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Every Movie Stuck In Development Hell Still Releasing In 2021
The movies scheduled for a 2021 release date that are braving the long and arduous road from development hell to the big screen (or streaming).

Terminator: What Went Wrong With Each Sequel Movie (After Judgment Day)
How each Terminator sequel after T2 attempted to put the franchise back on track, with decreasing results that included several misguided reboots.

Disney Chose The Wrong Timeline For The Star Wars Sequels
Disney’s Star Wars trilogy skimped on everything that fans wanted to see, most notably the major events that transpired after Return of the Jedi.

What The Original Superman 3 Looked Like (And Why It Didn’t Happen)
Superman 3 was pitched as a more cosmic (and medieval) blockbuster movie that drew from the character's long history - here's why it didn't happen.

Goldfinger Is The Most Important James Bond Movie: Everything It Introduced
Goldfinger was the most famous Bond film of its day and is still regarded as the series’ epitome that all subsequent entries have tried to replicate.

Why Schumacher’s Batman Movies Aren’t Set In Burton’s Universe
The Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher Batman films are often considered as a single anthology, but they warrant canonical separation from each other.

What The Original Jurassic Park 4 Looked Like (& Why It Didn't Happen)
Jurassic Park 4 had a long journey to the screen, going through several wild interpretations before becoming the worldwide mega-hit, Jurassic World.

Why Disney’s Dick Tracy Movie Is The Best Comic Book Adaptation
Disney’s Dick Tracy is retrospectively a great movie, as well as the only comic adaptation to really capture the aesthetics of the original medium.

The Man With The Golden Gun Almost Ended James Bond Movies
The ninth cinematic outing for James Bond saw an unprecedented lack of financial success, leading to a retooling that would make or break the series.

The Dark Knight Is Still The Most Important Superhero Movie
Christopher Nolan's second take on Batman remains revered and imitated, but so far, no film in the superhero genre has managed similar heights.