A film that stars both Nicolas Cage and Adam Sandler. I don’t care if it’s a comedy, action flick, or serious drama. Seeing those two go ballistic together would be amazing.
The novel takes place in a future 2016 where humankind has colonized every habitable planet and moon in the Solar System. To cope with the difficult life away from Earth, colonists rely on the illegal hallucinogen Can-D, secretly distributed by corporate head Leo Bulero. New tensions arise with the rumor that merchant explorer Palmer Eldritch has returned from an expedition in possession of a new alien hallucinogen to compete with Can-D.
Either make it follow the novel closely or make it a truly creative take where it's set in a completely different setting but follows the spirit and the themes of the novel.
I would argue the The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch in particular has a lot of potential for a full re-interpretation structured as commentary on our current reality. The synopsis does read like a pulp scifi novel, but there is a lot to it and the Can-D psychedelic (very cool description of how it works in the novel) and "difficult life away from Earth" motifs can be adapted for modern challenges. I don't think the novel was meant to be interpreted literally, the outline is more of a foundation for other questions/points.
A well made adaption of John Brunner's The Sheep Look Up. The Shockwave Rider would probably be a better fit for modern issues, but I think The Sheep Look Up would be more unique. Stand on Zanzibar would also be a good target but I feel the over-population concept (as described in 70s western media) hasn't aged that well. You stand the risk of making a campy movie like Soylent Green (I like it, but it's more a 70s scifi experience for me). That being said, I would probably be fine with any good adaptation of Brunner's famous works.
A proper adaption of Isaac Asimov's The Gods Themselves. Asimov was often criticized for not including aliens in his novels/series. Well he did include aliens in this one and they are nothing like your typical scifi movie. It's not as well written as Solaris (perhaps the most intense depiction of alien life that I've experienced in any media), but it's pretty damn good. The Gods Themselves is probably the easiest one to adapt into a movie since the high level plot is pretty straightforward. The lunar parts would look great and then there is the alien world and society...
All of these would probably not pass the mass market adaption requirement. And I am not cool with "fanfic for the mass market" type adaptions. Make your own creative take, but make it crazy, make it live up to the main magic of the novels.
Anderson's books are perfect for filming. You've got an established history, fantastic characters like van Rijn and Flandry, plus scores of well researched planets with credible aliens.
Joanna Russ's "Picnic On Paradise" could be done on a low budget.
Roger Zelazny, Philip Jose Farmer, Judith Merrill...
Nicolas Van Rijn is a fat Dutchman who runs a Galaxy wide food and beverage corporation. Imagine Harry Mudd if he was actually as smart as he thinks he is. Van Rijn is trapped on a planet where the natives look like winged leopards and all the native plants are poison to humans. He's got to talk his way through a war.
Part of it is they changed aspects that messed with how the magic system is viewed by the characters which sorta makes the later surprise nonsensical. They really had a hard time with the reincarnation aspect with the dragon referring to himself as the dragon reborn which can't happen until after he is reborn. They skipped over a bunch of stuff like the group going through Caemlyn and then spent a bunch of time on character interactions that never happened. It went so quickly and yet so slowly at the same time due to their weird choices. Not sure about zombified. Can't say jordans characters are the most complex I have encountered.
Can’t say jordans characters are the most complex I have encountered.
I don’t remember anyone charismatic except rosamund pike's character, but I figured this was the series's doing.
If the fantasy systems are more of the appeal, which I get, that did come off as confusing too. It sounds like they sacrificed that to try and force more character interaction from what you’ve said, which… didn’t work.
A “side” movie set in the Avatar (Airbender) world. Maybe Republic City detective noir, or an adventure in some Kyoshi Era (or even more ancient) new place.
Bending, spirits, the cultural flair, the setting's just too awesome and is begging for side stories.
You know, I’m just going to say it: I like the Star Wars video games more than the movies. They’ve been way more consistent in quality than the movies.
But that’s even more cliche. And it will make Star Wars even worse. Because where does it stop? Did he dream the prequel trilogy too?
Besides, someone out there likes the sequel trilogy. Just like some people like the prequel trilogy.
No, Star Wars needs something bold—their equivalent to a Deep Space Nine. But I doubt that will happen because Disney just doesn’t want to take a risk.
An actual adaptation of Jumper, directed by Daren Aronofski.
Edit: The whole series really. With 4 years between Jumper and Reflex, then 17 years before Impulse and Exo are made back to back. Doing it that way all the actors will age properly.
Again that wasn't really an adaptation.
Like the movie, it was more Inspired by the books. Unlike the movie, the show was fantastic! I've watched it several times.
This is a great game if you're with some really creative folks.
