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==1960s==
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===''The Exorcist''===
In the 1970s, [[Warner Bros.]] chief John Calley wanted Nichols to direct the film adaptation of [[William Peter Blatty]]'s novel ''[[The Exorcist (novel)|The Exorcist]]'', and Nichols told both [[Elaine May]] and [[David Geffen]] that missing the opportunity was his biggest regret.<ref>{{cite news|first=Gwynns|last=Watkins|title=Mike Nichols Regretted Not Directing 'The Exorcist'|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/mike-nichols-regretted-not-directing-the-128848002007.html|date=September 11, 2015|website=[[Yahoo! News]]|access-date=February 8, 2024}}</ref>
Nichols was the first director [[Sam Spiegel]] hired to take on directing duties for an adaptation of [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]'s unfinished novel ''[[The Last Tycoon]]''.<ref name=Tycoon>{{cite news|last=Farber|first=Stephen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/21/archives/hollywood-takes-on-the-last-tycoon.html|title=Hollywood Takes On The Last Tycoon'|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 21, 1976|access-date=March 20, 2024}}</ref> In Nichol's version, the character of [[Monroe Stahr]] was to have been played by [[Al Pacino]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Setoodeh|first=Ramin|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/mike-nichols-death-al-pacino-remembers-1201361303/|title=Al Pacino Remembers Mike Nichols: 'I Loved Him So Much'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 20, 2014|access-date=March 20, 2024}}</ref> He worked for a year and a half on the film before dropping out due to editing duties on ''[[The Fortune]]''. "I think [Nichols] knew that he had an unsuccessful picture," Spiegel commented. "And he was in a state of depression. He wanted me to postpone the picture for a year. I wouldn't dream of it." Instead, Spiegel hired [[Elia Kazan]] to direct ''The Last Tycoon'', who cast [[Robert De Niro]] as Stahr.<ref name=Tycoon/>
===''A Star Is Born''===
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After Nichols departed from the production of ''Bogart Slept Here'', by November 1975, he reportedly agreed to produce and direct [[Jay Presson Allen]]'s ''[[Just Tell Me What You Want]]'' for [[Warner Bros.]] Nichols would not remain with the project however, and [[Sidney Lumet]] would sign on to helm instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/56451|title=AFI|Catalog - Just Tell Me What You Want|website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=March 16, 2024}}</ref>
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Around 1976–77, actress [[Julie Christie]], producer [[David Susskind]] and Nichols expressed interest in ''[[Swing Shift (film)|Swing Shift]]'', an original screenplay by [[Nancy Dowd]] for [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]. At this stage, the story focused on the central characters of "Lucky Lockhart" and "Rosie", who was later rewritten as "Hazel Zanussi" following several rewrites over the years, overseen by [[Bo Goldman]] and [[Ron Nyswaner]]. In the 1980s, [[Jonathan Demme]] signed on to direct the film for [[Warner Bros.]], which starred [[Goldie Hawn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/57221|title=AFI|Catalog - Swing Shift|website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=March 16, 2024}}</ref>
===''Annie''===
Following the 1977 staging of the musical ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'' on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], the writers asked $5 million for film rights, and requested for Nichols to direct the adaptation. By December, [[Columbia Pictures]] acquired the property. [[John Huston]] would direct [[Annie (1982 film)|the film]] instead, released in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/56724|title=AFI|Catalog - Annie|website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=March 16, 2024}}</ref>
===''Melvin and Howard''===
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===''A Chorus Line''===
In 1978, Nichols spent several months working on the [[A Chorus Line (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[A Chorus Line]]'' for [[Universal Pictures]] with screenwriter [[Bo Goldman]], who were both concerned about how to widen its plot and make it more visual without destroying what made the original stage production so affective. Goldman's finished screenplay did not satisfy Universal head [[Ned Tanen]] and their version was ultimately scrapped after Nichols could not receive a larger projected budget than $16 million, which he deemed "impractical". The project eventually landed at [[Columbia Pictures]], and [[Richard Attenborough]] was selected to direct the film, in 1985.<ref>{{cite news|last=Freedman|first=Samuel G.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/11/movies/chorus-line-vs-hollywood-a-saga.html|title='CHORUS LINE' VS. HOLLYWOOD-A SAGA|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 11, 1984|access-date=September 2, 2023}}</ref>
===''The Jerk''===
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===''Sophie's Choice''===
In 1979, Nichols and [[Miloš Forman]] expressed interest in dividing directorial duties of the [[New York City|NY]] and European scenes, respectively, for ''[[Sophie's Choice (film)|Sophie's Choice]]'', which [[Alan J. Pakula]] had signed on earlier to produce and direct.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/55227|title=AFI|Catalog - Sophie's Choice|website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=March 16, 2024}}</ref>
==1980s==
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===''Innocent Blood''===
In 1981, it was reported that [[20th Century
===''Rhinestone''===
{{main|Rhinestone (film)#Development and writing}}
▲===''Swing Shift''===
