How Didn't This Get Made?

A weekly trip to Development Hell to explore the history of film projects that never got made, with hosts Sol Harris and Conor Murray.

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Episodes

Yellow Couldhavebeen

Tuesday Oct 20, 2020

Tuesday Oct 20, 2020

In the season one finale, Sol introduces Conor to Robert Zemeckis' aborted Yellow Submarine remake - truly a film that no one asked for.

Nope-oleon

Wednesday Oct 14, 2020

Wednesday Oct 14, 2020

Conor teaches Sol about Stanley Kubrick's failed attempt to create what he claims would have been "the greatest film ever made": a Napoleon biopic starring Jack Nicholson.

Delay of the Dead

Wednesday Oct 07, 2020

Wednesday Oct 07, 2020

Sol and Conor are taking on Never of the Dead - that is, attempts to create sequels to films from George A. Romero's seminal zombie franchise (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead), that never came to fruition.

Kaleidnohope

Wednesday Sep 30, 2020

Wednesday Sep 30, 2020

Conor tells Sol about Kaleidoscope, which is, despite never getting made, arguably Alfred Hitchcock's most infamous film.

Spidefer-Man 2

Wednesday Sep 23, 2020

Wednesday Sep 23, 2020

It turns out there have been so many spi-deferred and cancelled movie projects, they couldn't all fit into one episode. Sol picks up the mantle from last week, providing an account of Spider-Man movies that never happened, starting with the conclusion of the saga of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 4 and followed by Sony's increasingly embarrassing attempts to compete with the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Spidefer-Man

Wednesday Sep 16, 2020

Wednesday Sep 16, 2020

People were trying to turn Spider-Man into a movie since the '80s. People like James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Sol breaks down the many spi-deferred movie projects that have come, gone and, in some cases, may still happen.

Hitherto Without Rama

Wednesday Sep 09, 2020

Wednesday Sep 09, 2020

Conor and Sol explore Rendezvous with Rama, the long-gestating Arthur C. Clarke adaptation that was, at one point, set to star Morgan Freeman and be directed by David Fincher.

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