List of unmade giant monster films

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The following is a list of unmade kaiju projects, divided by the companies that intended to produce them and listed in chronological order.

Note: This list may not be complete due to projects becoming very obscure or never being fully revealed to the public.

Toho projects

Films

Television series

Daiei / Kadokawa projects

Tsuburaya Productions projects

Films

  • Ultraman: Operation Giant (1967)
  • Ultraman: Hero from the Stars (1978)
  • Ultraman: The Jupiter Effect (1978)
  • Ultra Q film revival (1980s, Shusuke Kaneko)
  • Yellow Eyes (2004, became Ultraman: The Next)
  • Ultraman 2: Requiem (2005)
  • Ultraman Mebius and the Ultra Brothers 2 (2007-2008)[57][58][59]
  • Koseidon (Chinese remake of 1978 tokusatsu film, 2015-2017)

Television series

  • Unbalance (1965, became Ultra Q)
  • WoO (1966, later inspired Bio Planet WoO (2006))[60]
  • Scientific Special Search Party: Bemular (1966)
  • Redman (1966, became Ultraman)
  • Ultra Eye (1967, became Ultraseven)
  • Ultra Garrison (1967, became Ultraseven)
  • Untitled Ultraman sequel (1969-1970, became Return of Ultraman)
  • Jumbo A (1969-1970, reworked into Jumborg Ace)
  • Mirror Red (1972-1973, sequel series to Mirrorman)
  • Gigantic Beast Planet (1974, became Dinosaur Expedition Team Born Free)
  • Garla (1976 adaptation of Go Nagai mecha manga)
  • Ultraman Melos (1976-1977, became Andro Melos)
  • Ultraman USA (1986-1988, TV version of Hanna-Barbera animated miniseries)
  • Untitled Ultraman 80 adaptation by Adam West (1984-1988)
  • Untitled Ultraman Great sequel (1992-1994)
  • Gridman Sigma (1994)
  • Ultraman Neo (1995, became Ultraman Neos)
  • Ultraman Cross (2004, became Ultraman Nexus)
  • Return of Izenborg (2014-2016, Saudi Arabia-funded TV remake, later reworked into a short film)

Toei projects

  • Daitetsujin 17 vs. J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai (1977, reworked into J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai vs. Gorenger)
  • Devil-Manta (1978)
  • Kongorilla (1977-1978)
  • Mortal (1980)
  • Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue: The Movie (1999-2001, unmade Japanese-U.S. co-production)
  • Mazinger Z: The Movie (2000, live action U.S.-Japanese co-production by James Cameron) [61]
  • Getter Robo (2004, live action U.S.-Japanese co-produced film by Universal)
  • Dino Mech Gaiking (2009-2016, U.S.-Japanese co-produced adaptation of the 1976 anime by Valhalla Entertainment)
  • Rebellions (2011)[62][63][64]
  • UFO Robo Grendizer (2013-2015, Russian-Japanese co-production)

Nikkatsu projects

King Kong and related projects

Miscellaneous

  • U.S. The King Kong Show comic book series (1966)
  • The Return of King Kong (late 1960s, planned comic book series)
  • Space Kong (1969, planned comic book series)
  • Kid Kong (1987, animated series)[68]
  • King Kong: Skull Island (2017, TV series)

Willis O'Brien projects

  • Atlantis (1927, intended as the follow-up to The Lost World (1925))
  • Creation (1930, unfinished)
  • Baboon: A Tale of the Yeti
  • The War Eagles (1938-1939; however, a novel based on the script titled War Eagles was published (1st edition by Carl Macek (2008, foreword by Ray Harryhausen)) / (2nd edition by Debbie Bishop and Carl Macek (2019)))
  • Gwangi (1941-1942, later became the films The Valley of Gwangi (1969) and, before this (to a lesser extent), The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956))
  • Umbah
  • Last of the Labyrinthodons
  • Emilio and Guloso a.k.a. Valley of the Mist (1950)
  • The Last of the Oso Si-Papu
  • The Vines of Ceres (1950)
  • The Bubbles (1960-1962)
  • The Leviathan

