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paul_moadib
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In my teens, I yearned for The Lord of The Rings to become a full motion picture, so when PJ finally made it, it was a dream come true.

Some other movies I would like to see are:

- Sequel to 1982 "The Thing" - I suspect McReady was The Thing all along and manipulated the entire camp to leave him at the end, passing the bottle to Childs ...
- The Darth Bane trilogy of books in the Star Wars franchise. The Sith are so much more interesting than the Jedi ... !
- A remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic "When Worlds Collide"

What books / sequels / remakes would you like to see ... ?
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Jack_42
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A bio of one of the USA's most successful seminal rockers Ricky Nelson, War Of The Worlds in the time period and setting of the book, Soul Music by Terry Pratchett and a really graphic bio of Oscar Wilde,
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The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies (Fifth Business, The Manticore, World of Wonders). Wonderful, slightly magic realist fiction. Not sure how well known it is outside of Canada though Davies did get on the Booker list for some later stuff. Would be challenging (the middle book revolves around Jungian analysis). Basically it takes a single incident (a pregnant woman hit with a snowball containing a rock) and spins out the consequences for those involved and those around them.

As Jack_42 said, a good period version of War of the Worlds. There was a period version around the same time as the Spielberg-Cruise modern version but it was low budget and stiffed badly.

Guillermo Del Toro's long planned, perpetually put off version of H. P. Lovecraft's s-f novel "At the Mountains of Madness". The original story is a direct ancestor to the various versions of The Thing as well as the Prometheus/Alien universe. It's about a scientific expedition to the Antarctic finding the ruins of an alien civilization that may not quite as dead as they think...

A Star Trek movie that actually takes the prologue of the original TV show and runs with it. "Explore strange new worlds; Seek out new life and new civilizations; Boldly go where no man has gone before." The Abrams movies are great action s-f but weak on the awe and wonder of exploring space.
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1. Do-over of Queen of the Damned. That last one did not even come close to the vast interpretations available.

2. After seeing the movie "The Wrestler." I'd like to see a movie of the Von Erich family.



A mom left with her son, and memory of the glory days, but the want of just seeing them grow up. A great tragic play is always welcomed.
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1. Do-over of Queen of the Damned. That last one did not even come close to the vast interpretations available.

2. After seeing the movie "The Wrestler." I'd like to see a movie of the Von Erich family.



A mom left with her son, and memory of the glory days, but the want of just seeing them grow up. A great tragic play is always welcomed.


Way back when, I had a huge crush on Kerry. That family definitely had A LOT of heartache.
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Albert Fish and Andrei Chikatilo.
CleoElGato
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My life story. It would win all the oscars.
TroublesomeBard
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I'd like to see an adaptation of The Escapist comic from Kavalier and Clay, especially given the glut of superhero movies in Hollywood. I'd also like to see an animated R rated AVP movie, using minimal dialogue and focusing on the titular monsters, and an animated version of the John Carter of Mars books.
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How about one about Josephine Baker....


Horrible upbringing... went to France to escape the horrible racist US... became a superstar... Celebrity walking the streets of Paris with a cheetah on a leash.... Became a spy during WW2. Bisexual. Adopted 12 children...

It's rare to see movies involving black women that don't involve slavery. If I worked at Netflix, I would greenlight this immediately. No pandering. Just a great, interesting character that happens to be a black woman. And a fucking interesting one at that.

Probably should be a mini series though.
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How about one about Josephine Baker....

Horrible upbringing... went to France to escape the horrible racist US... became a superstar... Celebrity walking the streets of Paris with a cheetah on a leash.... Became a spy during WW2. Bisexual. Adopted 12 children...

It's rare to see movies involving black women that don't involve slavery. If I worked at Netflix, I would greenlight this immediately. No pandering. Just a great, interesting character that happens to be a black woman. And a fucking interesting one at that.

Probably should be a mini series though.


Tough role to cast but, yeah, a heck of a great story and perfect for streaming.

