Frank Darabont's unrealized projects
The following is a list of unproduced Frank Darabont projects in chronological order. During his extensive career, American filmmaker Frank Darabont 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 | edit source]Fear Itself TV series
[edit | edit source]On April 10, 1995, Darabont was set to write and direct an episode for the horror anthology series Fear Itself, a horror anthology series about phobias, with Renny Harlin and Michael De Luca producing for HBO to distribute.[1]
Mine film
[edit | edit source]On January 23, 1997, Darabont was writing the feature film adaptation of Robert R. McCammon’s novel Mine with Castle Rock Entertainment set to produce.[2] until January 29, 2004, when Darabont moved the movie to Paramount Pictures and may direct it himself.[3]
Stich in Time
[edit | edit source]On January 23, 1997, Darabont was writing Stich in Time a sci-fi film with Joel Silver attached as a producer and Warner Bros. would distribute instead of TriStar Pictures.[2]
Doc Savage film
[edit | edit source]On July 7, 1999, Darabont and Chuck Russell were set to co-direct and co-produce a feature film adaptation of Doc Savage, with David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick codeveloping the story with Darabont and Russell, Arnold Schwarzenegger set to star as Savage, Castle Rock Entertainment will produce the film and Universal Pictures would co-handle film distribution with Warner Bros. Pictures.[4] until January 29, 2004, when Darabont moved the movie to Paramount Pictures and may direct it without Russell.[3]
2000s
[edit | edit source]Farenheit 451 film
[edit | edit source]On January 31, 2001, Darabont was in negotiations to direct and rewrite Terry Hayes script for the feature film adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, with Castle Rock Entertainment and Icon Productions set to produce and Warner Bros. handling the film’s distribution,[5] until June that same year, Bradbury confirmed that Darabont is set to direct.[6] Ramin Bahrani made the 2018 film adaptation for HBO.
The Martian Chronicles film
[edit | edit source]On June 20, 2001, Ray Bradbury also confirmed that Darabont was set to direct the feature film adaptation of the novel The Martian Chronicles.[2]
Indiana Jones and the City of Gods
[edit | edit source]The Way of the Rat film
[edit | edit source]On October 24, 2002, Darabont was set to executive produce the feature film adaptation of Chuck Dixon, Jeff Johnson and Tom Ryder’s kung fu comic book Way of the Rat, with Chuck Russell set to write & direct the movie, Darabont’s Darkwoods Productions will produce in collaboration with Castle Rock Entertainment and DreamWorks Pictures handling film distribution,[7] until January 29, 2004, when Darabont moved the movie from DreamWorks to Paramount Pictures and may direct instead of Russell.[3]
Tokyo Rose
[edit | edit source]On June 12, 2003, Darabont was set to direct and executive produce Tokyo Rose, a biopic about Iva Toguri D'Aquino, with Christopher Hampton in talks to write the screenplay and Anna Garduno and Barbara Trembley producing with Darabont’s Darkwoods Productions,[8] and on January 29, 2004, Paramount Pictures would handle film distribution.[3]
Back Roads
[edit | edit source]On October 30, 2003, Darabont was set to executive produce the feature film adaptation of Tawni O’Dell’s novel Back Roads, with Todd Field possibly set to direct the screenplay and Anna Garduno and Barbara Trembley producing with Darabont’s Darkwoods Productions,[9] and on January 29, 2004, Darabont was likely attached to direct instead of Field and Paramount Pictures would handle film distribution.[3] In 2018, actor Alex Pettyfer ended up directing the feature film adaptation.[10]
Runt of the Litter film adaptation
[edit | edit source]On January 29, 2004, Darabont was set to executive produce and possibly set to direct the feature film adaptation of Bo Eason’s autobiographical play Runt of the Litter with Paramount Pictures handling film distribution,[3] and on January 24, 2007, Eason was writing the screenplay for the feature film adaptation, Darabont was likely going to just produce the film and Castle Rock Entertainment will handle film distribution instead of Paramount.[11]
Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles & Water & Power
[edit | edit source]On January 29, 2004, Darabont was set to executive produce and possibly set to direct Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles at Paramount Pictures.[3] On March 5, 2010, Darabont was set to executive produce and direct the movie entitled Water & Power, with Bruce McKenna writing the screenplay, and Phoenix Pictures producing instead of Paramount.[12]
Standing Down
[edit | edit source]On January 29, 2004, Darabont was set to executive produce and possibly set to direct the romance film Standing Down, with Paramount Pictures handling film distribution.[3]
The Long Walk film
[edit | edit source]On April 18, 2007, Darabont acquired the rights to direct the feature film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel The Long Walk,[13] which was eventually directed by Francis Lawrence.
The Monkey film
[edit | edit source]On April 18, 2007, Darabont acquired the rights to direct the feature film adaptation of Stephen King’s short story "The Monkey",[13] which was eventually directed by Osgood Perkins.
The Veldt/The Illustrated Man film
[edit | edit source]On August 29, 2007, Darabont was set to executive produce The Illustrated Man, the feature film adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s short story The Veidt, with Alex Tse writing the screenplay, Zack Snyder directing and producing the film adaptation with Deborah Snyder through their company Cruel and Unusual in collaboration with Denise Di Novi’s company and Warner Bros. Pictures was handling film distribution.[14]
Law Abiding Citizen
[edit | edit source]On May 20, 2008, Darabont was set to direct Kurt Wimmer’s crime thriller screenplay Law Abiding Citizen,[15] until he was replaced by F. Gary Gray because of creative differences with the producers.[16]
2020s
[edit | edit source]revised Stanley Kubrick American Civil War film
[edit | edit source]On May 12, 2021, Darabont wrote a treatment of Stanley Kubrick’s American Civil War movie, once entitled The Downslope, with Ridley Scott executive producing the film.[17]
Offers
[edit | edit source]The Huntsman: Winter's War
[edit | edit source]On June 26, 2014, Darabont was offered to direct the Snow White and the Huntsman spinoff film The Huntsman: Winter's War,[18][19] before Cedric Nicolas-Troyan was attached to direct.[20]
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External links
[edit | edit source]Frank Darabont's unrealized projects at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).