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28 Pop Culture Masterpieces That Almost Didn’t Happen

We’re surrounded by pop-culture franchises that everyone takes for granted. What you might not realize is that a lot of those zeitgeist staples almost didn’t happen. Tons and tons of iconic books, movies, shows, songs and even entire franchises almost landed on the scrap heap — or did land on the scrap heap, and somehow got resurrected. Iconic books, movies, shows, songs and franchises like…

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Lord of the Rings almost didn't make it to the big screen all major studios turned Jackson down. Luckily, New Line came through, on the same day Jacks

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HBO hated Game of Thrones' pilot, SO they almost nixed the show. GAME OF HRONES They only said yes when nearly the whole pilot was reshot.

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17 Entry by Ann Jimenez

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16 Entry by Andrea Meno

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Dune was turned down by over 20 publishers, who believed SF readers only like short stories. But Chilton, a small publisher of trade and hobby magazin

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Filmways, the company initially bankrolling Blade Runner, backpedaled at the last minute, leaving producer Michael Deeley with two weeks to come by $2

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When Paul Verhoeven read the Robocop script, he called it a piece of S s*k*t and threw it away. His wife read it and said he could make the movie ha

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