The Towering Inferno
McQueen was offered the lead in "Raise the Titanic", but felt that the script was flat. He was under contract to Irwin Allen after appearing in "The Towering Inferno" and offered a part in a sequel in 1980, which he turned down. The film was scrapped and Newman was brought in by Allen to make "When Time Ran Out", which was a box office bomb. McQueen died shortly after passing on "The Towering Inferno 2".