4 Movies With Ridiculously High Budget That Never Saw the Light of Day
Sometimes, even with a great cast and an impressive budget, it is not possible to get the movie into theaters.
It's no secret that an enormous amount of money is invested in the production of a movie.
However, sometimes even the prospect of losing a fortune doesn't stop studios from refusing to release a finished and fully shot movie for one reason or another.
Empires of the Deep
Probably the most expensive and unsuccessful blockbuster filming took place not in Hollywood, but in China.
Billionaire Jon Jiang, who made his fortune in real estate, decided to invest $130 million to make his 3D responce to James Cameron 's Avatar.
The problem turned out to be that producing talent is not limited to money: Jiang could not keep a single director on the project and could not organize acceptable working conditions for the crew.
Even in Hollywood it is not always possible to control the budget at the stage of creating high-tech special effects, and the amateur producer wasn't able to make things work as they should.
As a result, the movie never made it to the big screen.
Hippie Hippie Shake
Sometimes the reason a movie is not being released is shrouded in mystery.
The British movie about the editor of Oz magazine had it all: an all-star cast, including Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller, and great reviews after test screenings.
There were no lawsuits or major scandals, other than the fact that there were minor creative differences during filming.
However, the studio eventually announced that it had no plans to release the movie.
The film's budget was approximately $25 million.
100 Years
And finally, a completely unique case. This movie has been filmed and its only copy is intact. But you can only see it after 100 years.
Director Robert Rodriguez created this project starring John Malkovich for the cognac brand Louis XIII.
Judging by the trailers, the plot represents various options for the development of the future: from high technology to the destruction of civilization.
A copy of the tape was placed in a special capsule and hidden in the basement of the Louis XIII building in France.
With such an ambitious project commissioned by such a major company, one can only speculate how much the production cost.
The opening date will be November 18th, 2115.
Gore
A biopic about writer Gore Vidal starring Kevin Spacey was filmed but never saw the light of day.
Filming of the movie ended three weeks before the first publications about the artist's sexual harassment.
Netflix reported that the termination of Spacey's contracts, which included the final season of House of Cards, resulted in a net loss of $39 million.