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{{Short description|Term for media projects stuck in development}}

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'''Development hell''', also known as '''development purgatory''' or '''development limbo''', is [[Media industry|media]]- and [[Software industry|software]]-industry [[jargon]] for a project, concept, or idea that remains in a stage of early development for a long time because of legal, technical, or artistic challenges.<ref name="Doyle_Page_55">{{cite book |last1=Doyle |first1=Barbara Freedman |title=Make Your Movie: What You Need to Know About the Business and Politics of Filmmaking |date=2012 |publisher=Focal Press |___location=Waltham, Massachusetts |isbn=978-0-240-82155-9 |page=55 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cPzhXug9X4oC&pg=PA55 |access-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327101555/https://books.google.com/books?id=cPzhXug9X4oC&pg=PA55 |url-status=live }}</ref> A work may move between many sets of artistic leadership, crews, scripts, [[game engine]]s, or studios. Many(The projectsrelated whichterms end'''production uphell''' and '''production limbo''' refer to situations in developmentwhich hella neverfilm progresshas intobegun production, andbut arehas graduallyremained abandonedunfinished byfor thea involvedlong partiestime without progressing to [[post-production]].)

Many projects that enter development hell are gradually abandoned by the involved parties and are never produced. Some projects enter development hell because they were initially designed with ambitious goals, the difficulty of meeting those goals was underestimated, and attempts to meet those goals have repeatedly failed.

Projects in development hell generally have ambitious goals, which may or may not be underestimated in the design phase, and are delayed in an attempt to meet those goals to a high degree. '''Production hell''' or '''production limbo''' refer to when a film has entered production but remains in that state for a long time without progressing to [[post-production]].

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