More Neil Gaiman. Neverwhere, Coraline, and Stardust are done, American Gods is an ongoing series, and the Good Omens miniseries is looming (comes out on Prime on May 31 IIRC). However, some of his comic book work like Sandman and Books of Magic are still out there, as are the Graveyard Book and Ocean at the End of the Lane. Fortunately the Milk and Odd and the Frost Giants would make great animated kids movies (with Gaiman voicing the father in the former for bonus points). And an adaptation of one or more of the Norse myths he adapts in Norse Mythology would be fun, too.
GoldiSidonie
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The Immortal Hulk.

I'm intrigued to see how it would compare to a 'Dark Knight' type of film. Maybe it will be a matter of time.
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The Immortal Hulk.

I'm intrigued to see how it would compare to a 'Dark Knight' type of film. Maybe it will be a matter of time.


Given Marvel's penchant for mining old story arcs from the comics as inspiration for the MCU, who knows?
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Tough role to cast but, yeah, a heck of a great story and perfect for streaming.

More Neil Gaiman. Neverwhere, Coraline, and Stardust are done, American Gods is an ongoing series, and the Good Omens miniseries is looming (comes out on Prime on May 31 IIRC). However, some of his comic book work like Sandman and Books of Magic are still out there, as are the Graveyard Book and Ocean at the End of the Lane. Fortunately the Milk and Odd and the Frost Giants would make great animated kids movies (with Gaiman voicing the father in the former for bonus points). And an adaptation of one or more of the Norse myths he adapts in Norse Mythology would be fun, too.


Sandman is in pre-production and Graveyard book has been announced. "The Thing about Cassandra" has also been announced. I'm assuming that Sandman will be a series.

I watched Good Omens all the first day it came out. I'm sure every studio is clamoring to snap up every Gaiman property now.
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The story of Brigadier Gen. Wendell Fertig Commanding Officer USFIP (US Forces in the Phillipines),a guerella force of US service men and locals who fought against the occuping Japenese Army during WWII. By the time MacArthur returned he comanded a Division Size force. Lt Gen. Command divisions. But because he made Mac look bad, (Mac stated that a guerilla force could not operate in the Philippines.) He retired as a Lt Col.

The battle for Itter Castle
The only WWII battle where German soldiers fought WITH US forces against the Nazi SS to free French prisoners.

How the hell have these movies not been made but Howard the Duck and It's Pat did.
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The story of Brigadier Gen. Wendell Fertig Commanding Officer USFIP (US Forces in the Phillipines),a guerella force of US service men and locals who fought against the occuping Japenese Army during WWII. By the time MacArthur returned he comanded a Division Size force. Lt Gen. Command divisions. But because he made Mac look bad, (Mac stated that a guerilla force could not operate in the Philippines.) He retired as a Lt Col.

The battle for Itter Castle
The only WWII battle where German soldiers fought WITH US forces against the Nazi SS to free French prisoners.

How the hell have these movies not been made but Howard the Duck and It's Pat did.


Unfortunately, the further we get from WWII, the less marketable it seems to become, at least to TPTB in Hollywood. Has there even been a major Hollywood historical WWII film (leaving aside counterfactual fare like The First Avenger and Inglourious Basterds) since Saving Private Ryan? There's tons of good stories that never got mined from that war and others because Hollywood kept looking for cliches rather than good stories in the heyday of such movies. I imagine there's still some good stories from WWI and Korea left untouched, too. Best bet these days might be for a director interested in producing such material to try for a made-for-streaming series or something like that. Those are better at catering to niche markets than the big studios.
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Unfortunately, the further we get from WWII, the less marketable it seems to become, at least to TPTB in Hollywood. Has there even been a major Hollywood historical WWII film (leaving aside counterfactual fare like The First Avenger and Inglourious Basterds) since Saving Private Ryan? There's tons of good stories that never got mined from that war and others because Hollywood kept looking for cliches rather than good stories in the heyday of such movies. I imagine there's still some good stories from WWI and Korea left untouched, too. Best bet these days might be for a director interested in producing such material to try for a made-for-streaming series or something like that. Those are better at catering to niche markets than the big studios.




Good point. I hadn't thought about it until you mentioned it. Although Thin Red Line, and Letters from Iwo Jima were also good WW2 entries.

There is a new movie called Peace coming out based on a book of the same name that focuses on the Italian front of WW2. Its more of a small story about a group of soldiers though.

