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=== ''Travis McGee'' film ===
On April 25, 2011, it was reported that Greengrass was offered to direct the film ''Travis McGee'', based on the novel ''[[The Deep Blue Good-by]]'' by [[John D. MacDonald]]. The project, set up at [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]], was being written by [[Dana Stevens (screenwriter)|Dana Stevens]] and Kario Salem, with [[Peter Chernin]], [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], Amy Robinson, and Jennifer Davisson-Killoran set to produce.<ref name="Greengrass Options 2011">{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Fleming Jr.|title=Paul Greengrass Pushes Back ‘Memphis’; So Is Travis McGee Novel His Next Film?|url=https://deadline.com/2011/04/paul-greengrass-pushes-memphis-is-travis-mcgee-next-125310/|date=April 25, 2011|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=September 13, 2024}}</ref> Ultimately, Greengrass did not come aboard the project, with [[James Mangold]] instead signing on to direct in March 2014; the project would ultimately be shelved by Fox in August 2015 due to star [[Christian Bale]]'s knee injury.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 4, 2014|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|url=https://deadline.com/2014/03/james-mangold-boarding-travis-mcgee-tale-the-deep-blue-good-by-693442/|title=James Mangold Boarding Travis McGee Tale 'The Deep Blue Good-By'|access-date=October 6, 2024|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Borys|last=Kit|title=Fox Scraps Christian Bale’s ‘Deep Blue Goodbye’ Due to Knee Injury (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/fox-scraps-christian-bales-deep-791342/|date=April 24, 2015|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=September 13, 2024}}</ref>
 
=== ''Here There Be Monsters'' ===