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===''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>
https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/21/archives/hollywood-takes-on-the-last-tycoon.html▼
https://variety.com/2014/film/news/mike-nichols-death-al-pacino-remembers-1201361303/▼
===''Bogart Slept Here''===
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After Nichols departed from the production of ''Bogart Slept Here'', by November 1975, he reportedly agreed to produce and direct [[Jay Presson Allen]]'s ''[[Just Tell Me What You Want]]'' for [[Warner Bros.]] Nichols would not remain with the project however, and [[Sidney Lumet]] would sign on to helm instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/56451|title=AFI|Catalog - Just Tell Me What You Want|website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=March 16, 2024}}</ref>
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Around 1976–77, actress [[Julie Christie]], producer [[David Susskind]] and Nichols expressed interest in ''[[Swing Shift (film)|Swing Shift]]'', an original screenplay by [[Nancy Dowd]] for [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]. At this stage, the story focused on the central characters of "Lucky Lockhart" and "Rosie", who was later rewritten as "Hazel Zanussi" following several rewrites over the years, overseen by [[Bo Goldman]] and [[Ron Nyswaner]]. In the 1980s, [[Jonathan Demme]] signed on to direct the film, which starred [[Goldie Hawn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/57221|title=AFI|Catalog - Swing Shift|website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=March 16, 2024}}</ref>
▲https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/21/archives/hollywood-takes-on-the-last-tycoon.html
▲https://variety.com/2014/film/news/mike-nichols-death-al-pacino-remembers-1201361303/
===''Annie''===
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===''A Chorus Line''===
In 1978, Nichols spent several months working on the [[A Chorus Line (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[A Chorus Line]]'' for [[Universal Pictures]] with screenwriter [[Bo Goldman]], who were both concerned about how to widen its plot and make it more visual without destroying what made the original stage production so affective. Goldman's finished screenplay did not satisfy Universal head [[Ned Tanen]] and their version was ultimately scrapped after Nichols could not receive a larger projected budget than $16 million, which he deemed "impractical". The project eventually landed at [[Columbia Pictures]], and [[Richard Attenborough]] was selected to direct the film, in 1985.<ref>{{cite newspaper|last=Freedman|first=Samuel G.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/11/movies/chorus-line-vs-hollywood-a-saga.html|title='CHORUS LINE' VS. HOLLYWOOD-A SAGA|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 11, 1984|access-date=September 2, 2023}}</ref>
===''The Jerk''===
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===''Rhinestone''===
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▲===''Swing Shift''===
===''The Longshot''===
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