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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
== 2010s ==
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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
=== ''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
=== ''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
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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>
== 2020s ==
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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
==References==
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