- Media jargon used whenever any kind of project is stuck in development for an interminable amount of time. Because like how nothing can escape hell, these projects seem to never leave the development phase; it is a metaphorical hell.
Development Hell
noun; compounding
media project, such as a film idea, being stuck in the development phase for much longer than expected.
Etymology : Compound of 'development' and 'hell' for a metaphorical phase of development.
Source : "That movie was in development hell for 5 years!" Response to the X-files movie of 2008, fansite.
Last modified: 5 December 2008