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Friday the 13th (cancelled reboot film; 2017)
Friday the 13th is a multimedia horror franchise best known for the slasher Jason Voorhees, and even more infamous for its numerous sequels. When Paramount acquired the rights to the series in 2013, plans for a new movie began almost instantly., However, with numerous changes of directors and writers on the project, and a drawn out production time, the project was cancelled., It is still unclear as to why Paramount cancelled the movie so far into production. Many speculate the poor box office performance of Rings, another horror reboot produced by Paramount, was to blame.
The Fearless Vampire Killers (partially found U.S. cut of horror-comedy film; 1967)
The Fearless Vampire Killers is a horror-comedy movie directed by and starring Roman Polanski, and featuring Jack MacGowran and Polanski’s future wife Sharon Tate. The movie tells the story of a vampire killer named Professor Ambrosius (MacGowran) and his apprentice Alfred (Polanski), who visits a village in Transylvania with the goal of finding traces of vampire activities. The local keeper’s daughter, Sarah (Tate), is abducted by Count Von Krolock and Alfred and Ambrosius attempt to rescue her by entering the vampire's castle.
Kyubi no Kitsune to Tobimaru (lost Japanese anime film; 1968)
Kyubi no Kitsune to Tobimaru (九尾の狐と飛丸 Tobimaru and The Fox with Nine Tails), also known as Sesshoseki (殺生石), was a Japanese animated film produced by Nihon Doga and was distributed by Daiei Films. The film was released on October 19th, 1968 in a single theater in Japan., The film was thought to be lost until a 16mm theater print was discovered by the Tokyo Metropolitan Library. The print has been screened numerous times since 2010, but as of now, it has not been restored and released.
Hour Glass (lost early NBC variety television series; 1946-1947)
Hour Glass was a variety television series that aired on WNBT (which ended up becoming NBC) in New York (though it is reported that the series aired on some Schenectady and Philadelphia stations) beginning on May 9th, 1946, and ending on March 6th, 1947. Its contemporary notability comes from the fact that it was the first variety television series to have been televised. It was also the first series in the field of entertainment to reach an hour-long in program length, along with it being the first series to have its own television star.
Consolatio (partially found philosophical work by ancient Roman philosopher; 45 B.C.)
Consolatio (Latin for Consolation) was a philosophical work written by Marcus Tullius Cicero around 45 B.C. It was intended to help Cicero with his depression over the death of his daughter, Tulia. It is known to have been inspired by both the Greek philosopher Crantor's De Luctu (meaning On Grief) and a large series of letters he and Servius Sulpicius Rufus exchanged with each other., Over time, the work began to fade more and more into obscurity, and as of now, only fragments are known to survive.
Life's Shop Window (lost silent drama film based on book; 1914)
Life's Shop Window was a silent drama-themed film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and distributed by the Box Office Attractions Company (which was soon succeeded by Fox Film Company, which in turn was turned into 20th Century Fox)., While the film got mixed to positive reviews when it first released, nowadays, it has fallen into obscurity and is thought to have possibly been lost in the fire that occurred at the Fox studios in 1937.
Sprouting Orchids (partially found Austin McConnell film; 2013-2014)
Sprouting Orchids is a 2013/2014 American science fiction mystery drama written, edited, and directed by YouTuber Austin McConnell., Funding for the project was provided by eight people via Indiegogo and one angel donor, giving it a budget of $2,245. The principal photography took place between July 1st and August 20th, 2013. The first cut of the film was completed on September 18th, 2013 (which was initially supposed to be for the Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals), and the final theatrical cut was completed on October 1st, 2013.
Meme Run (lost unreleased PC port of Wii U endless runner game; 2015)
Meme Run was an infamous 2014 endless runner game released on the Nintendo Wii U by Ninja Pig Studios/Jordan Schuetz. A PC port of the game was planned in 2015, but never released., The gameplay was similar to a generic endless runner. The player controls a stick figure with a "Trollface" as its head, with an objective to get as many "SWAG Points" as one can in a randomly generated 2D world of "Lenny faces", as several memes attempt to obstruct the player's screen. Memes featured in the game include the Illuminati symbol, the Get Out Frog, "quickscoping" and air horns.
Super Feed Me (unreleased iOS sequel of Flash game; 2009-2012)
Super Feed Me is an unreleased 2009-2012 iOS puzzle-adventure game developed by Nitrome Games Limited. It was a sequel to the 2006 Adobe Flash game Feed Me, and was meant to be the developers' first smartphone game., The game's plot would have involved the Venus Flytrap escaping from captivity. The flytrap controls the same as in Feed Me; bound to its pot, being able to move by extending its neck to bite onto the ground and/or items, dragging the pot with itself as the neck shrinks back.
