The Addams Family (Tim Burton)

In 2010, Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures were going to make The Addams Family and was going to be a stop motion animated film based on Charles Addams' drawings. Tim Burton was chosen to be co-producer and possibly director. Production halted on the film in July 2013.

Plot
The plot is the same story plot as the 2019 film but with changes

Why It Was Cancelled

 * 1) Universal lost the rights to The Addams Family. Ironically, Universal did have the rights to the 2019 movie internationally and they did release the movie on DVD and Blu-ray due to the fact that MGM released films from the United Artists releasing joint venture having home media distribution from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Result

 * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announced that the studio was going to make a CGI animated Addams Family film which released in 2019 it’s was animated by Nitrogen Studios who were known for animating Season 12 to 16 of Thomas & Friends and even animating the infamous movie called Happily N'Ever After.