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The following is '''a list of unproduced Alexandre Aja projects''' in roughly chronological order. During his long career, French filmmaker [[Alexandre Aja]] has worked on several projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction. Some of these projects fell in [[development hell]], were officially canceled, were in development limbo or would seelater lifebe underdeveloped by a different production team.
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The following is '''a list of unproduced Alexandre Aja projects''' in roughly chronological order. During his long career, French filmmaker [[Alexandre Aja]] has worked on several projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction. Some of these projects fell in development hell, were officially canceled, were in development limbo or would see life under a different production team.
 
== 2000s ==
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=== ''The Contractor/The Contractors'' ===
On March 12, 2009, Aja was set to direct the action thriller ''The Contractor'' with Ian Jeffers writing a draft, and Alexandra Milchan producing the movie & [[Gaumont (company)|Gaumont]] set to distribute.<ref>{{cite news|first=Gareth|last=Franklin|title=Alexandre Aja Hires A “Contractor”"Contractor"|url=https://www.darkhorizons.com/alexandre-aja-hires-a-contractor/|date=March 12, 2009|website=Dark Horizons|access-date=March 18, 2025}}</ref> In 2010, the movie was retitled ''The Contractors''.<ref>{{cite news|author1=John Hopewell|author2=Elsa Keslassy|title=French film companies shine at Berlin|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/markets-festivals/french-film-companies-shine-at-berlin-1118014714/|date=February 7, 2010|website=Variety|quote="which has a brace of English-language pics in development with U.S. producers Nick Wechsler and Alexandra Milchan, such as Alexandre Aja’s “The Contractors.”"|access-date=March 18, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=[[Dave McNary]]|title=Emjag, Platinum out for ‘Blood’'Blood'|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/markets-festivals/emjag-platinum-out-for-blood-1118018415/|date=April 28, 2010|website=Variety|quote="She’s developing Alexandre Aja’s “The Contractors” with Gaumont,..."|access-date=March 18, 2025}}</ref>
 
== 2010s ==
 
=== liveLive-action ''Cobra'' film ===
On May 2, 2011, Aja was set to direct the live-action film adaptation of ''[[Cobra (manga)|Cobra: The Space Pirate]]'' with Aja co-writing the screenplay with Grégory Levasseur, and Levasseur producing with Aton Soumache, Dimitri Rassam, Alexandra Milchan, Marc Sessego, Andree Cornier for Onyx,<ref>{{cite news|first=Elsa|last=Keslassy|title=Onyx boards Aja's 'Cobra'|url=https://variety.com/2011/biz/news/onyx-boards-aja-s-cobra-1118036248/|date=May 2, 2011|website=Variety|access-date=August 9, 2024}}</ref> but on March 14, 2018, Aja revealed on the podcast Post Mordem with [[Mick Garris]] that he left the movie because of a regime change at [[Lionsgate Films]] and the similiaties to [[Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens]].<ref>{{cite news|author=[[Mick Garris]]|title=Alexandre Aja|url=https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-bqfja-3b38b21?utm_campaign=w_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=w_share|date=March 14, 2018|website=Podbean|access-date=August 9, 2024}}</ref>
 
=== ''Scanners'' TV series ===
On July 22, 2011, Aja was set to possibly direct and executive produce the television series adaptation of [[David Cronenberg]]'s film ''[[Scanners]]'' with [[Dimension Films|Dimension Television]] producing the series,<ref>{{cite news|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|title=Dimension To Develop 'Scanners' TV Series|url=https://deadline.com/2011/07/dimension-to-develop-scanners-tv-series-149035/|date=July 22, 2011|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=August 9, 2024}}</ref> until September 21, 2022, when [[HBO]] started development without Aja's involvement.<ref>{{cite news|first=Borys|last=Kit|title=David Cronenberg’sCronenberg's ‘Scanners’'Scanners' Heads to HBO as a Series With ‘Black'Black Mirror’Mirror' Writer, ‘Lovecraft'Lovecraft Country’Country' Director (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/david-cronenberg-scanners-hbo-series-1235224287/|date=September 21, 2022|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=February 6, 2025}}</ref>
 
