13 Comic Book Films Stuck In Development Hell

5) Venom

After The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Sony had a whole series of spinoff movies in mind. When that franchise crashed and burned, however, it rendered many of these movies null and void. There is one they are still holding on to, however – a solo film for Spidey’s nemesis, Venom.

A Venom movie has been on the cards for years, with The Dark Knight’s David S. Goyer planning on writing one for New Line Cinema in the 00s. Now it’s Sony’s idea to make a standalone Venom film that’s totally separate from the MCU. As of April 2016, R&B artist Dante Harper was attached to write the script, but that’s the last we’ve heard about the project.

4) Lobo

Back in 2009, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels director Guy Ritchie was confirmed to helm a movie about DC anti-hero and intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo. By 2012, Brad Peyton had taken over directing duties and was pursuing Dwayne Johnson for the title role. By the next year, however, Johnson was now attached to DC’s Shazam movie instead, as Black Adam.

The Lobo film did get a new lease of life recently when it was announced that Jason Fuchs would be writing the script. We’ll have to wait and see whether this will actually go anywhere this time, but we definitely hope it does.