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== 2000s ==
===''The Lookout''===
Mendes became attached to direct [[Scott Frank]]'s screenplay ''[[The Lookout (2007 film)|The Lookout]]'' before the release of ''[[American Beauty (1999 film)|American Beauty]]'', but departed the project to direct ''[[Road to Perdition (film)|Road to Perdition]]''; Frank ultimately directed the film himself.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/scott-frank-interviewed-the-lookout/|title=Scott Frank Interviewed – THE LOOKOUT|last=Weintraub|first=Scott|date=28 March 2007|access-date=7 June 2024}}</ref>
===''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street''===
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===''The Kite Runner''===
Mendes was attached to direct the film adaptation of the 2003 novel ''[[The Kite Runner]]'' by [[Khaled Hosseini]], but in April 2004 the project was pushed back after Mendes signed on to direct ''[[Jarhead (film)|Jarhead]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 April 2004|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/next-tour-of-duty-taking-mendes-to-persian-gulf-1117903781/|title=Next tour of duty taking Mendes to Persian Gulf|last=Fleming|first=Michael|access-date=7 June 2024|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> In 2005, [[Marc Forster]] took over the project as director, with Mendes becoming an executive producer; [[The Kite Runner (film)|the film]] was eventually released on December 14, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 September 2005|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2005/09/12/Marc-Forster-to-direct-The-Kite-Runner/68471126540534/|title=Marc Forster to direct 'The Kite Runner'|access-date=7 June 2024|website=[[United Press International]]}}</ref><ref name=Mendes1>{{Cite web|last=Dawtrey|first=Adam|date=13 April 2007|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/awards/prodigal-mendes-on-homeward-march-1117963063/|title=Prodigal Mendes on homeward 'March'|access-date=7 June 2024|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=5 October 2007|last=Soares|first=Claire|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/kite-runner-delayed-over-fears-for-child-stars-safety-396022.html|title='Kite Runner' delayed over fears for child stars' safety|access-date=7 June 2024|website=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>
===''American Prometheus''===
In 2005, following its publication, Mendes [[option (filmmaking)|optioned]] the rights to adapt the [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] [[biography]] ''[[American Prometheus]]'' by [[Kai Bird]] and [[Martin J. Sherwin]]. In 2007, it was reported that [[Jeffrey Hatcher]] was writing the film for Mendes, with the project set up at [[DreamWorks Pictures]]. However, Mendes ultimately did not move forward with the project. The book would eventually be adapted as the film ''[[Oppenheimer (film)|Oppenheimer]]'', written and directed by [[Christopher Nolan]] and released in theatres on July 21, 2023 by [[Universal Pictures]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Amsden|first=David|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-07-18/epic-backstory-of-oppenheimer-the-film-and-american-prometheus-the-book|date=18 July 2023|title=Oppenheimer's big-screen odyssey: The man, the book and the film's 50-year journey|access-date=6 June 2024|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref name=Mendes1>
===''Middlemarch''===
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