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Steven Spielberg's unrealized projects

So, you know how Steven Spielberg is a really famous movie director? Well, sometimes he has ideas for movies that he wants to make, but for different reasons, they don't end up happening. These are called his "unrealized projects."

One of his most famous unrealized projects was a movie called "Night Skies." This was going to be a scary movie about aliens visiting a family's farm in the middle of the night. But instead of being a normal Hollywood movie, it was going to be really creepy and unsettling. This project didn't end up happening because Spielberg decided to use some of the ideas from "Night Skies" for another movie he made called "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial."

Another unrealized project of Spielberg's was called "The Lost World." This movie was going to be about a group of explorers who go to a place where dinosaurs still exist. But, Spielberg changed his mind and instead directed the first "Jurassic Park" movie, which was based on a book by the same author but with a different storyline.

Finally, Spielberg also had an unrealized project called "Interstellar." This movie was going to be about humans traveling through space to find a new home after Earth becomes uninhabitable. However, another director named Christopher Nolan ended up making a movie with the same name and similar storyline, so Spielberg decided to let that project go.

So, even though Steven Spielberg is a really famous director, not all of his ideas for movies end up becoming real movies. But that's okay because he still makes lots of really awesome movies that we all love to watch!