Unrealised projects
In 2003, Paramount Pictures approached Dominik and offered him to direct an adaptation of Alfred Bester's 1953 novel The Demolished Man, but as time passed, the project eventually became stuck in development hell when there were disagreements about the screenplay. By 2003, Dominik had also written an adapted screenplay for The Killer Inside Me, an acclaimed noir novel by Jim Thompson, and was at one point considered to direct it, but dropped out. Michael Winterbottom eventually directed the 2010 film.
In 2007, Dominik wrote a screenplay adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's Cities of the Plain; however, in 2008, Dominik said plans for it fell through. In a 2008 interview, Dominik stated that he has interest in adapting Jim Thompson's Pop. 1280. In 2010, Dominik was writing a script for an American remake of the 2006 French thriller Tell No One. It was unclear if he intended to direct the film.
In 2014, it was announced that Dominik would write a 3D remake of Shaolin Temple with Justin Lin set to direct. In 2017, Netflix picked up War Party, a Navy SEAL adventure film written by Dominik and Harrison Query with Tom Hardy attached to star and Ridley Scott set to produce under Dominik's direction.
Around the time of Blonde, Dominik's name was also linked as screenwriter/director of a project called Sturlungar, which was to be a television series for Truenorth about the Sturlungs, a powerful, wealthy family clan during the time of the Icelandic Commonwealth in 13th century Iceland. Leifur B. Dagfinnsson, Grant Hill, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson and Kristinn Thordarson were attached as executive producers.
