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=== ''Happy Birthday, Mr. President'' ===
In September 2011, Emmerich revealed plans to make ''Happy Birthday, Mr. President'' his next film following ''[[Anonymous (film)|Anonymous]]'', adding that "[[Happy Birthday, Mr. President|the title will tell you everything]]".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Savage|first=Sophia|date=September 20, 2011|title=Emmerich's Happy Birthday, Mr. President; Spielberg’s Lincoln Not "Political Fodder"|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general/emmerichs-happy-birthday-mr-president-spielbergs-lincoln-not-political-fodder-184809/|website=[[IndieWire]]|access-date=November 1, 2024}}</ref> It was set to be "an experiment in digital re-creation" that would feature both [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Marilyn Monroe]] as minor characters.<ref name="NY">{{Cite news|last=Karpel|first=Ari|date=October 23, 2011|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/movies/roland-emmerichs-anonymous-seeks-to-unmask-shakespeare.html|title=Roland Emmerich's 'Anonymous' Seeks To Unmask Shakespeare|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=November 1, 2024}}</ref> ''Anonymous'' screenwriter [[John Orloff]] wrote the project. Emmerich described the script that November as "a historical thriller about how the FBI and its forces conspired to bring down the Kennedys".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Arbor|first=Ann|date=November 4, 2011|url=https://www.mlive.com/movies/2011/11/director_roland_emmerich_discu.html|title=Director Roland Emmerich discusses diverting from spectacle for Shakespeare film 'Anonymous'}}</ref> ''Happy Birthday, Mr. President'' has been proven difficult to finance due to its risky political subject matter.<ref name="NY"/> In 2016, Emmerich stated that he was reluctant to take on the project anytime soon due to the technology not being advanced enough at that time to be able to accurately portray the faces of the historical figures depicted in the film. "That's not totally possible [now], but pretty soon," he said.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kaye|first=Don|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/roland-emmerich-talks-independence-day-resurgence/|title=Roland Emmerich Talks Independence Day: Resurgence|website=[[Den of Geek]]|date=June 22, 2016|access-date=November 1, 2024}}</ref> In a 2022 interview for ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', he reaffirmed his interest in someday making the film.<ref name="Hollywood">{{cite web|last=Couch|first=Aaron|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/roland-emmerich-interview-moonfall-1235080389/ |title=Roland Emmerich, Master of Disaster, Returns to Big-Screen Cataclysms With 'Moonfall'|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=27 January 2022|access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref> When asked about his dream project during a panel at the 2024 [[San Diego Comic-Con]], Emmerich
▲In September 2011, Emmerich revealed plans to make ''Happy Birthday, Mr. President'' his next film following ''[[Anonymous (film)|Anonymous]]'', adding that "[[Happy Birthday, Mr. President|the title will tell you everything]]".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Savage|first=Sophia|date=September 20, 2011|title=Emmerich's Happy Birthday, Mr. President; Spielberg’s Lincoln Not "Political Fodder"|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general/emmerichs-happy-birthday-mr-president-spielbergs-lincoln-not-political-fodder-184809/|website=[[IndieWire]]|access-date=November 1, 2024}}</ref> It was set to be "an experiment in digital re-creation" that would feature both [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Marilyn Monroe]] as minor characters.<ref name="NY">{{Cite news|last=Karpel|first=Ari|date=October 23, 2011|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/movies/roland-emmerichs-anonymous-seeks-to-unmask-shakespeare.html|title=Roland Emmerich's 'Anonymous' Seeks To Unmask Shakespeare|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=November 1, 2024}}</ref> ''Anonymous'' screenwriter [[John Orloff]] wrote the project. Emmerich described the script that November as "a historical thriller about how the FBI and its forces conspired to bring down the Kennedys".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Arbor|first=Ann|date=November 4, 2011|url=https://www.mlive.com/movies/2011/11/director_roland_emmerich_discu.html|title=Director Roland Emmerich discusses diverting from spectacle for Shakespeare film 'Anonymous'}}</ref> ''Happy Birthday, Mr. President'' has been proven difficult to finance due to its risky political subject matter.<ref name="NY"/> In 2016, Emmerich stated that he was reluctant to take on the project anytime soon due to the technology not being advanced enough at that time to be able to accurately portray the faces of the historical figures depicted in the film. "That's not totally possible [now], but pretty soon," he said.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kaye|first=Don|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/roland-emmerich-talks-independence-day-resurgence/|title=Roland Emmerich Talks Independence Day: Resurgence|website=[[Den of Geek]]|date=June 22, 2016|access-date=November 1, 2024}}</ref> In a 2022 interview for ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', he reaffirmed his interest in someday making the film.<ref name="Hollywood">{{cite web|last=Couch|first=Aaron|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/roland-emmerich-interview-moonfall-1235080389/ |title=Roland Emmerich, Master of Disaster, Returns to Big-Screen Cataclysms With 'Moonfall'|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=27 January 2022|access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref> When asked about his dream project during a panel at the 2024 [[San Diego Comic-Con]], Emmerich said that it's always been his favorite script but that his efforts have been consistently hamstrung by legal efforts to block the film from entering production.<ref>{{cite web|last=London|first=Rob|date=July 27, 2024|url=https://collider.com/ronald-emmerich-antoine-fuqua-unmade-movies/|title=Ronald Emmerich and Antoine Fuqua Never Got to Make These Movies|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]}}</ref>
=== Untitled TV pilot ===
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