillion hours long

[@Zombiesnyder13]

#IBlameAviArad

[@scottlandano3819]

I heard(unfortunately don't remember where) that the reason we never got a WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT sequel was that Disney and Amblin/Spielberg were in disagreement for years on which company owned Roger Rabbit. When that got cleared up, both sides figured licensing all the different characters would be prohibitively expensive.

[@TheGuyInTheCheapSeats]

I think I speak for everyone when I say I want a live action Akira as much as I want World War III. I snorted at the "producers wanted romance and a happy ending. Have they read Lovecraft?" remark. I don't think most producers are halfway literate. I would like to see a video on canned DC projects. Here's another development hell story: The Tourist is a science fiction script that's been floating around Hollywood for years. Francis Ford Coppola almost produced it, but it was a causuality of American Zoetrope's collapse.

[@oneinathousand2156]

The only reason to make another Akira is to adapt the parts of the manga that weren’t in the anime, which is what Taika has said he wants to do, but I’m sure if Katsuhiro Otomo wanted that to happen, he would be fully capable of doing that himself.

[@Syntopikon]

Which leads one to think that perhaps a movie isn't the best way to go if an adaptation must be made. A TV series might work better. The recent development also, for some reason, seems to be multi-part movies (The Strangers, Horizon, Rebel Moon, Wicked). I really hope that doesn't end up being the case, as it's more or less been a recipe for bloat.

[@wariodedede]

I really hate these studios that are afraid of making R rated movies. They are effectively knee-capping the director's creative talents all so they can get a wider audience and larger profits instead of actually having faith in names like del Toro to pull in that larger audience despite the R rating.

[@Syntopikon]

Especially odd considering the trend of R movies doing well - Logan, Oppenheimer, Deadpool, etc. There's a larger market than they realize. They just need to make the budgets a bit smaller.

[@Shadowman820]

It's been proven that an R rated movie can make a heck of allot of money if it's something people want to see like It Chapter 1 and 2 .

[@peterhill8398]

An older example is the unfinished 1937 film adaption of Robert Grave’s’ historical novel ‘l, Claudius’ produced by Alexander Korda, directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Charles Laughton. The production was plagued by difficulties culminating in a car accident in London that badly injured female lead Merle Oberon. Another problem was the disagreements between Korda and headstrong actor Laughton. The production had cost UK studio London Films the equivalent of about 50 million US by the time it was abandoned.

[@mrbeast85]

I Claudius holds the title of an 'unfilmable film'. But previous holders of the title have been inter alia; Dune, LOTR, Watchmen.... And the BBC managed a masterful TV serial of it in the 1970s (and it really is a masterpiece of TV drama) so I'm not so sure.

[@luanderson.ferreira]

Solid video essays, my brother. Your channel shall be big.

[@d.-_-.b]

Been waiting over a decade for "Guardians of Luna" to be finished, hopefully John Noble doesn't die of old age before he gets to do the voice acting for it. Production began in 2006.

[@GoneLG]

I would love to see a video of the dc movies that never got made, especially with how much detail and facts you put into your videos. Keep up the great work man

[@Syntopikon]

I appreciate it! Will do that one for sure, it's just going to take a little while. There are so many projects and while I'm at it, I might as well do films + TV in one.

[@DaveRedsky]

Did you just say dc movies that haven't got made??

[@kolonarulez5222]

I would love more Lovecraft screen adaptations! My dream movie would be adapting The Shadow Over Innsmouth

[@Syntopikon]

That would be a great one. Would also love one of Shadow out of Time. Lovecraft is one of those authors whose works should translate well to the screen, but it's difficult to get the cosmic horror aspect right.

[@anubusx]

In The Mouth Of Madness is the best Lovecraft film.

[@Kaijuchainsaw63]

Seeing the amount of movies del toro never got to make is a tragic story itself

[@Syntopikon]

Yup. Him, Ridley Scott, James Cameron, and Steven Spielberg all have a lot of movies they wanted to do but, for one reason or another, have been unable to get them done (though in Cameron's case, it's probably because Avatar is taking up all the time).

[@Shadowman820]

True though I think as far as The Hobbit goes he backed out of it on his own accord .

[@mrbeast85]

@@Shadowman820 That is correct and we ended up having the bloated mess that is The Hobbit trilogy by a very reluctant and disinterested Peter Jackson. Though I did quite like the first one.

[@Maxwel_Rodrigues]

Great video, but I have a complaint: when you mention a person, could you put their name on the screen, because I often can't understand the person's name just by you speaking. One example is 4:18 in the video. This is a tip that would greatly improve your videos, especially for those who don't have English as their first language and sometimes want to research more about the person mentioned. Keep doing the good job 😊

[@Syntopikon]

That's a great suggestion. I'll do that going forward!

