QuoteDuncan Jones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Jones), Director of Moon and currently making Source Code with Jake Gyllenhaal has tweeted an idea he has for a Judge Dredd film.
Quote@ManMadeMoon One day, I would love to tell you my idea for a Judge Dredd film... But not yet. :)
@ManMadeMoon Haha! Ok... I'll give you my tweet version. It's a Dredd take on the film "Man bites Dog," & involves Death & the League of Fatties.
Now a film is currently in development based on a scrip by Alex Garland, but no director is attached. If anyone in Hollywood is listening I reckon Mr Jones would be a splendid choice to direct.
http://liveforfilms.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/judge-dredd-duncan-jones-has-an-idea/
He and Chris Weston have had a further chin wag:
Quote@westonfront the true answer involves 2000AD, as you can probably imagine... But who knows what will happen there!
http://twitter.com/ManMadeMoon/status/10272037844
And back:
Quote@ManMadeMoon I think I can speak on behalf of every creator (and fan) of 2000ad when I say we'd all be behind you on that one.
http://twitter.com/westonfront/status/10272278252
Yes you can speak on our behalf Mr Weston, as you speak the truth.
This shouldn't be much of a surprise given the fact Jones mentions i2000 AD in just about every interview, including wanting to make a film based on a 2000 AD story:
Quoteas you mentioned 2000AD, there are certain stories and characters from that holy book I have wanted to make since I was a kid.
http://liveforfilm.blogspot.com/2009/05/exclusive-interview-duncan-jones.html
QuoteMarvel.com: You call yourself "a huge sci-fi fan and a bit of a geek." Who are some of your influences-be they writers, directors or otherwise? What inspired you to choose "Moon" as your directorial debut?
Duncan Jones: As far as sci-fi goes, I was a JG Ballard fan, a William Gibson fan and, (besides Marvel of course,) a 2000AD fan. (A british comic book that was sci-fi heavy and the originator of Judge Dredd.)
http://marvel.com/news/moviestories.8733.famous_fanboys~colon~_duncan_jones
QuoteIt's also a nod back to the kind of sci-fi Jones was brought up on, when he was an avid reader of 2000AD, Dan Dare in The Eagle and John Wyndham's Day of the Triffids.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6626419.ece
QuoteAny chance on making a full-length film out of the robot beer commercial you made awhile back? I have to say I would love to see you do a film about robots running their own pub.
(laughs) Or a TV show? We could do a future version of Cheers! There are actually some amazing robot-centered comic books from a magazine here in the UK called 2000 AD I used to read growing up, but I think I need to get a few films under my belt before I am ready for something like that!
http://www.starwars.com/fans/rocks/20090619.html?page=3
QuoteFEARS: You mention Neuromancer, what other science fiction did you read growing up?
DUNCAN JONES: My real sci-fi education back then came at the hands of 2000 AD. 2000 AD was the daddy of all sci-fi comic books in Britain. It's where Judge Dredd originated, though the Dredd from the comic books was a far cry from the homogenized version Sylvester Stalone portrayed. Dredd was a fascist cop; a Gollum of law who brought the full weight of justice down on all law-breakers, no matter how petty or accidental their misdeeds. As a kid, reading Dredd, Robo-Hunter, ABC Warriors, Strontium Dog and later Rogue Trooper and other comics filled my head with a pithy mix of the best of British sci-fi and the dark and bitter humor that infused it.
http://fearsmag.com/08/index.php/ON-THE-COUCH-WITH-J.B.-MACABRE/FEARS-takes-a-trip-to-the-dark-side-of-the-MOON-with-director-Duncan-Jones.html
+1 point for every mention, +5 for calling 2000AD a "holy book" and -1 each for "magazine" and "comic book" (even taking into account you have to pitch the description for the audience) which still leaves him comfortably in the black there.
It also raises the question of what the reading material must have been like in the Bowie household when he was a kid.
I know he has his heart set on Dredd (and one involving fatties sounds a lot more interesting that the easy option of Judge Death) but there is one in the works so, unless this is his early play for the director's chair, it might be a while until he gets a shot. There must be other stories he could adapt in the meantime on a lower budget (because, let's be honest, too large a budget can spoil a lot of comic adaptations, LXG anyone?) and, as I'm sure he has lurked here ;) throw in your suggestions.