House of 1000 Corpses (lost deleted scenes of Rob Zombie horror film; 2003)
House of 1000 Corpses is a cult-classic horror film written and directed by musician Rob Zombie. Originally set to be released in 2000 by Universal Studios, the company shelved the film after fears that it would receive an NC-17 rating by the MPAA. It wouldn't be until 2003 when Lionsgate would release the film; In the process, scenes deemed too violent or graphic for an R rating were cut. While some of these scenes still made it into the movie, albeit censored, some sections and subplots were completely cut altogether.
Nine Inch Nails (partially lost songs from American industrial rock band; 1990s-2010s)
Nine Inch Nails is a popular American industrial rock band founded in 1988 by singer/songwriter/instrumentalist Trent Reznor. Over the course of the band's existence, there have been several songs that have yet to be released, either partially or completely.
Nickelodeon HALO Awards (partially found annual awards show; 2009-2017)
The Nickelodeon HALO Awards (meaning Helping And Leading Others) was an annual awards show that aired between 2009 and 2017. It aired as the TeenNick HALO Awards on the TeenNick channel from 2009 to 2013. In 2014, it was rebranded as the Nickelodeon HALO Awards and aired on every Nickelodeon channel, save for TVLand and Nick Jr., The reason for it no longer airing is completely unknown, and despite airing for nine years, there are no full versions (and very few clips and information) available online.
BBC News Guy Kewney interview (lost unaired interview footage; 2006)
BBC News is a British television news channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation, broadcasting 24/7 since 1997. On May 8th, 2006, journalist Karen Bowerman was set to interview Guy Kewney, an internet expert operating newswireless.net, regarding the outcome of the Apple Corps v. Apple Computer court case. However, in what is widely considered one of the greatest cases of mistaken identity, a producer accidentally brought in Guy Goma for the interview, who was actually present at BBC Television Centre to be interviewed for an accountancy role in the corporation's IT department. Notably, once the mishap was discovered, a piece to camera interview featuring the actual Guy Kewney was recorded, but was never broadcast.
Chunhyangjeon (lost Korean sound film; 1935)
Chunhyangjeon (The Story of Chun-hyang) was released in 1935. It was the first Korean film to have sound added to the motion picture, made by Gyeongseong Productions. The story was adapted from the traditional pansori lyrical opera Chungyangga., The film is known to be lost and is more likely simply one of the many Korean films that were lost as a tragic side effect of war. The only remaining snippet of footage is found in another film, titled Spring of Korean Penisula.
Sleeping Beauty (partially found live action reference material for Disney film; 1959)
Sleeping Beauty, Disney's 1959 feature animated film based on the Charles Perrault story of the same name wherein the evil fairy Maleficent curses Princess Aurora to sleep for a hundred years unless she receives true love's kiss, is acclaimed for the fluid and realistic motion of the characters within. This was achieved by filming live-action reference material with a full cast of characters.
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Howdy, howdy, howdy, how’s everybody doing tonight? Lucy here, I hope everybody had a good time over the holidays and is enjoying the new year so far – not only a new year, but a new decade! To celebrate, let’s get things started early and wrap up the last finds of the 2010s:
- The Wizbit episode “The Christmas That Nearly Never Was, Part 2” has been uploaded by YouTube user Steve Franklin. Thank you!
- Two more episodes of The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil have been found: “Radio with a Bite”, and “Cecil Meets Clambo” (embedded above), both uploaded by Adam Fair Land. This leaves only one episode lost, so thank you very much for sharing these!
- The entirety of the 1989 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade has been uploaded by LMW user Zane362. Thanks for preserving a piece of history!
- The whole series of Baby Bob (minus the pilot and unaired episodes) has been uploaded by our own SpooferJahk, after recovering them from private site MySpleen, which has long since shut its doors to new users. Thanks for bringing these to a larger audience!
- LMW user TropesAreDangerous has uploaded 6 more Tiger 2-XL Robot games to Archive.org: Jurassic Facts; Monsters, Myths, and Dinosaurs; Say Hello to Famous Folks; Treasure Chest of Facts and Fun; Trivia Time; and World of Science. Thank you for all of your hard work!
- At long last we finally have a full episode of the early Nickelodeon series Hocus Focus, uploaded by Jon QUBE. Jon has also uploaded over 50 minutes of “Plus and Minus” footage from Pinwheel (parts one and two), so thank you very much for sharing these!
