New Films, New Options, New Rumours....

[Mouse]

Ocean's 8 looks quite good, but then I love Sandra Bullock. And also heard that Mortal Engines is being made(has been made?) into a film, so that'll be good!

 

[Danny Creasy]

A series, not a film, but The Alienist looks intriguing — January 22nd on TNT.

 

[REBerg]

heard that Mortal Engines is being made(has been made?) into a film, so that'll be good!

 

[WaylanderToo]

can you say "...start of 'A New Hope'..."

 

[AlexH]

After initially being announced in 2014, there has been progress on a film for one of my childhood favourite book series - Enid Blyton's Magic Faraway Tree. I only bought the books to re-read a few months ago and thought the proposed film had come to a dead end.

Sam Mendes' production company have teamed up with StudioCanal (behind Swallows and Amazons, Paddington etc.) for a live action film.

 

[WaylanderToo]

I see that there is potentially (yet another) disaster-zone to potentially avoid in 2021....

Dungeons & Dragons Movie Rolling Up Director

Now I love D&D - however I have got no faith in Hollywood to get this right

 

[Anthoney]

Now I love D&D - however I have got no faith in Hollywood to get this right

Just because they have failed every other time they've tried doesn't necessarily mean they'll fail again.

 

[Pyan]

Aha! *rubs hands together* Are you a betting man, Anthony?

 

[Anthoney]

Sure! A little black jack. Some Texas Hold'em. Maybe even some roulette if I'm feeling lucky. What I would not do is bet that they will make a good D&D movie. I might as well spend my whole check on Lotto. Same chances. (Secretly I spend $2 a week on Lotto just in case).

 

[Overread]

Thing is DnD should be perfect Hollywood material.
It's full of tropes that make it super easy to setup a world and scene and quest; its got a focus on action and monsters, dragons, magic etc.... And the quest structure fits into a film time-line. It's actually surprising they've never managed to get it to work properly. Done right a big DnD should be the kind of thing that unseats the dominance of Marvel/DC

 

[AstroZon]

A live action Jonny Quest has been in the planning stages for years. Robert Rodriguez was set to be both director and co-writer, but the project stalled a few years ago. Now apparently it's on again. As a fan of the original JQ, I'd love to see this done right.

I'd also like to see Hanna-Barbara release an unedited DVD box set of the original series, but that's extremely unlikely as there were plenty of politically incorrect moments. It'd be cool though.

 

[dask]

Loved Jonny Quest, watched it whenever reception was favorable the night it came on.

 

[Allegra]

I'm looking forward to seeing a new Polish black and white film Cold War. It's competing right now in Cannes film festival and got some excellent reviews. Directed by the director of Ida - also black & white, brilliant film.

 

[dask]

Sounds like something to look out for.

 

[Al Jackson]

Lot of news back in August about Apple greenlighting Asimov's Foundation. Can't say I have seen much about it since. This is a case where a story needs to be 'actionified' , they did a good job on Man in a High Castle. Foundation is more 'conventional' science fiction (so to speak) but will have to be handled with care.

 

[Al Jackson]

Dune. There has been news about Dune. Villeneuve will be using a different director of photography and Timothée Chalamet confirmed that he will be playing Paul.
I guess Legendary Pictures came up with the money for Dune? If two films this has got to be a 200 million plus movies. I had heard production was to begin in March but not seen that confirmed.

 

[svalbard]

Dune. There has been news about Dune. Villeneuve will be using a different director of photography and Timothée Chalamet confirmed that he will be playing Paul.
I guess Legendary Pictures came up with the money for Dune? If two films this has got to be a 200 million plus movies. I had heard production was to begin in March but not seen that confirmed.

That is something to look forward to

 

[Al Jackson]

That is something to look forward to

You know I can't think of a serious science fiction film in 2018. I don't count The Predator as SF (I didn't like it anyway). Since 2010 there have been just about one each year.
...Monsters , Gravity . Ex Machina , Predestination , Interstellar (tho that needed a better narrative) ,Arrival , The Martian, Blade Runner 2049 ,
Annihilation is 2018, is good enough but not sure why Alex Garland picked that story ... and about a half dozen others that were OK .
We still get the klunkers , right now Mortal Engines, but things are not as bad as they used to be.

I don't count the comic book movies they are , when they have SF, just too pulpy for me.

So Dune on the horizon , which may be 2020 is about the only big SF I know.

 

[dask]

Will this Dune have any connection to the work Jodorowsky has done?

 

[Al Jackson]

Will this Dune have any connection to the work Jodorowsky has done?

No.
I really don't understand the interest in Jodorowsky's Dune. Watching that documentary made me conclude that Jodorowsky did not have an idea how to make the novel into a film. His money man figured this out fairly quickly. I thought the art designs did not fit the story, Lynch had a better eye.