Other unmade giant monster films

  • Lost Island (1934, unfinished)[69]
  • The Jupiterian (also known as The Jupiter Project or The Jupiter Beast), (1937-1949, Ray Harryhausen)
  • Evolution (also known as Evolution of the World) (1940, Ray Harryhausen)
  • Food of the Gods (1949, Ray Harryhausen)
  • The Las Vegas Monster (1957)[70]
  • Behemoth the Sea Monster (1957, original version of The Giant Behemoth (1959))
  • Even and the Dragon (1958)[71]
  • Aladdin and the Giant (1959)[72]
  • Giganturo (1950s-1960s)
  • The Demon from Dimension X (1960s, Paul Frees)
  • Kuru Island (1961, became Gorgo (1961))
  • Breakout of the Loch Ness Monster (1963)
  • Hell Spawn (1960s-1970s)
  • Centauri III (1970-1973, Jim Danforth)
  • G.O.O. - Genetic Octopodular Ooze (1971)
  • Zeppelin v Pterodactyls (1971, Hammer Films)[73]
  • The Devil Garon (1971-1972, based on the 1959 Osamu Tezuka manga)
  • Jewellers (1972-2010, Yoshimitsu Banno)
  • The Birth of Monster Nesugon (1973-1978)[74]
  • Baby Kong (1976, Mario Bava)[75]
  • The Mighty Gorga (1976, re-release version; the original version was released in 1969)[citation needed]
  • Thongor in the Valley of Demons (1976-1982)[76]
  • Yeti (1976-1977, Dino De Laurentiis)[77]
  • Tentacles (1977, Arthur C. Clark)
  • War of the Insect Gods (1978-1979)[78]
  • When the Earth Cracked Open (late 1970s, Hammer Films)
  • Devilfish (late 1970s, Bert I. Gordon)
  • Snails (1979)[79][80]
  • Cry of Cthulhu (1979)
  • Dinosaur Girl (late 1970s)
  • Timegate (1979, reworked into The Day Time Ended (1980))
  • Star Godzilla (1980, unauthorized Hong Kong production)
  • Monstrosaurus (1982)
  • The Grid (1982)
  • Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (mid-1980s, Jim Wynorski, planned but unmade remake of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958))[81][82]
  • Zoo-Ship (1985)
  • It Ate Cleveland (1985-1988, a.k.a. Godzilla vs. Cleveland)[83][84][85]
  • Apartment Living (1987, George A. Romero)[86]
  • The Dirty Filthy Slime (1988)
  • Fiends (1988, Charles Band)
  • West of Kashmir: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure! (1989)
  • Bloodless (1989, Charles Band)
  • Dinosaurs Attack! (early 1990s, Tim Burton)
  • Ssslither (1990s)
  • Tor (1991)
  • Giant Robo: Siege of Babel (1992-1998, OVA miniseries)
  • The Hawkline Monster (1993, Tim Burton)
  • Battle Jox (1994)
  • The X from Outer Space - GUILALA - (1995, planned but unmade remake of The X from Outer Space (1967))[74]
  • Funnelweb (1996)
  • Omnivore (1996-1997)
  • Insectosaur (1997)
  • Subterranean (1997)
  • Extinct (1997)
  • Really Big Bugs (1997)
  • Bed Bugs (1997)
  • Tom Slick: Monster Hunter (1998)
  • I Was a Teenage King Kong (1998, Germany)
  • Blue Planet (1998-2002, Rainbow Studios)
  • Razorfish (early 2000s)
  • Conqueror Worm (2000)
  • Reptilicus 2 (2001, planned but unmade sequel to Reptilicus (1961))
  • Ogopogo (2001)
  • Yonggary 2 (2001, planned but unmade sequel to Yonggary (1999) a.k.a Reptilian)[87]
  • Gi-Ants (2002)
  • Attack of the Giant Gull (2002, Canada)
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion (2003-2006 and 2013-2015, live action film adaptation)[88]
  • Titans (2003)
  • It Waits Below (2004)
  • Untitled Megas XLR TV movie (2004-2006)
  • Giant Robo (2004-2006, planned but unmade remake of the 1967-1972 manga of the same name and the 1967-1968 tokusatsu TV series of the same name by Akio Jissoji)[89][90]
  • Kongula, Ape Giant of Terror (2005, Germany)
  • Big Bird (2005, Thailand)
  • Fire from Above (2006)
  • Deadly Waters (2006)
  • Robot Taekwon V (2006-2017)
  • At the Mountains of Madness (2006-2014)
  • Project Ultraman a.k.a. Ultraman Millennium (2006, unauthorized Thailand production)[91]
  • Calling All Robots (2007-2012)
  • Killmeleon (2008)[92]
  • Mortis Rex (2008-2015)
  • Big Man Japan (2011, Hollywood / U.S. remake)[93]
  • Attack on Titan (2011-2012, Tetsuya Nakashima)
  • Shogun Warriors (2010s, Mecha Cinematic Universe attempt) [94]
  • Rampage (2011 attempt, based on the 1986 video arcade game; later became Rampage (2018))
  • Hellyfish (2012, original feature length film version)[95]
  • Monster Roll (2012; however, a promotional short film was made)[96]
  • Evala, the Land Mine Daikaiju (2014; however, a "pilot film" was made)[97][98]
  • Will Smith's Ultraman (2013-2015, unauthorized Thailand-U.S. co-production)[99]
  • Jumbo A vs. Ninja Panda (2013-2015, unauthorized Thailand-U.S. co-production)
  • Oldzilla a.k.a Monster League (2015)[100][101][102]
  • Kong, the Origin (2016)[103]
  • Condor (2010; however, a promotional video was made)[104][105]
  • Fish War[106]
  • Monsterpocalypse (board game adaptation)[107]
  • The Leviathan (unmade Neil Blomkamp-produced sci-fi monster film)[108]
  • Dino-Warp
  • Dragonriders
  • Zoo World
  • Crackodile

Miscellaneous projects

  • Stop! (1960s, television series)
  • Jaguarman (1967, unsold P-Productions television pilot)[109]
  • Hyouman a.k.a. Leopard Man (1967, unsold television pilot)
  • Genocide: War of the Insects (1968, original theatrical cut of Genocide)[citation needed]
  • The Space Giants (1980-1994, unauthorized comic book adaptation of Ambassador Magma (1966-1967))
  • Giant Robo (planned but unmade anime remake of the 1967-1972 manga of the same name and the 1967-1968 tokusatsu TV series of the same name; reworked into Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1992-1998))
  • Rodan (1991, NES video game)
  • Godzilla and the Lost Continent (late 1990s, Random House Books, would have been the fifth and final novel of Marc Cerasini's series of Godzilla novels for teenagers and young adults)
  • Godzilla vs. the Terminator (1990s, Dark Horse Comics)
  • Giant Robo (2004-2005, anime pilot; reworked into GR: Giant Robo (2007))
  • They Came from Hollywood (2006-2008, video game)
  • Godzilla vs. Cthulhu (2010, IDW Publishing)[110]
  • Creature at Bay (2013, Syfy television series / pilot script)[111]
  • Reptilicus VR (2015, VR game)[112][113]

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