yay finally an elfquest movie!

Wow, even Luke Cage? I guess it's time to sort my comic book collection and see if I can make some $$.

Another Superman movie? Just give it up already.

Also, I hold no hope of a Witchblade movie ending well.

Ghost In The Shell (2010)
Earlier this year, Spielberg was angling to make the first non-CGI version of the post-cyberpunk anime series that features Motoko Kusanagi, a female cyborg fighting technological crimes in a future Japan (what are the odds the locale will change?). The project is being developed by Dreamworks and Marvel supremo Ari Arad.

Goddammitsomuch.


LEAVE GHOST IN THE SHELL ALONE!

75 comic book movies and nobody is making a movie of Snow Crash. sad

albo: 75 comic book movies and nobody is making a movie of Snow Crash. sad

Well, at least Hollywood still has poor impulse control, right?

I'll be glad to eventually see White Out, but what about House of Secrets?

Akira?! NOOOOOO!!!!!!


Well, if they do it, they better have the line, "KAAAAAAANEEEEEEEEEEEDAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

cranberryzero: yay finally an elfquest movie!

If this has an all-midget cast, it might be worth seeing.

UberDave: Akira?! NOOOOOO!!!!!!
Well, if they do it, they better have the line, "KAAAAAAANEEEEEEEEEEEDAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

They won't - they've already changed the names of the two lead characters. Tetsuo is now Travis and, I believe, Kaneda is now John. Pathetic.


dj_bigbird: LEAVE GHOST IN THE SHELL ALONE!

THIS!

What, no Lobo movie?

My reactions ranged from "Meh" to "Huh", but no "Grrr". Sorry, subby, you'll just have to hate the world on your own today.

Hollywood: The Dark Knight made bank so it immediately follows that we should rape and pillage every comic property to oblivion.

"Cathy, the Movie" followed closely by "Cathy, Electric Boogaloo" would surely cause a lot of gnashing of teeth.

No Kin-Der-Kids?! Lyonel Feininger rulez!

Snippets FTA:

Akira (2011)
"Leonardo DiCaprio disappointed many fans of Katsuhiro Otomo's 80s manga strip by declaring that he won't be in this"
False. I, for one, am delighted to hear that his name won't be near this project. One less way for it to go wrong. The best way for it to not go wrong? Don't make the movie.


Ninja Scroll (2011)

What, they're making an anime-based Basic Instinct?


Tintin (2010)
"The trilogy based around Hergé's 1930s gee-whiz reporter is having trouble getting started..."

Don't worry... Palin should be out of government soon, and her "dontcha know, you betcha" catch phrases will crap all over this.


Spider-Man 4 (2011)
Shrek 3 and Robots writer David Lindsay-Abaire is the latest esteemed scribe to get involved in Spidey 4 after the early draft of Zodiac writer James Vanderbilt. The usual speculation about potential villains is rife, with Carnage and Lizard rumoured. Sam Raimi confirmed his involved this year.

Leave out the suck, and do a movie about Venom. I know, I know... he was in Spiderman 3, for a whole 10 minutes. For one of Spidey's most notorious arch-nemesis, he was as a goddamn sissy.



Speaking of anime-to-film things, what the fark ever happened to Evengelion?

/RR, signing out

Note to Hollywood

1. Scud the Disposable Assassin
2. Akiko on the Planet Smoo
3. Snow Crash

Make them.

Hate the world? now, I might be a bigger comic nerd than most but I'm not that gu-

Runaways (2011)

SSSSSHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIII-

When do we get our big budget live action adaptations of Hentai comics?

TheGrayCat: UberDave: Akira?! NOOOOOO!!!!!!
Well, if they do it, they better have the line, "KAAAAAAANEEEEEEEEEEEDAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

They won't - they've already changed the names of the two lead characters. Tetsuo is now Travis and, I believe, Kaneda is now John. Pathetic.


dj_bigbird: LEAVE GHOST IN THE SHELL ALONE!

THIS!

You know, I really like the Ghost in the Shell SAC series...this potential movie would have big shoes to fill.

Hack/Slash could definitely be a cool movie.
But I get the impression that it is pretty low-budget.

"Last Blood (2010)
This graphic novel about a post-apocalyptic world where vampires must protect a core of humanity from zombies in order to have a reliable food supply, is available online."

I kinda wanna see that. Never heard of the comic though.

Peekoo: "Last Blood (2010)
This graphic novel about a post-apocalyptic world where vampires must protect a core of humanity from zombies in order to have a reliable food supply, is available online."

I kinda wanna see that. Never heard of the comic though.

That actually does sound kinda cool.

As for comic book movies, I'd like to see some Kirkman hit the big screen myself.

How about an R-rated Marvel Zombies? Come on! You know you wanna do it Marvel!

Or Walking Dead? Or Invincible?

Especially Invincible could be a really fun kind of tongue-in-cheek superhero parody film.

Peekoo: "Last Blood (2010)
This graphic novel about a post-apocalyptic world where vampires must protect a core of humanity from zombies in order to have a reliable food supply, is available online."

I kinda wanna see that. Never heard of the comic though.

They would take it, turn it into a love story, and star Ben Affleck.

A lot of those movies have already been made (Akira, Ninja Scroll, etc.). Others aren't Comic Books first, but were movies that then became comics (Red Sonja).

All in all I feel confident that of those 75 maybe a third will hit theatres, and of those, maybe 1 or 2 will be tolerable.

I'm hoping this Hollywood brain-freeze on creativity ends soon so they can go back to producing NEW material, as opposed to stealing from the graves of others.

Shazam??? Are you kidding me? There's no way to bleach that bad 70s TV show out of my mind.

RoxtarRyan: False. I, for one, am delighted to hear that his name won't be near this project. One less way for it to go wrong. The best way for it to not go wrong? Don't make the movie.

No, he's still looking into a producer role. He just won't be in the movie. He is putting a lot of money behind it. Same with Ninja Scroll.

Will the Ninja Scroll movie include the boob-suck scene? This is what I need to know.

Alebak: Runaways (2011)

SSSSSHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIII-

My thoughts exactly. Although I am pissed off when I have to explain how Runaways is awesome to everyone. Generally I start with the list of writers that worked on it.

Brian K. Vaughan
Joss Whedon
Terry Moore

Mugato: Hollywood: The Dark Knight made bank so it immediately follows that we should rape and pillage every comic property to oblivion.

This.

The Dark Knight didn't kick ass just because he's the goddamned batman. It's because the writing, directing, and acting were freaking amazing. So much talent + So much ambition = So much awesome. If Hollywood thinks that kind of return is simply a comic book thing, I can't wait to see the inevitable FAIL.

HulkHands: Alebak: Runaways (2011)

SSSSSHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIII-

My thoughts exactly. Although I am pissed off when I have to explain how Runaways is awesome to everyone. Generally I start with the list of writers that worked on it.

Brian K. Vaughan
Joss Whedon
Terry Moore

I dunno, I could see a Runaways movie being good if it's done right.

Of course it won't be mind you, but still I have hope...

Elfquest? Where the fark is my Snarfquest?

/would also accept Wormy or Yamara

RoxtarRyan: Peekoo: "Last Blood (2010)
This graphic novel about a post-apocalyptic world where vampires must protect a core of humanity from zombies in order to have a reliable food supply, is available online."

I kinda wanna see that. Never heard of the comic though.

They would take it, turn it into a love story, and star Ben Affleck.

Then it truly would be a horror film.

cefm: All in all I feel confident that of those 75 maybe a third will hit theatres, and of those, maybe 1 or 2 will be tolerable.

I'm hoping this Hollywood brain-freeze on creativity ends soon so they can go back to producing NEW material, as opposed to stealing from the graves of others.


Given the way Hollywood has crapped on good ideas from video games (YOU LIED TO ME, THE ROCK! YOU TOLD ME DOOM WAS GOING TO KICK ASS!), I can very well see them screwing this up. I mean, even with all of the work done, if they redid a kickass anime line-for-line, scene-by-scene, they would still find a way to turn it into a turd.