Oh, and Dunkirk.

I do like the idea of picking a specific part of the war and delving into that. There are so many good stories to be told in both WW1 and 2.

Concerning WW1 though, the UK has constantly been producing good films and TV shows. The US doesn't seem to care too much about the first world war though so Hollywood isn't big on capturing that.
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Good point. I hadn't thought about it until you mentioned it. Although Thin Red Line, and Letters from Iwo Jima were also good WW2 entries.

There is a new movie called Peace coming out based on a book of the same name that focuses on the Italian front of WW2. Its more of a small story about a group of soldiers though.

Oh, and Dunkirk.

I do like the idea of picking a specific part of the war and delving into that. There are so many good stories to be told in both WW1 and 2.

Concerning WW1 though, the UK has constantly been producing good films and TV shows. The US doesn't seem to care too much about the first world war though so Hollywood isn't big on capturing that.


There was one made fairly recently starring Rick Schroder called the Lost Battalion, based on a true story in the aargon forest. Only color WWI Ive ever seen.
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There was one made fairly recently starring Rick Schroder called the Lost Battalion, based on a true story in the aargon forest. Only color WWI Ive ever seen.


You should focus on "Hooked on Phonics"...

I think historical screenplays might be a bit beyond your intellectual pay grade.
Beffer
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I'd love to see Isaac Asimov's Foundation series made into films or a TV series.
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I'd love to see Isaac Asimov's Foundation series made into films or a TV series.

That would be amazing! Hard to imagine it would be done well, though.

I'd love to see any of my stories turned into a short film. Lol. Especially "Best friends exchange club," which could turn into a series.
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Oh, and Dunkirk.


D'oh. Forgot about that. Nolan is definitely mainstream Hollywood, eh.

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Concerning WW1 though, the UK has constantly been producing good films and TV shows. The US doesn't seem to care too much about the first world war though so Hollywood isn't big on capturing that.


We've had a few domestic productions in Canada, including a fairly recent big budget (for Canada) film about Passchendaele (where Canadians played a major role). But we were in from the beginning. The Americans didn't show up until the last year of the war so perhaps that's why it isn't as big a deal for them as it is for Brits and Canadians who went through four years of hell.

Bootnote: Actually, Passchendaele isn't as recent as I thought. 2008, so it's more than a decade old now.
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I'd love to see Isaac Asimov's Foundation series made into films or a TV series.


Thought Prime was working on this?? Or did it get abandoned?
Buz
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Das Boot was an excellent WWII movie made in German and subtitled in English. It was from the German submariners POV. Maybe a WWI submariner POV movie. Certainly being on a submarine in WWI was even worse than WWII, except for the fact that German submariners in WWII had a deathrate of around 70%.

I'd also like to see a high-budget quality movie made from the Native-American point-of-view on The Trail of Tears or just before that in their losing legal struggle to keep their lands and home. They were far from the savages so often portrayed by Hollywood.

The Cherokee had their own newspaper printed in their language and many were very successful, and owned plantations, living in large antebellum homes. Several leaders of the Eastern tribes had been educated at Yale and Harvard.

And a high quality new movie based on Wild Bill Hickock would be cool.
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Albert Fish and Andrei Chikatilo.



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We've had a few domestic productions in Canada, including a fairly recent big budget (for Canada) film about Passchendaele (where Canadians played a major role). But we were in from the beginning. The Americans didn't show up until the last year of the war so perhaps that's why it isn't as big a deal for them as it is for Brits and Canadians who went through four years of hell.

Bootnote: Actually, Passchendaele isn't as recent as I thought. 2008, so it's more than a decade old now.


Passchendaele was ok... anything with Paul Gross is pretty Canadian though. The action was fine, but the writing was subpar.
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Let me guess... You have a penchant for biting?



jamieereynoldss
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I want to see X-Men, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Dawn of the Dead.
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Sandman is in pre-production


It is now set up as a TV series at Netflix with Gaiman as an executive producer, the same role as on American Gods. So not as intimately involved as he was with Good Omens (Gaiman swears he will never, ever showrun again and only did that one as a favour to his co-author, the late Terry Pratchett), but involved. I think he might be doing some writing, too.