One person picks two actors who never worked together and the other player/team has to come up with the plot of the movie. Actors can be any age they appeared on film, so someone like Helen Mirren can be anywhere from 18 to 81 years old.
Here are a few of the better combinations we came up with.
I'd put them both fresh out of high school age in a film like Adventureland, mashed up with a Breakfast Club theme. Just a bunch of young adults figuring out where to go next in life.
The one we came up with was Ricci as the daughter of James Garner. He's a Texas oilman and she's a Yale/Harvard MBA who is super focused on being the next CEO. Applegate is Daddy's hot new wife. We were playing teams and there was a lot of back and forth as to whether Applegate should be a total airhead, a scheming psychopath, an eco-freak who hates oil, or some combination...
1930s Shanghai. Bruce was high up in the Hong Kong underworld but killed the boss's son in a sparring match gone bad. Marlena runs a casino. He becomes her bodyguard enforcer, but he finds out she's spying for both the British and the Japanese.
English Civil War. Howard is a cavalier. Well bred, well read, a swordsman, a lady's man, a poet, a scholar, and a soldier. He's blinded when a cannon explodes in a battle and is captured. Coleman is another prisoner of the roundheads. He's a travelling one man circus who does whatever he has to. The warden makes Coleman be Howard's 'seeing eye dog'
They eventually become friends and when Howard's eyes begin to improve they plan an escape
Marlon is an English lord exiled to the American colonies circa 1700. He's losing his mind due to an STD. Billy Bob Thornton owns a small plantation and hopes to improve his lot by catering to the lord's family back home. Thornton has promised to keep Brando happy and out of trouble. Jones is an elderly slave that Thornton brought cheap. He was his old master's lifelong companion. He secretly knows how to read. Thronton assigns Jones to Brando, tellign his to keep the Englishman safe. When Brando proves to be uncontrollable, Billy decides it would be smarter to just kill him and blame Jones.
Discworld - Guards! Guards! Honestly done, with the Pratchett estate approval. With Paul Blackthorne as Vimes, John Cena as Carrot, DJ Qualls as Knoby, Kathy Bates as Lady Sybil, and of course Charles Dance as the Patrician. Sorry I've put way too much thought in to this idea.
A Pokemon movie for adults. I don't mean sex or gore, I just really want to see that world without a chibi filter over top. I want a war movie following Lt Surge and his then Pikachu. I want an evil Team Rocket straight out of Fight Club. I want a professor to stand face to face with God and dare write a Pokedex entry for it.
In the heart of a vibrant, enchanted forest, Ripley, a spirited pony with a shimmering coat of lavender and a mane that sparkled like stardust, roamed freely. She was known among her friends for her bravery and kindness, often leading her fellow ponies on adventures through the lush meadows and sparkling streams. One fateful day, as Ripley explored a hidden glade, she stumbled upon a strange, metallic object half-buried in the ground. Curiosity piqued, she approached it cautiously, her heart racing with excitement. Little did she know, this object was a cloaked spacecraft, belonging to a fearsome Predator, a hunter from a distant planet. The moment Ripley touched the surface, the ship activated, and the Predator, a towering figure clad in advanced armor and wielding deadly technology, materialized before her, its eyes glinting with a predatory gleam.
Ripley, undeterred by the imposing figure, stood her ground, her heart pounding but her spirit unyielding. The Predator, intrigued by this small creature that dared to confront it, lowered its weapon, momentarily captivated by Ripley’s bravery. Sensing the tension, Ripley decided to communicate, her voice soft yet firm. “I may be small, but I will protect my home and friends from anyone who threatens them.” The Predator, taken aback by her courage, hesitated, realizing that this encounter could lead to an unexpected alliance rather than a battle. As the two faced each other, the forest around them seemed to hold its breath, waiting to see if the fierce hunter and the gentle pony could find common ground. In that moment, a bond began to form, one that would challenge the very nature of their worlds and redefine what it meant to be a protector.
A sequel to Event Horizon that bridges the gap between it and the Warhammer 40k universe. After the events of the first movie Big E is awakend to the threats of the Warp and the Chaos gods within and sets his plans in motion. First and foremost? he must "deal" with the survivors of the Event Horizon so they don't spread their knowledge of the warp to the rest of mankind.
I want to see a live action of the Young Wizard series by Diane Duane.
Apparently, people have bought the rights for it repeatedly, but then they never actually make the fucking movies.
Which, in retrospect, during the time period they were buying it, there were a lot of really shitty movies released as book adaptations that ended up crashing and burning and going nowhere, but I believe this is a good time for a new series aimed for young viewers to take this on and nobody's fucking doing it.
I promised myself that if I was the person who won that huge powerball the other day, that would be the very first fucking thing I did after giving my friends and family money and paying off all my debts.
