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=== ''1984'' film ===
On November 19, 2014, Greengrass was set to direct and produce a new feature film adaptation of [[George Orwell]]’s novel ''[[1984 (novel)|1984]]'', with [[James Graham (playwright)|James Graham]] writing the screenplay, [[Scott Rudin]] and Gina Rosenblum set to produce and [[Columbia Pictures]] distributing.<ref>{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Fleming Jr.|title=Paul Greengrass Eyes George Orwell’s ‘1984’; ‘Finding Neverland’s James Graham To Write Script|url=https://deadline.com/2014/11/1984-paul-greengrass-george-orwell-scott-rudin-1201289630/|date=November 19, 2014|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=September 13, 2024}}</ref> In April 2017, it was reported that Graham and Greengrass were rewriting the screenplay in the wake of the [[2016 United States presidential election]] and [[presidency of Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 4, 2017|last=Hooton|first=Christopher|title=Trump hanging over it, the new 1984 adaptation gets a rewrite|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/1984-film-new-remake-paul-greengrass-donald-trump-release-date-2019-a7665691.html|access-date=October 6, 2024|website=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> In February 2020, Graham revealed the project had been shelved after he and Greengrass found it difficult to write the screenplay.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/james-graham-ink-bron-1984-paul-greengrass-1202868917/|title=James Graham Adapting Rupert Murdoch Play 'Ink' With Bron; Parks '1984' Collaboration With Paul Greengrass|last=Kanter|first=Jake|date=February 28, 2020|website=Deadline|language=en Hollywood|access-date=October 6, 2024}}</ref>
 
=== ''Ness/Torso'' film ===