===''The Longshot''===
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==1990s==
===''The Remains of the Day''===
{{main|The Remains of the Day (film)#Production}}
===''All the Pretty Horses''===
In 1992,<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Variety Staff|url=https://variety.com/1998/voices/columns/dicaprio-horse-trading-monty-goes-legit-1117469657/|title=DiCaprio horse-trading; 'Monty' goes legit|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 9, 1998|access-date=January 27, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Busch|first=Anita M.|url=https://variety.com/1995/scene/markets-festivals/horses-rides-with-col-and-ua-99126919/|title='HORSES' RIDES WITH COL AND UA|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 12, 1995|access-date=January 27, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|author=Variety Staff|url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/col-corrals-ua-s-horses-1117434857/|title='Col corrals UA's 'Horses'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 8, 1997|access-date=January 27, 2025}}</ref><ref name="NY Times">{{cite news|last=Weinraub|first=Bernard|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/15/movies/mike-nichols-plans-a-career-finale.html|title=Mike Nichols Plans A Career Finale|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 15, 1993|access-date=January 27, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Variety">{{cite magazine|last=Archerd|first=Army|url=https://variety.com/1993/voices/columns/mancuso-nicholson-renew-ties-1117862224/|title=Mancuso, Nicholson renew ties|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=July 27, 1993|access-date=January 27, 2025}}</ref>
===''A Simple Plan''===
{{main|A Simple Plan (film)#Development}}
===''The Impersonator''===
==2000s==▼
In March 1993,<ref name="NY Times"/><ref name="Variety"/>
===''Titanic'' stage production===
In July 1993,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Fleming|first=Michael|url=https://variety.com/1993/voices/columns/dish-she-said-he-said-warner-bros-said-adios-108753/|title=Dish; She said, he said — Warner Bros. said adios|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=July 15, 1993|access-date=January 27, 2025}}</ref>
===Untitled Oscar Wilde biopic===
In 1994, [[United Artists]] was developing a film about the life of controversial British playwright [[Oscar Wilde]] that was to be produced and presumably directed by Nichols, with [[Alice Arlen]] as executive producer. [[David Hare (playwright)|David Hare]] wrote the script, and [[Liam Neeson]] was allegedly in discussions to play Wilde.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Fleming|first=Michael|url=https://variety.com/1994/voices/columns/dish-dolgen-s-first-greenlight-is-the-shade-of-jade-120183/|title=Dish: Dolgen's first greenlight is the shade of 'Jade'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 14, 1994|access-date=January 27, 2025}}</ref>
===''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' remake===
In
===''Dumbstruck''===
In May 1999, it was reported in ''Variety'' that Nichols had been attached to direct ''Dumbstruck'' with [[John Leguizamo]] set to star in and produce the film for [[Universal Pictures]]. John Weidner and [[Stephen Susco]] wrote the script, which follows a mute performance artist.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Carver|first=Benedict|url=https://variety.com/1999/more/news/leguizamo-bows-first-slate-1117502372/|title=Leguizamo bows first slate|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 21, 1999|access-date=January 27, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Carver|first=Benedict|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/scribe-duo-gets-airtime-1117502630/|title=Scribe duo gets 'Airtime'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 1, 1999|access-date=January 27, 2025}}</ref>
===''Diva''===
In September 1999,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Moerk|first=Christian|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/goldwyn-to-renovate-warners-handyman-1117756006/|title=Goldwyn to renovate Warners' 'Handyman'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 27, 1999|access-date=January 27, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Gould, Howard Michael|author-link=Howard Michael Gould|url=https://howardmichaelgould.com/diva/|title=DIVA|website=howardmichaelgould.com|access-date=January 27, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amherst.edu/alumni/learn/amherstreads/pastfeatures/2019-features/january-2019-last-looks-by-howard-michael-gould/bio|title=Last Looks by Howard Michael Gould '84|website=[[Amherst College]]|date=January 2019|access-date=January 27, 2025}}</ref>
▲==2000s==
===Untitled Edie Sedgwick biopic===
Nichols and actress [[Natalie Portman]] considered doing a film about [[Warhol superstar]] [[Edie Sedgwick]], but decided to collaborate on a [[Closer (film)|film version]] of [[Patrick Marber]]'s play ''[[Closer (play)|Closer]]'' instead, which was released in 2004.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Stein|first=Joel|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,995787,00.html|title=A Fantasy You Can Bring Home to Mother|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=November 29, 2004|access-date=March 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306104923/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,995787,00.html|archive-date=March 6, 2008}}</ref>
===''Skinny Dip''
===''Seven-Year Switch''===
===''High
===''Deep Water''
==2010s==
===''Great Hope Springs''
{{main|Hope Springs (2012 film)#Production}}
===''One Last Thing Before I Go''
===''Master Class''
==See also==
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[[Category:Lists of unrealized projects by artist|Nichols, Mike]]
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