Editing Roger Avary (section)

===Unproduced works===
After winning an Oscar for ''Pulp Fiction'', he was originally attached to direct an adaptation of [[Neil Gaiman]]'s comic book ''[[The Sandman (comic)|The Sandman]]'', which merged the "Preludes and Nocturnes" storyline with that of "The Doll's House". Avary was fired after disagreements over the creative direction with executive producer [[Jon Peters]]. It was due to their meeting on the ''Sandman'' film project that Avary and Gaiman collaborated on the script for ''[[Beowulf (2007 film)|Beowulf]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.aintitcool.com/node/2571| title= Moriarty takes a look at what Jon Peters has done with Neil Gaiman's ''Sandman'' property|date=November 29, 1998|work= [[Ain't It Cool News]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131202225513/http://www.aintitcool.com/node/2571|archive-date= December 2, 2013|url-status= live}}</ref> Avary had originally intended upon directing his script of ''Beowulf'' himself as a [[live action]] film, to be shot in [[Iceland]] with a $10 million budget. "I wanted it to be like an early [[Terry Gilliam]] film, like ''[[Jabberwocky (film)|Jabberwocky]]''," he said. The film was ultimately directed by [[Robert Zemeckis]] and instead produced using [[motion capture]] technology.<ref name=jre>{{cite podcast|author=Rogan, Joe|author-link=Joe Rogan|title=Joe Rogan Experience #2240 - Roger Avary & Quentin Tarantino|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u5vPHuAXXg|publisher=PowerfulJRE|date=December 10, 2024|access-date=December 12, 2024|via=[[YouTube]]|format=video}}</ref>

In the late 1990s, Avary reached out to [[Don Coscarelli]] and expressed an interest in writing a ''[[Phantasm (film)|Phantasm]]'' sequel.<ref name="jenkins">{{cite web|last=Jenkins|first=Jason|title='Phantasm 1999' – Don Coscarelli Details the Wild Post-Apocalyptic Sequel We Never Saw|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3716689/phantasm-1999-don-coscarelli-details-the-wild-post-apocalyptic-sequel-we-never-saw-phantom-limbs/|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|date=May 30, 2022|access-date=October 7, 2023}}</ref> Entitled '' Phantasm 1999'', the film would have taken place in an apocalyptic future United States divided into three zones: Los Angeles, California; New York, New York; and the Plague Zone. The Plague Zone would be controlled by the [[Tall Man (Phantasm)|Tall Man]] where he infects people with his "bag plague".<ref name="jenkins"/> [[Reggie (Phantasm)|Reggie]] must lead a secret government operation, called the "S Squad", into the Plague Zone to defeat the Tall Man.<ref name="jenkins"/> Avary and Coscarelli spent years trying to get the film made and even had financing in place in 1997 before that company changed hands and the deal evaporated.<ref name="jenkins"/> Eventually, Coscarelli made ''[[Phantasm IV]]'' without Avary, although as of 2022 Coscarelli still had interest in filming Avary's script, now entitled ''Phantasm’s End'' as 1999 has come and gone.<ref name="jenkins"/>

Through the 90s and early 2000s Avary attempted to direct a film based on the life of [[Salvador Dalí]] that had [[Al Pacino]] attached to star as the painter at one stage, but the project fell apart and never came to fruition.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.salon.com/2002/10/15/avary/ |title="It seems like exactly the wrong film to make" |last=Schwartz |first=Ben |work=Salon |date=October 15, 2002| access-date=December 12, 2024}}</ref>

After ''[[The Rules of Attraction (film)|The Rules of Attraction]]'' and ''[[Glitterati (film)|Glitterati]]'', Avary had intentions to film his screenplay of [[Bret Easton Ellis]]'s 1998 novel ''[[Glamorama]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/21175|title=Roger Avary gets lifetime rights to Ellis' GLAMORAMA! Rock and roll!|website=[[Ain't It Cool News]]|date=September 6, 2005|access-date=December 12, 2024}}</ref> [[Kip Pardue]] was attached to reprise his role as Victor Ward. The project never moved beyond the pre-production stage. When asked about the film's status in a 2010 interview, Ellis said: "I think the days of being able to make that movie are over."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movieline.com/2010/05/19/bret-easton-ellis-on-rules-of-attraction-and-its-sexy-illicit-spinoff-youll-never-see/2/|title=Bret Easton Ellis on The Rules of Attraction and Its Sexy, Illicit Spinoff You'll Never See|website=[[Movieline]]|date=May 19, 2010|access-date=December 12, 2024}}</ref> However, the following year Ellis confirmed that Avary was planning to shoot the feature in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fischer|first=Russ|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/518034/bret-easton-ellis-roger-avary-direct-glamorama-year/|title=Bret Easton Ellis Says Roger Avary Will Direct 'Glamorama' Next Year|website=[[/Film]]|date=October 13, 2011|access-date=December 12, 2024}}</ref>

