Cancelled Movie Report

BONUS EPISODE - MERRY CHRISTMAS   Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   In 1980, Lucasfilm authorized "Christmas in the Stars"—a bizarre holiday album featuring C-3PO (Anthony Daniels), sound effects by Ben Burtt, and a teenage janitor named Jon Bon Jovi. It was meant to be the start of an annual tradition, but thanks to  The Bee Gees, the album vanished into obscurity. In this video, we dig...

PART 2 OF 2   Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   This week Cambo and Alexei Toliopoulos finish talking about the Gambit screenplay and then break down all the directors that signed on and then left the project over the years, and why it was cancelled.   00:00 - Intro/Recap   06:40 - The Story (Part 2)   54:00 - What Happened?   1:04:13 - Outro   CAST: Gambit / Remy – Cameron Logsdon Bella...

PART 1 OF 2 Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   This week Cambo and Alexei Toliopoulos talk about the Gambit film that was being spearheaded by Channing Tatum. After years and years in the making, with passion for the character and an a-list movie star attached... Why couldn't this film get off the ground? We also break down the screenplay for the film.   00:00 - Intro   02:42 - The Histor...

PART 2 OF 2 Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   This week Cambo and Marc Gallagher finish the screenplay for the controversial story of Joss Whedon’s cancelled Wonder Woman movie and break down the backlash, and why it never made it to screen.   00:00 - Intro/Recap   02:12 - The Story (Part 2)   33:18 - What Happened?   50:48 - Outro   CAST: Eshaana Sheth Ben Wagner CONTACT US: Hit us up:...

PART 1 OF 2 Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   This week Cambo and Marc Gallagher explore the controversial story of Joss Whedon’s cancelled Wonder Woman movie, a 2000s-era script the internet now widely criticises for its tone and portrayal of Diana.   00:00 - Intro   02:18 - The History of the Project   12:40 - The Story (Part 1)   56:32 - Outro   CAST: Eshaana Sheth Ben Wagner Dani Sil...

PART 2 OF 2 Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   This week Cambo and Eden finishing break down Sam Mendes’ cancelled Preacher movie, why it fell apart, and how it could have changed the future of comic book movies.   00:00 - Intro/Recap   02:00 - The Story (Part 2)   40:42 - What Happened?   53:33 - Outro   CAST: Jay Zadeh Danielle Santos Marco McVey Peter Broughton Dani Siller Ben Wagner B...

PART 1 OF 2 Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   This week Cambo and Eden break down the forgotten tale of Sam Mendes’ cancelled Preacher movie, a bold attempt to adapt the cult comic before the TV series ever aired. We dive into the film’s development and how it could have changed the future of comic book movies.   00:00 - Intro/Recap   01:45 - The History of the Project   16:40 - The Stor...

Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   This week we are joined by our friends from Escape This Podcast  to talk the unbelievable story behind John Boorman’s unmade Lord of the Rings movie. A bizarre, psychedelic 1970s adaptation that almost made it to the big screen. In this episode, we explore the wild screenplay and how it compares to Peter Jackson’s iconic trilogy.   00:00 - Intro/Recap  ...

PART 2 OF 2 Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   This week Cambo and Alexei Toliopoulos finish talking about the Planet of the Apes that was supposed to star Arnold Schwarzenegger from the 90s.   00:00 - Intro/Recap   02:05 - The Story (Part 2)   38:10 - What Happened?   48:45 - Outro   CAST: Joe Gaudet Danielle Santos Ben Wagner Paul Kozinski Jay Zadeh Bill Sunderland Erion Moore Dani Sill...

PART 1 OF 2 Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   This week Cambo is joined by Alexei Toliopoulos as they break down a Planet of the Apes film from the 90s that took a very weird diversion from the regular series. It gets really weird.    00:00 - Intro/Recap   03:25 - The History of the Project   14:18 - The Story (Part 1)   52:45 - Outro   CAST: Joe Gaudet Danielle Santos Ben Wagner Paul Ko...

PART 2 OF 2 In this episode, Cambo and Eden finish breaking down the wild script for Godzilla ‘94. Then, we reveal why this dream project was cancelled… and how its DNA twisted into what became Godzilla 1998.   00:00 - Intro   01:54 - The History of the Project   09:06 - The Story   52:44 - Outro   CAST: Danielle Santos Michael Hahn   Erion Moore Ben Wagner Dani Siller Bill Sunderland   SUPPORT TH...

PART 1 OF 2 What if America actually got Godzilla right? Before Roland Emmerich’s 1998 flop, Hollywood nearly made a faithful, epic, and monster-packed Godzilla film — directed by Jan de Bont (Speed) with creature designs by Stan Winston Studios. It had fire breath, giant bat monsters, and a creature that was actually Godzilla. This week, Cambo and Eden dig into the wild story of Godzilla ’94 — a...

