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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|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |date=28 March 2007|access-date=7 June 2024}}</ref>
===''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street''===
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===''Butcher's Crossing''===
In June 2009, it was reported that Mendes would produce a film adaptation of the 1960 [[western fiction|western]] novel ''[[Butcher's Crossing]]'' by [[John Edward Williams]] for [[Focus Features]], with Mendes eyeing the project as a potential directing vehicle.<ref name=MendesFocus></ref> In December, it was announced that [[Joe Penhall]] would write the screenplay.<ref>{{Cite web|author1=Fernandez, Jay A.|author2=The Associated Press|date=8 December 2009|title='The Road' scribe destined for 'Crossing'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/road-scribe-destined-crossing-92153/|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=7 June 2024}}</ref> The project did not move forward. The adaptation would eventually be directed and co-written by [[Gabe Polsky]] and released in theatres by [[Saban Films]] on October 20, 2023, without the involvement of Mendes or Penhall.<ref>{{Cite
===''Netherland'' adaptation===
In August 2009, it was announced that Mendes' Neal Street Productions would collaborate with [[Harpo Films]] to produce a film adaptation of [[Joseph O'Neill (writer, born 1964)|Joseph O'Neill]]'s novel ''[[Netherland (novel)|Netherland]]'' (2008), with Mendes eyeing the project as a potential directing vehicle and [[Christopher Hampton]] writing the screenplay.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thorpe|first=Vanessa|date=23 August 2009|title=Fan Sam Mendes recruits Christopher Hampton as key player for US cricket film|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/aug/23/mendes-film-cricket-netherland-hampton|access-date=7 June 2024|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> By September, it was reported that [[Focus Features]] had come aboard the project.<ref>{{Cite
== 2010s ==
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===''The Voyeur's Motel''===
In April 2016, it was announced that [[DreamWorks Pictures]] had acquired the film rights to the [[Gay Talese]] novel and article ''The Voyeur's Motel'', with Mendes directing and producing.<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 April 2016|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|url=https://deadline.com/2016/04/sam-mendes-gay-talese-dreamworks-the-voyeurs-motel-1201738117/|title=DreamWorks, Sam Mendes Win Gay
===''James and the Giant Peach''===
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