During his long career, British filmmaker Neil Marshall has worked on several projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction.
[2] The Eagle's Nest was a planned film that Marshall described as a World War II action-adventure that would be a hybrid of Die Hard (1988) and The Remains of the Day (1993).
[2] He also said "It's a little bit of Where Eagles Dare, Indiana Jones, James Bond and its kind of an espionage story set during WWII but it is not really a war movie as such it's a full on action-adventure.
[6] On March 19, 2008, Marshall was set to direct the feature film adaptation of James Sallis’ novel Drive, with Hossein Amini set to write the screenplay and Hugh Jackman attached to star and produce the film with John Palermo & Marc Platt and Universal Pictures distributing the movie, which Nicolas Winding Refn ended up directing instead.
[10] The film, based on a screenplay by Gary Dauberman, would follow travellers stranded in a blizzard and being attacked by an entity that makes them spontaneously combust.
[11] In April 2010, at the time of the release of his film Centurion, Marshall signed on to direct a feature adaptation of the 1970s British series The Professionals.
[13] In August 2010, it was reported by Deadline Hollywood that Marshall was set to direct David Cohen's script Underground, about "an ambitious young chef who ventures into the terrifying underbelly of extreme cuisine.
"[14] In March 2011, Marshall revealed that he was in the process of writing the script for an alien invasion film set during World War II.
"[8] In December 2011, it was reported by Deadline Hollywood that Marshall would next be directing the horror project Hell Fest for CBS Films and producer Gale Ann Hurd.
[19] In November 2022, 108 Media signed on to finance, co-develop and produce a supernatural action series Nightshade with Marshall and Simon Uttley serving as writers/co-creators.
[20][21] In December 2023, horror author Janine Pipe revealed via Twitter that in 2024 she would be developing a supernatural-themed script called Shrine, co-written with Marshall.
"[8] On October 17, 2010, Marshall was offered to direct the feature film adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies before Burr Steers was hired.