She'd probably be down for that. She's active on blue sky and responds to posts fairly frequently. On a thread about what books you'd want to see get a miniseries (or movie etc) I suggested the So You Want To Be A Wizard ones and she said Hollywood has had grumbling about that forever and it was about time for a new rumble them nothing to happen XD
I just want a streaming anthology series based on the book. Every episode is a different story. I don’t mind if paths cross from time to time, but it shouldn’t fall into the traps of “Walking Dead” or the film version, where it follows the same group of people all the time. You could do some really creative storytelling set in the same universe if you hired a different writer and director each episode.
There were a bunch of books and comic books from my youth I didn't think would get adapted but there's a DC The Ray animated series so I guess everything is at least a maybe.
A full Saga of Swamp Thing movie series would be wonderful. There's no way Alan Moore signs off on any more movie adaptations though.
DC and Marvel own all the rights to all of their characters, it was the primary motivation behind the exodus of superstar talent from those companies to form Image comics in the early 90s, where creators owned the rights to their characters.
That's awesome! James Mangold directing sounds great too. If it's not 'Saga of' then letting them do their own standalone thing sounds like the next best thing.
There's too much detail and too vast a story for it ever to be made into a piece of film media (alongside Banks' wishes that it never be made into one)
Not to worry, caught me out as well a couple of times. It's the same author, he used 'Iain M. Banks' for his scifi work and 'Iain Banks' for regular eathbound fiction.
Wasp factory would make for a magnificent film, if only there were directors alive that had the chops to make a film worthy eh.
A true Warhammer 40K movie. But I fear many people would find it 'problematic' and not understand that the whole thing is so over the top that it's close to satire.
I think Anathem by Neil Stephenson could be a great 2 season series, if you approach it with Andor level writing and dedication, and fully commit to the twist with subtle character design.
What big shifts would occur between the originals (which I read as a teen but that was ages ago) and the Peter Jackson trilogy? Coles notes for thekkids who didn't pay attention.
Frodo and the party at Weathertop - in the books Frodo shouts Elbereth's name as a war cry and stabs at a wraith, rather than cowering and falling down as in the film.
Ent moot results and dramatic reversal - in the books, the Ents knew what Saruman had been up to and decided to go to war at once. They didn't passively decide to do nothing then change their minds.
Faramir bringing Frodo and Sam (and the ring to Osgilath). In the books, Faramir recognized the threat the ring posed and let Sam, Frodo and Gollum go on with their quest without hinderance.
The books had no nonsensical scene with Gollum framing Sam for illicit lembas consumption.
The books had no stupid dwarf tossing jokes.
While Aragorn has periods of self doubt in the books, none of these inhibited him from taking action. In the film he has a long sequence of scenes where he's basically paralyzed by self doubt.
No scourging of the Shire in the films. These scenes were crucial to showing just how much each of the hobbits had developed as characters and in what ways.
I could go on, but hopefully these are sufficient to illustrate the point.
The films were great with respect to casting, cinematography, art design and location. Jackson and Boyens seemed to have forgotten however that Tolkien was the master and they the students with respect to writing.
I'd love an X-Men film based on the proper comic book life of Lady Deathstrike, rather than the bastardisation we got in X-2.
However I can understand it would be far too gory.
XO Manowar. No idea who I would cast as a 5th century Visigoth. I would get a bunch of synthwave and electronic artists and other musicians to create an original album for the movie soundtrack. Getting Perturbator and Gary Numan cooking together would be amazing. Rendered for the most ubiquitous 3d tech installed in theaters, and storyboard/cinematography is designed to take advantage of that.
I would love to sell my trilogy, Dante's Darkness, starting with Winds as a six episode mini series. Yes, the writing is rough, but the story is fun and power creep but not overwhelming. Unfortunately, I wrote about the end of the world right before shit went really South. Remember your UV anal cleansings, folks!
As a longtime Warcraft fan, I'd like a movie about Arthas (the Lich King) and I want Fassbender to play him because no one plays a character like that as believably as he does.
Basically a good guy who eventually goes full evil yet you still want redemption for him. (Spoiler: he does not get one)
“Blood Music” would be such an amazing body horror/scifi movie to put out right now. Post covid that book hits way harder. Alex Garland would be my producer of choice. Oscar Isaac as Virgil, Stellan Skarsgard as Dr Bernard.
A feature-length movie set in the Armored Core universe. Amazon/MGM did a very short film as part of the Secret Level anthology, and it was damn awesome.
Well, it was Legend of Zelda; but after that last Mario movie, Nintendo is actually making one. So then it was Dark Souls, but they are making a movie of that too!
