The dark purgatory, known as development hell, refers to a frustrating state where a movie gets stuck in an endless process of script iterations, casting delays, swaps of directors and production companies, legal issues, and everything else that, to the fans’ frustration, prevents it from seeing the light of day. However, some lucky films manage to escape that abyss — only to flop in the box office and utterly disappoint the fans.
There are movies, like Deadpool, Watchmen, or Lord of the Rings,
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