Coming Soon (...or maybe not) to a Theater Near You
List containing interesting films which have been either announced, are in pre-production, filming has begun, or are in post-production. Some titles are clearly in "Development Hell", judging how long their status has been "Announced" or "Pre-production". Without a doubt some titles marked "Announced" are just lacking funding or suffering scheduling conflicts. Some titles' status on IMDb has not changed for years - and this can create a little bit of comedic effect. For example, "Becker's Farm" has been "Delayed" for well over 5 years. It's also likely that many of the titles on this list will never get any kind of status change. I wish that someone related to the production would bother to update their entries with "Cancelled" or "Abandoned", if this is the case.
However, it's good to keep in mind that there are quite a few examples of successful films having been "in the making" for more than a decade or even longer, then finally released and breaking box office records.
But then again, there are also quite a few films which have been announced as "completed", post-production finished - and then for a myriad of reasons have never been seen or heard since. Some of these titles have actually become "Lost". For example Marx Brothers' first ever film's rough cut was completed, screened one time only, and afterwards the only known negative burnt by the brothers themselves. Witnesses for the incident have described this as "correct decision". Film historians naturally do not agree.
However, it's good to keep in mind that there are quite a few examples of successful films having been "in the making" for more than a decade or even longer, then finally released and breaking box office records.
But then again, there are also quite a few films which have been announced as "completed", post-production finished - and then for a myriad of reasons have never been seen or heard since. Some of these titles have actually become "Lost". For example Marx Brothers' first ever film's rough cut was completed, screened one time only, and afterwards the only known negative burnt by the brothers themselves. Witnesses for the incident have described this as "correct decision". Film historians naturally do not agree.
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- DirectorMauro BorrelliStarsSteven BerkoffMãdãlina GheneaRalf MoellerThe deformed Paris bellringer Quasimodo and his doomed love quadrangle with the beautiful gypsy girl Esmerelda, the crazed archdeacon Frollo and the dashing military captain Phoebus.
- DirectorCarlos SauraJ.S. Bach, orphaned at 10, widowed at 35, 20 children, regarded as the world's greatest composer, challenged the conventions of church, state and society by expressing personal tragedy and hardship with passion, joy and conviction.
- DirectorMark MaineWith less than a week until his deadline, an author must cut down over 700 recipes gathered from around the world to only 105 allowed by his publisher. He decides to resolve his dilemma by hosting a dinner party for seven couples. In exchange for a great meal and an evening of fellowship, each person would be asked to simply select only seven recipes from the pile. What results is a journey of discovery, awakening and truth as he and his guests uncover The Recipe for Life.
- DirectorMark RoemmichStarsJoan SeveranceJohn SavageEd LauterHelmut Sommerfield is a German prisoner of war during WWII transferred to a POW camp in Nebraska. As a prisoner of war, his dreams of freedom, a wife and family, as well as working with his mechanical skills seems as dead as his family in his native land ... until one winter day he is 'killed' in a barn fire. However, like the fabled phoenix, Helmut arises from the ashes as Adam Becker, a reclusive dairy farmer in rural Nebraska that he saved in the blaze. With a new identity, Helmut Sommerfield, now Adam Becker, builds a new life with a new love, Laurelie Schmidt in a new land which, not only impacts him but all those around him. Because of the delicate balance between good and not good, decisions are made which ultimately result in the long term welfare of all of those in the community.
- Living under house arrest for allegations of sexual assault, a French diplomat awaits trial with his estranged wife in their guarded apartment.
- DirectorEmanuele MengottiStarsMatilde CompostaGianfranco BoattiniUpon being called to care for an elderly man, a young doctor finds himself trapped in deranged visions, mixing his reality with the obscure legend of an ancient italian mask and the echoes of a timeless love.
- DirectorKlaus HäröStarsVille VirtanenKari HietalahtiRony Herman1942 in Helsinki. The state of Finland has made an alliance with Nazi Germany. One man alone is trying to stop the Finnish security services which were operating in secrecy, to turn over Jewish refugees into the hands of Gestapo.
- DirectorOlli SaarelaPlot unknown.
- DirectorDavid McElroySimo Häyhä, a prolific sniper in Finland, leads his people to victory over the impending Russians in the Winter War of 1939.
- StarsKeira KnightleyA travel writer stumbles upon a gruesome secret while traveling aboard a luxury cruise ship.
- DirectorFrank PelusoStarsKeith DavidRichard LewisChevy ChaseMarvin, a butler at a Caribbean hotel, stole millions in pirate gold but his partner died before revealing where he hid his share inside the hotel.
- DirectorLee TamahoriStarsAdrien BrodySophie CooksonPaz VegaXVI Century. Action epic about young Johanna "Of Ghent", who seeks revenge on the holy Roman Emperor Charles V for the death of her father. It happens in a world of wealth, debauchery, violent retaliations, sex, manipulation, and treason.
- DirectorDennis GanselStarsLuke EvansIn 1964 Berlin, a detective probes the murders of Nazi officials. Defying the SS, he teams with a brave American journalist to expose a conspiracy concealing the Holocaust's shocking truth from the world under the Nazi regime.
- A sequel to Gremlins (1984) about cute little creatures that transform into uncontrollable monsters.
- DirectorRyan LittleStarsBarry CorbinLouis Gossett Jr.Dick Van DykeA group of elderly Vets engage in a spirited game of 'capture the flag' for the privilege of raising Old Glory every morning in their community.
- DirectorDeborah GoodwinStarsArturo MuyshondtA very successful Argentine American banker is listed dead on the 9/11 attacks, then, fifteen years to the day, rumors surface he's been seen alive and a writer begins to investigate. What follows is a story of loss, friendship, and the meaning of true freedom.