Though I have major doubts about either being anywhere close to what I imagine they could be.
All I have left is the Neuromancer series and Beyond the Mountains of Madness. Both have attempts at a film adaptation but either they were straight up killed or are stuck in production hell.
Anything else is entirely made up in my own head, so will likely never get made unless I come into a lotta money before I die.
Is it stuck in production hell? I coulda swore I heard that was the case like 3 or 4 years ago. BMOM also is supposedly in the works, and starring Tom Cruise, but I haven't heard anything about that in several years.
I think it got delayed a bit by the actors/writers strike a couple years ago, but the first couple on-set photos have leaked, so I'm pretty sure it's happening.
I always wanted an adaptation of Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Sequence trilogy, particularly the first book The Amulet of Samarkand. Various production companies have been sitting on the rights for over two decades now, but there continues to be no sign of any movement on it. Although, seeing how Disney butchered its adaptation of Artemis Fowl has made me reconsider whether I want this to happen.
Another I've long wanted is a film set in the universe of The Secret World, though perhaps it would better suit a TV series as was once planned.
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atomicpoet@piefed.social · 15 pts · 334d
A film that stars both Nicolas Cage and Adam Sandler. I don’t care if it’s a comedy, action flick, or serious drama. Seeing those two go ballistic together would be amazing.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 334d
jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 334d
An adaption of Philip K. Dick's The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, but with no "streaming production" bullshit.
Synopsis:
Either make it follow the novel closely or make it a truly creative take where it's set in a completely different setting but follows the spirit and the themes of the novel.
I would argue the The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch in particular has a lot of potential for a full re-interpretation structured as commentary on our current reality. The synopsis does read like a pulp scifi novel, but there is a lot to it and the Can-D psychedelic (very cool description of how it works in the novel) and "difficult life away from Earth" motifs can be adapted for modern challenges. I don't think the novel was meant to be interpreted literally, the outline is more of a foundation for other questions/points.
A well made adaption of John Brunner's The Sheep Look Up. The Shockwave Rider would probably be a better fit for modern issues, but I think The Sheep Look Up would be more unique. Stand on Zanzibar would also be a good target but I feel the over-population concept (as described in 70s western media) hasn't aged that well. You stand the risk of making a campy movie like Soylent Green (I like it, but it's more a 70s scifi experience for me). That being said, I would probably be fine with any good adaptation of Brunner's famous works.
A proper adaption of Isaac Asimov's The Gods Themselves. Asimov was often criticized for not including aliens in his novels/series. Well he did include aliens in this one and they are nothing like your typical scifi movie. It's not as well written as Solaris (perhaps the most intense depiction of alien life that I've experienced in any media), but it's pretty damn good. The Gods Themselves is probably the easiest one to adapt into a movie since the high level plot is pretty straightforward. The lunar parts would look great and then there is the alien world and society...
All of these would probably not pass the mass market adaption requirement. And I am not cool with "fanfic for the mass market" type adaptions. Make your own creative take, but make it crazy, make it live up to the main magic of the novels.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 2 pts · 334d
No Poul Anderson??
Anderson's books are perfect for filming. You've got an established history, fantastic characters like van Rijn and Flandry, plus scores of well researched planets with credible aliens.
Joanna Russ's "Picnic On Paradise" could be done on a low budget.
Roger Zelazny, Philip Jose Farmer, Judith Merrill...
jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 334d
I would go with works by Jose Farmer and Roger Zelazny. The shortlist just reflects my personal favourites.
I actually haven't read anything by Poul Anderson, although I am aware of his contributions. :)
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 2 pts · 334d
War Of The Wingmen is a pretty good start.
Nicolas Van Rijn is a fat Dutchman who runs a Galaxy wide food and beverage corporation. Imagine Harry Mudd if he was actually as smart as he thinks he is. Van Rijn is trapped on a planet where the natives look like winged leopards and all the native plants are poison to humans. He's got to talk his way through a war.
KingArnulf@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 325d
jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 325d
Interesting, although the lack of recent news does not inspire confidence.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 12 pts · 334d
My dream series was wheel of time but that kinda became a nighmare. meh. more a blahmare.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 334d
I never read the books, but... yeah.
What happened? The books are not so zombified, right?
HubertManne@piefed.social · 6 pts · 334d
Part of it is they changed aspects that messed with how the magic system is viewed by the characters which sorta makes the later surprise nonsensical. They really had a hard time with the reincarnation aspect with the dragon referring to himself as the dragon reborn which can't happen until after he is reborn. They skipped over a bunch of stuff like the group going through Caemlyn and then spent a bunch of time on character interactions that never happened. It went so quickly and yet so slowly at the same time due to their weird choices. Not sure about zombified. Can't say jordans characters are the most complex I have encountered.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 334d
I don’t remember anyone charismatic except rosamund pike's character, but I figured this was the series's doing.
