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* ''TheNutcrackerIn3D'' was filmed in 2007, but not released until 2010, partly to allow for the afterthought of converting it into a ThreeDMovie.
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** ''CabinInTheWoods'' was also a victom of MGM, it was finished in 2009, but MGM delayed to do a 3-D conversion, but their bankruptcy forced them to abadon those plans, and the film finally saw the light of day in April 2012 and was critically acclaimed to boot.
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** ''CabinInTheWoods'' ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'' was also a victom victim of MGM, it MGM. It was finished in 2009, but MGM delayed to do a 3-D conversion, but their bankruptcy forced them to abadon abandon those plans, and the plans. The film finally saw the light of day in April 2012 and was critically acclaimed to boot.
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* When WillieNelson signed with Atlantic Records in 1973 he recorded two albums worth of material at the same sessions. One was his first "outlaw country" album ''Shotgun Willie'', the other was a gospel album called ''The Troublemaker''. Nelson actually thought ''The Troublemaker'' turned out the better of the two, but Atlantic didn't think a gospel album would sell so they shelved it. After releasing one more album on Atlantic (''Phases & Stages'') he moved to Columbia Records, and Atlantic let him have the master tapes for ''The Troublemaker'', which he finally released on Columbia in 1976.
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* ''[[BlasterMaster Blaster Master: Blasting Again]]'' for the [=PS1=] completed development in 1999, but wasn't released until 2001.
* ''TheRedStar'', a [=PS2=] shoot-'em-up based on the comic book of the same name, was finished in 2004, but released in 2007.
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* Two of EddieMurphy's films fall into this category, ''AdventuresOfPlutoNash'' was completed in 2000 but not released until 2002, ''AThousandWords'' wrapped up in 2008 but was delayed until 2011, after some parts of the ending were re-shot, then it got delayed until 2012, where it promptly flopped and was quickly forgotten.
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* Two of EddieMurphy's films fall into this category, ''AdventuresOfPlutoNash'' ''TheAdventuresOfPlutoNash'' was completed in 2000 but not released until 2002, ''AThousandWords'' wrapped up in 2008 but was delayed until 2011, after some parts of the ending were re-shot, then it got delayed until 2012, where it promptly flopped and was quickly forgotten.
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* The ''JohnCusack'' ''ChowYunFat'' film ''Shanghai'' was finished in 2008, but was delayed from getting released anywhere until 2010, where it was released in China and other countries, but as of 2012 still has not yet been released in the U.S.
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* The ''JohnCusack'' ''ChowYunFat'' JohnCusack and ChowYunFat film ''Shanghai'' was finished in 2008, but was delayed from getting released anywhere until 2010, where it was released in China and other countries, but as of 2012 still has not yet been released in the U.S.
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* The ''JohnCusack'' ''ChowYunFat'' film ''Shanghai'' was finished in 2008, but was delayed from getting released anywhere until 2010, where it was released in China and other countries, but as of 2012 still has not yet been released in the U.S.
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* GraveOfTheFireflies was shown to critical acclaim in many film festival circuits in 2008, but didn't get any kind of theatrical release until 2011.
* Two of MileyCyrus's films, LOL and So Undercover were both delayed from their 2011 release dates and are currently sheduled to be released in May and June 2012 respectively.
* The Catherine Zeta-Jones film Rebound was completed in 2009 and was released to theaters in almost every country except the U.S. then it finally got released to Amazon Instant Video in February 2012.
* Two of MileyCyrus's films, LOL and So Undercover were both delayed from their 2011 release dates and are currently sheduled to be released in May and June 2012 respectively.
* The Catherine Zeta-Jones film Rebound was completed in 2009 and was released to theaters in almost every country except the U.S. then it finally got released to Amazon Instant Video in February 2012.
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* GraveOfTheFireflies ''GraveOfTheFireflies'' was shown to critical acclaim in many film festival circuits in 2008, but didn't get any kind of theatrical release until 2011.
* Two of MileyCyrus's films,LOL ''LOL'' and So Undercover ''So Undercover'' were both delayed from their 2011 release dates and are currently sheduled to be released in May and June 2012 respectively.
* The Catherine Zeta-Jones filmRebound ''Rebound'' was completed in 2009 and was released to theaters in almost every country except the U.S. then it finally got released to Amazon Instant Video in February 2012.
* Two of MileyCyrus's films,
* The Catherine Zeta-Jones film
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** ''Underclassman'' was another.
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* ''TakeMeHomeTonight'' was finished in 2007, but was delayed until 2011 due to the studio being uncomfortable with scenes depicting drug use.
