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Lots of crossing over movies have been planned but never materialize , and in a macrocosm with multiple Batmen in the same film , some of those crossover should still get made . crossover are a great way to add the fan bases of more than one franchise together for a meta - moviegoing experience . Freddy vs. Jasonpitted two of the most iconic slasher villains against each other . Glassbrought the world of M. Night Shyamalan’sUnbreakableandSplitcrashing together . Spider - Man : No Way Homesaw the stars of all three live - actionSpider - Manmovie franchises fighting each other ’s scoundrel together .
Since it ’s complicated enough to figure out the celluloid right to one lucrative I.P. , let alone two or three , most plan crosswalk movies never come to fruition . FromX - Men vs. Fantastic Fourto21 Jump StreetmeetsMen in Black , some really exciting crossover movies were in development and never got made . Some of these unproduced crossover voter film should still be made at some breaker point .
10Pacific Rim Meets Godzilla & King Kong
Pacific Rim Uprisingdirector Steven S. DeKnight has confirmed ( viaCollider ) that there ’s been “ a heap of discussion ” about the possibility of crossing thePacific Rimseries with Legendary Pictures ’ other monster movie dealership , the MonsterVerse . It would be a downright delight to see the Jaeger pilot of thePacific Rimmovies take on classical kaiju like Godzilla and King Kong in a outstanding engagement royale . Mixing these two franchises , bringing the level playing playing field ofPacific Rimto the familiar beasts of the MonsterVerse , could help further each franchise ’s popularity .
9Candyman Vs. Leprechaun
8Die Hard Meets 24
WhenDie heavy 5was in early exploitation , Fox planned a crossover with its biggest TV holding – the real - sentence thriller series24 – calledDie Hard 24/7 . John McClane and Jack Bauer often find themselves in a in high spirits - stake wash against time , so they would ’ve made a outstanding “ buddy cop ” duo with a joint investigating . go Hard 24/7was never made because negotiations broke down with Kiefer Sutherland , who want to make a solo24movie instead . After Bruce Willis ’ retreat , it ’s unlikely that anotherDie Hardmovie will ever get made – let alone a crossover with24 – but it would still be fun to see these two action franchise assemble .
7National Lampoon’s Jaws 3, People 0
AfterJaws 2andAnimal Housebecame two of Universal ’s biggest hits of 1978 , the studio had the shiny idea to hire the team behindAnimal House , National Lampoon , to helmJaws 3(viaMoviefone ) . TheLampoonteam right away wrote a put-on of the franchise calledJaws 3 , mass 0 . The meta - humor ofNational Lampoon ’s Jaws 3 , multitude 0 – whose script open withJawsauthor Peter Benchley being eat on in his swimming pool – would ’ve been way ahead of its time . TheJaws 3that got made was an unintentional comedy with primitive 3D effects and the contrived plot of a sea wolf shark aggress SeaWorld .
6X-Men Vs. Fantastic Four
AnX - Men vs. Fantastic Fourmovie was planned ( via theRadio Times ) that would ’ve pitted all of 20th Century Fox ’s Marvel superhero graphic symbol against each other in a story loosely based on theCivil Warcomic book . Redcreator Warren Ellis worked on a script draft , andBourne ’s Paul Greengrass was approached to lead . The classical comic was finally adapted for the covert asCaptain America : Civil War , but it had a much smaller cast of characters and blue stakes than the comic book . The scrapped Fox adaptation of aCivil Warmovie could ’ve had the source stuff ’s sprawling ensemble and tangible stakes , which were wanting from the MCU version .
5Double V Vega
Quentin Tarantino ’s subtly interconnected cinematic universe almost had a full - blown crosswalk withDouble V Vega(via / Film ) . After revealingReservoir Dogs ’ Vic Vega andPulp Fiction ’s Vincent Vega to be brothers , Tarantino planned to give the duo a spin - off . Since Vic and Vincent both perish in their respective motion-picture show , Double V Vegawould have to be a prequel , and actors Michael Madsen and John Travolta eventually aged out of being able to convincingly bring their unseasoned selves . found on the plot of ground synopsis of Vic chew the fat Vincent at an Amsterdam nightspot , three-fold V Vegacould’ve been a classic Tarantino criminal offence thriller . And it could still happen as an animated pic .
4Batman Meets Godzilla
One of the earliest plan franchise crossover voter would ’ve pit two of the great cultural icons of the 1960s against each other . When theGodzillafranchise was taking off , and Adam West’sBatmanseries was one of the most popular TV show , preliminary design were to combine the two ( via / Film ) . Screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa was bug to write a story discussion for a flick project dubbedBatman Meets Godzillathat never materialized . A giant colossus smashing up skyscraper would ’ve fit decently into the wacky , cartoonish world of West ’s Batman .
3Jay & Silent Bob Vs. Pinhead & Michael Myers
agree to the bookKevin Smith ’s Secret Stash : The Definitive Visual History , theClerksdirector was approach by Bob Weinstein about doinga crossover motion picture with Jay and Silent Bobencountering all the classic revulsion villains from Dimension Films ’ library . This would ’ve included Pinhead fromHellraiser , Michael Myers fromHalloween , and the kids fromChildren of the Corn . Over the years , Jay and Bob have become superheroes , befriended an orangutan , and meet God , so this would n’t be much of a stretching . Jay & Silent Bob vs. Pinhead & Michael Myerswould’ve been a fun atavism to the original repugnance comedyAbbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein .
221 Jump Street Meets Men In Black
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have detailed abandoned plan for a crossover between two of Sony ’s most popular action clowning franchises:21 Jump StreetandMen in Black . Lord and Miller directed the first twoJump Streetfilms and would ’ve been involved in the crosswalk . TheJump Street / Men in Blackcrossover moviewould’ve seen Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum ’s undercover cops teaming up with the UFO - seeking government agent from theMIBmovies . Although the plastic film never got made , Lord enounce that a “ very funny and very gaga ” script was written , so it could materialize at some point in the future .
1Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash
The six - part comic Holy Writ seriesFreddy vs. Jason vs. AshbroughtThe Evil Deadseries ’ Ash Williams into the conflict betweenA Nightmare on Elm Street ’s Freddy Krueger andFriday the 13th ’s Jason Voorhees . There wasaFreddy vs. Jason vs. Ashfilm adaptationplanned at New Line Cinema , but the film flow apart due to creative differences . This would ’ve been the ultimate revulsion movie crosswalk . It would ’ve been hilarious to see the banter between Robert Englund ’s Freddy and Bruce Campbell ’s Ash , two of horror movie house ’s most infamous quipsters .
rootage : Collider , Moviefone , Radio Times,/Film
