Atuk

Atuk is a proposed adaptation of the 1963 book The Incomparable Atuk by Mordecai Richler. The film was originally going to be released sometime in the 1970s and later in the 1980s.

Plot
A Canadian Inuit named Atuk travels to Toronto.

Why It Was Cancelled

 * 1) Actors John Belushi, Sam Kinison, John Candy, Phil Hartman and Chris Farley, who were hired before filming began died.

Result

 * The film has been shelved for many years and will probably not be made at all.

Trivia

 * A popular urban legend claims the script is cursed and those who show any interest in it are doomed to die.