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* ''TrickRTreat'' was supposed to get a theatrical release in October 2007, but it ended up getting pushed back and dumped directly to DVD 2 years later.
* ''Case39'' was completed in 2007 and didn't get a U.S. theatrical release until 3 years later.
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** ''ViewFromTheTop'' was supposed to be released in late 2001, but was delayed until 2003 due to studios being uncomfortable releasing that made fun of flight attendants so soon after 9/11.
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*** ''BigTrouble'' and ''BadCompany'' were both delayed for the same reason.
** ''ViewFromTheTop'' was supposed to be released in late 2001, but was delayed until 2003 due to studios being uncomfortable releasing that made fun of flight attendants so soon after 9/11.
** ''ViewFromTheTop'' was supposed to be released in late 2001, but was delayed until 2003 due to studios being uncomfortable releasing that made fun of flight attendants so soon after 9/11.
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* ''RepoMen'' was finished in 2008 but not released until 2010.
* ''PhoneBooth'' was supposed to be released in 2002, but was delayed until 2003 because of the Beltway Snipers rampage.
* ''TakeMeHomeTonight'' was finished in 2007, but was delayed until 2011 due to the studio being uncomfortable with scenes depicting drug use.
* ''Fanboys'' went through a legendary delay, it was finished in 2007, but delayed because the Weinsteins thought the cancer subplot in the film would make it less profitable, so they hired another director to re-shoot certain scenes, though Kyle Masterson eventually prevailed and managed to get the film a limited theatrical release in 2009 with the subplot intact.
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** Dimension films had similar problems, Texas Rangers and My Boss's Daughter(changed from original title "The Guests") were both shelved for over a year, the former only got a limited release, though the latter managed to do decent business.
** ''CabinInTheWoods'' was also a victom of MGM, it was finished in 2009, but MGM delayed to do a 3-D conversion, but their bankruptcy forced them to abadon those plans, and the film finally saw the light of day in April 2012 and was critically acclaimed to boot.
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* ''LuckyYou'' was shot in 2005 and not released until 2007, where it flopped at the box-office.
* Two of EddieMurphy's films fall into this category, ''AdventuresOfPlutoNash'' was completed in 2000 but not released until 2002, ''AThousandWords'' wrapped up in 2008 but was delayed until 2011, after some parts of the ending were re-shot, then it got delayed until 2012, where it promptly flopped and was quickly forgotten.
* ''BuckyLarson:BornToBeAStar'' was completed in 2009 but not released until 2011 due to poor test screenings and the distributor having little faith in it.
* GraveOfTheFireflies was shown to critical acclaim in many film festival circuits in 2008, but didn't get any kind of theatrical release until 2011.
* Two of MileyCyrus's films, LOL and So Undercover were both delayed from their 2011 release dates and are currently sheduled to be released in May and June 2012 respectively.
* Two of EddieMurphy's films fall into this category, ''AdventuresOfPlutoNash'' was completed in 2000 but not released until 2002, ''AThousandWords'' wrapped up in 2008 but was delayed until 2011, after some parts of the ending were re-shot, then it got delayed until 2012, where it promptly flopped and was quickly forgotten.
* ''BuckyLarson:BornToBeAStar'' was completed in 2009 but not released until 2011 due to poor test screenings and the distributor having little faith in it.
* GraveOfTheFireflies was shown to critical acclaim in many film festival circuits in 2008, but didn't get any kind of theatrical release until 2011.
* Two of MileyCyrus's films, LOL and So Undercover were both delayed from their 2011 release dates and are currently sheduled to be released in May and June 2012 respectively.
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** Ditto for the film adaption of ''Car54WhereAreYou''
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** An early trailer for the first ''SpiderMan'' film had a web stretched between the two main towers of the World Trade Center. After 9/11, the film was delayed, presumably to remove footage of the towers.
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** An early A teaser trailer for the first ''SpiderMan'' film had a web stretched between the two main towers of the World Trade Center. After 9/11, Center, the film was delayed, presumably to remove footage of movie poster also showed the towers.WTC, both the teaser and the poster were quickly re-called after 9/11.
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* The remake of ''RedDawn'' was mostly complete in 2010, but got shelved due to {{MGM}} going bankrupt. After the studio solved its financial problems - and a ReCut happened to replace the [[YellowPeril Chinese villains]] with [[AcceptableTargets North Koreans]] - it got a November 2012 release date.
