1. World War Z (2013)

'World War Z' kicked off production strong thanks to rumors that the script combined the zombie genre with the tone of 'Children of Men' (2006) but it quickly became target practice for the press as production spiraled out of control to the point where nobody thought the film had any shot at being remotely watchable.

          2. Untitled Han Solo Prequel (2018)

Lucasfilm shocked everyone in June when it abruptly fired directors Chris Lord and Phil Miller from their Han Solo prequel film. The duo had been in production for nearly five months already and only had several weeks left of principal photography. As has been widely reported, Lord and Miller’s comedic directing style encouraged an improvisation from the actors and an overall tone that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and executive producer Lawrence Kasdan did not feel was right.

          3. The Bourne Identity (2003)

Nobody expected 'The Bourne Identity' to become a worldwide hit and a franchise starting success story, especially not director Doug Liman and screenwriter Tony Gilroy. The production was living hell from day one as Universal and Liman became mortal enemies. The studio hated Liman’s slow pacing for the film and his execution of small-scale, intimate action scenes.

          4. The Fountain (2006)

It was only inevitable that a movie as ambitiously conceived as Darren Aronofsky’s 'The Fountain' was going to have production troubles. The director originally planned to kick off filming in summer 2002 with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, but Warner Bros. got nervous over the budget and threatened to drop out if a co-financier wasn’t found. Aronofsky brought in Regency Enterprises and a start date was set for October 2002 with a $70 million budget. It would have been smooth sailing, but Pitt wanted script revisions and left the movie just seven weeks before production was set to begin.

          5. Fantastic Four (2015)

'Fantastic Four' was released in theaters on August 7, but it was not the version director Josh Trank had cut, nor was it the one actors Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Toby Kebbell, Kate Mara, and Jamie Bell signed up to make. Trank had originally pitched his movie as a superhero spin on a David Cronenberg body horror film, but this darker version was not what 20th Century Fox ended up wanting. The studio believed the movie hewed too close to Trank’s own 'Chronicle' (2012) than a superhero tentpole.