[@stone-hand]

Scarlett Johansson as Motoko Kusanagi was the least of Ghost in the Shell [Hollywood] problems. The original character is a brain in a box that changes body with upsetting (to her own sense of self) regularity, so a western face is no biggy. But the character in the movie has maybe 1/8th of the agency that the manga one has, the movie script ignore most if not all of the philosophical implications of AI and cybernetics explored by Mamoru Oshii in the animated movie and the Hollywood script probably has gotten Kenji Kamiyama and the rest of the "Stand Alone Complex" anime serie staff to laugh their ass off at its formulaic plot...

[@Scriptadiaboly]

My thoughts exactly

[@Zombiesnyder13]

#IBlameAviArad

[@mrbeast85]

Yes the issue over Johansson was very overblown. The character in the anime is racially ambiguous and even European coded to some extent (eg having blue eyes). Ironically the character of Batou was actually an example of whitewashing as the explicitly Japanese character was played by Pilou Asbæk, who is Danish IIRC. Although people didn't seem very exercised about that. The film has many things to like about it, notably the visually stunning design, setting and electro musical score. But after a strong first act it then trails off into a boring, predictable origin reveal story with a weak, corporate bad guy that wouldn't be out of place in a 1990s kid's movie. Was a great shame as I think GITS had more to give as source IP.

[@ibjmac187]

Great video! Fascinating topic. From what I remember, Josh Hartnett turned down a number of huge roles (Superman, Batman).

[@Syntopikon]

I appreciate it! I think Superman was the only one he turned down, though from what I recall, he was considered for Batman and Spider-Man as well. I think the discussions never got as far there as they did with Superman. Still, takes a LOT to turn down $100M.

[@Shadowman820]

I think Hartnett was only considered for Darren Aronofksy's Year One movie , I don't think Nolan ever wanted or considered Hartnett for the role .

[@ibjmac187]

@@Shadowman820 Yeah, you're right. I was glad to see him show up in Oppenheimer.

[@blackheartsnite]

Dude, amazing video. I can’t believe I’ve never seen your channel before… definitely subbing. I look forward to your future content

[@Syntopikon]

Thanks - I appreciate it! Hope you enjoy the future videos I put out as much as you enjoyed this one.

[@Amethyspian12]

Kojima is the poster child of development Hell atp

[@mariotaz]

A PT? 😉

[@bubblykoi]

wait so youre telling me oscar isaac is not gonna play solid snake anymore!? 😭

[@queencancerous5332]

There's also the remake of Fantastic Voyage that's been stuck in Development Hell forever due to directors signing off and on the project and Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox. It's unknown at this point if Guillermo Del Toro is still attached to the project as a director or producer.

[@benjaminskylerhill8276]

Your voice is so soothing, my dude

[@shlomophobe5582]

Sparing the public from yet more formulaic , overwrought celluloid atrocities is the best possible use of these funds

[@PrinceMallow]

The fact that not long after Batgirl that David Zaslav would do the same thing again with Coyote vs. ACME, which was finished and did well with test audiences. David Zaslav needs to step down ASAP. Clock Tower is another video game movie that has been in hell forever. It's kind of wild they've ever been pitching around an idea of a movie based on such an obscure survival horror franchise. But I don't think it ever got anywhere significant.

[@kenobistyle]

Pretty sure it was Paul WS Anderson attached to Metal Gear Solid, not Paul Thomas Anderson.

[@one1blue]

The Desth of Superman Lives is an amazing documentary.

[@user-tm1oy6ck4t]

I feel nothing but contempt for Warner's. They have and continue to utterly squander the DC legacy. The new and unqualified leadership seems capable only of cancelling projects. The studio is a mere shadow of its former self.

[@erikscream]

I remember watching batgirl n it was great. I still don’t know why they ain’t release it to streaming at least

[@richardduran498]

Informative, great research!

[@mrbeast85]

Please, please, please... don't let Taika Waititi near anymore films, especially Akira.

[@Shadowman820]

The cancelled Batgirl movie for HBO max also had Michael Keaton as Batman again , too bad we'll never see his Batman in that film .

[@barelyoperational6587]

Ah would love the del toro project to get made🤞great video!

[@Syntopikon]

That's one of the ones I'm holding out hope for as well. del Toro is such an interesting filmmaker and I think he deserves the PTA treatment. Whatever movie he makes will be one of a kind.

[@barelyoperational6587]

@@Syntopikon agreed! If he has a vision and passion for creating something I am definitely interested in seeing it

[@darthnews]

Brandon Routh is an actor you forgot to mention in your actors in Hollywood jail video.

[@TheFunnyBaba]

Something seems off with the voice recording .. it’s hard to follow.. kinda grainy noise

[@d6gma29x]

18:25 I have been asking for a Lobo movie for years 😭😭

[@wallygator92]

What about the Spawn reboot that Todd McFarlane keeps on saying will happen for many years?