In 2006, French director [[Alexandre Aja]] was set to direct a feature film adaptation of the ''[[Black Hole (comics)|Black Hole]]'' comics, with [[Neil Gaiman]] and Avary attached to adapt the screenplay.<ref>{{cite web|first=Scott|last=Weinberg|title=GAIMAN, AVARY, AND AJA TO VISIT A "BLACK HOLE"|url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/gaiman-avary-and-aja-to-visit-a-black-hole/|date=March 8, 2006|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=May 28, 2024}}</ref> By 2008, it was reported by [[MTV]] that Gaiman and Avary had left the production and that their script would not be used for [[David Fincher]]'s planned version,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/10/21/neil-gaiman-escapes-a-black-hole/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022211355/http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/10/21/neil-gaiman-escapes-a-black-hole/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 22, 2008 |title=Neil Gaiman On Adapting Charles Burns' Graphic Novel 'Black Hole' |last=Vineyard |first=Jennifer |publisher=MTV |date=2008-10-21 |access-date=2017-03-13}}</ref> which was ultimately not produced. He was also attached to write and direct a ''[[Castle Wolfenstein]]'' film adaptation both in 2007 and 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/01/castle-wolfenstein-movie-announced |title=Castle Wolfenstein Movie Announced |last=Vejvoda |first=Jim |publisher=[[IGN]] |date=November 1, 2012 |access-date=June 7, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309112054/http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/01/castle-wolfenstein-movie-announced |archive-date=March 9, 2014}}</ref>

While in prison, Avary came across an "old [[Penguin Books|Penguin]] paperback" on a [[book cart]] of a [[E. C. Vivian#Robin Hood|''Robin Hood'' story]] written by [[E. C. Vivian|E. Charles Vivian]] and decided to adapt the material, sending the pages he wrote to his lawyer to have his daughter type up into a script. "I was crying when I wrote it," Avary noted. "When you're writing like that and you're feeling that much, it's not a bad thing."<ref name=jre/>

Following his prison sentence, Avary had worked on adapting [[Paul Verhoeven]]'s book ''Jesus of Nazareth'' for Verhoeve to direct, oversaw rewrites on the screenplay for a planned [[Duncan Jones]]-directed biopic on ''[[James Bond]]'' creator [[Ian Fleming]], and additionally had plans to adapt the early [[William Faulkner]] novel ''[[Sanctuary (Faulkner novel)|Sanctuary]]''.<ref name=post>{{cite web|last=Kohn|first=Eric|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/roger-avarys-first-post-prison-interview-where-his-career-will-take-him-next-45780/|title=Roger Avary's First Post-Prison Interview: Where His Career Will Take Him Next|website=[[IndieWire]]|date=August 6, 2012|access-date=December 12, 2024}}</ref> Also in 2012, Avary was planning to reteam with author [[Bret Easton Ellis]] to direct an adaptation of his novel ''[[Lunar Park]]'', with financing from [[Wild Bunch (company)|Wild Bunch]].<ref name=post/> Ellis himself took to [[Twitter]] in 2011, praising Avary's script as "great" and saying he "hopes he makes it."<ref>{{cite tweet|number=142895190812794880|user=BretEastonEllis|title=Roger Avary wrote a great script for Lunar Park and I hope he makes it.|date=December 3, 2011}}</ref> Also according to Ellis, Avary planned to shoot the project in September 2012, and hinted about [[Aaron Eckhart]]'s potential involvement.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=225453039903981570|user=BretEastonEllis|title=Director/writer of "Lunar Park" is Roger Avary who has written a great, scary-as-hell script. He plans to shoot in September. Aaron Eckhart?|date=July 18, 2012}}</ref>

At some point after [[John Milius]]' stroke, Avary, along with his daughter Gala, worked with Milius to retool his unproduced feature script on [[Genghis Khan]] in the form of a [[limited-run series]].<ref name=jre/> As of 2018, Avary was slated to direct ''Unwind'', co-written with his daughter Gala and based on the [[Unwind (novel)|dystopian novel of the same name]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2016-05-05 |title=Roger Avary Directing ‘Unwind’, Voltage Teaming With Constantin Films: Cannes |url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/voltage-pictures-constantin-film-cannes-1201750066/ |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Avary has also written an as-yet unproduced script based on ''[[The Devil Soldier]]'' by [[Caleb Carr]], which was in development with [[Antoine Fuqua]] directing and [[Mark Burman]] producing.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://movieweb.com/ambush-director-mark-burman-interview/ | title=Exclusive: Ambush Writer-Director Mark Burman Discusses His New Vietnam War Film | date=21 February 2023 }}</ref>