Category: Cancelled Before It Began

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Cancelled Before It Began: Babylon 5 – The Legend of the Rangers (2002)

The Legends of the Rangers had its faults, but it also had plenty of potential to develop…

Why was Bryan Fuller's High Moon pilot not picked up to series?
Posted in Cancelled Before It Began John J. Joex

Cancelled Before It Began: High Moon (2014)

2014’s High Moon had all of Bryan Fuller’s quirkiness and excesses on display, and not surprisingly, Syfy…

Posted in Cancelled Before It Began John J. Joex

Cancelled Before It Began: Amazing Screw-On Head (2006)

The pilot for Amazing Screw-On Head, based on the comic of the same name, delivered sheer lunacy…

Posted in Cancelled Before It Began John J. Joex

Cancelled Before It Began: Time Travelers (1976)

1976’s Time Travelers delivered a decent sci-fi movie and a rare gem from schlock TV master Irwin…

Why did the Heroes: Origins spin-off series never happen?
Posted in Cancelled Before It Began John J. Joex

Cancelled Before It Began: Heroes Origins (2008)

Heroes Origins was an interesting spin-off idea from Heroes, but it was killed by the 2007 writer’s…

Posted in Cancelled Before It Began John J. Joex

Cancelled Before It Began: Ed Wood’s Portraits of Terror (1957)

Ed Wood produced a film in the 1950s titled “Final Curtain” that was intended as a pilot…

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Cancelled Before It Began: Them (2007) Updated

2007’s Them allegedly aired on Fox in 2007 but then all but disappeared even though it had…

Posted in Cancelled Before It Began John J. Joex Sci Fi TV Retrospectives

Cancelled Before It Began: Wayward Sisters (2018)

This female-led Supernatural spin-off had plenty of potential to expand the franchise and fans wanted the show,…

Posted in Cancelled Before It Began John J. Joex

Cancelled Before It Began: Locke & Key (2011)

Fox took a first shot at adapting Locke & Key back in 2011, and it would have…

Posted in Cancelled Before It Began John J. Joex

Cancelled Before It Began: The Solarnauts (1967)

1967’s The Solarnauts delivers a throw-back sci fi adventure with high levels of cheesiness and plenty of…

Posted in Cancelled Before It Began John J. Joex

Cancelled Before It Began: Outpost in Space (1959)

1959’s Outpost in Space has been mostly forgotten, but it offers an interesting concept that could have…

Posted in Cancelled Before It Began John J. Joex

Cancelled Before It Began: Wonder Woman (2011)

Before Gal Godot became the face of Wonder Woman, Adrianne Palicki starred in a pilot that could…

Posted in Cancelled Before It Began John J. Joex

Cancelled Before They Began: Thor (1988) and Daredevil (1989)

Thor and Daredevil got tryouts on NBC in the 1980s as guest stars in the Incredible Hulk…

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Cancelled Before it Began: Dr. Strange (1978)

The 1978 Dr. Strange pilot may not measure up to the MCU movies, but it did deliver…

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Cancelled Before It Began: Zombieland (2013)

2013’s Zombieland delivered a fun continuation of the film from its creators but with a new cast,…