 | This is an essay on notability. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints. |
 | This page in a nutshell: Through consideration of policy, sometimes even a "planned film" might have enough persistent critical commentary over an extended period of time so that the topic of the planned film might itself be determined as worthy of note. In this same vein, even a film that failed to be made could be found notable through coverage of its failure. |
With cautions and clarifications, policy states that "It is appropriate to report discussion and arguments about the prospects for success of future proposals and projects or whether some development will occur". This policy instruction is sometimes seen to conflict with the subsection at the guideline WP:Notability (films) which seeks to address discussion of planned films.
And while there may be enough coverage of a film's pre-production to be seen as notable enough per policy and guideline to discuss somewhere, sometimes a suitable merge target does not exist, or there is so much sourced information about the events of a particular film's production that a proposed target would be overburdened.