And yes, Hollywood needs to stop with the remakes, shiatty sequels, and reducing kickass movies to get a PG-13 rating.

Damn! No Betty and Veronica.

HulkHands: No, he's still looking into a producer role. He just won't be in the movie. He is putting a lot of money behind it. Same with Ninja Scroll.

How would they fit a giant ship and an iceberg into Akira?

/somehow, he'll find a way

wolvernova: Mugato: Hollywood: The Dark Knight made bank so it immediately follows that we should rape and pillage every comic property to oblivion.

This.

The Dark Knight didn't kick ass just because he's the goddamned batman. It's because the writing, directing, and acting were freaking amazing. So much talent + So much ambition = So much awesome. If Hollywood thinks that kind of return is simply a comic book thing, I can't wait to see the inevitable FAIL.

The Dark Knight was good, don't get me wrong. It was probably my favorite summer movie and the only one I plan to buy on DVD anytime soon.

However, it also had much more going for it:

An EXCELLENTLY executed Marketing campaign. The posters were not just movie posters but works of art. I have more than one hanging up in my apartment.

Heath Ledger's death. His performance was lauded by critics (with good reason) and many people went to go see it or were fueled further to see it because of this reason. The timing was also perfect because it wasn't too far away from the movie being released for people to forget about it, but also not so close that people didn't want to see it or have it released because the wounds were so fresh.

Along with the movie itself being a follow up to a fantastic Batman Begins, it had a lot of hype around it for that reason also.

There were many elements that played PERFECTLY into the Dark Knight's favor. They won't get that again by just making another comic book film.

RoxtarRyan: do a movie about Venom.

Raimi reportedly hates the character. Venom wound up being shoehorned into the movie by the studio. I have a feeling there is a pretty decent Sandman/Goblin movie in Spider-man 3 that got hijacked by the Venom plotline.

Anyway, I've read most of the non-Japanese comics on that list, and I would rather see most of those movies made than some of the stupid Science Fiction crap Hollywood seems to come up with on its own.

I'm eagerly anticipating the forthcoming Action Frank movie.

likefunbutnot: Raimi reportedly hates the character. Venom wound up being shoehorned into the movie by the studio. I have a feeling there is a pretty decent Sandman/Goblin movie in Spider-man 3 that got hijacked by the Venom plotline.

THIS.

The fanboys screaming "We want Venom!" over and over again is what ruined Spiderman 3.

Emo Parker, the dance scene, etc. was just icing on the Fail Cake.

Bondidude: The Dark Knight was good, don't get me wrong. It was probably my favorite summer movie and the only one I plan to buy on DVD anytime soon.

However, it also had much more going for it:

An EXCELLENTLY executed Marketing campaign. The posters were not just movie posters but works of art. I have more than one hanging up in my apartment.

Heath Ledger's death. His performance was lauded by critics (with good reason) and many people went to go see it or were fueled further to see it because of this reason. The timing was also perfect because it wasn't too far away from the movie being released for people to forget about it, but also not so close that people didn't want to see it or have it released because the wounds were so fresh.

Along with the movie itself being a follow up to a fantastic Batman Begins, it had a lot of hype around it for that reason also.

There were many elements that played PERFECTLY into the Dark Knight's favor. They won't get that again by just making another comic book film.

Agree totally with all points. But most of all of that comes down to the talent that I mentioned. I have to admit, I still stare admirably at the poster where the big building is on fire in the shape of a bat... and so wish that was the cover art they used on the special edition DVD/Bluray.

likefunbutnot: Raimi reportedly hates the character. Venom wound up being shoehorned into the movie by the studio. I have a feeling there is a pretty decent Sandman/Goblin movie in Spider-man 3 that got hijacked by the Venom plotline.

He should have left it alone, than. I like most of his stuff, but that movie was a pile of garbage. Peter/Spidey was emo, Sandman was emo, goblin was emo... and the one character who could be have been absolute badass was killed off after a 30 second fight scene. I know, comic book rules apply (no body, no death), but someone should re-light that torch and make a Venom movie. Bruce Campbell was, as usual, awesome in his bit part, but even His Awesomeness wasn't enough to save the film.

Two Words: Wonder Woman.

Y: The Last Man (2010)
Yet another apocalypse setting, this time for Vertigo/DC Comics' tale of the last man on Earth. But this ain't I Am Legend, because the plague that decimates humanity only affects 'Y' chromosome possessors, leaving central character Yorick Brown amongst 3 billion women, who (perhaps not surprisingly) begin to create an ultrafeminist society. Disturbia's D.J. Caruso and Carl Ellsworth are on board.

w00t! Let's hope it works!

I've heard of 17 of those. The obvious ones. Eh. Whatever.

Dorks.

Chill, if a third of the films on that list make it to actual production I'll be surprised.

wolvernova: Agree totally with all points. But most of all of that comes down to the talent that I mentioned. I have to admit, I still stare admirably at the poster where the big building is on fire in the shape of a bat... and so wish that was the cover art they used on the special edition DVD/Bluray.

My Personal Favorite (new window)

Currently hanging on the wall in my dining room.

Mainly my points were more directed at what studio execs need to realize. It did well because the marketing was spot on and kept the fan boys happy with the teaser website and such, while creating lots of pretty posters that I drooled over every time I went to the movies all summer in anticipation of this film's release.

It was a comic book movie that was done well, had it's own cannon while creating some of it's own to make it unique and interesting.

Bondidude: The fanboys screaming "We want Venom!" over and over again is what ruined Spiderman 3.

In the comic books, there is so much depth to Venom that wasn't touched upon, nor even looked at, in the film. The comic book Venom wasn't necessarily a "bad guy". He often saved many a people, but when it came to Parker, he wanted him dead. Hands down. Hell, he even teamed up with Spidey a couple times to whack Carnage (and in one comic I read, a series of alien symbiote spawn.

I remember one book where Venom saved a baby falling off of a bridge, even if it meant giving up the one chance to kill Peter. But no, because Sam didn't like the character, he destroyed it.

they damn-well better be making an Aquaman movie, with Aquaboy too

TheGrayCat: They won't - they've already changed the names of the two lead characters. Tetsuo is now Travis and, I believe, Kaneda is now John. Pathetic.

You're kidding, right?

Joooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohn!!!!!

cefm: A lot of those movies have already been made (Akira, Ninja Scroll, etc.). Others aren't Comic Books first, but were movies that then became comics (Red Sonja).

Movie First? Or is Red Sonya a different character (According to Wiki, same character)?

Therefore the book written in the 30's would be the original.

Hard Boiled (2011)
Frank Miller is set to helm the movie version of his own graphically violent 1990 graphic novel, where a tax collector called Carl Seitz discovers himself to be a Terminator-style cybernetic assassin. Spirit producer Deborah Del Prete is also on board.

I'm sure this will take 3 years to film

/obscure?

Antarctic Fox: absolute worst films such as "Flash Gordon" (1980) and "Big Trouble in Little China" (1986).

I own both of those. Watch your mouth.

Antarctic Fox: Part of me would like to see the Honor Harrington novels made into film, while at the same time I would hate to see how Hollywood would butcher that character. "Wing Commander" comes to mind.

It wasn't Hollywood necessarily. The guy who created WC did the movie as well.

Damn it! I want a movie starring The Invaders!!!

Djimon as Thulsa Doom? Huh.

NINJA SCROLL

EFFIN EPIC

Stupid, Stupid Rat Creatures, the Musical!

RoxtarRyan: Speaking of anime-to-film things, what the fark ever happened to Evengelion?

I know it will be a disaster, but I'm hoping someone along the line doesn't decide to strip out all the pseudo-religious names and origins. Because it could happen. And we'd end up with a movie that relates as much to the series as Doom did after they removed Hell.