* ''All About Steve'' was shot in 2007, but only got released 2 years later. (in the meantime, star Bradley Cooper [[TheHangover made a name for himself]])
* ''All About Steve'' was shot in 2007, but only got released 2 years later. (in the meantime, star Bradley Cooper [[TheHangover made a name for himself]])
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* ''PlanNineFromOuterSpace'' was completed in 1956, but couldn't find a distributor until 1959. That is nowhere near as bad as what happened to EdWood's follow-up, ''Night of the Ghouls'', which didn't see the light of day until 1987. The reason? Ed couldn't pay to have the film developed and it was withheld by the lab.
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* ''PlanNineFromOuterSpace'' ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' was completed in 1956, but couldn't find a distributor until 1959. That is nowhere near as bad as what happened to EdWood's Creator/EdWood's follow-up, ''Night of the Ghouls'', which didn't see the light of day until 1987. The reason? Ed couldn't pay to have the film developed and it was withheld by the lab.
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* The classic FilmNoir TheBigSleep was completed in 1944, but the studio shelved it in order to get through their backlog of war movies before WWII ended. This proved to be a very good thing. Before it was released in 1946, scenes were added to capitalize further on the obvious on-screen chemistry of HumphreyBogart and LaurenBacall.
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** ''GrandTheftAutoIII'' and ''MetalGearSolid2'' were technically completed around that time, but had their release dates pushed back so that [[TooSoon potentially insensitive material]] could be edited out. With GTA, it was the NYPD coloring of the police cars, and with MGS, it was the scene where the Statue of Liberty gets destroyed.
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** ''GrandTheftAutoIII'' ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' and ''MetalGearSolid2'' were technically completed around that time, but had their release dates pushed back so that [[TooSoon potentially insensitive material]] could be edited out. With GTA, it was the NYPD coloring of the police cars, and with MGS, it was the scene where the Statue of Liberty gets destroyed.
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* A surprise large and recognizable number of media were delayed, modified, and/or never released due to 9/11. Rather than distributing them to their media slots, anything affected by 9/11 should be noted here. A Wikipedia page with a comprehensive list is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_audiovisual_entertainment_affected_by_the_September_11_attacks here]].
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* A surprise surprisingly large and recognizable number of media were delayed, modified, and/or never released due to 9/11. Rather than distributing them to their media slots, anything affected by 9/11 should be noted here. A Wikipedia page with a comprehensive list is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_audiovisual_entertainment_affected_by_the_September_11_attacks here]].
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* ''MeAndOrsonWelles'' premiered to great acclaim at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival, but was unable to secure a distributor despite the considerble buzz and the fact that they had ZacEfron and Claire Danes as the stars. It was eventually released to perhaps a dozen theatres nationwide in November 2009 and almost promptly forgotten (it's release on DVD was even ''more'' delayed). Many fans claim that this piss-poor release strategy ended up [[AwardSnub robbing]] co-star Christian [=McKay=] of a well-deserved Oscar nomination for his performance as OrsonWelles.
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The surprise was that so many were affected for such a broad variety of changes, and that the reaction to the towers being destroyed was to erase them rather than remember them
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* A surprise large and recognizable number of media were delayed, modified, and/or never released due to 9/11. Rather than distributing them to their media slots, anything affected by 9/11 should be noted here. A Wikipedia page with a comprehensive list is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_audiovisual_entertainment_affected_by_the_September_11_attacks here]].
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* A surprisingly large and recognizable number of media were delayed, modified, and/or never released due to 9/11. Rather than distributing them to their media slots, anything affected by 9/11 should be noted here. A Wikipedia page with a comprehensive list is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_audiovisual_entertainment_affected_by_the_September_11_attacks here]].
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** The movie ''CollateralDamage'' was supposed to be released in October 2001 but was shelved for four months due to it terrorism theme while they re-edited the movie and created a new trailer.
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** The movie ''CollateralDamage'' ''Film/CollateralDamage'' was supposed to be released in October 2001 but was shelved for four months due to it terrorism theme while they re-edited the movie and created a new trailer.
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* A surprisingly large and recognizable number of media were delayed, modified, and/or never released due to 9/11. Rather than distributing them to their media slots, anything affected by 9/11 should be noted here. A Wikipidia Wikipedia page with a comprehensive list is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_audiovisual_entertainment_affected_by_the_September_11_attacks here]].
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** An early trailer for the first ''SpiderMan'' film had a web stretched between the two main towers of the World Trade Center. After 9/11, the film was delayed, presumably to remove footage of the towers.
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** The premiere of the anime version of ''FullMetalPanic!'' was pushed to 2002 due to the 9/11 attacks and the main character's backstory of being a mercenary in Afghanistan, which was renamed to "Helmajistan".
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** The premiere of the anime version of ''FullMetalPanic!'' ''FullMetalPanic'' was pushed to 2002 due to the 9/11 attacks and the main character's backstory of being a mercenary in Afghanistan, which was renamed to "Helmajistan".