- The Genesis prototype of the cancelled Akira video game has been found by Hidden Palace, along with many other prototypes as part of their Holiday 2019 event. Be sure to check them out, and many thanks for their tireless efforts in game preservation!
- On a more somber note, the footage of Tiny Tim’s heart attack has been found. I won’t link it here, but if you want to see it, you know where to look.
And now before finishing up, let’s look at the first few finds of the decade so far:
- All three aired episodes of Megan Wants a Millionaire have been uploaded to Google Drive by LMW commenter Delbert lanier. Thank you for taking the time to share these!
- All 11 aired episodes of Sunday Pants have been uploaded to Vimeo by the series co-creator, Stuart Hill. Thank you!
- SpooferJahk has also found the full series of Star-ving, recovered from a once-dead torrent that suddenly came online. Thank you once again!
- And lastly, something from October that flew under the radar until now - all 26 episodes of Little Lulu and Her Little Friends have been uploaded to YouTube in one video, albeit dubbed in Arabic. Regardless, thanks to the uploader!
That does it for this time – thanks one last time to all those mentioned above, thanks to volunteer Ryanskip for keeping track of these finds as usual, and thanks to everybody who has contributed to the wiki over the years. Here’s to hoping the 2020s are even better!
-Lucy
Article additions
- Jeopardy (partially found unaired pilot of NBC game show; 1964) 26 Mar 2020 [New]
- Chunhyangjeon (lost Korean sound film; 1935) 24 Mar 2020 [New]
- Kyubi no Kitsune to Tobimaru (lost Japanese anime film; 1968) 23 Mar 2020 [New]
- Toonix (Lost online virtual world game, 2011-2017) 23 Mar 2020 [New]
- Wallykazam! "Monty's Magic Words" (partially found pilot for children's education TV show; 2010s) 22 Mar 2020 [New]
- The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (partially lost original version of British mystery film; 1935) 20 Mar 2020 [New]
- Chicken Little 2: Mission to Mars (cancelled sequel to Disney animated comedy film; 2006) 20 Mar 2020 [New]
- Station Zero (partially found animated series; 1999) 17 Mar 2020 [New]
- The Anti Gravity Room (partially found American/Canadian TV series; 1995-1997) 17 Mar 2020 [New]
- Medusa (lost Leonardo da Vinci painting; 15th century) 16 Mar 2020 [New]
- Batman: The Animated Series (lost Tim Curry Joker audio recordings from television series; 1992) 16 Mar 2020 [New]
- Wazooo! What a Zoo (partially found CG animated series; 2003) 15 Mar 2020 [New]
- ICarly "How To" (lost bonus content DVD; 2016) 14 Mar 2020 [New]
- The Wiggles Big Show (partially lost footage of Melbourne performance; 1997/1998) 12 Mar 2020 [New]
- Less Than Zero (lost TV pilot based on novel; 2019) 11 Mar 2020 [New]
- Wii Obstacle Course (lost Wii tech demo; 2006) 10 Mar 2020 [New]
- BBC Jam (partially lost children’s educational website; 2006-2007) 07 Mar 2020 [New]
- Stone Temple Pilots Shangri-La Dee Da Documentary (partially found unreleased Stone Temple Pilots documentary film; early 2000s) 07 Mar 2020 [New]
- An Inspector Calls (lost television adaptation of play; 1948) 06 Mar 2020 [New]
- Consolatio (partially found philosophical work by ancient Roman philosopher; 45 B.C.) 04 Mar 2020 [New]
- Mondo TV's The Trash Pack (partially found cancelled English dub of Italian animated series; 2012) 03 Mar 2020 [New]
- Sprouting Orchids (partially found Austin McConnell film; 2013-2014) 03 Mar 2020 [New]
- Kõige Suurem Sõber (partially found Estonian children's television series; 1982-1990) 01 Mar 2020 [New]
- Stickdeath.com (lost flash games from animation website; 1996-late 2000s; 2013-2016) 27 Feb 2020 [New] [NSFW]
- Small Soldiers (lost deleted scenes from action comedy film; 1998) 27 Feb 2020 [New]
- Hour Glass (lost early NBC variety television series; 1946-1947) 26 Feb 2020 [New]
- Nickelodeon HALO Awards (partially found annual awards show; 2009-2017) 24 Feb 2020 [New]
- Ralph Nader Crashes the Two Parties (partially found mock debate film; 2004) 24 Feb 2020 [New]