=== ''Undying Love'' film ===
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=== ''Wedding Gown'' ===
On October 27, 2014, Aja was set to direct ''Wedding Gown,'' with Aja co-writing the script with Maxime Giffard and Jon Crocker, and produced by Aja's company.<ref>{{cite news|first=Brad|last=Miska|title=Alex Aja Faces Evil In ‘Wedding'Wedding Gown’Gown'|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/indie/3318913/alex-aja-faces-evil-wedding-gown/|date=October 27, 2014|website=Bloody Disgusting|access-date=February 6, 2025}}</ref>
 
=== ''The Marquis'' film ===
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=== American ''Tomie'' streaming series ===
On July 24, 2019, Aja was set to direct and produce the American television adaptation of [[Junji Ito]]’s manga ''[[Tomie]]'' with David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick writing the series, [[Sony Pictures Television]] producing in collaboration with [[Universal Content Productions]], and [[Quibi]] set to distribute.<ref>{{cite news|first=Matt|last=Lopez|title=Alexandre Aja, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick Bring ‘Tomie’'Tomie' Live-Action Series to Quibi|url=https://www.thewrap.com/alexandre-aja-david-leslie-johnson-mcgoldrick-bring-tomie-live-action-series-to-quibi/|date=October 24, 2018|website=The Wrap|access-date=February 6, 2025}}</ref> On July 9, 2020, Adeline Rudolph was castedcast as the lead of the series,<ref>{{cite news|first=Denise|last=Petski|title=Quibi Greenlights ‘Tomie’'Tomie' Based On Horror Manga Series; Adeline Rudolph To Star|url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/quibi-tomie-based-horror-manga-series-adeline-rudolph-1202979897/|date=July 9, 2020|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=February 6, 2025}}</ref> but the series was canceled because Quibi shut down and is unknown if it would find another distributor.<ref>{{Cite web|author1=Jill Goldsmith|author2=Dade Hayes|author3=Michael Fleming Jr.|title=Assessing Quibi Debacle: Financiers Second Guess While A Film Crew Struggles To Finish A Production In Ukraine After Being Told To Shut Down|url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/quibi-downfall-what-happened-investors-business-model-hollywood-analysis-1234602285/|date=October 23, 2020|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=February 6, 2025}}</ref>
 
=== untitled ''interactiveInteractive haunted house'' film ===
On August 14, 2019, Aja was set to direct an haunted house film from a screenplay by Jeff Howard with [[Mike Flanagan (filmmaker)|Mike Flanagan]] getting story credit, and would be produced with [[Amblin Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Jeff|last=Sneider|title=Exclusive: 'Crawl's Alexandre Aja to Direct Interactive Haunted House Movie for Amblin|url=https://collider.com/alexandre-aja-mike-flanagan-interactive-haunted-house-movie/|date=August 14, 2019|website=[[Valnet#Collider|Collider]]|access-date=February 6, 2025}}</ref>
 
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=== ''Mr. Thisforthat'' feature film ===
On February 17, 2021, Aja was set to produce Thomas Mendolia's feature film remake of his short film ''Mr. Thisforthat,'' with Michael Karr writing the script, and Craig Flores' Bread & Circuses, Peter Luo’s Stars Collective & Jake Wagner producing the feature film.<ref>{{cite news|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|title=Horror Short ‘Mr'Mr. Thisforthat’Thisforthat' Getting Feature Take from Alexandre Aja, Craig Flores & Stars Collective|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/alexandre-aja-craig-flores-crawl-team-horror-movie-mr-thisforthat-1234695816/|date=February 17, 2021|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=February 6, 2025}}</ref>
 
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