Do u think any of gemmell books will make it to the big screen

[Maggot_magee]

Hi ya doin im new here so thought i would leave in a little message,

Do u think any of gemmell books would make it to the movies, Personally i rekon the rigante series would make an awsome set of movies

 

[Connavar]

Rigante would be an awesome movie series.


Sadly i think hollywood would ruin it making it some lame Braveheart remake or something.

 

[Maggot_magee]

True and there are no actors out there that would do the characters justice, i mean like no-body could do jaim justice or connavar for that matter

 

[sanityassassin]

This is a question that creeps in often to the Gemmell board and the truth of it is, it is highly unlikely that any of his books would be converted to the big screen as DG was not a fan of it and now after his passing I am sure his wife would respect his wishes. As for the theory of a film the problem would be to find suitable people to play Davids larger than life characters and there is a largew thread dedicated to it but if they could do it well I would like to see Waylander or Wolf in Shadow

 

[drosdelnoch]

I wouldnt say that DG wasnt a fan of having one of his books turned into a film, perhaps it was more a case of the fact that in order for it to happen, the standard movie contract would mean that he lost control of his characters. He also said that if certain directors came along interested it would inspire serious thought.

 

[Moonhead]

I personally would love to see Waylander: The Movie, but i agree that it would be a difficult task to do DG's work justice on the big screen.

 

[Caesar]

although i would love to see any of Gemmells novels made into a film, sadly i just cant see this happening

 

[drosdelnoch]

Well after watching 300 I suppose Lion of Macedon has serious potential. Likewise with other effects available then Legend would work well. Now if anyone has a few million that they want to giv me I'll get on with making the DG film the fans deserve.

 

[Bradford boy]

How about a game instead of a film, first? You could have a RPG playing as Druss or Waylander, or a RTS based Legend. If done properly, it could pique the interest of lots of people who havent read his books yet

 

[drosdelnoch]

Yet again Bradford boy you'd have a lot of problems, initially keeping the combat to a Gemmell feel, the plot lines, the settings, and obviously you couldnt really set the campaigns where they run into any "known" characters as it would more than likely ruin it. Then you have to whom would you trust to do a descent job of the conversion etc and then avoiding copyright of other roleplay systems. Its a tricky situation and whilst some people convert systems to fit into the setting thats the only way that it can currently be done. Officially I dont think that there will be one, but trying to keep to the truth and flavour of the originals is going to be too tricky.

 

[Bradford boy]

Instead of focusing of a single novel, you could have a game based on Ulrics campaigns. It would be interesting to have a Rome: Total War style game in Gemmells universe

 

[drosdelnoch]

That is a game that would have a load of potential and DG always did enjoy the strategy type games.

 

[Grimblade]

I heard a rumour before DGs' passing about Legend being brought to the silver screen. He even mentioned something about it in an interview later that year. Personally I think it's the most likely for several reasons. Mainly that it's by far his most accessible work, it was already adapted to a graphic novel to reach a different market and it was, of course, his first success. I've always had trouble with the concept of finding an actor to play Druss.

 

[sanityassassin]

If they did do a movie of Legend it would not matter who they got to play him and other main characters like Hogun and Rek is that a large portion of the readers are going to see them as looking different than the filmmakers

 

[woodsman]

I think legend would be easiest to form as a film, fairly simple etc.
But finding actors is a difficulty. Something I thought LOTR would have trouble with especially Aragorn and Gandalf and they wroked out ok, not perfect to my mind but pretty good.
A film has to be enjoyed somewhat for what it is, despite the fact that it will differ from readers impressions/ideas of character.

 

[CORONATIONCAGES]

Rigante Deffo

 

[Memnoch]

Well after watching 300 I suppose Lion of Macedon has serious potential. Likewise with other effects available then Legend would work well. Now if anyone has a few million that they want to giv me I'll get on with making the DG film the fans deserve.

Unfortunatley with the missed oppurtunity that was Alexander, I feel this would be a non stater.


LEGEND MUST BE MADE INTO A FILM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then all the Druss books as Prequels with an uknown quite man mountain actor in the lead (He would become Druss, Like Christphoher Reeve IS Superman)

 

[JagLover]

Legend would make a good film.

But so also would the Jerusalam man or Waylander.

 

[Connavar28]

Defo legend its cryin out for a trip to the big screen . But also the whole rigante series after they are the best of the lot !!!!

 

[Connavar28]

Also dark moon its an awesome book