TheGrayCat: Well, if they do it, they better have the line, "KAAAAAAANEEEEEEEEEEEDAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

They won't - they've already changed the names of the two lead characters. Tetsuo is now Travis and, I believe, Kaneda is now John. Pathetic.


JOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHNNNNNN!

/sigh

Gosling: Also, I hold no hope of a Witchblade movie ending well.

Yeah, that's probably gonna end up as a T&A-fest.

Runaways (2011)



/Hollywood: where original ideas go to die

Gosling: I hold no hope of a Witchblade movie ending well.

Link (pops)

The TV series kicked lots and lots of ass. I'm sure they could make a decent movie out of it...and besides, the series was kicked off by a made-for-TV-movie-type-thing.

albo: 75 comic book movies and nobody is making a movie of Snow Crash. sad

You know, I hated the latter two Matrix movies, and Swordfish, and thought V was a middling film... but I can't shake the feeling that the Warshowskis would do an awesome job with Snow Crash.

RoxtarRyan: Leave out the suck, and do a movie about Venom. I know, I know... he was in Spiderman 3, for a whole 10 minutes. For one of Spidey's most notorious arch-nemesis, he was as a goddamn sissy.

They didn't just kill Venom, they destroyed and ruined him. You could tell that Raimi was so offended that his nice "Spider-man learns to forgive Sand Man" story was ruined by being shoehorned in with this black Spider-Man/Venom storyline that he just obliterated the film in an impotent rage, taking out the nice Young Green Goblin storyline they'd been building up to for two movies in the process.

Spidey 3 was a deliberate attempt to kill the franchise, and I'm not looking forward to the pathetic attempts to put it back together. Humpty Dumpty was pushed.

And Last Blood sounds cool.

And Ghost in the Shell: SAC is a snooze... but the original movie was awesome. Looking forward to Spielberg's touch.

Superman can be good on two conditions:
1) Superman is not Jesus.
2) Lex Luthor is farking done. Bring in some real villains - they've the perfect set-up in "Returns" - something could've followed Superman home from Kryptonian space, like the Eradicator or Mongul or Doomsday or something.

*rtfas*

Fark, they're doing another reboot. That means that 2/3rds of the movie will be the same damned origin story we're so freaking sick of. Look, we've all seen Superman 1, Smallville, etc. We don't need Superman's origin again. Just give us a real story.


Battle Angel (aka 'Battle Angel Alita', 2011)
Yukito Kishiro's 1990 manga ... James Cameron ... 3Dfark.... Yes.

Only rules: part of what makes Alita so awesome is that she's a kid doing gruesomely violent things. If they pick some "20-something starlet pretending to be a teenager" that'll be lost. They need a quiet little 13-year-old asian girl to make it properly horrific. And blood. Lots of blood. Alita doesn't just kill her opponents, she splatters them. The whole premise is that the bounty hunters claim their rewards using the decapitated heads of their targets. They'd damned well better keep that.

Silver Surfer (2009) - sounds like they're ignoring the FF movie continuity. Good move. Silver Surfer was always one of Marvel's best works, a shame he got such a shiatty film version.

Red Sonja (2009)

Looking forward to it, even though Rose McGowan is totally freaking wrong for the role. Not that you can really blame the director - if I had an excuse to get my wife to dress up like that (and maybe bring the costume home to bed), I'd jump on it too.

Y: The Last Man (2010)
Yet another apocalypse setting, this time for Vertigo/DC Comics' tale of the last man on Earth. But this ain't I Am Legend, because the plague that decimates humanity only affects 'Y' chromosome possessors, leaving central character Yorick Brown amongst 3 billion women, who (perhaps not surprisingly) begin to create an ultrafeminist society. Disturbia's D.J. Caruso and Carl Ellsworth are on board.

I haven't read this, but does it sound like anti-feminist flamebait to anybody else? I mean, trolling feminists is like shooting ducks in a barrel and is always good for a laugh... but a major motion picture? Seriously?

Green Lantern (2010)

This had better not be "John Stewart fights bank robbers in Coast City". I want an interplanetary crime drama.

Sherlock Holmes (2009)
The film that definitively proves graphic novels are the new spec script, as writer Lionel Wigram's source comic remains unpublished and was produced in lieu of a speculative script. Robert Downey Jr. has an unlikely Doctor Watson in Jude Law, and this is, it seems, the begin of a career departure for hard-knuckled Guy Ritchie.

That could go either way. Traditionally, Holmes stories were mostly about Watson trying to keep up with Holmes, but with the acting power of Downey paired against Law's doey eyes that can't act, I hope they don't go that way. Far better to just let Holmes hog the spotlight. I'm betting it will be a rip-off of Dr. House, with Watson playing the idiots he bounces ideas off of (and gets his Vicodinsnuff from). Which isn't a bad thing.

X-Men Origins: Magneto (2009)

Seriously? That'll be... interesting.

Thor (2010)

I am utterly flabbergasted that they are really going through with this one. I mean, I've got high exectations after Hulk and Iron Man... but I just can't figure out how they'll make it not suck.

Peekoo: "Last Blood (2010)
This graphic novel about a post-apocalyptic world where vampires must protect a core of humanity from zombies in order to have a reliable food supply, is available online."

I kinda wanna see that. Never heard of the comic though.

I know the guys working on that. In fact they might be reading this thread...

Say hi to the nice Fark people if you're out there Owen!

blackminded: Antarctic Fox: absolute worst films such as "Flash Gordon" (1980) and "Big Trouble in Little China" (1986).

I own both of those. Watch your mouth.

This
Both of those titles are regular features in my Tacky Movie parties, along with classics like Zardoz and Kentucky Fried Movie. You really can't go wrong with stellar dialog like:

"Flash Gordon approaching."
"What do you mean, 'Flash Gordon approaching?'"

I loved comics and very few things on this list hold any interest for me now since Hollywood tends to ruin it by condensing years worth of stories into 90minutes. It seldom ends well.

Howard the Duck was the best Marvel movie to date. :-)

Smarshmallow: TheGrayCat: They won't - they've already changed the names of the two lead characters. Tetsuo is now Travis and, I believe, Kaneda is now John. Pathetic.

You're kidding, right?

Joooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohn!!!!!

No, I'm not. And the movie will take place in New Manhatten - not Neo-Tokyo.

They are also thinking of splitting it into two movies.

What? No Sam and Max?

HulkHands: Will the Ninja Scroll movie include the boob-suck scene? This is what I need to know.

Or the snake crawling out of tattoo-girl's vadge. Or the sneaky ninja-claw-guy mind-controlling ninja girl by fingerbanging her. Or any of that other fscked-up shiat.

For Ninja Scroll and Akira: there was already a damned impressive movie. In case of NS, it was pretty well dubbed into English too. There really isn't anything more you can do with the film.

Feh, I'm still holding out for a Sandman movie. Jonathan-Rhys Myers as Dream, the cute chick who played Meg in Supernatural as Death... do it as a series of flashbacks or memories of the characters as they attend the death/rebirth of Dream...

Leave out the suck, and do a movie about Venom. I know, I know... he was in Spiderman 3, for a whole 10 minutes. For one of Spidey's most notorious arch-nemesis, he was as a goddamn sissy.

/This
The fact that no where in that movie did Venom refer to himself as "we" made me a sad panda too.

Pxtl: Thor (2010)

I am utterly flabbergasted that they are really going through with this one. I mean, I've got high exectations after Hulk and Iron Man... but I just can't figure out how they'll make it not suck.

Well, the Ultimate line (although I haven't read it recently) had him down pretty good. He was basically a dude with a whole lot of power that claimed to be Thor. No one in the Avengers was sure if he was bug-nuts or not. I think that could work.

I think there are some comic books that would be good as HBO series or something instead of movies. I would love to see a Strangers in Paradise series.