If the fantasy systems are more of the appeal, which I get, that did come off as confusing too. It sounds like they sacrificed that to try and force more character interaction from what you’ve said, which… didn’t work.
reddig33@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 332d
Mine was Mayfair Witches. They ruined that one too.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 334d
A “side” movie set in the Avatar (Airbender) world. Maybe Republic City detective noir, or an adventure in some Kyoshi Era (or even more ancient) new place.
Bending, spirits, the cultural flair, the setting's just too awesome and is begging for side stories.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 334d
Larry Niven’s Ringworld.
MCHEVA4EVA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 333d
Yeah they made a halo TV show that should cover you. I wanna see something real weird like Mote in God's eye turned into a movie.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 8 pts · 334d
A Star Wars movie that invalidates the sequels. Preferably based on the old EU.
atomicpoet@piefed.social · 7 pts · 334d
No, because then we’d get the timey whimey bullshit that infects Star Trek way too much.
I’ll be honest. There’s no way to rescue Star Wars unless a big risk is taken. And no way Disney will upset their cash cow.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 334d
They just need a big timejump. Go back KOTOR era, or go to the far future.
Honestly part of the problem is that fans want original trilogy nostalgia. I couldn't believe how much they raged over Andor.
'Skywalker' shouldn't be uttered in newer stuff, but it's required, and Disney knows it too well.
atomicpoet@piefed.social · 4 pts · 334d
You know, I’m just going to say it: I like the Star Wars video games more than the movies. They’ve been way more consistent in quality than the movies.
I have great memories of Star Wars: Dark Forces.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 334d
+1
I am not a uber fan of the original movies TBH. They're historical, and they're fine. The games are littered with gems though.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 5 pts · 334d
It could begin with Lando waking up from a terrible dream. No need for timey wimey stuff.
atomicpoet@piefed.social · 3 pts · 334d
But that’s even more cliche. And it will make Star Wars even worse. Because where does it stop? Did he dream the prequel trilogy too?
Besides, someone out there likes the sequel trilogy. Just like some people like the prequel trilogy.
No, Star Wars needs something bold—their equivalent to a Deep Space Nine. But I doubt that will happen because Disney just doesn’t want to take a risk.
njm1314@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 334d
They've already done that with Ahsoka though.
atomicpoet@piefed.social · 2 pts · 334d
They need to do it for a mainline movie entry.
njm1314@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 334d
They do? I thought you just said you didn't want them to.
atomicpoet@piefed.social · 2 pts · 334d
Sorry, got your comment confused with something else. I don’t want timey whimey bullshit.
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 334d
Truce at Bakura or bust, everything else after rotj was a dream c3p0 had
AZX3RIC@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 334d
Grey Jedi Noir. Solving a case for the light side while using dark side talents would be amazing.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 334d
+1
More fantasy noir in general, please.
On that note, I’d love a straight up KOTOR II movie (or trilogy?)
And it would be the absolute last thing Disney funds. The whole thing's literally a deconstruction of Star Wars.
atomicpoet@piefed.social · 4 pts · 334d
I would like a Star Wars that’s not from the perspective of Rebels or Empire but one that’s about the arms dealers who sell to both of them.
They hinted at this during the sequel trilogy but the idea was never developed further.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 334d
Just play Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II.:3
njm1314@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 334d
I want a Superman movie that's based off the comics where he beats the shit out of the KKK. It'll never happen but it would be awesome.
TheImpressiveX@piefed.social · 5 pts · 334d
You'd probably enjoy Superman Smashes the Klan.
Plus, Superman will enter the public domain in 2034, so maybe eventually it will happen on the big screen.
Steve@communick.news · 8 pts · 334d
An actual adaptation of Jumper, directed by Daren Aronofski.
Edit: The whole series really. With 4 years between Jumper and Reflex, then 17 years before Impulse and Exo are made back to back. Doing it that way all the actors will age properly.
discoplasm@piefed.social · 2 pts · 334d
Steve@communick.news · 6 pts · 334d
Again that wasn't really an adaptation.
Like the movie, it was more Inspired by the books.
Unlike the movie, the show was fantastic! I've watched it several times.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 7 pts · 334d
[off topic]
This is a great game if you're with some really creative folks.
One person picks two actors who never worked together and the other player/team has to come up with the plot of the movie. Actors can be any age they appeared on film, so someone like Helen Mirren can be anywhere from 18 to 81 years old.
Here are a few of the better combinations we came up with.
