"I've been in development hell for 10 years," he said.

The series remained in development hell for several years and was first broadcast on 7 July 2004.

By 2001, the project had become stranded in development hell.

A film based on the novel has been mired in development hell since 1997.

The film had been in what one critic has dubbed "development hell".

With no further reports since then, the project has likely been consigned to development hell.

Instead, I got caught in development hell for four years.

The surfing film entered development hell for nearly two years.

Over the next 11 years, the film remained in development hell as no concrete information was revealed.

The film was in development hell due to funding not being available.