Subby,

I didn't see Aquaman on that list

The World is safe

Pxtl: Spidey 3 was a deliberate attempt to kill the franchise, and I'm not looking forward to the pathetic attempts to put it back together. Humpty Dumpty was pushed.

It could be remade into something kickass and different. Just because a character dies, doesn't mean they can't redo the movie. Isn't that what Hollywood has been doing the last 10 years anyways?

Seriously though, take The Dark Knight. Now, granted, Spiderman isn't a dark or cold character such as Batman in that movie, but the villains were fantastic. Imagine if the director of TDK got a hold of Venom...

No Battle Pope? C'mon Hollywood, get your act together!

cranberryzero: yay finally an elfquest movie!

Elfquest! Man, I used to read that all the time as a kid. Glad I'm not the only nerd who's excited about this.

Also excited about the idea of a Green Lantern film, but I question that it could be executed properly. I'm unconvinced that Ryan Gosling is the answer there.

Iron Hand: I'm unconvinced that Ryan Gosling is the answer there.

Gosling is a fine actor - I loved him in "Fracture". The real question is who're writing and directing.

I'd like to see Pixar or Dreamworks do a CGI Weasel Patrol film.

dj_bigbird: Ghost In The Shell (2010)
Earlier this year, Spielberg was angling to make the first non-CGI version of the post-cyberpunk anime series that features Motoko Kusanagi, a female cyborg fighting technological crimes in a future Japan (what are the odds the locale will change?). The project is being developed by Dreamworks and Marvel supremo Ari Arad.

Goddammitsomuch.


LEAVE GHOST IN THE SHELL ALONE!

I gavomited when I read that. No God. Please, no! GitS was never intended for live action, please don't ruin it and make us forget that this movie was ever made. You know it's going to happen, you're going to make it suck. Just don't do it! FARK!

/Christ that movie is going to be horrible. No names attached, and I already know they're going to fark it up but good
//Please, Hollywood execs. Just let this one go!
///I can hear it already: And starring Jessica Alba as Major Kusanagi!
//Well, time to start planning assassinations...

Leave my farkin Ninja Scroll alone. But I am willing to bet Gene Simmons would be glad to be the guy with the huge tongue.

Now Vampire Hunter D would be bad arse on teh big screen.

TheGrayCat: Smarshmallow: TheGrayCat: They won't - they've already changed the names of the two lead characters. Tetsuo is now Travis and, I believe, Kaneda is now John. Pathetic.

You're kidding, right?

Joooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohn!!!!!

No, I'm not. And the movie will take place in New Manhatten - not Neo-Tokyo.

They are also thinking of splitting it into two movies.

Here's what I heard: Tetsuo will indeed be renamed Travis, but Kaneda will keep the name Kaneda. The setting will be relocated to New Manhattan, but after the nuclear event the Japanese will exert their influence in America and have a noticeable presence there, hence the Travis-Kaneda naming scheme.

/Could be wrong, could be outdated.
//Hey, it can't worse than the upcoming Dragonball film...

This is why we can't have nice things. Everyone is going to rush to cash in on this current fad and we, the consumers, are the ones who get left hurting. Hollywood can barely make a few great movies a year. Not to mention the fact that many of the books on that list suck to begin with. You can't get diamonds from horse plop.

Dammit, just looked at my tl;dr post.

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75 Comic books in the process of being made into films. Somewhere in the list is the name that will make you hate the world

CTRL+F: "michael bay"
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Nope, no problem here.

Antarctic Fox: tdyak: Two Words: Wonder Woman.

One word: microkini.

Two words: Invisible microkini

AKIRA FTW

There was already a really good Akira movie. It was called Akira, and it was a movie. Unnecessary live action remake is unnecessary.

comics2film.com has been a great resource for this kind of info, but it looks like they've changed or been gobbled up?

Doomed4Lyf: No Battle Pope? C'mon Hollywood, get your act together!

It's already an animated short on Spike's website I believe.

cranberryzero: yay finally an elfquest movie!

LOL! I never expected THAT to make Boobies :)

I love Elf Quest. Winnowill is frackin' evil. Casting that part will require some thought.

No Wonder Twins?
No Ambiguously Gay Duo?

Hollywood sucks!

And for god's sake, don't let Uwe Boll near any of these!

Gosling: albo: 75 comic book movies and nobody is making a movie of Snow Crash. sad

Well, at least Hollywood still has poor impulse control, right?

And atomic weapons attached to motorcycles. All that bike needed was more cowbell.

Once again, Maus survives Hollywood!

I Like Bread: 75 Comic books in the process of being made into films. Somewhere in the list is the name that will make you hate the world

CTRL+F: "michael bay" Uwe Boll
Text not found.


Nope, no problem here.

FTFY

Gosling: albo: 75 comic book movies and nobody is making a movie of Snow Crash. sad

Well, at least Hollywood still has poor impulse control, right?

+1. and it should be tattooed on all their foreheads.

ZMDs: Zombies of Mass Destruction (2011) HOT DAMN! me lurves some zombies!

Virulents (2010) ZOMG! Hindi Zombie Vampire Terrists!!!

Still no Starstruck. (new window)

*sigh*

The luckless, the abandoned and the forsaked

Where's the love?

Ocean (2010)
Described as "an alien thriller with a fresh take on the origin of man.", Ocean is another Warren Ellis original heading screenward, this time under Gianni Nunnari and Nick Wechsler (already involved in comic-book films from Frank Miller's Ronin and 300). Angel-like bodies are discovered in coffins in the frozen oceans of Europa, and a UN weapons inspector must fight off a powerful company looking to exploit the discovery.



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Malinki: Once again, Maus survives Hollywood!

That book, while wonderful, would IMO make a terrible film.

I think it would have to be animated, and I don't think any studio would want to take it up. It would also be quite possibly the saddest piece of film ever.

Bondidude: The fanboys screaming "We want Venom!" over and over again is what ruined Spiderman 3.

Emo Parker, the dance scene, etc. was just icing on the Fail Cake.

They should do the next one based off "Welcome Home" so we can watch Tobey get his ass kicked for 2 hours.

Arxane: TheGrayCat: Smarshmallow: TheGrayCat: They won't - they've already changed the names of the two lead characters. Tetsuo is now Travis and, I believe, Kaneda is now John. Pathetic.

You're kidding, right?

Joooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohn!!!!!

No, I'm not. And the movie will take place in New Manhatten - not Neo-Tokyo.

They are also thinking of splitting it into two movies.

Here's what I heard: Tetsuo will indeed be renamed Travis, but Kaneda will keep the name Kaneda. The setting will be relocated to New Manhattan, but after the nuclear event the Japanese will exert their influence in America and have a noticeable presence there, hence the Travis-Kaneda naming scheme.

/Could be wrong, could be outdated.
//Hey, it can't worse than the upcoming Dragonball film...

Terrible.

Antarctic Fox: but she's come to appreciate my ability to pick out the absolute worst films such as "Flash Gordon" (1980) and "Big Trouble in Little China"

SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH.

Wait, since Cowboy Bebop had a manga spinoff, does this mean that it's safe for the foreseeable future?

/Please?!

Sigh:

Damn even the first official trailer says Christmas 08.

Bondidude: Malinki: Once again, Maus survives Hollywood!

That book, while wonderful, would IMO make a terrible film.

I think it would have to be animated, and I don't think any studio would want to take it up. It would also be quite possibly the saddest piece of film ever.

Have you never seen Watership Down? C'mon, in the age of Schindler's List, and Saving Private Ryan... When jerks like Tom Cruise make that Nazi movie... Maus could be fantastic, I think, but I don't think he'll ever run the risk of it being ruined.

Am I the only one that would like to see an movie made out of Grant Morrison's The Invisibles?

Seriously, reading that thing nearly made my head explode, that has to have movie potential.

It'd be nice if Hollywood could actually create an original concept for once.

/just sayin'.

