 Also in 2014, Dunaway had to pull out of a French drama called "Macadam Stories", in which she was going to play the lead, due to health issues, and was replaced by Isabelle Huppert.The following year, it was announced that Dunaway was writing a book about her experiences making "Mommie Dearest" but the project never materialized.In 2016, Dunaway made a rare public appearance at the TCM Classic Film Festival where she hosted a screening of "Network" and also joined in conversation with Ben Mankiewicz for a Q&A session in which she discussed her decades-spanning career.