The obvious one for me would be Cradlegrave. Strontium Dog could be interesting...
I suppose Slaine would be a good choice, especially with things like Clash of the Titans coming out!
Zowie Bowie. Would that be his other name?
I don't have a problem with that, considering his background in music, film and his apparent childhood of growing up with the sci/fi comic.
Considering who his father is, I could imgine
David Boiwe assuming the guise of the green headed bonce himself very smoothly.
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 12 March, 2010, 03:17:36 AM
I suppose Slaine would be a good choice, especially with things like Clash of the Titans coming out!
I certainly wouldn't have a problem with that?
QuoteDredd was a fascist cop; a Gollum of law
Y'know, I bet what Duncan actually said was '
golem of Law', as opposed to 'the Lawses are my precioussss'.
Maybe a Slaine film wouldn't be such a good idea now that the new Conan film is underway...
A Strontium Dog film is the only way to go if it's not Dredd. Or Dynosty.
Quote from: ThryllSeekyr on 12 March, 2010, 04:25:49 AM
Zowie Bowie. Would that be his other name?
Thats the one. I loved moon, and he is clearly passionate about the comic. He gets my vote to direct any 2000ad film he wants.
Am I the only one who thought "The guy from Blue?" when first seeing the thread title? :)
Haven't yet seen Moon, but I've heard lots of good stuff about it, and Mr Jones seems like a really cool guy in interviews - seems like a great choice to me.
Lets hope he makes a better director than his dad does an actor. Saying that.... If orchestrating a film in the way his old man put together a concept has any direct genetic passing from father to son, there's a movie I would go see!
wonderful to have him onboard as a fan, from what he's saying Tooth must have been around the Bowie hoosehold, you think David went down the shops for it every Wednesday? :D
Haha! Just dropping it in front of him like my old fella, mumbling something like," here, thought you might like this sort of thing. " but in a camp, "Bowiiieee!!" way.
And Ziggy used to read 2000 ADEEEEEE
OOOOOOH YYEEEEAH
WE could be heroes from 2000AD - AAAH
Great, so when I finally meet Bowie (and finish gushing like a small child who's just met Christ - so several hours later) and tell him I'd always thought of Tharg as a relative of his, he'll ACTUALLY KNOW what the hell I'm on about? Super.
QuoteAny chance on making a full-length film out of the robot beer commercial you made awhile back? I have to say I would love to see you do a film about robots running their own pub.
(laughs) Or a TV show? We could do a future version of Cheers! There are actually some amazing robot-centered comic books from a magazine here in the UK called 2000 AD I used to read growing up, but I think I need to get a few films under my belt before I am ready for something like that!
oooh, I'd love to see a Ro-busters movie - I think it would work really well as a three act story - 1: set scene/thunderbirds style rescue; 2: Northpool 3: fall & rise of Hammerstein & Rojaws.
And "Gollum of Law" made me laugh!
Quote from: radiator on 12 March, 2010, 10:00:50 AM
Am I the only one who thought "The guy from Blue?" when first seeing the thread title? :)
Yes
Please don't mention fucking Blue around me. One of 'em (can't remember which) is from my neck of the woods. Never sold him a guitar, but I did get a lift home from the pub from his dad once or twice (he's a minicab driver).
"Gollum of Law" - FFS! Kids with no bloody writing skills, eh?
This would make me very happy. Moon felt like one glorious extended future shock, and now I know why! Agree with Emperor - a Cradlegrave movie would be a) solid gold b) timely & relevant and c) friggin' creepy.
It'd be good if he did turn his attention away from Dredd and to other 2000AD stories instead. If he does lurk here, and if anyone comes across him, could they please steer him in the direction of Cradlegrave?.
Quote from: James S on 12 March, 2010, 09:14:42 AM
Quote from: ThryllSeekyr on 12 March, 2010, 04:25:49 AM
Zowie Bowie. Would that be his other name?
Thats the one. I loved moon, and he is clearly passionate about the comic. He gets my vote to direct any 2000ad film he wants.
I absolutely loved MOON. It was one of the stand-out sci-fi flicks of last year. Brilliantly directed and acted.
