I heard a rumor that Guillermo del Toro is doing a version of The Dark Crystal. I'm pretty sure that's total intarweb bullshit, but still, the thought of that sounds unbelievably awesome.
I heard a rumor that Guillermo del Toro is doing a version ofThe Dark Crystal.I'm pretty sure that's total intarweb bullshit, but still, the thought of that sounds unbelievably awesome.
The only Dark Crystal thing that is being worked on now as of late is Tartakovsky's Power of the Dark Crystal.
Power of the Dark Crystal There are many an internet rumor stating that when Genndy Tartakovsky is asked about the project in his campus talks that he says he is no longer involved with the project. We shall see.
I would really like to see Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain adapted for the screen properly and respectfully and not like the utter travesty that was The Black Cauldron. There was so much amazing material and hope for that movie, but they flushed most of it down the drain. Also I'd love to see a newer and more faithful adaptation of Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes. That movie alone deserves a kickass movie due to it's equally kickass reputation. Also, any of the Discworld novels, because I can gurantee that will make some hillarious content for the silver screen. The question is, who would they (the studio) choose for Rincewind?
Also I'd love to see a newer and more faithful adaptation of Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes
I saw the movie a long time ago, but I remember it being faithful in atmosphere to the novel. I thought it captured the feeling very well.
Well I saw it recently because our class had to see it due to the fact that our class was reading it. It barely captured any of the terror present in the novel at all. Many characters from the book were missing and it really didn't sit right with me and the rest of my class since all of us loved the book. Also the special effects were clearly outdated and they need some sprucing up now that we are reaching 2010.
Also, any of the Discworld novels, because I can gurantee that will make some hillarious content for the silver screen.
The hogfather movie was really very well done. Good Christmas movie. I like the main character's granddaddy.
I was talking more about the canon novels being adapted like The Colour of Magic or The Light Fantastic cause I think it'll do very well. I've yet to see The Hogfather, but I'm planning on seeing it.
I really would like an epic Band of Brothers/Saving Private Ryan/Flags of our Fathers All Quiet on the Western Front adaptation. It's a crying shame there's not a recent version, with all this war nostalgia and whatnot. Also, more Horatio Hornblower and Simon Pegg/Nick Frost stuff, and some more Wallace and Gromit shorts (not the shitty Hollywood-style stuff).
Also, any of the Discworld novels, because I can gurantee that will make some hillarious content for the silver screen.
The hogfather movie was really very well done. Good Christmas movie. I like the main character's granddaddy.
I was talking more about the canon novels being adapted like The Colour of Magic or The Light Fantastic cause I think it'll do very well. I've yet to see The Hogfather, but I'm planning on seeing it.
The Hogfather is just as canon as the rest, just later in the series. Also, there is an adaptation of The Colour of Magic. It was also quite good.
Also, any of the Discworld novels, because I can gurantee that will make some hillarious content for the silver screen.
The hogfather movie was really very well done. Good Christmas movie. I like the main character's granddaddy.
I was talking more about the canon novels being adapted like The Colour of Magic or The Light Fantastic cause I think it'll do very well. I've yet to see The Hogfather, but I'm planning on seeing it.
The Hogfather is just as canon as the rest, just later in the series. Also, there is an adaptation of The Colour of Magic. It was also quite good.
That Colour of Magic movie was surprisingly good actually. The only thing that bugged me was Rincewind, he was much older than I pictured him being. Maybe I was tainted by those Discworld PC games in the 90s.
After seeing the Broadway version of Spring Awakening, I knew that someone was going to make a film adaptation of it eventually. Unfortunately, McG has been attached to direct and I don't think he has what it takes to direct not only a musical, but one that requires a lot of subtlety and strong emotions.
Oh well....I'll just wait about twenty years when the Colour of Magic tv film gets old and then I'll try to possibly option it for a feature length adaptation (provided if I get far enough in the film industry to be able to do that).
Oh well....I'll just wait about twenty years when the Colour of Magic tv film gets old and then I'll try to possibly option it for a feature length adaptation (provided if I get far enough in the film industry to be able to do that).
By the way, the Colour of Magic TV film is 2x1.5 hour parts, and covers both The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic. Good luck to you. I hope you can squeeze a lot out of Pratchett's humour, because that's the most important thing in such an adaptation.
Also, the Internet has revealed that a third Terry Pratchett TV movie is coming out - Going Postal.
Isn't that a concept band? Like, Major Lazer was this reggae guy who lost his arm in the war and then the government gave him a laser arm with which to fight zombies?
Isn't that a concept band? Like, Major Lazer was this reggae guy who lost his arm in the war and then the government gave him a laser arm with which to fight zombies?
Yes. Now read that again, and think of how kick-ass Major Lazer: The Movie would be. With Diplo and Switch providing the entire soundtrack, of course. Maybe animate it, like a surf-dancehall-dub-zombiebreaks version of Interstella 5555.
The music video for the single "Hold the Line" shows the potential for awesome campy ass-kicking:
I just remembered something, why hasn't The Giver movie been made yet?! I remember hearing a film adaptation was being made in 2003 and I was excited since I loved reading The Giver. This is mostly because utopian, anti-utopian, and dystopian themed books often tend to be some of my favorite books. It's now 2009, and I've heard that it will be released by 2011 which surprises me greatly. I think it should be said that the wait (for me anyway) has been extremely irksome.
However, Walden Media is producing it which gives me some hope since a few of their films have been well-made (a lot of them fail to impress me though). Nevertheless, I still have faith in them because the small amount of films they have produced that have really impressed me outweigh the not-so good films they've produced in my eyes.
The Giveris an excellent book. Unfortunately, it's the only decent book that woman ever wrote.
I know, I tried reading Messenger after painfully finishing Gathering Blue, but I couldn't take it as it missed the mark so badly and even though it had Gabriel as the main character, it just wasn't worth it. I should say it was the first utopian book I ever read and I didn't like it at the time, but as I read other books like Brave New World, 1984, and Fahrenheit 451, I've come to appreciate it more.
I just remembered something, why hasn'tThe Givermovie been made yet?!
Are we the same person? Because I thought of this like, 7 minutes ago while watching a trailer for the new HP movie.
Wow...that's amazing, how is it possible that the two of us, fellow forumites, could have been thinking the exact same thought just a few minutes apart?
Wow...that's amazing, how is it possible that the two of us, fellow forumites, could have been thinking the exact same thought just a few minutes apart?
I really wouldn't mind seeing a new CG Unico movie at all! As long as they kept Tezuka's ecological message from the pilot 1979 movie (the pilot never got picked up because the Japanese were morons) it would do really well. Because Gatchaman is coming out next year by the guys who are doing the new Astro Boy movie, this may be another new success! It needs to look like this... Btw, this is a gift for anyone who loves Unico as well
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There are many an internet rumor stating that when Genndy Tartakovsky is asked about the project in his campus talks that he says he is no longer involved with the project. We shall see.
Also, I want another Tenacious D movie.
Scratch that, I just want another album.
Good luck to you. I hope you can squeeze a lot out of Pratchett's humour, because that's the most important thing in such an adaptation.
Also, the Internet has revealed that a third Terry Pratchett TV movie is coming out - Going Postal.
The music video for the single "Hold the Line" shows the potential for awesome campy ass-kicking:
However, Walden Media is producing it which gives me some hope since a few of their films have been well-made (a lot of them fail to impress me though). Nevertheless, I still have faith in them because the small amount of films they have produced that have really impressed me outweigh the not-so good films they've produced in my eyes.
Btw, this is a gift for anyone who loves Unico as well