Hulk, ABC

It’s a shame that this one wound up on the shelf. Director Guillermo Del Toro has proven he can handle comic book characters with his two Hellboy films, and he looked like the perfect fit to bring The Hulk to the small screen. But, after the character proved a surprise hit in The Avengers, the studio took a second look at “wasting” the character on the small screen. Plus, with Whedon’s S.H.I.E.L.D.series already in the works, Marvel decided to put the Hulk on hold for now. Del Toro says it still has a chance, but the odds get longer with each passing day.

Unique, No network announced

X-Files creator Chris Carter prepped this supernatural police thriller in the offseason, but it failed to get a pick-up for any networks. We don’t know much about what it might have featured, but the premise does sound a little like X-Files, and it sure would’ve been cool to have Carter back in the TV business. 

Powers, FX

If there were a lifetime achievement award for this list, Powerswould get it.  Based on Brian Michael Bendis’ comic series of the same name, the series follows a team of regular cops trying to police a superhero world. FX wasn’t pleased with the initial pilot and ordered a reshoot. Though the project has since gone through some rewrites, it is technically still in development. But, we definitely won’t be seeing it any time soon.

Mockingbird Lane, NBC

Bryan Fuller’s big budget Munsters reboot died under the weight of its own quirkiness and was burned off as a TV movie a few months ago. The pilot episode was a fun romp, but you could tell it’d definitely be a hard sell for the network. The ratings weren’t great, so the network decided to let it die.

Weird Desk, ABC

This Freakylinks-esque series following a team that investigates weird occurrences was briefly in the works, but network execs feared it was a little too close to Joss Whedon’s S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot so they pulled the plug. Oh well, at least we should have S.H.I.E.L.D.this fall.

Gaslight, ABC (unlikely)

ABC has already announced a few pick-ups, though the steampunk-inspired series Gaslighthas not been one of them. The show was described as a "lavish soap opera of passion, greed and hope set in a present-day Steampunk World." Sounds awesome, sure, but it’d also be a tough sell for a mainstream audience. Something could break soon on this, but it’s looking like a very long shot for a pick up.

Hench, NBC (unlikely)

Based on the comic of the same name, this series would have followed a regular guy who starts working as a henchman to pay the bills. It was in development for years and looks like it could’ve been a quirky good time, but momentum seems to have fallen off as of late. It still has a small chance, but the odds are stacked against this one.

Braveheart, No network announced (unlikely)

A production company snatched up the TV rights to Braveheartalmost a year ago, with hopes to get a show in development for at least this fall. It apparently didn’t happen, because the project dropped off the radar almost as quickly as it was announced. A deal could be brewing behind the scenes somewhere, but the odds don’t look good. 

Antichrist, ABC

Roland Emmerich (The Day After Tomorrow, 2012) prepped this series at ABC for a while, though it eventually faded into development hell. The premise actually sounded pretty cool, using the 2012 presidential race as a backdrop. The protagonist would’ve been an astrophysicist who discovers his fate lies “somewhere between heaven and hell.”

Battle Royale, The CW

Based on a Japanese manga series, this bloody series would’ve followed a group of school students forced to fight one another in a brutal competition. Imagine The Hunger Games, but R-rated. The CW tried to tone the premise down to the level where they could make it work, but the series officially died after the wave of bad press following a recent spate of school shootings.

Amazon, The CW (unlikely)

This one isn’t officially off the radar for the fall, but the odds are getting long. The network apparently wants to take a little more time to develop this one and get it just right. Maybe in the midseason, or even next fall. Arrowproved a monster hit, so they want to make sure any superhero companion piece doesn’t suck.