Read this list from Cinescape's 1999 issue of 10 best movies that will never get made. Want to know what funny about it? You'll see in this thread.
1. Spider Man (legal problems, James Cameron dropped out)... was made.
2. Crusade, a Schwarzenegger/Paul Verhoeven movie (development hell, budget)... not made.
3. Buckaroo Banzai 2 (too obscure)... not made.
4. Batman Year One (Batman franchise killed in Batman & Robin, studio more interested in Superman)... was made.
5. King Kong (too risky and expensive)... was made.
6. Planet of teh Apes (budget, no director wants it)... was made.
7. Alien vs Predator (Alien 3, 4 bombed. Predator too old)... was made.
8 . Die Hard 4 (Brude Willis "done" with action movies, no script)... was made... twice (Tears of the Sun was going to be worked into Die Hard 4, but eventually was not).
9. Fantastic 4 (too risky, budget)... was made.
10. Hulk (too risky, budget)... was made.
11. Aquaman (this one was a joke