Malinki: Bondidude: Malinki: Once again, Maus survives Hollywood!

That book, while wonderful, would IMO make a terrible film.

I think it would have to be animated, and I don't think any studio would want to take it up. It would also be quite possibly the saddest piece of film ever.

Have you never seen Watership Down? C'mon, in the age of Schindler's List, and Saving Private Ryan... When jerks like Tom Cruise make that Nazi movie... Maus could be fantastic, I think, but I don't think he'll ever run the risk of it being ruined.

Watership Down was also done in a completely different time.

I'm saying I don't believe it could made today. Even Schindler's List was over 15 years old, Saving Private Ryan wasn't directly about the holocaust as much as it was about WW2.

Maus is far too heavy. It's a horrificly detailed account of a survivor and what he had to do to survive. I don't think it would sit too well with audiences today.

BlackSunshine: It'd be nice if Hollywood could actually create an original concept for once.

/just sayin'.

If you're going to sink hundreds of millions of dollars into something, it'd damned well better be something that did well in its smaller microcosm before you bring it to screen.

Besides, name your favourite movies - I'm sure most of them were based on novels, for example.

I think there's win to be had with the x-men origins movies if they're done right.

Other than that, they'll probably be bland and uninspired.

You know, I've gotta admit, Jedekai has a point. Dennis Leary would be freaking awesome as Carnage.

Now if only I could trust Raimi and his crew not to screw it up...

No Groo. :(

And Green Lantern isn't about a suit.

Awesome list.

Raindogday: Peekoo: "Last Blood (2010)
This graphic novel about a post-apocalyptic world where vampires must protect a core of humanity from zombies in order to have a reliable food supply, is available online."



Great concept, great story. Just don't read any of the comments... Bobby Crosby is kind of an asshole to everyone.

/Even by internet standards
//To the point I'm not giving him my $.

Peekoo: "Last Blood (2010)
This graphic novel about a post-apocalyptic world where vampires must protect a core of humanity from zombies in order to have a reliable food supply, is available online."

I kinda wanna see that. Never heard of the comic though.

It's a webcomic. Not bad either.

Ecobuckeye: No Groo. :(

Now that i'd go and watch.

/mendicant

mid6000tek: It's a webcomic. Not bad either.

Googled it... drawn by Owen Geini of Sore Thumbs? Does that mean the zombies have boobs bigger than their heads?

I'd take an HBO series of Starman or Transmetropolitan over any of these.

Where in the hell is the ROM:Spaceknight movie?

Holden Carver - known as 'The Conductor' - has absorbed the ability to transfer pain inflicted on him back to the source

So, just out of curiosity . . . what would happen if he fapped himself raw? Would the positive feedback of pain end up killing him?

Jedekai: Spider-Man 4 has been heavily (heavily) rumored to be a toned-down version of Maximum Carnage. Venom is slated to be in it, given the fact that they signed on Topher Grace for two appearances as Venom and Tobey Maguire stating he wouldn't mind playing Spidey again. As for who should play Carnage I vote Denis Leary. He'd be awesome - and Cletus Kasady was roughly 40 in the comics, too.

Considering that they cast Topher Grace as Eddie Brock, I have little faith in their casting ability. Then again, I still refuse to see Spiderman 3.

/Wish I had refused to see X-men 3

Please? :D

How many starring Adam Sandler?

Sarsin: Leave out the suck, and do a movie about Venom. I know, I know... he was in Spiderman 3, for a whole 10 minutes. For one of Spidey's most notorious arch-nemesis, he was as a goddamn sissy.

/This
The fact that no where in that movie did Venom refer to himself as "we" made me a sad panda too.

Pxtl: Thor (2010)

I am utterly flabbergasted that they are really going through with this one. I mean, I've got high exectations after Hulk and Iron Man... but I just can't figure out how they'll make it not suck.

Well, the Ultimate line (although I haven't read it recently) had him down pretty good. He was basically a dude with a whole lot of power that claimed to be Thor. No one in the Avengers was sure if he was bug-nuts or not. I think that could work.

I think there are some comic books that would be good as HBO series or something instead of movies. I would love to see a Strangers in Paradise series.

Second Ultimates graphic novel established he is the real thing, although a good chunk of it involves someone making everyone believe he's just a nut with stolen tech.

scavenger: Where in the hell is the ROM:Spaceknight movie?

Suprised to see that Ex Machina is not on that list.

No mention of the Ant-Man movie (new window), although I'm not sure if I should be anticipating this one given his status as an also-ran character that tended to beat his wife (although he is considered an "important" character in the Marvel Universe). But, with Edgar Wright behind the helm, the only way I would see this for sure is if they got Simon Pegg to play the title role.

Doogled: Wait, since Cowboy Bebop had a manga spinoff, does this mean that it's safe for the foreseeable future?

/Please?!

Don't even speak of such a thing. The things I will do to people if they touch Cowboy Bebop....

No NFL Superpro? No Darkhawk? Not even Detective Chimp?

Hollywood must not like money.

I agree that the omission of LOBO is a travesty... of course I cant really see how that movie would not have a NC-17... well not if it was made right anyhow.

TheGrayCat: UberDave: Akira?! NOOOOOO!!!!!!
Well, if they do it, they better have the line, "KAAAAAAANEEEEEEEEEEEDAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

They won't - they've already changed the names of the two lead characters. Tetsuo is now Travis and, I believe, Kaneda is now John. Pathetic.


Tetsuo has been changed to an American named Travis, but Kaneda is still Kaneda (and still Japanese). From what I remember (I think I read it on AICN), the setting for the movie is New Manhattan, which has become a hybrid of American and Japanese cultures. The population is half Japanese. The in-story reason for this made sense at the time I read it, but I can't remember it now.

Would have loved to see Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tetsuo-Travis, but he turned down the role.

How about a Team 7 or Deadpool movie? Grendel would be tits also.

zunkus: Deadpool

He's gonna be in Wolverine, and they're apparently having a lot of fun with the character.

Eric The Pilot: Hard Boiled (2011)
Frank Miller is set to helm the movie version of his own graphically violent 1990 graphic novel, where a tax collector called Carl Seitz discovers himself to be a Terminator-style cybernetic assassin. Spirit producer Deborah Del Prete is also on board.

I'm sure this will take 3 years to film

/obscure?



/willing to wait.

They'd better have John Stewart as a guest on The Daily Show in The Green Lantern.

PruneTracy: [Bazooka Joe comic]
Sigh:

I can actually see Leonardo DiCaprio in this. Not bad.

1) Frank Miller is a hack. His writing sucks, the art in his graphic novels is not all hat great by graphic novel standards, and why anyone besides 13yo boys ever bother to read his books is beyond me.

2) WHAT? No Poison Elves movie? Damnit, come on, people, get with the program!!

3) No Deadpool movie, either, though word is he has a guest appearance in the wolverine movie.

So, in conclusion, less Frank Miller, more good comics.

How about we throw a remake into the pile?

I know it's been said a few times already, but it can't be said enough.....

Justeastofhere: I know it's been said a few times already, but it can't be said enough.....

It's good to see Master Shake got his home appliance repairing techniques from Deadpool.

/When it wants to stop being hurt, it will straighten up and fly right!

Linto: How about we throw a remake into the pile?

I'll see your Tick and raise you

CrankMyBlueSax: "Cathy, the Movie" followed closely by "Cathy, Electric Boogaloo" would surely cause a lot of gnashing of teeth.

Immediately liquidate everyone who goes to the theater to see that movie, and the world would improve drastically.

cefm: movies that then became comics (Red Sonja).

no.

Somewhere in the list is the name that will make you hate the world

Nope, no Michael Bay.

CrankMyBlueSax: Cathy, Electric Boogaloo"

That's the one where she finally gives up and buys a vibrator right?

Lusiphur: 1) Frank Miller is a hack. His writing sucks, the art in his graphic novels is not all hat great by graphic novel standards, and why anyone besides 13yo boys ever bother to read his books is beyond me.

