Roland Emmerich's unproduced projects
The following is a list of unproduced Roland Emmerich projects in roughly chronological order. During his long career, Emmerich has worked on several projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction. Some of these projects fell in development hell, were officially canceled, were in development limbo or would see life under a different production team.
1990s[edit]
Fantastic Voyage remake[edit]
On February 17, 1998, Emmerich was set to direct a remake of Fantastic Voyage at 20th Century Fox.[1]
Godzilla sequels[edit]
2000s[edit]
Alien Prison[edit]
On March 20, 2002, Emmerich was in talks to direct and produce Alien Prison with Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher producing through Red Wagon Productions and Sony Pictures set to distribute.[2]
Foundation film trilogy[edit]
On January 16, 2009, Emmerich was in talks to direct the film adaptation of Isacc Asimov’s Foundation, as well as produce the film adaptation with Michael Wimer.[3] On July 25, 2009, it was announced that Robert Rodat would write the screenplay.[4] On October 9, 2009, Emmerich confirmed that he would direct the film adaptation of Asimov’s Foundation trilogy after Anonymous.[5] On February 11, 2010, Emmerich intended to use 3D motion capture for his film adaptation of the Foundation trilogy.[6] On September 15, 2011, Dante Harper was hired to adapt the trilogy.[7] The film failed to materialize, and eventually the books were adapted into the television series of the same name on Apple TV+.
2010s[edit]
The Zone[edit]
On October 29, 2010, Emmerich was set to direct the found-footage alien invasion film The Zone, with Guillaume Tunzini writing the script and Loucas George will produce the film for Columbia Pictures,[8] and later that November, the film was shut down the week before it was meant to start filming.[9]
Singularity[edit]
On June 29, 2011, Emmerich was set to direct the film Singularity, with Harold Kloser writing the script, [10] and later that November, Luke Grimes, Logan Marshall Green, Julian Morris, Thomas McDonell, Ben Barnes, and Luke Bracey auditioned for the lead role.[11] On January 4, 2012, Sony halted production on the movie.[12]
2012 Election TV pilot[edit]
On January 4, 2012, Emmerich was set to cowrite an apocalyptic series set during the 2012 Presidential Election with Harold Klosner, that Emmerich and Klosner will produce with The Mark Gordon Company, as well as direct the pilot episode for the 2012-2013 television season for ABC.[12]
Hero: The Life And Legend Of Lawrence Of Arabia TV miniseries[edit]
On April 30, 2013, Emmerich was set to produce the six-hour miniseries of Michael Korda’s biographical novel Hero: The Life And Legend Of Lawrence Of Arabia through his Centropolis Entertainment, with Rod Lurie writing the miniseries and Marc Frydman producing through Fremantle International.[13][14]
Emergence[edit]
On June 7, 2013, Emmerich was in talks to direct the sci-fi movie Emergence from Nic Kelman and Emmerich will produce through Centropolis Entertainment.[15]
Stargate reboot[edit]
Maya Lord film[edit]
On April 28, 2014, Emmerich’s Centropolis Entertainment acquired the movie adaptation rights of Maya Lord, a biographical novel about Gonzalo Guerrero.[16]
New Angeles TV series[edit]
On September 9, 2014, Emmerich was set to produce Gregg Hurwitz’s sci-fi TV series New Angeles through Slingshot Global Media, with Keanu Reeves attached to produce the series and potentially star in the series and Emmerich directing the pilot episode.[17]
Lost Amazon[edit]
On November 3, 2015, Emmerich was set to produce the animated movie Lost Amazon, in a collaboration with Awesometown Entertainment.[18]
Independence Day 3[edit]
Scarletville[edit]
On November 22, 2016, Emmerich was set to produce Jason Young’s thriller spec script Scarletville, there was no further announcement since.[19]
Dark Matter film[edit]
On December 15, 2016, Emmerich was in talks to direct the film adaptation of Blake Crouch’s sci-fi novel Dark Matter, which fell through until Crouch was set to showrun the television series adaptation for Apple TV+.[20]
Offers[edit]
Planet of the Apes remake[edit]
Asteroids film adaptation[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Fleming, Michael (February 17, 1998). "'Godzilla' duo Devlin, Emmerich ink 3-year SPE pact". Variety. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ↑ Claude Brodesser; Jonathan Bing (March 20, 2002). "Emmerich 's warden of Col's 'Alien Prison'". Variety. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ Fleming, Michael (January 16, 2009). "Roland Emmerich finds 'Foundation'". Variety. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ Chen, David (July 25, 2009). "Robert Rodat, Writer Of Saving Private Ryan And The Patriot, To Adapt Foundation For Emmerich". Slashfilm. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
- ↑ Goldberg, Matt (October 9, 2009). "Director Roland Emmerich Talks Adaptation of Isaac Asimov's FOUNDATION Trilogy as well as His Movie About William Shakespeare?!". Collider. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ Goldberg, Matt (February 11, 2010). "Roland Emmerich Plans to Shoot Asimov's FOUNDATION Trilogy Using 3D Motion Capture". Collider. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ Fleming Jr., Michael (September 15, 2011). "Hot Scribe Dante Harper Takes On Isaac Asimov's 'Foundation' For Sony And Roland Emmerich". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ Kit, Borys (October 29, 2010). "EXCLUSIVE: Roland Emmerich Prepping Super-Secret Alien Invasion Movie". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ Kit, Borys (November 9, 2010). "EXCLUSIVE: Roland Emmerich's 'The Zone' is Shut Down". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ The Deadline Team (June 29, 2011). "It's Official: Sony Acquires Roland Emmerich's 'Singularity' And Will Release It In May 2013". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ Kit, Borys (November 29, 2011). "Casting Couch: Who's Testing for Directors Roland Emmerich, Akiva Goldsman and 'Die Hard 5' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Wallenstein, Andrew (January 4, 2012). "ABC orders Roland Emmerich script to pilot". Variety. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (April 30, 2013). "Roland Emmerich Teams On Lawrence Of Arabia Mini With Fremantle, Marc Frydman". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ Barraclough, Leo (April 30, 2013). "Roland Emmerich to Develop Lawrence of Arabia Miniseries". Variety. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ Fleming Jr., Mike (June 7, 2013). "Roland Emmerich Buys Alien Invasion Sci-Fi Pitch 'Emergence' As Directing Vehicle". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ Fleming Jr., Mike (April 28, 2014). "Roland Emmerich Acquires John Coe Robbins Historical Novel 'Maya Lord'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ Dickson, Evan (September 9, 2014). "Keanu Reeves and Roland Emmerich Team up for NEW ANGELES TV Series". Collider. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ Hipes, Patrick (November 3, 2015). "Roland Emmerich Gets Animated With 'Lost Amazon'; Shout! Factory Acquires 'Albert' Pic – AFM Briefs". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ Busch, Anita (November 22, 2016). "Centropolis Grabs 'Scarletville' Spec From First-Timer Jason Young". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ Dave McNary (December 15, 2016). "Roland Emmerich in Talks to Direct Sci-Fi Thriller 'Dark Matter'". Variety. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
This article "Roland Emmerich's unproduced projects" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Roland Emmerich's unproduced projects. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