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* ''RedTails'' suffered in DevelopmentHell from the 80's until 2007, and even after it was in the can and ready to go in 2010 it took another couple years before GeorgeLucas could find a distributor willing to take it. The reason given for both the decades long hell and this trope was that the cast was [[UnfortunateImplications mostly black]].
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* ''RedTails'' ''Film/RedTails'' suffered in DevelopmentHell from the 80's until 2007, and even after it was in the can and ready to go in 2010 it took another couple years before GeorgeLucas could find a distributor willing to take it. The reason given for both the decades long hell and this trope was that the cast was [[UnfortunateImplications mostly black]].
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* ''RedTail'' suffered in DevelopmentHell from the 80's until 2007, and even after it was in the can and ready to go in 2010 it took another couple years before GeorgeLucas could find a distributor willing to take it. The reason given for both the decades long hell and this trope was that the cast was [[UnfortunateImplications mostly black]].
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* ''RedTail'' ''RedTails'' suffered in DevelopmentHell from the 80's until 2007, and even after it was in the can and ready to go in 2010 it took another couple years before GeorgeLucas could find a distributor willing to take it. The reason given for both the decades long hell and this trope was that the cast was [[UnfortunateImplications mostly black]].
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** TheGreatRaid was one of these.
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* ''RedTail'' suffered in DevelopmentHell from the 80's until 2007, and even after it was in the can and ready to go in 2010 it took another couple years before GeorgeLucas could find a distributor willing to take it. The reason given for both the decades long hell and this trope was that the cast was [[UnfortunateImplications mostly black.
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* Music/TheBeatles recorded the songs which became the album ''Let It Be'' in 1969 but then shelved the whole thing and went back to the studio, producing and releasing ''Abbey Road'' in 1969. ''Let It Be'' (along with its [[Film/LetItBe accompanying film]] was released in 1970.
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* Music/TheBeatles recorded the songs which became the album ''Let It Be'' in 1969 but then shelved the whole thing and went back to the studio, producing and releasing ''Abbey Road'' in 1969. ''Let It Be'' (along with its [[Film/LetItBe accompanying film]] film]]) was released in 1970.
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* TheBeatles recorded the songs which became the album ''Let It Be'' in 1968 but then shelved the whole thing and went back to the studio, producing and releasing ''Abby Road'' in 1969. ''Let It Be'' was released in 1970.
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* TheBeatles Music/TheBeatles recorded the songs which became the album ''Let It Be'' in 1968 1969 but then shelved the whole thing and went back to the studio, producing and releasing ''Abby ''Abbey Road'' in 1969. ''Let It Be'' (along with its [[Film/LetItBe accompanying film]] was released in 1970.
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The movie is finished. The cast and crew have been paid, postproduction is done, all it needs is an advertising campaign and to be sent to the theaters. Except it isn't, at least not at the speed most of its completed brethren do.
The act of being 'shelved' is one of the oddities of the movie business. There are many reasons that a completed movie is set aside; a matter of timing, dissatisfaction with the result, corporate restructuring, etc. It can last anywhere from a couple months to forever.
See ExecutiveMeddling (a major cause of this), compare KeepCirculatingTheTapes, where they don't release it for purchase after broadcast.
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[[AC: 9/11]]
* A surprisingly large and recognizable number of media were delayed, modified, and/or never released due to 9/11. Rather than distributing them to their media slots, anything affected by 9/11 should be noted here. A Wikipidia page with a comprehensive list is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_audiovisual_entertainment_affected_by_the_September_11_attacks here]].
** ''GrandTheftAutoIII'' and ''MetalGearSolid2'' were technically completed around that time, but had their release dates pushed back so that [[TooSoon potentially insensitive material]] could be edited out. With GTA, it was the NYPD coloring of the police cars, and with MGS, it was the scene where the Statue of Liberty gets destroyed.
** The movie ''CollateralDamage'' was supposed to be released in October 2001 but was shelved for four months due to it terrorism theme while they re-edited the movie and created a new trailer.
**The premiere of the anime version of ''FullMetalPanic!'' was pushed to 2002 due to the 9/11 attacks and the main character's backstory of being a mercenary in Afghanistan, which was renamed to "Helmajistan".
[[AC: Film]]
* ''Blue Sky''. Completed in 1990, not released until 1994 due to the bankruptcy of Orion Pictures.
* The CharlieChaplin film ''Limelight'' was pulled from distribution after he was denied re-admittance to the US for allegedly having communist sympathies. Filmed in 1952, finally released in 1972.
