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[[File:Kathryn Bigelow at 2010 Oscars.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Bigelow attending the [[82nd Academy Awards|82nd annual Academy Awards ceremony]] in 2010]]

The following is '''a list of unproduced Kathryn Bigelow projects''' in roughly chronological order. During her long career, film director [[Kathryn Bigelow]] has worked on several projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under her direction. Some of these projects fell in [[development hell]], were officially cancelled, were in development limbo or would see life under a different production team.

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===''The Company of Angels''===

On October 6, 1992, Bigelow was attached to direct and produce the period piece ''The Company of Angels'' through [[Carolco]] and [[Lightstorm Entertainment]], with [[Winona Ryder]] officially attached to portray [[Joan of Arc]] and [[Warner Bros.]] distributing.<ref>{{cite web|first=Claudia|last=Eller|title=WB, Hughes tune up for ‘Pajama Game’ remake|url=https://variety.com/1992/more/news/wb-hughes-tune-up-for-pajama-game-remake-100240/|date=October 6, 1992|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=January 10, 2023}}</ref> However, the project entered into [[development hell]] and [[Luc Besson]] used this movie's funds to make ''[[The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc]]'' instead.<ref>{{cite web|first=Zack|last=Sharf|title=The Lost Projects: 15 Movies Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, and More Auteurs Never Made|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/07/quentin-tarantino-christopher-nolan-david-lycnh-lost-movies-never-made-1201860940/|date=July 28, 2017|website=[[IndieWire]]|access-date=March 30, 2023}}</ref>

===''Burning Chrome''===

[[Science fiction|Sci-fi]] author [[William Gibson]] wrote a screenplay for a film adaptation of his 1982 short story "[[Burning Chrome]]" to be directed by Bigelow, but the project did not reach fruition. Gibson claimed that it was "developed to death" and "getting more and more frustrating" to make as a film.<ref>{{cite interview|last=Gibson|first=William|interviewer=Giuseppe Salza|___location=Cannes|date=May 1994|title=William Gibson Interviewed by Giuseppe Salza|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/235|access-date=October 28, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011104756/http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/235|archive-date=October 11, 2011}}</ref> Bigelow's then-spouse [[James Cameron]] was also involved with the project.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/read-james-camerons-sworn-declaration-avatar-399979/ Read James Cameron’s Sworn Declaration on How He Created ‘Avatar’ (Exclusive)]</ref><ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/20th-century-fox-james-cameron-ordered-share-financials-avatar-idea-theft-lawsuit-399835/ Fox, James Cameron Ordered to Share Secret ‘Avatar’ Financials in Idea Theft Lawsuit]</ref> It is believed that Bigelow agreed to direct ''[[Strange Days (film)|Strange Days]]'' in place of ''Burning Chrome'', instead.

===''Custer Marching to Valhalla''===

On November 5, 1997, it was reported that Bigelow was signed by [[New Line Cinema]] as the director of ''Custer Marching to Valhalla'', an epic based on [[Michael Blake (author)|Michael Blake]]'s novel about the rise and fall of General [[George Armstrong Custer]]. Blake would have developed and written the screenplay for Bigelow to direct.<ref name="Custer">{{cite magazine|last=Cox|first=Dan|url=https://variety.com/1997/film/news/bigelow-pulls-custer-duty-111660810/amp/|title=Bigelow pulls 'Custer' duty|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 5, 1997|access-date=November 20, 2023}}</ref>

===''Ohio''===