I think Bowie Jnr would do a great 2000AD flick.
not Cradlegrave .. nooo. Give him something good to work with.
'the Lawses are my precioussss'.
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'd quite like to see Cradlegrave adapted for the small screen. I think it'd work.
Come to think of it, there'd be a chance of it working even better than it did on the page even, a rareity in adaptations but I think the extra space given by a one off tv drama or short series would really make the suspense and chills work.
He is not letting this one go, from two recent pieces:
QuoteThe filmmaker grew up digesting a literary diet of George Orwell, JG Ballard, Phillip K Dick and the comic 2000 AD, and his film influences are equally intergalactic, with Moon, specifically, referencing the likes of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Silent Running, Solaris, Alien and THX 1138.
www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/film-tv-features/interview-duncan-jones-on-the-journey-from-being-zowie-bowie-to-one-of-hollywood-s-hottest-film-directors-1.1092860
QuoteSource Code director Duncan Jones has spoken exclusively to Total Film about his passion for Judge Dredd.
The 2000 AD comic character is currently receiving the reboot treatment in Dredd, which has Pete Travis (Vantage Point) at the helm and Karl Urban under the iconic helmet.
"That's the one I keep thinking about," Jones told us. "I had such a strong idea of what I would do with it, and although I really understood what they wanted, it's so different from what I had in mind."
www.totalfilm.com/news/duncan-jones-talks-judge-dredd
Now he wanted to make a Dredd film but you'd have to imagine Dredd and Anderson are tied-up for the time being with the possibility of sequels. However, what about a Dreddworld series? A Devlin Waugh film could be a bit special.
If those stories are out then I'd have to go with the Strontium Dog suggestion, as it has a lot of the Dredd elements and a tonne of potential for great gritty stories in a low-fi sci-fi setting, which might really suit him.
Quote from: Emperor on 27 March, 2011, 10:21:02 PMHowever, what about a Dreddworld series? A Devlin Waugh film could be a bit special.
Shimura would be pretty good as well. Lenny Zero? Lowlife?
The Simping Detective would be a bit of stretch. Though if you could get Tom Hanks on board to play Jack Point...
When I heard his Dredd idea I was rather disappointed as it implied a hodge-podge similar to the '95 version, Fatties and Death? Please don't play to the choir, you're better than this Mr. Jones. If he really had the passion and confidence for Dredd, he wouldn't have opted for Jake Gyllenhaal, it's too much of a once-off oppurtunity. He could have done the Garland script then expressed his own ideas for a sequel if it was succesful.
I'd sooner see him do Rogue Trooper. Those internal aspects of the character and his bio-chips would be apt for his style.
If his dad had said 'I've got an idea for an album about a guitar playing alien, oh, and with a cover version of a Ron Davies song also' ,it probably wouldn't sound super-promising either.
Quote from: exilewood on 27 March, 2011, 11:01:42 PM
If his dad had said 'I've got an idea for an album about a guitar playing alien, oh, and with a cover version of a Ron Davies song also' ,it probably wouldn't sound super-promising either.
That's like comparing apples and oranges though, he's not his father and he's not making concept albums
All I can say is thank god for Duncan Jones. He's bringing the respectable science fiction film back in a big way and if 2000AD is a big influence of his, I can believe it. Interesting how passionate he seems about Dredd. But there are a lot of other things I could see him directing; Stontium Dog? Halo Jones? MACH1!
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 27 March, 2011, 11:09:33 PM
Quote from: exilewood on 27 March, 2011, 11:01:42 PM
If his dad had said 'I've got an idea for an album about a guitar playing alien, oh, and with a cover version of a Ron Davies song also' ,it probably wouldn't sound super-promising either.
That's like comparing apples and oranges though, he's not his father and he's not making concept albums
I was just having a laugh really. All I'm saying is that "involving fatties & Death" might not sound like a great idea to some, but it's not much to go on either.
I clicked on this thread thinking that Duncan Jones was the guy off Dragon's Den.
Quote from: exilewood on 27 March, 2011, 11:21:15 PM
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 27 March, 2011, 11:09:33 PM
Quote from: exilewood on 27 March, 2011, 11:01:42 PM
If his dad had said 'I've got an idea for an album about a guitar playing alien, oh, and with a cover version of a Ron Davies song also' ,it probably wouldn't sound super-promising either.
