Editing Miloš Forman (section)

===Unfinished projects===
In the late 1950s, Forman and [[Josef Škvorecký]] started adapting Škvorecký's short story ''Eine kleine Jazzmusik'' for the screen. The script, named ''Kapela to vyhrála'' (''The Band Won It''), tells the story of a student jazz band during the [[Nazi Occupation of Czechoslovakia]]. The script was submitted to [[Barrandov Film Studios]]. The studio required changes and both artists continued to rewrite the script. Right before the film started shooting, the whole project was completely scrapped, most probably due to intervention from people at the top of the political scene, as Škvorecký had just published his novel ''[[The Cowards]]'', which was strongly criticized by communist politicians.<ref name=proj>{{cite web|url=https://milosforman.com/en/about/projects|title=Unrealized Projects :: Miloš Forman|website=milosforman.com}}</ref> The story ''Eine kleine Jazzmusik'' was dramatized as a TV film in the 1990s.<ref>[http://www.csfd.cz/film/23448-eine-kleine-jazzmusik/prehled/ ČSFD: Eine kleine Jazzmusik (TV film)]</ref> In the spring and summer of 1968, Škvorecký and Forman cooperated again by jointly writing a script synopsis to make a film version of ''The Cowards''. After Škvorecký fled the [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia|Warsaw Pact invasion]], the synopsis was translated into English, but no film was made.

In the mid-1960s, Forman, Passer and Papoušek were working on a script about a soldier secretly living in [[Lucerna Palace]] in Prague. They got stuck writing the script and went to a village firemen's ball. Inspired by the experience, they decided to cancel the script and write ''[[The Firemen's Ball]]'' instead.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://milosforman.com/cz/movies/the-firemens-ball|title=Hoří, má panenko :: Miloš Forman|website=milosforman.com|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>

In early 1970s, Forman worked on a script with [[Thomas Berger (novelist)|Thomas Berger]] based on his novel ''Vital Parts''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themorgan.org/literary-historical/87783|title=Vital parts : carbon copy of a typescript with autograph corrections, signed / screenplay by Miloš Forman and Thomas Berger.|website=The [[Morgan Library & Museum]]|date=25 July 2017 |accessdate=September 5, 2022}}</ref>

In the early 1990s, Forman co-wrote a screenplay with [[Adam Davidson (director)|Adam Davidson]]. The screenplay, titled ''Hell Camp'', was about an American-Japanese love affair in the world of [[sumo]] wrestlers. The picture was to be funded by [[TriStar Pictures]], and was cancelled just four days before shooting because of the disapproval of the [[Japan Sumo Association]], while Forman refused to make the changes requested by the association.<ref name=proj/>

Forman was hand-picked by writer/producer [[Michael Crichton]] to direct ''[[Disclosure (1994 film)|Disclosure]]'' (1994), but subsequently left the project over creative differences with Crichton.<ref name="Variety"/>

In 1995, it was announced that Forman would direct a remake of ''[[Dodsworth (film)|Dodsworth]]'' (1936) for [[Warner Bros.]] starring [[Harrison Ford]], from a script by [[Alfred Uhry]].<ref name="Variety">{{cite magazine|author=Variety Staff|url=https://variety.com/1995/more/news/milos-forman-back-in-biz-with-flynt-pic-99127124/|title=MILOS FORMAN BACK IN BIZ WITH FLYNT PIC|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 29, 1995|access-date=September 20, 2023}}</ref> It was postponed however, following an injury of Forman's.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Variety Staff|url=https://variety.com/1995/more/news/a-milos-mishap-99124801/|title=A Milos Mishap|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=February 5, 1995|access-date=October 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|author=Archerd, Army|url=https://variety.com/1995/voices/columns/linden-returns-to-tuners-with-dodsworth-1117862796/|title=Linden returns to tuners with 'Dodsworth'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 16, 1995|access-date=September 20, 2023}}</ref>

Around 2000, Forman was in talks to direct a film about the early life of [[Howard Hughes]] with screenplay by [[Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski]], and [[Edward Norton]] in the role of the eccentric young billionaire.<ref>{{cite news|last=McDougal|first=Dennis|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/09/movies/a-movie-story-as-elusive-as-its-main-character.html|title=A Movie Story as Elusive as Its Main Character|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 9, 2005|access-date=September 20, 2023}}</ref>

Around 2001, Forman was set to direct and co-write the comic crime caper ''Bad News'', adapted from the novel by [[Donald E. Westlake]]. Forman was co-writing the script with [[Doug Wright]].<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Harris, Dana|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/warners-makes-news-1117852856/|title=Warner makes 'News'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 18, 2001|access-date=October 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|author1=Brodesser, Claude|author2=McNary, Dave|url=https://variety.com/2002/tv/news/regency-fox-nearing-news-1117865105/|title=Regency, Fox nearing 'News'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 8, 2002|access-date=October 1, 2023}}</ref> The project never came to fruition.

In the early 2000s, Forman developed a film project to be titled ''Embers'', adapted by [[Jean-Claude Carrière]] from Hungarian novelist [[Sándor Márai]]’s novel. The film was about two men in the former [[Austria-Hungary]] Empire from different social backgrounds who become friends in military school and meet again 41 years later. Forman cast [[Sean Connery]] and [[Klaus Maria Brandauer]] as well as [[Winona Ryder]]. Several months before shooting, Sean Connery and the Italian producer had a disagreement, and Connery withdrew from the project. Forman was so convinced that Sean Connery fit the role that he didn't want to shoot the film without him and cancelled the project a few days before the shooting was due to start.<ref name=proj/>

In the late 2000s, the screenplay for ''Ghost of Munich'' was written by Forman, Jean-Claude Carriere and [[Václav Havel]] (the former Czech president and writer, who had studied at school with Forman), inspired by the novel by the French novelist [[:fr:Georges-Marc Benamou|Georges-Marc Benamou]]. The story takes a closer look at the events that surrounded the [[Munich Agreement]]. The role of the French Prime Minister [[Édouard Daladier]] was supposed to have been played by the French actor [[Mathieu Amalric]], with his older self played by [[Gérard Depardieu]]. However, the production company [[Pathé]] was not able to fund the project.<ref name=proj/>

In 2011, Forman was reportedly in negotiations to direct a screen adaptation of [[Mitchell Zuckoff]]'s acclaimed biography, ''Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend'', with [[Christopher Weekes]] penning the script.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Cox, Gordon|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/ponzi-s-scheme-afoot-1118035940/|title='Ponzi's scheme afoot|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 27, 2011|access-date=April 24, 2025}}</ref>