* ''PlanNineFromOuterSpace'' was completed in 1956, but couldn't find a distributor until 1959. That is nowhere near as bad as what happened to EdWood's follow-up, ''Night of the Ghouls'', which didn't see the light of day until 1987. The reason? Ed couldn't pay to have the film developed and it was withheld by the lab.
* Miramax had a glut of films finished in the early 2000s and delayed releasing some of them for several years. Many made nowhere near the money production had cost.
** TheGreatRaid was one of these.
* Yuri Kara's movie ''Master And Margarita'' was a victim of the shelf for some decades, being only recently released.
* ''TheNutcrackerIn3D'' was filmed in 2007, but not released until 2010, partly to allow for the afterthought of converting it into a ThreeDMovie.
* ''RedTail'' suffered in DevelopmentHell from the 80's until 2007, and even after it was in the can and ready to go in 2010 it took another couple years before GeorgeLucas could find a distributor willing to take it. The reason given for both the decades long hell and this trope was that the cast was [[UnfortunateImplications mostly black.
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* ''AtLastThe1948Show'' (1967) was so-called because {{ITV}} supposedly kept shows sitting on shelves for months or years before finally deciding to air them. (Not to mention the fact that ITV didn't actually go on air until 1955.)
[[AC: Music]]
* TheBeatles recorded the songs which became the album ''Let It Be'' in 1968 but then shelved the whole thing and went back to the studio, producing and releasing ''Abby Road'' in 1969. ''Let It Be'' was released in 1970.
The act of being 'shelved' is one of the oddities of the movie business. There are many reasons that a completed movie is set aside; a matter of timing, dissatisfaction with the result, corporate restructuring, etc. It can last anywhere from a couple months to forever.
See ExecutiveMeddling (a major cause of this), compare KeepCirculatingTheTapes, where they don't release it for purchase after broadcast.
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[[AC: 9/11]]
* A surprisingly large and recognizable number of media were delayed, modified, and/or never released due to 9/11. Rather than distributing them to their media slots, anything affected by 9/11 should be noted here. A Wikipidia page with a comprehensive list is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_audiovisual_entertainment_affected_by_the_September_11_attacks here]].
** ''GrandTheftAutoIII'' and ''MetalGearSolid2'' were technically completed around that time, but had their release dates pushed back so that [[TooSoon potentially insensitive material]] could be edited out. With GTA, it was the NYPD coloring of the police cars, and with MGS, it was the scene where the Statue of Liberty gets destroyed.
** The movie ''CollateralDamage'' was supposed to be released in October 2001 but was shelved for four months due to it terrorism theme while they re-edited the movie and created a new trailer.
**The premiere of the anime version of ''FullMetalPanic!'' was pushed to 2002 due to the 9/11 attacks and the main character's backstory of being a mercenary in Afghanistan, which was renamed to "Helmajistan".
[[AC: Film]]
* ''Blue Sky''. Completed in 1990, not released until 1994 due to the bankruptcy of Orion Pictures.
* The CharlieChaplin film ''Limelight'' was pulled from distribution after he was denied re-admittance to the US for allegedly having communist sympathies. Filmed in 1952, finally released in 1972.
* ''PlanNineFromOuterSpace'' was completed in 1956, but couldn't find a distributor until 1959. That is nowhere near as bad as what happened to EdWood's follow-up, ''Night of the Ghouls'', which didn't see the light of day until 1987. The reason? Ed couldn't pay to have the film developed and it was withheld by the lab.
* Miramax had a glut of films finished in the early 2000s and delayed releasing some of them for several years. Many made nowhere near the money production had cost.
** TheGreatRaid was one of these.
* Yuri Kara's movie ''Master And Margarita'' was a victim of the shelf for some decades, being only recently released.
* ''TheNutcrackerIn3D'' was filmed in 2007, but not released until 2010, partly to allow for the afterthought of converting it into a ThreeDMovie.
* ''RedTail'' suffered in DevelopmentHell from the 80's until 2007, and even after it was in the can and ready to go in 2010 it took another couple years before GeorgeLucas could find a distributor willing to take it. The reason given for both the decades long hell and this trope was that the cast was [[UnfortunateImplications mostly black.
[[AC: Live Action TV]]
* ''AtLastThe1948Show'' (1967) was so-called because {{ITV}} supposedly kept shows sitting on shelves for months or years before finally deciding to air them. (Not to mention the fact that ITV didn't actually go on air until 1955.)
[[AC: Music]]
* TheBeatles recorded the songs which became the album ''Let It Be'' in 1968 but then shelved the whole thing and went back to the studio, producing and releasing ''Abby Road'' in 1969. ''Let It Be'' was released in 1970.