I feel this way about 99% of Alan Moore's work. I like The Killing Joke, though.

Brainsick: I'll see your Tick and raise you

Been done. Really, really badly.

dj_bigbird: Ghost In The Shell (2010)
Earlier this year, Spielberg was angling to make the first non-CGI version of the post-cyberpunk anime series that features Motoko Kusanagi, a female cyborg fighting technological crimes in a future Japan (what are the odds the locale will change?). The project is being developed by Dreamworks and Marvel supremo Ari Arad.

Goddammitsomuch.


LEAVE GHOST IN THE SHELL ALONE!

THIS.
TIMES TWO.
MAYBE EVEN THREE.

I'm sure it will come out re-branded as the long-anticipated sequel to "Lawnmower Man" after it gets through "re-visioning".

Anybody want to talk about all the good things that Steven Spielberg brought to his "Doctor Who" remake . I mean I got a few seconds before this commercial is over and the one for the hemorrhoid cream comes on.

darkyn: Brainsick: I'll see your Tick and raise you

Been done. Really, really badly.

That's why I posted it in response to someone suggesting a "remake"
(Though I can't remember a Tick movie; TV yes, movie no)
Anyway...

/Howard The Duck was such a subversive comic and the movie was so much suck, it deserves a remake

wolvernova: The Dark Knight didn't kick ass just because he's the goddamned batman. It's because the writing, directing, and acting were freaking amazing. So much talent + So much ambition = So much awesome. If Hollywood thinks that kind of return is simply a comic book thing, I can't wait to see the inevitable FAIL.

Agreed. The danger here is that Hollywood is eager to chase a genre without giving effort, execution and dedication its due credit. Heck, remember how the success of "Lord of the Rings" saddled us with "Eragon"?

Similarly, and to be blunt about it, "The Dark Knight", "Akira" and "Ninja Scroll" really aren't sophisticated movies. Or if they tried, any sophistication didn't add anything so much as had to be overcome (*cough*Akira*cough*). Most of the effort went into meticulous attention to detail in the concept design. They created an atmosphere that started with an earnest vision, details hammered out with painstaking effort and brought to life with utmost sincerity by the talent. This was combined with a no-holds-barred approach to the psychological elements which can be summed up as, "Comic book and manga writers are utterly fearless when making seriously f'ed up characters."

Cobble together a comic book plot, let the MPAA strip out anything disturbing, toss in some T&A and you'll get a flop. Then again, at a measly $36 million, "Saw V" still brought in more than quadruple what it cost to make, so as long as they meet their margins I doubt the industry has any incentive to respect the fans.

How about a Blankets movie? No? No one could see that being a hit? You suckers suck.

BroughtToYouByCarlsJr: Doogled: Wait, since Cowboy Bebop had a manga spinoff, does this mean that it's safe for the foreseeable future?

/Please?!

Don't even speak of such a thing. The things I will do to people if they touch Cowboy Bebop....

I asked because there was a rumor that Fox was in the process of developing a live action one. Theoretically, it could be done, but they will probably replace Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts with Nickelback and Shinichiro Watanabe with a Michael Bay / Brett Ratner hybrid. Thinking about it makes me stabby.



/Practice my stabbin'

Meh - you know what we REALLY need to see?



THIS will get the comic book industry FLOWING. .....it'll probably be flowing BLOOD, but it'll be flowing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_the_Homicidal_Maniac

Lusiphur: Frank Miller is a hack. His writing sucks, the art in his graphic novels is not all hat great by graphic novel standards, and why anyone besides 13yo boys ever bother to read his books is beyond me.

And yet he's famous, while you're not.

It's all about "guilty pleasure". Lemme put it this way: If a great work of classic literature can be equated to a perfectly prepared filet mignon, then Miller's graphic novels are burgers. And you know what? Burgers are cheap, but people eat them up daily. They're crappy and bad for you but people eat 'em anyway. And anyone can make a burger. You can teach a 16-year-old dropout to do it in two weeks.

But people LIKE Miller's stuff. He uses the same ingredients as any other pulp fiction writer (sex, machismo, violence, hyperbole), but he mixes and balances those flavors into a final product that people are willing to buy.

It's one thing to make a trashy comic. Anyone can do that. It's another to make one that sells, and love him or hate him, Frank Miller's successful at what he does.

dragonchild: Lusiphur: Frank Miller is a hack. His writing sucks, the art in his graphic novels is not all hat great by graphic novel standards, and why anyone besides 13yo boys ever bother to read his books is beyond me.

And yet he's famous, while you're not.

It's all about "guilty pleasure". Lemme put it this way: If a great work of classic literature can be equated to a perfectly prepared filet mignon, then Miller's graphic novels are burgers. And you know what? Burgers are cheap, but people eat them up daily. They're crappy and bad for you but people eat 'em anyway. And anyone can make a burger. You can teach a 16-year-old dropout to do it in two weeks.

But people LIKE Miller's stuff. He uses the same ingredients as any other pulp fiction writer (sex, machismo, violence, hyperbole), but he mixes and balances those flavors into a final product that people are willing to buy.

It's one thing to make a trashy comic. Anyone can do that. It's another to make one that sells, and love him or hate him, Frank Miller's successful at what he does.

But can he write a female character that ISN'T a whore?

Where is it...Where is it.......

Green Lantern (2010)
Ryan Gosling has been hotly tipped to wear the green ring of power in the movie of the DC comics verdant hero. The script is said to be good at the moment, and producer Donald De Line confirmed his enthusiasm for it. The fact that Green Lantern is more a suit than a person (worn by a series of fictional characters) takes the pressure out of casting a franchise in a Doctor Who/James Bond -style.

YES.

FerroMancer: Meh - you know what we REALLY need to see?



THIS will get the comic book industry FLOWING. .....it'll probably be flowing BLOOD, but it'll be flowing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_the_Homicidal_Maniac

I approve of this ONLY if A) It's animated and B) Jhonen is AT the helm. The thought of a live action JTHM with no Jhonen involved gives me explosive diarrhea.

/Somebody put shiat in my pants!

Call Simon Pegg.

jpawlikowski: You know, I've gotta admit, Jedekai has a point. Dennis Leary would be freaking awesome as Carnage.

Now if only I could trust Raimi and his crew not to screw it up...

Well, let's say they do screw it up, they may as well go balls out and just cast Yahoo Serious as Carnage.
/at least it'd be an approriate name...

This whole trend of making comics into movies has become pretty dull and unoriginal. We know exactly how they'll end, too. Since they're generally based on a story you know, you know what to expect. Since you're a fan of the comic, you get your hopes up because it's another way to show your appreciation for said series. Then some idiot writer or director or actor f**ks up royally, and everyone gets all angry and said movie tanks after a great opening weekend. It's kind of like the reality TV of the silver screen.

Running a-puck: dragonchild: Lusiphur: Frank Miller is a hack. His writing sucks, the art in his graphic novels is not all hat great by graphic novel standards, and why anyone besides 13yo boys ever bother to read his books is beyond me.

And yet he's famous, while you're not.

It's all about "guilty pleasure". Lemme put it this way: If a great work of classic literature can be equated to a perfectly prepared filet mignon, then Miller's graphic novels are burgers. And you know what? Burgers are cheap, but people eat them up daily. They're crappy and bad for you but people eat 'em anyway. And anyone can make a burger. You can teach a 16-year-old dropout to do it in two weeks.

But people LIKE Miller's stuff. He uses the same ingredients as any other pulp fiction writer (sex, machismo, violence, hyperbole), but he mixes and balances those flavors into a final product that people are willing to buy.

It's one thing to make a trashy comic. Anyone can do that. It's another to make one that sells, and love him or hate him, Frank Miller's successful at what he does.

But can he write a female character that ISN'T a whore?