Bruce Lee and Marlene Deitrich
Leslie Howard and Gary Coleman
Christina Applegate and Christina Ricci
James Earl Jones and Marlon Brando
MimicJar@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 334d
I'd put them both fresh out of high school age in a film like Adventureland, mashed up with a Breakfast Club theme. Just a bunch of young adults figuring out where to go next in life.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 3 pts · 334d
The one we came up with was Ricci as the daughter of James Garner. He's a Texas oilman and she's a Yale/Harvard MBA who is super focused on being the next CEO. Applegate is Daddy's hot new wife. We were playing teams and there was a lot of back and forth as to whether Applegate should be a total airhead, a scheming psychopath, an eco-freak who hates oil, or some combination...
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 333d
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 1 pts · 332d
What we came up with.
1930s Shanghai. Bruce was high up in the Hong Kong underworld but killed the boss's son in a sparring match gone bad. Marlena runs a casino. He becomes her bodyguard enforcer, but he finds out she's spying for both the British and the Japanese.
English Civil War. Howard is a cavalier. Well bred, well read, a swordsman, a lady's man, a poet, a scholar, and a soldier. He's blinded when a cannon explodes in a battle and is captured. Coleman is another prisoner of the roundheads. He's a travelling one man circus who does whatever he has to. The warden makes Coleman be Howard's 'seeing eye dog' They eventually become friends and when Howard's eyes begin to improve they plan an escape
Marlon is an English lord exiled to the American colonies circa 1700. He's losing his mind due to an STD. Billy Bob Thornton owns a small plantation and hopes to improve his lot by catering to the lord's family back home. Thornton has promised to keep Brando happy and out of trouble. Jones is an elderly slave that Thornton brought cheap. He was his old master's lifelong companion. He secretly knows how to read. Thronton assigns Jones to Brando, tellign his to keep the Englishman safe. When Brando proves to be uncontrollable, Billy decides it would be smarter to just kill him and blame Jones.
showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website · 7 pts · 334d
Discworld - Guards! Guards! Honestly done, with the Pratchett estate approval. With Paul Blackthorne as Vimes, John Cena as Carrot, DJ Qualls as Knoby, Kathy Bates as Lady Sybil, and of course Charles Dance as the Patrician. Sorry I've put way too much thought in to this idea.
altasshet@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 333d
I always pictured Alan Rickman as Vetinari, but Charles Dance is a great pick! And, you know, still possible...
showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website · 3 pts · 333d
Dance played the Patrician in the Sky TV production of Going Postal and he just as great as you would expect.
QuantumTickle@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 334d
A Pokemon movie for adults. I don't mean sex or gore, I just really want to see that world without a chibi filter over top. I want a war movie following Lt Surge and his then Pikachu. I want an evil Team Rocket straight out of Fight Club. I want a professor to stand face to face with God and dare write a Pokedex entry for it.
piccolo@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 334d
What, Detective Pikachu wasnt good enough for you?
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 334d
Misty/Jessie shower scene, I feel ya.
StopSpazzing@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 334d
Predator vs my little pony
Chip_Rat@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 332d
Ripley was small, even for an Earth Pony.
StopSpazzing@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 328d
A Clash of Worlds
In the heart of a vibrant, enchanted forest, Ripley, a spirited pony with a shimmering coat of lavender and a mane that sparkled like stardust, roamed freely. She was known among her friends for her bravery and kindness, often leading her fellow ponies on adventures through the lush meadows and sparkling streams. One fateful day, as Ripley explored a hidden glade, she stumbled upon a strange, metallic object half-buried in the ground. Curiosity piqued, she approached it cautiously, her heart racing with excitement. Little did she know, this object was a cloaked spacecraft, belonging to a fearsome Predator, a hunter from a distant planet. The moment Ripley touched the surface, the ship activated, and the Predator, a towering figure clad in advanced armor and wielding deadly technology, materialized before her, its eyes glinting with a predatory gleam.
Ripley, undeterred by the imposing figure, stood her ground, her heart pounding but her spirit unyielding. The Predator, intrigued by this small creature that dared to confront it, lowered its weapon, momentarily captivated by Ripley’s bravery. Sensing the tension, Ripley decided to communicate, her voice soft yet firm. “I may be small, but I will protect my home and friends from anyone who threatens them.” The Predator, taken aback by her courage, hesitated, realizing that this encounter could lead to an unexpected alliance rather than a battle. As the two faced each other, the forest around them seemed to hold its breath, waiting to see if the fierce hunter and the gentle pony could find common ground. In that moment, a bond began to form, one that would challenge the very nature of their worlds and redefine what it meant to be a protector.
HaveYouPaidYourDues@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 334d
A sequal to iron sky where they find stalin on mars, the red planet
jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 334d
I would support this.