- The Incel Project (partially found documentary series; 2008-2012) 24 Feb 2020 [New] [NSFW]
- BBC News Guy Kewney interview (lost unaired interview footage; 2006) 23 Feb 2020 [New]
- Top Gear (partially found episodes of BBC Two television series; 1977-2002) 19 Feb 2020 [New]
- Friday the 13th (cancelled reboot film; 2017) 18 Feb 2020 [New]
- Happyish (found unaired pilot of dark comedy TV series; 2013) 18 Feb 2020 [New] [NSFW]
- The Good Night Show with Melanie/Leo (partially found childern's television series; 2005-2006) 18 Feb 2020 [New]
- The Gnomes of Dulwich (partially found British sitcom TV series; 1969) 17 Feb 2020 [New]
- HaHa Nick (lost Chinese block of Nickelodeon shows; 2005-2007) 17 Feb 2020 [New]
- Super Feed Me (unreleased iOS sequel of Flash game; 2009-2012) 15 Feb 2020 [New]
- The First Snow of Winter (partially found American dub of British animated film; 1999) 14 Feb 2020 [New]
- Oishi: Demon Hunter (partially found web series sequel; 2018) 12 Feb 2020 [New]
- Bravoman: Binja Bash! (lost mobile game; 2013) 11 Feb 2020 [New]
- House of 1000 Corpses (lost deleted scenes of Rob Zombie horror film; 2003) 10 Feb 2020 [New]
- Wonder Momo: Typhoon Booster (partially found mobile game; 2014) 08 Feb 2020 [New]
- Fudêncio e Seus Amigos (partially lost Brazilian animated series; 2005-2011) 08 Feb 2020 [New]
- Sleeping Beauty (partially found live action reference material for Disney film; 1959) 08 Feb 2020 [New]
- -ED "Calm Here" (partially found album; 2001) 05 Feb 2020 [New]
- Dustin Diamond Teaches Chess (partially found educational video; 2001) 04 Feb 2020 [New]
- Tony48219 (partially found videos by religious YouTuber; 2007-2009) 04 Feb 2020 [New] [NSFL]
- The Fearless Vampire Killers (partially found U.S. cut of horror-comedy film; 1967) 03 Feb 2020 [New]
- Greed (partially found Fox game show; 1999-2000) 03 Feb 2020 [New]
- Meme Run (lost unreleased PC port of Wii U endless runner game; 2015) 02 Feb 2020 [New]
- Heart of the City (partially found cancelled TV series; 1986-1987) 02 Feb 2020 [New]
- National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets - "The World's Biggest Treasure Hunt" (lost promotional web game; 2007) 01 Feb 2020 [New]
- Cloud Nine (partially found live-action segments from PAX TV children's block; 1998–2000) 01 Feb 2020 [New]
- Anne of Green Gables (lost American silent film adaptation of Canadian novel; 1919) 28 Jan 2020 [New]
- The Sunshine Princess (partially found Italian animated film; 1999) 28 Jan 2020 [New]
- The Robonic Stooges "Curly of the Apes" (partially found episode of Hanna-Barbara animated series; 1977) 27 Jan 2020 [New]
- Rogue One Helmet Creator (lost online game; 2016) 27 Jan 2020 [New]
- CBS Storybreak "What Happened in Hamelin" (lost episode from animated series; 1987) 27 Jan 2020 [New]
- A Journey by Train (lost Arthur Lubin educational film; 1935) 26 Jan 2020 [New]
- Toby Makes a Million (lost MTV2 comedy series pilot; 2016-2017) 24 Jan 2020 [New]
- Looney Tunes ClickN Read Phonics (partially found Flash animated internet shorts; 2011) 23 Jan 2020 [New]
- Life's Shop Window (lost silent drama film based on book; 1914) 21 Jan 2020 [New]
- The Reluctant Dragon and Mr. Toad Show (partially found animated series; 1970-1971) 20 Jan 2020 [New]
- Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years (partially found Harmony Gold English dub and cut of "Captain Harlock" and "Queen Millennia" anime series; 1985-1986) 20 Jan 2020 [New]
- TWISTEX tornado footage (unreleased El Neno tornado footage; 2013) 18 Jan 2020 [New] [NSFL]
- One Touch of Venus (lost BBC radio production; 1995) 14 Jan 2020 [New]
- Nine Inch Nails (partially lost songs from American industrial rock band; 1990s-2010s) 13 Jan 2020 [New]
- The Andy Milonakis Show (lost audio from original closing sequence; 2005) 11 Jan 2020
- Rhett & Link "Just Mail Us The Grammy" (partially lost album from American comedy duo; 2001) 11 Jan 2020
- Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5 Full Revolution (partially found English dub of American-Canadian CGI-animated film; 2012) 09 Jan 2020
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