As a followup to my post a few days ago, about the lack of creativity plaguing the film industry, I present this article from the AV Club

http://www.avclub.com/articles/guillermo-del-toro-loses-at-the-mountains-of-madne,52919/

So despite having what is by all reports a great script, Del Toro attached to direct, Tom Cruise to star, and James f-ing Cameron to make sure the 3D is good quality, they still can't risk making the film. Meanwhile, we get to look forward to "Battleship" polluting our theaters in 2012......