That's like comparing apples and oranges though, he's not his father and he's not making concept albums
I was just having a laugh really. All I'm saying is that "involving fatties & Death" might not sound like a great idea to some, but it's not much to go on either.
All I can say is when I think of the best Dredd stories to do on-screen,
Death and the Fatties aren't close to the top.
Quote from: The Adventurer on 27 March, 2011, 11:15:48 PM
All I can say is thank god for Duncan Jones. He's bringing the respectable science fiction film back in a big way and if 2000AD is a big influence of his, I can believe it. Interesting how passionate he seems about Dredd. But there are a lot of other things I could see him directing; ... Halo Jones?
Ding!
An Alan Moore film you'd actually want to watch.
He really does love 2000 AD and now he is writing a comic too:
QuoteNrama: Both Moon and Source Code have a similar spirit and approach as a lot of sci-fi comic books. Are you a comic book fan?
Jones: I am a comic book fan. Because of where I grew up, I was much more into the UK stuff. There was a particular comic, sort of a compendium, called 2000 AD. I guess it's a little bit like Heavy Metal over here.
I was also reading a lot of US comic books, but probably not to the same extent. I guess from the US guys, I was probably into, Rom, Swamp Thing, Ghost Rider. Not the ones you might immediately think of. I was and remain a huge Conan fan.
Nrama: And it's been reported recently that you have comic book ambitions of your own — specifically, turning your unproduced script for a movie called Mute into a graphic novel, sort of like what Darren Aronofsky did with The Fountain.
Jones: That's the plan. Other than the press I've been doing for Source Code, we're having meetings, and trying to work out what's the best way to approach turning this feature script I wrote, Mute, into a graphic novel. I'm getting very excited about that, and hoping that we'll be able to sort of nail that down quite soon.
www.newsarama.com/film/duncan-jones-source-code-interview-110331.html
Seriously, someone should drop him a line and suggest speaking to Tharg about doing something for 2000AD, if they haven't already...
Quote from: Emperor on 01 April, 2011, 03:46:24 PM
Seriously, someone should drop him a line and suggest speaking to Tharg about doing something for 2000AD, if they haven't already...
or the other way round?
Quote from: Proudhuff on 01 April, 2011, 03:57:01 PM
Quote from: Emperor on 01 April, 2011, 03:46:24 PM
Seriously, someone should drop him a line and suggest speaking to Tharg about doing something for 2000AD, if they haven't already...
or the other way round?
Tharg should drop someone a line and suggest
they speak to Duncan Jones?
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 27 March, 2011, 10:43:52 PM
I'd sooner see him do Rogue Trooper. Those internal aspects of the character and his bio-chips would be apt for his style.
He'd be great for Rogue Trooper.
Quote from: Emperor on 03 April, 2011, 03:31:07 PM
Quote from: Proudhuff on 01 April, 2011, 03:57:01 PM
Quote from: Emperor on 01 April, 2011, 03:46:24 PM
Seriously, someone should drop him a line and suggest speaking to Tharg about doing something for 2000AD, if they haven't already...
or the other way round?
Tharg should drop someone a line and suggest they speak to Duncan Jones?
I preferred it the other way.
In responce to this topic's title:
Let him, let him, LET HIM!
Halo Jones or ABC Warriors would be nice!
Halo Jones ain't really suited for a two hour film, more for telly, if even. Rogue Trooper would be a better choice.
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 03 April, 2011, 10:26:24 PM
Halo Jones ain't really suited for a two hour film, more for telly, if even. Rogue Trooper would be a better choice.
Hell! Make it a trilogy, I won't complain! :D
A Rogue Trooper movie would be equally cool.
This really should happen. Will somebody please talk to somebody.
Quote from: dweezil2 on 04 April, 2011, 01:36:19 AM
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 03 April, 2011, 10:26:24 PM
Halo Jones ain't really suited for a two hour film, more for telly, if even. Rogue Trooper would be a better choice.
Hell! Make it a trilogy, I won't complain! :D
It's not it's length, it's how it plays and paced which is episodic.