[@Kaijuchainsaw63]

It’s actually happening now

[@KLx2789]

There was talk of a live action Evangelion adaptation in the mid-2000's. Weta made some concept art for it and everything, but it never got past that. And probably for good that it didn't. Some of the potential changes to the IP they were planning on doing would've made the white washing in the GitS movie look tame in comparison.

[@michal13121996ify]

Suprised that You didn't mention "Highlander" reboot.

[@Lucky_9705]

It’s a shame that we never got a Metal Gear Solid movie with Keanu Reeves as Solid Snake, Jeff Bridges as Revolver Ocelot, and Jesse Eisenberg as Hal Emmerich.

[@randallechazarreta3277]

We need a live action "fern gully".....what the hell!!! James Cameron already did!!!!! What's is he call it avatar...."he did" oh shit they must have a time machine

[@littlemax2012]

Shame on the establishment for not allowing a Jabba movie. Of course Jabba could be inclusive, any identifying or census category is capable of being fat and loving 7-Up. Zack Snyder needs to pick up the project and have some of those shredded 300 be the ones to surround Jabba.

[@tesnacloud]

They would make more money rescreening the original Akira movie than they would making a new one. Also, they are 99% likely to miss the entire point of the Akira story. They'll probably try to have the name itself be special, when the point of the name is that it is common and ordinary for Japanese people. Like how Steven King titled Carrie.

[@sfdko3291]

I really hope that we can see Batgirl.

[@Sarappreciates]

I wish they'd put Akira on the back burner and give us some damn Robotech Macross, FFS!

[@theonetruerobb4852]

The Legend of Zelda! That's a great idea. A big-budget action flick featuring Dobie Gillis's Lesbian pal. Roll 'em...! Who's gonna play Maynard?

[@aVerveQuest]

Freddie prinze Jr as Batman. Huh

[@jprobertson-e1j]

Why not turn them into movie shorts or create a mini series if they don't hit the deadline?

[@HULLGRAFFITI]

Ghost in the shell wasn't even 'whitewashing' ...The original Manga the body of the Major is literally called 'a western model'

[@cwega2463]

yeah it was just articles from news sites that didn’t know what they were talking about. the just saw a white woman in a Japanese adaptation and assumed it was white washing. they’re the same people who complained that the one piece live action “made” Luffy be played by a mexican actor and not a japanese one (even though Luffy has been confirmed by Oda to be from south america if he was from the real world).

[@Scriptadiaboly]

​@cwega2463 like "where are all the black people in Chernobyl"

[@carlosvillasenormartinez4162]

I really like your videos.

[@Syntopikon]

Thank you - it means a lot & I appreciate it.

[@carlosvillasenormartinez4162]

@@Syntopikon I'm going to subscribe and like to help the channel.

[@TheJuRK]

I've read Kevin Smith's Superman script. They're lucky it never got made. It was horrible.

[@mochipii]

The hollywod obsession with love story and happy endings are stupid.

[@TheTrumpReaper]

A very irritating example of development hell: the animated feature-length adaptation of Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams.

[@God-k5b]

God you mumble bro. I have to increase the volume soo much.

[@krono5el]

That loot was not wasted it was pocketed by corpo goons.

[@javidaderson]

Weird executive decisions like wanting a PG-13 HP Lovecraft movie is white Warner Bros is not doing great right now.

[@Darrell9000]

I’ve heard about a live action Akira movie for years…

[@ariels3372]

if i was rich i would make a movie lol aint ganna lie

[@tezzag818]

Is it just me or are the majority of these movies NOT about real people having real stories?

[@plushstrawberryfrog]

i love seeing millionaires waste their money

[@NemesisOgreKing]

You can't make a BioShock movie... (*BIOSHOCK 1 SPOILERS) . ... .... ..... The whole point to the games story is taking advantage of player agency. You think you're making choices, when you're not. Every time Atles says "Would you kindly", it's a commend phrase forcing the player character to obey. In the end you (like the pc) are just blindly following the narrative. That just would not work as a movie.

[@Hattori_Keiko]

I really hope thhey don't make a live action Akira i swear why do Americans have to ruin everything and own everything ...ugh😢

[@Zombiesnyder13]

AVI ARAD is gonna ruin LEGEND OF ZELDA and METAL GEAR SOLID

[@Kaijuchainsaw63]

I doubt since miyamoto is working on the movie, most of the time Nintendo works well on stuff and delivers so I’m pretty sure this is gonna be alright

[@Zombiesnyder13]

#IBlameAviArad

[@rustyshackleford2792]

Spawn

[@anthonycameronnajera8471]

Superman Returns was not a commercial failure.

[@anthonycameronnajera8471]

Anime is not very good in general.