Hollywood’s most troubled movies and their long, tortured paths to theaters

Seven years after it began production and five years after director David O. Russell disowned the film following several shutdowns when the producers ran out of money, the romantic comedy "Accidental Love" finally arrives in a handful of theaters on Friday.

Starring Jessica Biel and Jake Gyllenhaal (with direction now credited to the pseudonymous "Stephen Greene"), the film originally known as "Nailed" was unsurprisingly not screened for critics. But reviewers who caught its video-on-demand release in February (it's now back) unanimously condemned what was ultimately patched together from the never-completed shoot.

"The race for the worst film of 2015 is officially on," wrote Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly. Said Susan Wloszczyna of rogerebert.com, "Unwatchably awful. As in, 'give it the Razzie now and be done with it' awful."

Here are some other films that have had especially long and/or traumatic journeys to American theaters thanks to financial difficulties, creative differences, distributors' cold feet, sheer awfulness and/or talent that fled or died during production:

'Serena'

Shot in early 2012 after stars Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper had completed "Silver Linings Playbook,'' this period epic based on a New York Times best seller and directed by the winner of a Best Foreign Language Picture Academy Award was touted as an Oscar contender. But even with those credentials, major distributors turned up their noses at this lumbering melodrama, which limps into a handful of US theaters next week following its European premiere last fall and North American VOD release in February, both greeted by negative reviews.

'Grace of Monaco'

Originally slated for the 2013 awards season, this drama about the former Grace Kelly (Nicole Kidman)'s clashes with French politicians was postponed to the spring of 2014 following reports of creative disagreements between director Olivier Dahan and US distributor Harvey Weinstein. The latter announced a detente with the director just before the film's disastrous European release following its much-jeered debut at last year's Cannes Film Festival. But the Weinstein Co. says "Grace of Monaco'' doesn't currently have a US release date.

'Shanghai'

This "Casablanca"-influenced World War II thriller starring John Cusack, Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li and Ken Watanabe was briefly scheduled to open stateside on Labor Day weekend in 2008. It was released only in Asia in 2010 — but not even on video in the US.

'Hippie Hippie Shake'

Shot in 2007, this fact-based comedy-drama set in London's 1960s counterculture starring Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller was briefly on Universal's 2008 release schedule in the US. It's been in limbo ever since director Beeban Kidron reportedly left during post-production over creative differences. It has never even had a video release — anywhere in the world.

'Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist'

The producers hated Paul Schrader's version of "Exorcist: The Beginning'' so much that they had Renny Harlin reshoot it from scratch using a new script and different actors. But a year after that was released in 2004, Schrader and his fans successfully lobbied Warner Bros. for a limited theatrical release of his version under this new title.

'Gigli'

Two years of very public post-production battles between director Martin Brest and the producers guaranteed this notorious crime comedy starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez (who had recently ended their much-mocked real-life tabloid romance) would have the worst advance buzz in history when it hit theaters in August 2003. A massive flop often cited among the worst films ever made, it damaged the stars' movie careers and effectively ended Brest's.

'Town and Country'

This Warren Beatty-Diane Keaton comedy completed principal photography in 1998 and, after reshoots and missing at least 10 announced release dates, finally hit North American theaters to critical derision in 2001. New Line Cinema posted a loss of as much as $125 million.

'Dark Blood'

River Phoenix died in October 1993 before shooting his final 11 days of scenes of this drama. Years later, director George Sluizer acquired all the existing footage and patched together a version that has shown at several film festivals beginning in 2012. But he's yet to interest a US distributor.

'Superman II'

Richard Donner, who directed the 1978 "Superman'' movie with Christopher Reeve, shot about three-quarters of the scenes for the sequel at the same time. He was fired and replaced with Richard Lester, who reworked the script. But after lobbying by fans and the director, in 2005 Warner Bros. permitted Donner to re-edit his original unused footage (completed with some shots by Lester) for a significantly different alternate version that was released on DVD.

'Something's Got To Give'

Shortly before her death in 1962, Marilyn Monroe was fired from this romantic comedy with Dean Martin. It was abandoned and restarted the following year as "Move Over, Darling" staring Doris Day and James Garner. The surviving nine hours of footage from the original shoot were edited into a 37-minute segment of the 2001 documentary "Marilyn: The Final Days."

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