Untitled Marvin the Martian movie

On July 29, 2008, Warner Bros. and Alcon Entertainment announced plans for a live action/computer-animated film based on the famous character Marvin the Martian from the Looney Tunes franchise. It was initially scheduled for an October 7, 2011, release, but the movie was later taken off the schedule and no word on it has been heard since.

Plot
The film would have involved Marvin trying to destroy the Earth during Christmas by becoming a competitor of Santa Claus' but being prevented from destroying the Earth when Santa wraps him inside a gift box. Alcon compared the project to other films such as Racing Stripes and My Dog Skip.

Cast

 * Mike Myers as Marvin the Martian
 * Christopher Lee as Santa Claus
 * Jake Short as Larson

Why It Was Cancelled

 * 1) Most of the cancellation reasons are unknown, with the exception of a few likely reasons:
 * 2) *Christopher Lee died on June 7, 2015.
 * 3) *Jake Short is now too old to play the human character Larson, who appeared in test footage of the film.
 * 4) *Looney Tunes: Back in Action was a box office bomb.

Results

 * This film was permanently cancelled.
 * The test footage of the film, along with that of the cancelled Hong Kong Phooey film, was leaked online on December 28, 2012.
 * In 2021, a Space Jam sequel titled A New Legacy will hit theaters.