11) Chew
Created by John Layman and Rob Guillory for Image Comics, Chew centres on Philadelphia-based detective Tony Chu who has the unusual ability to get a psychic impression of an object’s past after biting into it.
Initially the idea was to turn it into a half-hour comedy series for Showtime, but in February 2013 they announced that they were passing on the project. Instead, it was to be made into an animated film. A strong cast of geek favourites were assembled for the movie – including Felicia Day, The Walking Dead’s Steven Yeun and David Tennant, replacing Robin Williams after his untimely death.
The last we heard of the Chew movie was over a year ago, however, and as of now, this one looks to be stuck in development hell for the foreseeable future.
[zergpaid]10) Bloodshot
After shipping Spider-Man off to Marvel, Sony announced that they were working on their own superhero cinematic universe based on the characters of Valiant Comics.
The first movie in the series would be Bloodshot, based on the hero who’s somewhere between Wolverine and Jason Bourne. Bloodshot is an ex-soldier with memory loss who gained regenerative capabilities after nanites were implanted in his blood. Kick-Ass 2’s Jeff Wadlow had written the script and Matthew Vaughan was going to exec produce.
A release date was set for 2017. Seeing as the film is nowhere near shooting, however, we wouldn’t expect to see that being met.