The untold stories behind the 50 greatest movies never made, illustrated by 50 new and original posters
Foreword by Fred Dekker
For most films, it’s a long, strange road from concept to screen, and sometimes those roads lead to dead ends. In
Underexposed! The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made
, screenwriter and filmmaker Joshua Hull guides readers through development hell. With humor and reverence, Hull details the speed bumps and roadblocks that kept these films from ever reaching the silver screen. From the misguided and rejected, like Stanley Kubrick’s
Lord of the Rings
starring the Beatles; to films that changed hands and pulled a U-turn in development, like Steven Spielberg’s planned
Oldboy
adaptation starring Will Smith; to would-be masterpieces that might still see the light of day, like Guillermo del Toro’s
In the Mountains of Madness
, Hull discusses plotlines, rumored casting, and more.
To help bring these lost projects to life, 50 artists from around the world, in association with the online art collective PosterSpy, have contributed original posters that accompany each essay and give a glimpse of what might have been.