- DirectorRian JohnsonThe plot is unknown at this time.
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- DirectorHarald ZwartIn "The Last Battle" of World War II in Europe, American and German soldiers join forces at a castle in the Alps to defend high value French prisoners-of-war marked for death by SS troops.
- 'Flags Over Berlin' is the story of one of the most important intelligence missions of the World War II - Operation 'Alsos'. Sir Winston Churchill sends his most trusted aid - a British Wing Commander Mark Spencer - to the besieged Berlin in late April 1945 under the guise of a newspaper correspondent attached to the frontline units of the Red Army preparing to storm the city. The real task, however, is to retrieve whatever documents are left behind by Nazi nuclear scientists. In doing so Mark becomes a witness of a heroic feat performed by his newfound friends from the Soviet Allies camp - lieutenant Rahim Koshkarbayev and private Grisha Bulatov - the first of many heroes to place a Flag of Victory over the German Reichstag. An unlikely encounter with a German Helferinen squad member Isabel leaves Mark wondering if Hitler might have escaped justice with assistance of SS-Obersturmbahnführer Otto Skorzeny.
- DirectorShawn LevyStarsRyan ReynoldsHugh JackmanEmma CorrinWolverine is recovering from his injuries when he crosses paths with the loudmouth, Deadpool. They team up to defeat a common enemy.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaPlot unknown. Reportedly a murder mystery inspired by two real-life murders.
- DirectorShane BlackStarsDwayne JohnsonDoc Savage, the man of bronze, was raised from childhood by a team of scientists to become the original "super" hero of the 1930s. A man of great mental and physical strength, he went around the world battling larger-than-life villains.
- DirectorAlbert HughesHeavily-armed bank robbers face off against the LAPD in a deadly shootout in the San Fernando Valley in 1997.
- DirectorJosé Padilha46 and washed up, Brando is forced to star in LAST TANGO IN PARIS, a shocking and graphic account of sexual obsession. He pours himself into the role like he never has before, blurring the line between acting and reality.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsAndy SerkisJamie BellBased on the comic book Prisoners of the Sun, where Tintin and Haddock head to South America to find a cure for their friend professor Calculus.
- DirectorDexter FletcherStarsRobert Downey Jr.Eddie MarsanJude LawThe plot is unknown at this time.
- DirectorAmma AsanteStarsMads MikkelsenThe true story of a man who became the Pentagon's most valuable spy during the last years of the Cold War.
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- StarsAntônio Brayon Anchieta TravassosSeveral years after the events of Django Unchained (2012), Django meets Don Diego de la Vega, the famed Zorro, and agrees to become his bodyguard on a mission to free the local aboriginal population from slavery.
- DirectorDanny PatrickStarsBaz BlackCraig KellyEnn ReitelEight people on an island estate for the will reading of Lord Harrington, who was killed by a mysterious wolf like creature. Must band together in order to survive until morning.
- DirectorPatty JenkinsPlot kept under wraps. Centers on the Rebel Alliance starfighter squadron from the Star Wars films.
- DirectorSharmeen Obaid-ChinoyStarsDaisy RidleyThe plot is unknown.
- DirectorMatt CharmanStarsHalle BerryMolly ParkerJohn OrtizOne year after her husband's mysterious disappearance, Sara Morse discovers a strange, extraterrestrial object underneath their home. She and her kids are on a race to find their husband, father, and the truth.
- DirectorA.D. ScottStarsAlbritten MakeivaCorey PrattDraper WynstonRichard King raised his 4 sons to be just like him and to take over the family business, but his sudden death has left the family searching to find out who and what could be the reason their family was torn apart.
- DirectorLen WisemanStarsAna de ArmasKeanu ReevesIan McShaneA young female assassin seeks revenge against the people who killed her family.
- DirectorWes BallStarsOwen TeagueFreya AllanKevin DurandMany years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he's been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
- DirectorChris RenaudPatrick DelageStarsSteve CarellKristen WiigJoey KingGru, Lucy, Margo, Edith, and Agnes welcome a new member to the family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his girlfriend Valentina, and the family is forced to go on the run.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJenna OrtegaMonica BellucciWinona RyderThis is a follow-up to the comedy Beetlejuice (1988), about a ghost who's recruited to help haunt a house.
- DirectorJosh CooleyStarsChris HemsworthBrian Tyree HenryScarlett JohanssonThe untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsPedro PascalDenzel WashingtonJoseph QuinnFollows Lucius, the son of Maximus's love Lucilla, after Maximus's death.
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- DirectorJared HessThe continuing adventures of former Chinese Imperial guard Chon Wang and American bandit, Roy O'Bannon.
- DirectorLee Isaac ChungStarsDaisy Edgar-JonesGlen PowellKaty O'BrianAn update to the 1996 film 'Twister', which centered on a pair of storm chasers who risk their lives in an attempt to test an experimental weather alert system.
- DirectorTyler PerryStarsSusan SarandonDean NorrisKerry Washington855 women joined the war to fix the three-year backlog of undelivered mail. Faced with discrimination and a country devastated by war, they managed to sort more than 17 million pieces of mail ahead of time.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsJosh HartnettAlison PillHayley MillsA father and his teen daughter attend a pop concert only to realize they've entered the center of a dark and sinister event.
- DirectorMark MolloyStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittEddie MurphyKevin BaconAxel Foley returns to Beverly Hills after his daughter life is threatened for a family reunion that includes old pals John Taggart and Billy Rosewood to uncover a conspiracy.