The Movies That Could Have Been

It's a well-known fact that in Hollywood that for every movie that gets made, 1000 other projects are waiting for that big break to transition from paper to the silver screen (or LCD depending upon what audience it gets made for).  We've uncovered a treasure trove of "lost projects" and have selected a number of the best ones that never made it to production...



Getting whipped by Julia takes on new meaning in this thriller

1 - "A Recipe for Disaster" - Julia Child as an action hero in this Cold-War drama about a chef who infiltrates the Kremlin to serve the Soviets their just desserts.

2 - "They Eat Horses, Don't They" - The inside story of a Pet Food Tycoon and his back-biting, mangy family.

3 - "Damn the Speedos" - The secret story of how Mark Spitz trained Seal Team 6. 

4 - "The People who didn't know Anything" - The story of how a lot of really stupid people took over American politics and invented the Negative Ad.

5 - "Bad to the Bones" - Former rockers with osteoporosis delicately battle crime, making sure not to get fractured along the way.

6 - "Anatomy 101" - Who needs CSI when this new series brings non-stop dissections, drilling and witty humor - at the cadavers' expense!

7 - "Zumba - the Forbidden Exercise" - need we say more.


The Rhythm is going to get you - in trouble...

8 - "299" - These were the guys from Crete who got lost and never made it to that big battle against the Persians...

9 - "Binder Babes" - What happens when you collect binders full of women, nothing good we suspect.

 10 - "Hoodini" - Wearing hoodies can make some people disappear.

11 - "Pump it Up - The Lance Armstrong Story" - Illegal drugs, roadside blood transfusions and lot's of spirit and gritty determination made him the champion he is - er - used to be.

12 - "The Welsh Evasion" - The little known story of the handful of inept Welsh rockers who completely missed out on the birth on modern rock and roll.

13 - "They Call me Candy" - How the tough-talking lady kicked butt and took numbers at the 2012 presidential debate.

14 - "Some like Hotter" - The inside story as to why many people have inexplicably denied the reality of global warming.


Gosh, we miss this guy...

15 - "The Laying Dead" - This is the follow-up series to Anatomy 101.

16 - "Off Base" - How the Red's managed to screw up the 2012 post-season.

17 - "Googlemania" - The story about how the Googles became rock legends in Britain during the 1960's - with such hits as - Googlution, Hey Google and All you need is Google. 

18 - "Saturday the 14th" - A documentary - day in the life - as a psycho serial killer unwinds after a hard day on the job.

19 - "The Bobbit" - What happens when an angry female hobbit goes crazy and hacks off her husband's wee member. (* 1990's insider joke alert).

And the list goes on - we will bring more of these lost gems from time to time as our celebration of the entertainment industry continues here on Raving Reviews.