Green Arrow’s Super Max

David S. Goyer had this idea for a movie, back when Batman Begins was released: Green Arrow being framed for a murder and sent to a jail where all the baddies of the DC universe are held (including in here Lex Luthor and the Joker). The superhero would have had to break free and clear his name, while also fending off the assaults of villains out to get him.

Sounds interesting because it is interesting – not at all an origin story, Super Max was the perfect occasion for bringing the DCMU to a start. The movie was then officially announced in 2008 – though nothing happened afterwards.

The project isn’t as dead as all the others mentioned in this list – but it isn’t alive either. Who knows – maybe DC and Warner Bros will eventually make this superhero film happen.