Cancelled Movie Report is back for Season 6! With 6 brand new reports over 11 exciting episodes - this one is a ton of fun. We have plenty of fun guests this season, including Alexei Toliopoulos, Escape This Podcast and Marc Gallagher. First episode (part 1 of our report on the cancelled 1994 version of Godzilla) drops on Thursday the 7th of August. ENJOYYYYY

Cambo and Eden are back between seasons to chat with Thomas Ian Nicholas about the pitch for the 5th film that never happened. We also test him on his knowledge of the 'American Pie Presents' films! About the Event: The American Pie 25th Anniversary event is a celebration of one of the most iconic comedy films of the late ‘90s. Fans will get the chance to watch the original film on the big screen...

PART 3 OF 3   Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   In one of our most requested reports ever, we are FINALLY talking about Stanley Kubrick's long cancelled passion project - NAPOLEON   In this episode we find out why the film was cancelled and hear the story about how the screenplay was re-discovered in the 90s.   Thank you so much to Alison Castle & Jeff Kleeman for talking to us   CAS...

PART 2 OF 3   Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   In one of our most requested reports ever, we are FINALLY talking about Stanley Kubrick's long cancelled passion project - NAPOLEON   This second episode is all about the screenplay, which we break down scene by scene with a full voice cast. See the Mystery Man On Film Blog about this screenplay.   Thank you so much to Alison Castle for tal...

PART 1 OF 3   Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   In one of our most requested reports ever, we are FINALLY talking about Stanley Kubrick's long cancelled passion project - NAPOLEON   This first episode is all about the history and pre-production of the project and Kubrick's insane levels of research.   Thank you so much to Alison Castle for talking to us   CAST: Stanley Kubrick -  Michael...

PART 2 OF 2   Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   We finish our most requested report this season PLASTIC MAN. The Wachowski's actually took TWO stabs at this. Once in the 90s and again in the 2000s with their key star Keanu Reeves oft reported as their top choice.   00:00 - Intro/Recap   03:39 - The Story (Continued)   39:34 - What Happened?   47:15 - Outro   CAST: PLASTIC MAN - Erik Ruof...

PART 1 OF 2   Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   Our most requested report this season is about the long in development project from DC... PLASTIC MAN. The Wachowski's actually took TWO stabs at this. Once in the 90s and again in the 2000s with their key star Keanu Reeves oft reported as their top choice.   00:00 - Intro   01:54 - The History of the Project   09:06 - The Story   52:44 - O...

PART 2 OF 2   Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   This week we are joined by our friend Zachary Ruane from Aunty Donna to talk about the unmade John Carpenter film from the 1980s... SHADOW COMPANY. Is this the most 80s film to never exist?    00:00 - Intro/Recap   08:40 - The Story (Continued)   47:24 - What Happened?   58:35 - Outro   CAST: POLLARD - Erik Ruof HEATHER - Danielle Santos KY...

PART 1 OF 2   Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   This week we are joined by our friend Zachary Ruane from Aunty Donna to talk about the unmade John Carpenter film from the 1980s... SHADOW COMPANY. Is this the most 80s film to never exist?    00:00 - Intro   02:40 - The History of the Project   12:09 - The Story   57:55 - Outro   CAST: POLLARD - Erik Ruof   HEATHER - Danielle Santos   KYLE...

Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   This week we are joined by our friend Cameron Logsdon to talk about the unmade sequel to Tim Burton's Beetlejuice... A film written by Johnathan Gems titled 'Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian'!   00:00 - Intro/Recap   01:57 - The History of the Project   07:25 - The Story   1:04:10 - What Happened?   1:09:46 - Outro   CAST: BEETLEJUICE - Joe Gaudet LYDIA/DELIA -...

PART 2 OF 2   Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   This week we finish talking about the unmade Ghostbusters 3 and explain how the film was eventually developed into Ghostbusters (2016) and Ghostbusters: Afterlife.    00:00 - Intro/Recap   04:36 - The Story (Continued)   38:42 - What Happened?   48:03 - Outro   CAST: MOIRA - Dani Siller FRANKY - Jay Zadeh LOVELL - Erion Moore CARLA - Emily...

PART 1 OF 2   Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH   WE ARE BACK! To kick off the season we are taking a look at the LONG road to Ghostbusters 3. The film spent years in development hell before being rebooted in Ghostbusters (2016) and Ghostbusters: Afterlife.  We get into the project, which morphed into something known as 'Ghostbusters: Hellbent'   00:00 - Intro   02:14 - The History of the...

This is an EXTENDED AUDIO DRAMA made from our previous episodes covering the project. We are between seasons right now, so we wanted to keep you all entertained.  Our report on Star Wars: Episode 9 - Duel of the Fates is one of our most popular ones. We have had requests for years to go back and finish the film... So we did. That's right... This is the WHOLE film as an audio drama. We have taken o...