unproduced

American  

[uhn-pruh-doost] / ˌʌn prəˈdust /

adjective

1. not created, made, or brought forth.

2. (of drama, film, etc.) not yet presented, performed, or made public.

3. Informal. (of music, drama, film, etc.) lacking professional production.

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Example Sentences

Prior to “Urchin,” he’d written a play and one unproduced feature entitled “Suburb Cowboy.”

From Los Angeles Times

After it topped the Black List of industry-favorite unproduced screenplays over a decade ago, the film entered production in 2013 before falling apart and sitting in purgatory for years after.

From Salon

Franklin Leonard’s the Black List, a platform that highlights the best unproduced scripts for film, television and theater, is expanding into the world of fiction.

From Los Angeles Times

He was a prolific writer of episodic television scripts and, according to his website, had a “filing cabinet full of unproduced screenplays.”

From Los Angeles Times

After college, Mr. Camp dabbled in advertising at the Houston office of McCann Erickson and then at Norsworthy‐Mercer, an agency in Dallas, while writing unproduced sitcom scripts on the side.

From New York Times