Dark Knight Returns. Female Robin. Not a whore.

I thought Keanu Reeves was cast as Spike Spiegal. I think I remember weeping a little.

Bondidude: Dark Knight Returns. Female Robin. Not a whore.

I have a hard time saying she's a she. Yes I know she is, but the character lacks any real gender, IMO. She's just an it. She could easily be a 13 year old boy there and nothing would have had to change. It wouldn't have made a lick of difference.

Brainsick: That's why I posted it in response to someone suggesting a "remake"
(Though I can't remember a Tick movie; TV yes, movie no)
Anyway...

/Howard The Duck was such a subversive comic and the movie was so much suck, it deserves a remake

Gotcha.

I liked the original comic, too. The movie is a stain upon my consciousness no amount of chemical can erase.

where the fark is Marmaduke?

Doogled: Don't even speak of such a thing. The things I will do to people if they touch Cowboy Bebop....

I asked because there was a rumor that Fox was in the process of developing a live action one. Theoretically, it could be done, but they will probably replace Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts with Nickelback and Shinichiro Watanabe with a Michael Bay / Brett Ratner hybrid.

I just got a chill thinking about that.
Seriously.

You take that back.

did they ever do a "100 bullets" movie?

Baumer: did they ever do a "100 bullets" movie?

Sadly, no.

step 1. ctrl+f
step 2. enter "Schumacher"
**PHRASE NOT FOUND**
step 3. smile
step 4. enter "Ratner"
**HARBINGER 2010**
step 5. WHARRGARBLLLL!

Did I miss something? No Sandman?

Iron Fist? It would have to not include Van Damnit as Steel Serpent just as a starter..I have a feeling that's where this thing is going...

Wooooo!!!!! to Elfquest and The Goon!!

Jedekai: DEADPOOL.

Came in here for the DEADPOOL, leave satisfied.

Lamune_Baba: Doogled: Don't even speak of such a thing. The things I will do to people if they touch Cowboy Bebop....

I asked because there was a rumor that Fox was in the process of developing a live action one. Theoretically, it could be done, but they will probably replace Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts with Nickelback and Shinichiro Watanabe with a Michael Bay / Brett Ratner hybrid.

I just got a chill thinking about that.
Seriously.

You take that back.

Search Cowboy Bebop on IMDB and you'll get "Cowboy Bebop (2011)" which can only be seen by IMDB Pro users. While I don't think it should be done, it's probably going to happen.

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Ghost in the Shell SUCKS! Period. Any Format.
Stand alone, or Complex. Neither EVER MADE ANY GOD DAMN SENSE!

/The hate, here it come-ith

I love that Ghost in the Shell is on the list, but it's going to have to have a big budget to pull it off. All the robotics might cost a fortune. I don't think it will live up to the expectations, though I still hope. I usually wouldn't support anime into live action films (the Death Note series was the only one that was any good so far) because it gets ruined, but I think that GITS may become a good science fiction movie.
Also, the news that Hack/Slash is going live action is awesome and about time.

Doogled: Lamune_Baba: Doogled: Don't even speak of such a thing. The things I will do to people if they touch Cowboy Bebop....

I asked because there was a rumor that Fox was in the process of developing a live action one. Theoretically, it could be done, but they will probably replace Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts with Nickelback and Shinichiro Watanabe with a Michael Bay / Brett Ratner hybrid.

I just got a chill thinking about that.
Seriously.

You take that back.

Search Cowboy Bebop on IMDB and you'll get "Cowboy Bebop (2011)" which can only be seen by IMDB Pro users. While I don't think it should be done, it's probably going to happen.

Im sorry I just threw up in my mouth a lot. I can see it now, Keanu Reeves as Spike, Bruce Willis as Jet, Squareface Jolie as Faye and me crying in the corner.

And instead of Spike dying on the stairs after killing Vicious in a beautiful piece of cinematogrophy, they skip off into the sunset where they live happily ever after. Then they would make a sequel and Im not stable enough to handle one, much less two

/sorry for ranting
//ranting to soothe the voices telling me to burn things

WTF is with Rose McGowan starring in half of these movies? She's a pretty girl, but she is not an action heroine.

CowboyNinjaD: Call Simon Pegg.

This. Talk about ultra violence.

Oh, and I really want a Black Panther movie.

FuturePastNow: WTF is with Rose McGowan starring in half of these movies? She's a pretty girl, but she is not an action heroine.

unique face+ big tits= nerdgasm

emocomputerjock: Elfquest? Where the fark is my Snarfquest?

/would also accept Wormy or Yamara

How about Druuna?

Hey... the list fails for not mentioning...

ANT-MAN!

Funny they say 75 comic book are "being made into films", but when you read the write-ups, you find that dozens are currently stalled, abandoned, or withering in development hell.

Should be more like 25 rather than 75.

wolvernova: The Dark Knight didn't kick ass just because he's the goddamned batman. It's because the writing, directing, and acting were freaking amazing. So much talent + So much ambition = So much awesome. If Hollywood thinks that kind of return is simply a comic book thing, I can't wait to see the inevitable FAIL.

I dont understand why people loved the dark knight so much, it was ok but it was no where near the film people are making it out to be, after saw it the second time(online stream) I was like "eh" and it was watching it then that I realized how annoying bales voice is in the film.

Also this is what I want to see made: Link(new window) I know that they would fark it up but I would love for a cable network to get a hold of this, it would be too bloody for regular TV I think.

AlrightGuy: Funny they say 75 comic book are "being made into films", but when you read the write-ups, you find that dozens are currently stalled, abandoned, or withering in development hell.

Should be more like 25 rather than 75.

Basically, take anything with a 2010+ release date and throw it out. After the next few comic bandwagon-jumping movies turn out to be piles of crap, the current fad will end and the industry will start mining old novels or old tv shows for subjects.

Akira, NO! The animation was great, but still a disservice to the comics. A live action would be a knife in the face to the real akira fans.

Snow Crash, maybe, but only if it was done well. (weren't we talking about comics?)

Remember "The Crow". The graphic novel was as amazing a story of love as any love story ever told (If you haven't read it, please don't comment, The Crow is the only love story I've ever liked, and personally I'm not even sure if romantic love exists) The movie was absolute trash. trash. trash. It was so bad that people were crying when they left the theater when I saw it at a pre-screening. They could do this to your comic also.

I'm wary of The Watchmen. Rorschach has way too much emotion and humanity in his voice. He needs to be speaking in the monotone, almost lazy, stunned voice of someone who has utterly given up on humanity, the voice of a person who has just discovered that there are no limits to the depravity of evil, the voice of someone who has just discovered that a kidnapper chopped up the little girl he kidnapped and fed her to his dogs. But, I digress.

cranberryzero: yay finally an elfquest movie!

I met Richard Pini in July and he was bursting at the seams. He had just found out that morning that the movie had been picked up and was like a little kid. He's an incredibly cool guy with a WICKED sense of humor.

Richard Pini w/Moonshade & Cutter, Blood of Ten Chiefs!



/No, I'm not in the picture. The one with both of us didn't come out, dammit!

Airtransrecon: Ghost in the Shell SUCKS! Period. Any Format.
Stand alone, or Complex. Neither EVER MADE ANY GOD DAMN SENSE!

/The hate, here it come-ith

It's convoluted for sure, but I still love it.

/had to watch Solid State Society 3 times before I finally figured out what the fark they were talking about
//Togusa FTW
///BTW, the guy writing the screenplay for the live action version only has a single credit to his name: Street Kings. This movie is going to BLOW.

Hey, has anyone mentioned Deadpool yet?

The Green Hornet? Britt Reid is the lamest super hero ever. He has no super powers, leaves the fighting to Kato and has a lame-ass real life job. "Crusading newspaper editor!" Yeah that will go over well in the internet age. The only thing cool about the Hornet is his car!