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 333d
They did make a sequel, but it bombed and was panned by critics
rozodru@piefed.social · 6 pts · 334d
A sequel to Event Horizon that bridges the gap between it and the Warhammer 40k universe. After the events of the first movie Big E is awakend to the threats of the Warp and the Chaos gods within and sets his plans in motion. First and foremost? he must "deal" with the survivors of the Event Horizon so they don't spread their knowledge of the warp to the rest of mankind.
Also Henry Cavill plays The Emperor of Man.
jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 334d
I would be happy with any prequel/sequel to Event Horizon.
Perhaps something completely novel but set in the same universe.
bizarroland@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 334d
I want to see a live action of the Young Wizard series by Diane Duane.
Apparently, people have bought the rights for it repeatedly, but then they never actually make the fucking movies.
Which, in retrospect, during the time period they were buying it, there were a lot of really shitty movies released as book adaptations that ended up crashing and burning and going nowhere, but I believe this is a good time for a new series aimed for young viewers to take this on and nobody's fucking doing it.
I promised myself that if I was the person who won that huge powerball the other day, that would be the very first fucking thing I did after giving my friends and family money and paying off all my debts.
atomicpoet@piefed.social · 4 pts · 334d
Diane Duane: the best writer of Star Trek novels.
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 332d
She'd probably be down for that. She's active on blue sky and responds to posts fairly frequently. On a thread about what books you'd want to see get a miniseries (or movie etc) I suggested the So You Want To Be A Wizard ones and she said Hollywood has had grumbling about that forever and it was about time for a new rumble them nothing to happen XD
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 333d
World War Z, made as a documentary/re-enactment style mini series. Could make it beat for beat almost identical to the book.
reddig33@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 332d
I just want a streaming anthology series based on the book. Every episode is a different story. I don’t mind if paths cross from time to time, but it shouldn’t fall into the traps of “Walking Dead” or the film version, where it follows the same group of people all the time. You could do some really creative storytelling set in the same universe if you hired a different writer and director each episode.
noxypaws@pawb.social · 5 pts · 333d
Silent Hill. Written, directed by, and starring David Lynch.
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 334d
There were a bunch of books and comic books from my youth I didn't think would get adapted but there's a DC The Ray animated series so I guess everything is at least a maybe.
A full Saga of Swamp Thing movie series would be wonderful. There's no way Alan Moore signs off on any more movie adaptations though.
SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 334d
I don't think Moore has any say in it.
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 334d
That's kinda sad, I know he didn't invent the character but that run of Saga of is one of my favorite comics
SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 334d
DC and Marvel own all the rights to all of their characters, it was the primary motivation behind the exodus of superstar talent from those companies to form Image comics in the early 90s, where creators owned the rights to their characters.
TeNppa@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 334d
Well have I got news for you!
https://screenrant.com/swamp-thing-movie-confirmed-updates/
I personally can't wait to see this version of Swamp Thing!
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 334d
That's awesome! James Mangold directing sounds great too. If it's not 'Saga of' then letting them do their own standalone thing sounds like the next best thing.
rei@piefed.social · 3 pts · 334d
A biopic of Rasputin by Wes Anderson
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 333d
discoplasm@piefed.social · 3 pts · 334d
NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 334d
The Culture Series by Iain M Banks.
There's too much detail and too vast a story for it ever to be made into a piece of film media (alongside Banks' wishes that it never be made into one)
Chip_Rat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 332d
How about Waps Factory? That would be a great movie.
Or is this a different Iain Banks... I feel like I tripped on this before.
NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 332d
Not to worry, caught me out as well a couple of times. It's the same author, he used 'Iain M. Banks' for his scifi work and 'Iain Banks' for regular eathbound fiction.
Wasp factory would make for a magnificent film, if only there were directors alive that had the chops to make a film worthy eh.
t_berium@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 333d
A true Warhammer 40K movie. But I fear many people would find it 'problematic' and not understand that the whole thing is so over the top that it's close to satire.
altasshet@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 333d
I think Anathem by Neil Stephenson could be a great 2 season series, if you approach it with Andor level writing and dedication, and fully commit to the twist with subtle character design.
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 333d
Sertou@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 334d
A full adaptation of Lord of the Rings that's true to Tolkien's vision.
Chip_Rat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 332d
What big shifts would occur between the originals (which I read as a teen but that was ages ago) and the Peter Jackson trilogy? Coles notes for thekkids who didn't pay attention.
Is it pronounced Jandalf?
Sertou@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 332d
Frodo and the party at Weathertop - in the books Frodo shouts Elbereth's name as a war cry and stabs at a wraith, rather than cowering and falling down as in the film.
