Speaking at AnimoCon in California last week, Tim Burton reportedly teased audiences with the subject of his next-but-one film project; "There's a writer called Pat Mills, from the UK, who wrote about an alien freedom fighter back in the 70s. All I can say is that we're in negotiations." Burton further hinted that stop-motion genius Phil Tippett may also be involved because he "lost a bet." The script is currently on its fourth draft (due to 'creative concerns') and pre-production is due to begin sometime in late 2025 or early 2026. Full details can be found here: animasaurus.Rex.com/news/2077612 (https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redstatememewar.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F04%2Fimg_4968.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=5724b2ad8ccb2e124728ceb449379da7c7dc239bcb28660093920092af33e3b0&ipo=images)
Oh almost, almost...
I really hate today. It's not the despair, it's the hope.
Me too. I remember my late best mate texting to say he'd sent our admittedly shite sitcom script to the Father Ted writers*, and they wanted to meet us tu discuss it. I excitedly told my parents then began to plan my new high-flying life as a comedy writer, then found myself very close to tears when he reminded me what day it is.
Still, he's gone forever now, and I miss the fecker something rotten despite it all.
*this was before Linehan started acting the twazzock on Twitter, of course.
Well, I didn't expect this thread to win any comedy awards but neither did I expect it to trigger existential crises.
Sorry about that.
No bother at all, it was more a response to Nxylas the Unpronounceable than anything you said.
Edit - though I will say, for the record, I'm not a fan of April Fool's pranks or any other kind for that matter - the small ones like yours are harmless of course, but I've had a couple of mischievous friends cause me huge amounts of anxiety or disappointment through elaborate hoaxes that nobody but the orchestrators found funny.
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 01 April, 2024, 10:02:30 PM...the small ones like yours are harmless of course...
:-[
I should say that my comment was meant tongue in cheek. It wasn't really an existential crisis.
Sorry, I didn't mean to get so serious. I was feeling very hungover and morose, so don't mind me. And Johnny Depp would make a rubbish Nemesis anyway.
I heard Johnny Depp would be playing Purity Brown...
Who would lend Nemesis a good voice, though? Hugo Weaving? Anthony Hopkins? Alan Carr?
You're forgetting it's Tim Burton. Depp is already cast which only leaves Helena Bonham Carter as Nemesis.
Credo!
In all seriousness, I always thought Clancy Brown would make a great Torquemada
Leslie Phillips would've been a great Nemesis:
"Well, Cre-Do!"
Quote from: Doomlord66 on 03 April, 2024, 10:13:59 AMIn all seriousness, I always thought Clancy Brown would make a great Torquemada
I'll buy that for a dollar. Perfect choice, especially for the Hicklenton era.
I just can't put a voice to Nemesis - how does he speak anyway through his near-permanently closed mouth grill? How does an alien god speak English? It would be like trying to find a voice actor for that other Lord of the Flies, the pig's-head beast god that only speaks in Simon's mind.
Has Uncle Pat ever said who Nemesis sounds like? I know he's fond of putting voices to his characters (usually Robert Mitchum's).
I've just listened to a sample of the Nemesis audiobook. Torquemada sounds pretty good when he's shouting in righteous indignation. Nemesis only says 'credo' in the sample- kind of a well-spoken but forceful posh lad. It's fine, but I doubt I'll be buying the audiobook.
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 05 April, 2024, 10:03:32 AMkind of a well-spoken but forceful posh lad.
Now you've made me think of Hugh Laurie in
Blackadder Goes Forth ("Permission to shout hurrah very loudly sir!")
Possibly a bit more Lord Flashheart.
Quote from: nxylas on 04 April, 2024, 04:04:05 PMHas Uncle Pat ever said who Nemesis sounds like? I know he's fond of putting voices to his characters (usually Robert Mitchum's).
Joe Pasquale
I would have gone with Les Dennis doing his Mavis voice.
Christopher Lee on helium.
Nemesis stop motion (https://downthetubes.net/nemesis-the-warlock-film-images-uncovered/)
This was used in part for the video XX Nemesis - "Deathbringer" - "Nemesis The Warlock"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FZ2IyRSn5A
It's an amazing bit of work. I'd only ever seen it as the video for that goth song, but I really like the original soundtrack and dialogue. And now I have a third way to pronounce Satanus - SayTANus, rather than SAYtanus or SahTANus.
Some of it is fairly clearly taking place on someone's kitchen table, but still, it really captures the spirit of Kev O'Neill at his maddest.
A different, live action version of our favourite warlock also pops up briefly in the video for Shriekback's Nemesis. (https://youtu.be/6bMM61Y5CEU?feature=shared)
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 20 May, 2024, 11:46:31 AMA different, live action version of our favourite warlock also pops up briefly in the video for Shriekback's Nemesis. (https://youtu.be/6bMM61Y5CEU?feature=shared)
I remember that one - good tune too (and quoted once by Conrad on Space Spinner 2000 by way of introducing the strip). Was that Nemesis mask Tony Luke's work as well? It does look a tad like the one he provided for those possibly-ill-advised Nemesis photo stories.
If I remember correctly the stop motion was by Pat's mate Tony Luke
It's Tony Luke alright - see maryanddavid's link above. I always liked his Anderson strips. He was clearly more a sculptor than an illustrator but I really liked the crazy landscapes he created.