Delawheredad: The Green Hornet? Britt Reid is the lamest super hero ever. He has no super powers, leaves the fighting to Kato and has a lame-ass real life job. "Crusading newspaper editor!" Yeah that will go over well in the internet age. The only thing cool about the Hornet is his car!

Which is why they are getting Stephen Chow to star as Kato and direct the damn thing.

cranberryzero: yay finally an elfquest movie!

Just farking shoot me now. God, I hate that comic.

steamingpile: wolvernova: The Dark Knight didn't kick ass just because he's the goddamned batman. It's because the writing, directing, and acting were freaking amazing. So much talent + So much ambition = So much awesome. If Hollywood thinks that kind of return is simply a comic book thing, I can't wait to see the inevitable FAIL.

I dont understand why people loved the dark knight so much, it was ok but it was no where near the film people are making it out to be, after saw it the second time(online stream) I was like "eh" and it was watching it then that I realized how annoying bales voice is in the film.

Also this is what I want to see made: Link(new window) I know that they would fark it up but I would love for a cable network to get a hold of this, it would be too bloody for regular TV I think.

I read the Gantz series regularly. I love it when they translate the guys liner notes; apparently he's the guy who first drew nipples as dark motion blur. So he's got that goin' for him.

Battle Angel .... I don't have high hopes for it. I love the series and Yoko is awesome but the movie is supposedly taking the first 3 books and mashing them all up together. Which is just epic fail. They should just do what the anime did and concentrate on book 1. Leave out the Ido/Typhaeren love interest though. Mostly because it messes with the whole "Typhaerens have microchips for brains" thing.

Ed Grubermann: cranberryzero: yay finally an elfquest movie!

Just farking shoot me now. God, I hate that comic.

You and me both. Besides, didn't they already make this? Isn't it called World of Warcraft?

Remind me to tell you the story about how the guy who Exec Produced the SPIRIT film was close to putting out a T.H.U.N.D.E.R Agents flick and then couldn't.

I'm really liking all the Incredible Hulk / Iron Man / SHIELD / Cpt. America / etc teaser-tie-ins in the movies so far in the lead-up to the avengers movies, mainly for the great casting so far (Downey, Jackson, Norton, etc).

Now if only the Batman / Superman / Justice League combo movies can finally get off the ground like they have been saying for years.


/ Yes, i am a consumer-whore for these kind of movies.

Flying Undead Sheep: TheGrayCat: UberDave: Akira?! NOOOOOO!!!!!!
Well, if they do it, they better have the line, "KAAAAAAANEEEEEEEEEEEDAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

They won't - they've already changed the names of the two lead characters. Tetsuo is now Travis and, I believe, Kaneda is now John. Pathetic.


dj_bigbird: LEAVE GHOST IN THE SHELL ALONE!

THIS!

You know, I really like the Ghost in the Shell SAC series...this potential movie would have big shoes to fill.

It's going to suck, and you know it. Its setting be moved to the U.S., dumbed down a LOT so dumbasses in Texas will understand it, Gwyneth Paltrow or some other lameass actress will play the Major, Ben Affleck will play Batou, etc.

Y the last man:
woot! I just read the comic series yesterday. If it's pulled off right, it'll be awesome!

mid6000tek: Peekoo: "Last Blood (2010)
This graphic novel about a post-apocalyptic world where vampires must protect a core of humanity from zombies in order to have a reliable food supply, is available online."

I kinda wanna see that. Never heard of the comic though.

It's a webcomic. Not bad either.

Ooo, yay! Thank you!

Doogled: Lamune_Baba: Doogled: Don't even speak of such a thing. The things I will do to people if they touch Cowboy Bebop....

I asked because there was a rumor that Fox was in the process of developing a live action one. Theoretically, it could be done, but they will probably replace Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts with Nickelback and Shinichiro Watanabe with a Michael Bay / Brett Ratner hybrid.

I just got a chill thinking about that.
Seriously.

You take that back.

Search Cowboy Bebop on IMDB and you'll get "Cowboy Bebop (2011)" which can only be seen by IMDB Pro users. While I don't think it should be done, it's probably going to happen.


Oh dear. Erwin Stoff. I see where the Keanu Reeves thing comes from now, and I'm somewhat scared. Though there is some hope... not all of his films have Keanu.

The guy acts with all the emotional depth of a slightly warmed turnip. Get anyone else! Hell, Johnny Depp or Orlando Bloom even, if they have to have a "name."

I can see it now...



"Woah..." ^*dies*

Well, since this IS turning into a threadjack for the most awesome hero/mercenary/legitimately-reformed-villain (NO, NOT VENOM!) to grace the pages of comics:

The single best panel in Deadpool history

FROM THE ENCYCLOPEDIA DEADPOOLICA:

TheGrayCat: UberDave: Akira?! NOOOOOO!!!!!!
Well, if they do it, they better have the line, "KAAAAAAANEEEEEEEEEEEDAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

They won't - they've already changed the names of the two lead characters. Tetsuo is now Travis and, I believe, Kaneda is now John. Pathetic.!

Holy fark. That's actually, honest to god RACIST. jpanaese names are everywhere on earth now. Jesus.

hyperspacemonkey:
Holy fark. That's actually, honest to god RACIST. jpanaese names are everywhere on earth now. Jesus.

It looks like the studios seem to think that they've got to dumb it down for the supposed American Audiences who don't want to see a movie about a bunch of foriegners. Somehow though, I don't think anyone but those who already know the title are really interested in watching the movie.

/Travis, John - meet Tak and Iggy.
//Maybe it's just easier to cast white people than to find Asian actors who speak English in a North American accent.
///And nobody is gonna believe a White dude is named Tetsuo.

Hollywood:

Please make a good movie about Deadpool.

Three ways to make sure the Thor movie won't suck:
1. Get J. Michael Straczynski involved. Even if they don't have him write it, they should at least get his input and keep his number on speed dial.
2. Set it up in a similar way to the Cap America movie. The rumors I've heard have the entire film set in Asgard. The movie ends with Loki fleeing to Earth, Thor following, and everything being neatly set up for their appearances in The Avengers.
3. Don't cast a professional wrestler as Thor. FOR THE LOVE OF ODIN... DON'T CAST A PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER AS THOR!

If they do these things I can see the film having great potential.

What? No Vampirella ?(NSFW?)

ApatheticMonkey: hyperspacemonkey:
Holy fark. That's actually, honest to god RACIST. jpanaese names are everywhere on earth now. Jesus.

It looks like the studios seem to think that they've got to dumb it down for the supposed American Audiences who don't want to see a movie about a bunch of foriegners. Somehow though, I don't think anyone but those who already know the title are really interested in watching the movie.

/Travis, John - meet Tak and Iggy.
//Maybe it's just easier to cast white people than to find Asian actors who speak English in a North American accent.
///And nobody is gonna believe a White dude is named Tetsuo.

I dunno, a super-white buddy of mine's name is takemoto.

ComicBookGuy: Flying Undead Sheep: TheGrayCat: UberDave: Akira?! NOOOOOO!!!!!!
Well, if they do it, they better have the line, "KAAAAAAANEEEEEEEEEEEDAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

They won't - they've already changed the names of the two lead characters. Tetsuo is now Travis and, I believe, Kaneda is now John. Pathetic.


dj_bigbird: LEAVE GHOST IN THE SHELL ALONE!

THIS!

You know, I really like the Ghost in the Shell SAC series...this potential movie would have big shoes to fill.

It's going to suck, and you know it. Its setting be moved to the U.S., dumbed down a LOT so dumbasses in Texas will understand it, Gwyneth Paltrow or some other lameass actress will play the Major, Ben Affleck will play Batou, etc.

My agreement with you that this movie will suck aside, you're a pompous jackass. Seriously. I'm not sure which is more pathetic: How far you went out of your way to bash an entire state for no reason, or your claim that Gwyneth Paltrow is a lame actress.

Wish They Would Make A Mister Miracle Movie....

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