Thanks to movies like X-Men and Spider-Man, six or more superhero flicks are released each year now "“ and this number is about to grow in the near future. However, before the release of the aforementioned movies (and partially thanks to Joel Schumacher), the studios thought twice about greenlighting such projects. They must have been considered too expensive, too risky, and not popular enough with audiences.

Quite a few superhero film ideas have been rejected by various studios. Some of these ideas sound interesting even today, and some others even made it into other projects in part (such is the case of Year One). On the other hand, there were also projects that didn't make any sense. These would probably have angered the comic book fans (such as J. J. Abrams' Superman reboot).

There were also projects that we would have seen anyway, no matter how they turned up (such as Quentin Tarantino's Luke Cage "“ but this wasn't really a pitched idea).

You’ll find these movies on this list "“ and don't worry, there are no spoilers!