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===''Fat Albert''===
{{Main|Fat Albert (film)}}
Green admitted in a July 11, 2003 interview with [[MTV News]] that he wanted to direct a live action film adaptation of [[Bill Cosby]]'s ''[[Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids]]''.<ref name=mtv>{{cite web|last=Perez|first=Rodrigo|title=DREW BARRYMORE, MOS DEF JOIN DAVID GORDON GREEN'S 'DUNCES'|date=11 July 2003|publisher=[[MTV News]]|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1473766/drew-barrymore-mos-def-join-david-gordon-greens-dunces/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113212017/http://www.mtv.com/news/1473766/drew-barrymore-mos-def-join-david-gordon-greens-dunces/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 13, 2017|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref> Green stated, "I’ve had two goals as far as movies are concerned forever that I can remember. One of them was to [make] ''Dunces,'' and [then] more than anything in the whole world, I really wanna do ''Fat Albert''. I got really depressed because they were about to go into production on ''Fat Albert'' a year ago with [[Forest Whitaker]] directing, so I was super pissed."<ref name=perez/><ref name=mtv/> After Whitaker dropped out of ''Fat Albert'', Green campaigned to direct the film.<ref name=mtv/> Green was unsuccessful.<ref name=independent/> The [[Fat Albert (film)|film]] was instead directed by [[Joel Zwick]] and released in 2004.<ref name=perez/>
===''The Precious Few''===
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===''Freaks of the Heartland''===
It was announced in October 2008 that Green was to direct a film adaptation of [[Steve Niles]]' [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]] graphic novel ''Freaks of the Heartland'' for [[Overture Films]] with Peter Sattler and Geoff Davey writing.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rappe|first=Elisabeth|title='PINEAPPLE' DIRECTOR DAVID GORDON GREEN TO BRING STEVE NILES' 'FREAKS OF THE HEARTLAND' TO HOLLYWOOD|date=21 October 2008|publisher=[[MTV News]]|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2592990/pineapple-express-director-david-gordon-green-on-steve-niles-freaks-of-the-heartland-adaptation/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208225853/http://www.mtv.com/news/2592990/pineapple-express-director-david-gordon-green-on-steve-niles-freaks-of-the-heartland-adaptation/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 8, 2019|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Fernandez|first=Jay A.|title=David Gordon Green to helm 'Freaks'|date=20 October 2008|publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-gordon-green-helm-freaks-121447|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Butane|first=Johnny|title=PINEAPPLE HELMER DIRECTS FREAKS OF THE HEARTLAND|date=21 October 2008|publisher=[[Dread Central]]|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/9095/pineapple-helmer-directs-freaks-of-the-heartland/|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title="Freaks" on leash of "Pineapple Express" director|date=21 October 2008|publisher=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-freaks/freaks-on-leash-of-pineapple-express-director-idUSTRE49K1II20081021|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref> Green reported in 2011 that the film might be animated.<ref name=taylor/> It was reported in 2016 that Green, if available, was attached to produce and direct a television series based on ''Freaks of the Heartland'' for [[MTV]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=MTV Developing ‘Freaks Of the Heartland’ Drama Based On Dark Horse Comic|date=6 October 2016|publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/freaks-of-the-heartland-drama-dark-horse-comic-1201831643/|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref>
==2010s==
===''Battling Boy''===
In May 2010, it was announced that [[Paramount Pictures]] hired Green and Josh Parkinson to rewrite the ''Battling Boy'' script.<ref name=fernandez>{{cite web|last=Fernandez|first=Jay A.|title=David Gordon Green teams with scribe|date=13 May 2010|publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-gordon-green-teams-scribe-23610|access-date=10 January 2020}}</ref> The project was to have been based on [[Paul Pope]]'s [[Battling Boy|graphic novel of the same name]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Marshall|first=Rick|title='PINEAPPLE EXPRESS' DIRECTOR EXPLAINS THE APPEAL OF 'BATTLING BOY' ADAPTATION|date=11 October 2010|publisher=[[MTV News]]|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2597586/pineapple-express-director-explains-the-appeal-of-battling-boy-adaptation/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110220413/http://www.mtv.com/news/2597586/pineapple-express-director-explains-the-appeal-of-battling-boy-adaptation/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 10, 2020|access-date=10 January 2020}}</ref> On July 29, 2015, The Tracking Board reported that [[Patrick Osborne (animator)|Patrick Osborne]] replaced Green as director of ''Battling Boy,'' while Green co-wrote the screenplay with Josh Parkinson.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Allen|first1=Clark|title={TB EXCLUSIVE} Oscar-Winning “Feast” Director Patrick Osborne To Helm Paramount's “Battling Boy”|url=http://www.tracking-board.com/tb-exclusive-oscar-winning-feast-director-patrick-osborne-to-helm-paramounts-battling-boy/|access-date=November 29, 2022|publisher=The Tracking Board|date=July 29, 2015}}</ref>
===''Free Country''===
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