Ent moot results and dramatic reversal - in the books, the Ents knew what Saruman had been up to and decided to go to war at once. They didn't passively decide to do nothing then change their minds.
Faramir bringing Frodo and Sam (and the ring to Osgilath). In the books, Faramir recognized the threat the ring posed and let Sam, Frodo and Gollum go on with their quest without hinderance.
The books had no nonsensical scene with Gollum framing Sam for illicit lembas consumption.
The books had no stupid dwarf tossing jokes.
While Aragorn has periods of self doubt in the books, none of these inhibited him from taking action. In the film he has a long sequence of scenes where he's basically paralyzed by self doubt.
No scourging of the Shire in the films. These scenes were crucial to showing just how much each of the hobbits had developed as characters and in what ways.
I could go on, but hopefully these are sufficient to illustrate the point.
The films were great with respect to casting, cinematography, art design and location. Jackson and Boyens seemed to have forgotten however that Tolkien was the master and they the students with respect to writing.
Chip_Rat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 332d
Thanks for the detailed response!
Valmond@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 332d
Dune by Moebius and Jodorowski.
What a shame.
JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 332d
I'd love an X-Men film based on the proper comic book life of Lady Deathstrike, rather than the bastardisation we got in X-2.
However I can understand it would be far too gory.
hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 334d
A full movie where Mario is the villain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCVubOzbFzI
TheImpressiveX@piefed.social · 1 pts · 334d
Random fact: Donkey Kong Jr. (1982) is the only game in the Mario franchise where Mario is the antagonist.
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 334d
The Grand Tour series by Ben Bova. The Orion series is pretty damned good too.
Gerudo@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 334d
Movie/TV adaption of the comic Saga. It will never happen because Vaughn has said it's the one comic of his he would never let be adapted.
Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 333d
XO Manowar. No idea who I would cast as a 5th century Visigoth. I would get a bunch of synthwave and electronic artists and other musicians to create an original album for the movie soundtrack. Getting Perturbator and Gary Numan cooking together would be amazing. Rendered for the most ubiquitous 3d tech installed in theaters, and storyboard/cinematography is designed to take advantage of that.
xilence@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 334d
I would love to sell my trilogy, Dante's Darkness, starting with Winds as a six episode mini series. Yes, the writing is rough, but the story is fun and power creep but not overwhelming. Unfortunately, I wrote about the end of the world right before shit went really South. Remember your UV anal cleansings, folks!
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 334d
unicron vs galactus, recent movies featuring either of these enemies were quite a disappointment.
also wrapping up SGA, sgu with a movie, but the showrunners are very hesitant to write any sg related works right now.
selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 332d
As a longtime Warcraft fan, I'd like a movie about Arthas (the Lich King) and I want Fassbender to play him because no one plays a character like that as believably as he does.
Basically a good guy who eventually goes full evil yet you still want redemption for him. (Spoiler: he does not get one)
Philote@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 334d
“Blood Music” would be such an amazing body horror/scifi movie to put out right now. Post covid that book hits way harder. Alex Garland would be my producer of choice. Oscar Isaac as Virgil, Stellan Skarsgard as Dr Bernard.
HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 334d
A feature-length movie set in the Armored Core universe. Amazon/MGM did a very short film as part of the Secret Level anthology, and it was damn awesome.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 1 pts · 334d
Well, it was Legend of Zelda; but after that last Mario movie, Nintendo is actually making one. So then it was Dark Souls, but they are making a movie of that too!
Though I have major doubts about either being anywhere close to what I imagine they could be.
All I have left is the Neuromancer series and Beyond the Mountains of Madness. Both have attempts at a film adaptation but either they were straight up killed or are stuck in production hell.
Anything else is entirely made up in my own head, so will likely never get made unless I come into a lotta money before I die.
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 333d
Apple is making a Neuromancer mini-series
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 1 pts · 332d
Is it stuck in production hell? I coulda swore I heard that was the case like 3 or 4 years ago. BMOM also is supposedly in the works, and starring Tom Cruise, but I haven't heard anything about that in several years.
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 332d
I think it got delayed a bit by the actors/writers strike a couple years ago, but the first couple on-set photos have leaked, so I'm pretty sure it's happening.
Ilandar@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 334d
I always wanted an adaptation of Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Sequence trilogy, particularly the first book The Amulet of Samarkand. Various production companies have been sitting on the rights for over two decades now, but there continues to be no sign of any movement on it. Although, seeing how Disney butchered its adaptation of Artemis Fowl has made me reconsider whether I want this to happen.
Another I've long wanted is a film set in the universe of The Secret World, though perhaps it would better suit a TV series as was once planned.
Drusas@fedia.io · 0 pts · 334d
The Dark Tower