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===''The Exorcist''===
In the 1970s, [[Warner Bros.]] chief John Calley wanted Nichols to direct the film adaptation of [[William Peter Blatty]]'s novel ''[[The Exorcist (novel)|The Exorcist]]'', and Nichols told both [[Elaine May]] and [[David Geffen]] that missing the opportunity was his biggest regret.<ref>{{cite news|first=Gwynns|last=Watkins|title=Mike Nichols Regretted Not Directing 'The Exorcist'|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/mike-nichols-regretted-not-directing-the-128848002007.html|date=September 11, 2015|website=[[Yahoo! News]]|access-date=February 8, 2024}}</ref>
===''The Last Tycoon''===▼
Nichols was the first director [[Sam Spiegel]] hired to take on directing duties for an adaptation of [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]'s unfinished novel ''[[The Last Tycoon]]''.<ref name=Tycoon>{{cite news|last=Farber|first=Stephen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/21/archives/hollywood-takes-on-the-last-tycoon.html|title=Hollywood Takes On The Last Tycoon'|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 21, 1976|access-date=March 20, 2024}}</ref> In Nichol's version, the character of [[Monroe Stahr]] was to have been played by [[Al Pacino]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Setoodeh|first=Ramin|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/mike-nichols-death-al-pacino-remembers-1201361303/|title=Al Pacino Remembers Mike Nichols: 'I Loved Him So Much'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 20, 2014|access-date=March 20, 2024}}</ref> He worked for a year and a half on the film before dropping out due to editing duties on ''[[The Fortune]]''. "I think [Nichols] knew that he had an unsuccessful picture," Spiegel commented. "And he was in a state of depression. He wanted me to postpone the picture for a year. I wouldn't dream of it." Instead, Spiegel hired [[Elia Kazan]] to direct ''The Last Tycoon'', who cast [[Robert De Niro]] as Stahr.<ref name=Tycoon/>
===''A Star Is Born''===
Nichols was writers [[John Gregory Dunne]] and [[Joan Didion]]'s second choice to direct their [[A Star Is Born (1976 film)|musical remake]] of ''[[A Star Is Born (1937 film)|A Star Is Born]]'', centered in the rock world. [[Warren Beatty]] was also linked to the film, but [[Frank Pierson]] would direct it.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gray|first=Tim|url=https://variety.com/2019/vintage/features/a-star-is-born-versions-1203109215/|title=The Story of 'A Star Is Born' Before Bradley Cooper's Version|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 18, 2019|access-date=March 18, 2024}}</ref>
▲===''The Last Tycoon''===
===''Bogart Slept Here''===
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