The following is a list of unproduced David Fincher projects in roughly chronological order. During his career, American film director David Fincher has worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction. Some of these projects fell in development hell, were officially canceled, were in development limbo or would see life under a different production team. 1990s Madonna: Truth or Dare Alek Keshishian revealed in an interview that Fincher had been considered to direct, having already directed three music videos for Madonna. However, Fincher and Madonna would later have a falling out, and Keshishian was then attached as director. The Sky Is Falling Fincher was set to direct the film, a spec script written by Howard Roth and Eric Warren Singer about two priests who engage in a killing spree after discovering God is nonexistent. The film would ultimately fail to obtain a green-light. Blade In a 2004 interview with MovieWeb, David S. Goyer revealed that Fincher was attached to direct the first film at one point, and that he even developed the script with Goyer. 2000s Passengers In January 2000, Fincher was announced to direct the film, an adaptation of Robert Silverberg's short story from 1969, for USA Films. Michael London would produce and Greg Pruss, who previously worked with Fincher on Alien 3 as a conceptual artist, was in charge of adapting the story. The budget was set to be no more than $30 million. In 2002, Ain't It Cool News reported that Fincher was no longer directing but would still produce and was scavenging for a director. Catch Me If You Can In April 2000, Fincher was attached to direct Catch Me If You Can over the course of a few months, but dropped out in favor of Panic Room. Chemical Pink Fincher acquired the right to Katie Arnoldi's novel that took place in the bodybuilding world, with Art Linson producing and Fight Club novelist Chuck Palahniuk writing the screenplay. Fincher eventually exited the project, with Jonas Åkerlund taking over as director. The project would become dormant. Squids Fincher, along with Art Linson, purchased the script written by David Ayer in April 2000, a coming-of-age story set on a nuclear submarine during the Cold War. The film never developed further, and in 2012, Ayer spoke negatively on the script, stating it "sucked". They Fought Alone Fincher entered discussions to direct