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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 katerlater be developed 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 kater be developed by a different production team.

== 2000s ==

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== 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>

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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' 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' 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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