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==Offers==
===''Superman IV: The Quest for Peace''===
According to the [[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]], Howard was offered the opportunity to direct ''[[Superman IV: The Quest for Peace]]'' by [[Christopher Reeve]], but [[The Cannon Group, Inc.]] hired [[Sidney J. Furie]] to direct instead.<ref>{{cite web|title=SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE (1987)|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57838-SUPERMAN-IVTHEQUESTFORPEACE?sid=25294c53-7642-454a-8c77-95a143365b5c&sr=6.600077&cp=1&pos=0|website=[[American Film Institute|AFI.com]]|access-date=January 10, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Supervoid Cinema|title=Spider-Man Documentary • The Best 80's Movie Never Made • Cannon Films
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On July 11, 1997, Howard was in talks to direct and produce a new adaptation of [[James Thurber]]’s short story "[[The Secret Life of Walter Mitty]]" through Imagine Entertainment for [[New Line Cinema]], with [[Jim Carrey]] attached to star, but made ''[[EDtv]]'' instead
▲According to the [[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]], Howard was offered the opportunity to direct ''[[Superman IV: The Quest for Peace]]'' by [[Christopher Reeve]], but [[The Cannon Group, Inc.]] hired [[Sidney J. Furie]] to direct instead.<ref>{{cite web|title=SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE (1987)|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57838-SUPERMAN-IVTHEQUESTFORPEACE?sid=25294c53-7642-454a-8c77-95a143365b5c&sr=6.600077&cp=1&pos=0|website=[[American Film Institute|AFI.com]]|access-date=January 10, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Supervoid Cinema|title=Spider-Man Documentary • The Best 80's Movie Never Made • Cannon Films' Spider-Man: The Movie|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU3OfR986jk&t=18s|date=December 3, 2022|website=[[YouTube]]|access-date=January 10, 2023}}</ref>
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▲On July 11, 1997, Howard was in talks to direct and produce a new adaptation of [[James Thurber]]’s short story "[[The Secret Life of Walter Mitty]]" through Imagine Entertainment for [[New Line Cinema]], with [[Jim Carrey]] attached to star, but made ''[[EDtv]]'' instead; the project ultimately became the [[The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film)|2013 film]] directed by [[Ben Stiller]] and released by [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Variety Staff|title=Howard mulls 'Mitty'|url=https://variety.com/1997/film/news/howard-mulls-mitty-1116676941/|date=July 11, 1997|website=Variety|access-date=January 10, 2023}}</ref>
In November 2021, while appearing on ''[[The Graham Norton Show]]'', Howard revealed he had been approached to direct ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', but rejected the offer, telling Norton that, as he had just completed production on ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'', he did not want to do another fantasy film.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 5, 2021|last=Green|first=Alex|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/ron-howard-i-turned-down-offer-to-direct-the-first-harry-potter-film/41020792.html|title=Ron Howard: I turned down offer to direct the first Harry Potter film|access-date=December 9, 2023|quote="I’d read the books and they were fantastic but, in all honesty, I had just finished the Grinch. That was fun and fascinating, but an unbelievably challenging and difficult production so I didn’t want to be in the fantasy world for another few years."|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref>
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On October 20, 2018, it was reported that Howard's Imagine Entertainment was in the running to acquire the film adaptation of [[Joe Iconis]]' [[Be More Chill (musical)|musical adaptation of the novel]] ''[[Be More Chill]]'', but [[Shawn Levy]] and [[Greg Berlanti]] acquired the project instead.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title=Shawn Levy & Greg Berlanti Chosen To Team On Movie Version Of Broadway-Bound 'Be More Chill'|url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/be-more-chill-movie-shawn-levy-greg-berlanti-film-auction-broadway-musical-1202486576/|date=October 20, 2018|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=January 10, 2023}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Ron Howard filmography]]
==References==
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