Development hell, also known as development purgatory or development limbo, is media and software industry jargon for a project, concept, or idea that...

before release without being officially cancelled, a state known as "development hell", or, in the software industry, vaporware. 28 Years Later: In 2007...

Park film in 2004 for a mid-2005 release, but the project lingered in development hell while the script underwent several revisions. Following a suggestion...

conflicts over the franchise film rights, stalling it into development hell. Development gained traction in 2024, when series producer Andrew Macdonald...

intellectual property claims of Threshold Entertainment. After years of development hell, a reboot of the series was released in April 2021. On April 11, 1995...

However, Quibi shut down that December, and the adaptation is in development hell as of January 2024. Rudolph later had a recurring role as Minerva in...

Kombat Annihilation (1997), a third Mortal Kombat film languished in development hell for a period of nearly two decades. In late 2010, Warner Bros. Pictures...

and an animated series in 1975. Plans for a film remake stalled in "development hell" for over 10 years before the 2001 release of Planet of the Apes, directed...

film rights to the novel in the 1990s, but the film spent years in development hell. The rights eventually landed at Warner Bros. Pictures, and the film...

million. A third film to be directed by Dexter Fletcher is currently in development hell.[better source needed] In 1891, a series of bombings blamed on political...

Heijningen Jr. attached to direct. However, the film spent several years in development hell before Netflix acquired distribution rights in 2019. With a US$70–90...

cuts and the closure of Deep Silver Vienna left the project stuck in development hell, and the lack of updates and the missed release date caused many gaming...

From Hell is a 2001 American mystery horror thriller film directed by the Hughes Brothers and written by Terry Hayes and Rafael Yglesias. It is loosely...

(January 11, 2023). "Red Sonja: How M.J. Bassett broke the reboot out of development hell". JoBlo. Archived from the original on December 28, 2023. Retrieved...

conceived the idea for an epic Western film in 1988, but it languished in development hell for three decades. The film was finally confirmed in January 2022 with...

start of 2022, Bloomberg News reported that the game had fallen into development hell, with Levine's style of workplace leading to employee burnout. At the...

direct sequel was consequently canceled and a third film languished in development hell for nearly two decades until the series was rebooted in 2021. The Outworld...

Efforts to adapt The Sandman to film began in 1991 but floundered in development hell for many years. In 2013, Goyer pitched a film adaptation of the series...

the legend of Faust. An adaptation of Neiderman's novel went into a development hell during the 1990s, with Hackford gaining control of the production....

though neither version ever came to fruition. The property lingered in development hell until July 2020, when it was announced the Russo brothers would direct...

"'Development' Hell". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on September 13, 2007. Retrieved October 26, 2007. "Arrested Development in internet...

In religion and folklore, hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which souls are subjected to punishment after death. Religions with a linear...

conceived the film in the early 2000s, but it spent several years in development hell before funding could be secured. Filming lasted several months during...

pre-production stage under their direction. Some of these productions fell in development hell or were cancelled. In 1986, the Coen brothers wrote the script Suburbicon...

Watson and Sara Maitland, until the mid-1990s. The film languished in development hell for years, partly because Kubrick felt that computer-generated imagery...

develop a film adaptation of the video game franchise. It was then in development hell with various directors, screenwriters, and lead cast members attached...

in 2012 with Tom Cruise attached to star. The film then fell into development hell until Netflix acquired the distribution rights. Filming commenced in...

Hardy, approached for the role of John Kelly. After over 20 years in development hell, Jordan was announced as the lead role in September 2018, and Sheridan...

DiCaprio purchased the film rights in 2010. The concept has since been in development hell. The Devil in the White City is in four parts, the first three happening...

to Cameron's work on Avatar (2009) and its sequels. After years of development hell, Rodriguez was announced as Alita's director in April 2016, with Salazar...