Mission: Impossible III
In 2002, director David Fincher was supposed to direct the next movie of the Mission: Impossible series. It was intended to be released in the summer of 2004. Fincher eventually dropped out because he wanted to focus on Lord of Dogtown (2005). He later said that it was due to creative differences in the direction of the movie. Joe Carnahan was chosen to replace Fincher, and worked on developing the movie for fifteen months. Under Carnahan's direction, the movie would have featured "Kenneth Branagh playing a guy who's based on Timothy McVeigh," as well as Carrie-Anne Moss and Scarlett Johansson in other roles.