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==1960s==
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===''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
===''The Jerk''===
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===''Innocent Blood''===
In 1981, it was reported that [[20th Century
===''Rhinestone''===
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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==▼
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===''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''===
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===''Seven-Year Switch''===
In September 2004, Nichols was in discussions to direct [[Julia Roberts]] in the [[Romantic comedy|rom-com]] ''Seven-Year Switch'', with Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher
===''High and Low'' remake===
In 2008, Nichols was set to direct a remake of the [[Akira Kurosawa]] film ''[[High and Low (1963 film)|High and Low]]'', with [[David Mamet]] to write the script and [[Scott Rudin]] to produce the film for [[Miramax]]
===''Deep Water''===
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===''One Last Thing Before I Go''===
In 2013, Nichols was in talks to direct the film adaptation of [[Jonathan Tropper]]'s novel ''One Last Thing Before I Go'', with Tropper writing the screenplay, [[J. J. Abrams]] producing through [[Bad Robot
===''Master Class''===
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[[Category:Lists of unrealized projects by artist|Nichols, Mike]]
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