The two films he's helmed so far have been somewhat claustrophobic and with a clear psychological bent, and so it'd be interesting to know what he would pick, rather than what we think he should. Looking at Barney, I find it tricky to see a match when considering Moon and Source Code (not that Jones would necessarily want to make a film along similar thematic or atmospheric lines), but one story did spring to mind: Killing Time.
Actually with the [spoiler]cloning[/spoiler] elements of MOON and the [spoiler]personality implant[/spoiler] elements of SOURCE CODE you have the seeds of a Rogue Trooper film right there.
* I know RT isn't a [spoiler]clone[/spoiler] but it doesn't take a massive leap of the imagination to connect to two.
Silo was quite claustrophobic but not particularly typical of 2000ad
Quote from: Richard T Field on 04 April, 2011, 07:59:46 PM
Silo was quite claustrophobic but not particularly typical of 2000ad
It did rather wear its movie influences a little too openly. This worked fine in a comic strip but would need to be looked at before it could become a movie? Still one of Mark Millar's better offerings for the Galaxies Greatest.
Quote from: Buddy on 04 April, 2011, 05:06:20 PM
Actually with the [spoiler]cloning[/spoiler] elements of MOON and the [spoiler]personality implant[/spoiler] elements of SOURCE CODE you have the seeds of a Rogue Trooper film right there.
* I know RT isn't a [spoiler]clone[/spoiler] but it doesn't take a massive leap of the imagination to connect to two.
I thought Rogue Trooper was a clone. In 'the war machine' he was a clone of the guy that owned the corporation.
Quote from: malkymac on 05 April, 2011, 12:34:13 PM
Quote from: Buddy on 04 April, 2011, 05:06:20 PM
Actually with the [spoiler]cloning[/spoiler] elements of MOON and the [spoiler]personality implant[/spoiler] elements of SOURCE CODE you have the seeds of a Rogue Trooper film right there.
* I know RT isn't a [spoiler]clone[/spoiler] but it doesn't take a massive leap of the imagination to connect to two.
I thought Rogue Trooper was a clone. In 'the war machine' he was a clone of the guy that owned the corporation.
There ya go then..... Jones for RT!!
Depending on how you play it, RT is essentially *that* scene from Saving Private Ryan followed by a chase film of sorts. I could see it working better as a (preferably finite) TV series than a movie.
From the blurb on the new Slaine hardcover:
Quote'SLÁINE WAS ONE OF MY FAVOURITES.' – DUNCAN JONES
www.hypergeek.ca/2011/04/2000-ad-to-release-slaine-the-horned-god-hc-to-us-markets-in-may-2011.html
Perhaps we are trying too hard to fit 2000AD stories to the kind of films we have seen so far and not going with what he clearly loves.
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 05 April, 2011, 01:27:59 PM
Depending on how you play it, RT is essentially *that* scene from Saving Private Ryan followed by a chase film of sorts. I could see it working better as a (preferably finite) TV series than a movie.
I strongly disagree there, a lot could be done with Rogue that'd really be pure cinema. The quartz massacre and the myth of Rogue/traitor general need to be writ large.
How about Duncan Jones continues to make idiosyncratic, original films and Tharg gets on with commissioning interesting, original strips? That's what I'd prefer.
Works for Stevie Cosh.
Moon is a truly brilliant sci-fi film that was a bit like a cross between Solaris, Silent Running and 2001(with a typically stunning Clint Poppie soundtrack), and Source Code has had some great reviews too, although haven't seen that yet.
If Zowie Bowie wants to make a 2000AD film, we should be very, very excited.
It's just a shame he didn't get a shot at Judge Dredd, but it would seem he jumped a level above that (budget and profile wise) straight away with Source Code.
He was going to do a sort of sequel to MOON, set in Berlin with Sam turning up in a cameo, but went straight to Hollywood with Source Code which is getting a largely positive reception.
Mute looks like a GN sequel to MOON.
I'd give him another film for the corps and ask him again. He works well with isolate fatherly themes. And sci-fi.
EDIT:
Didn't he vest an interest in Bad Company? He may do that. And it would be the shit. Danny Franks. Isolated amongst the Company.
A Slaine movie could very easily turn out as badly as the 2011 Conan remake. Sean Bean as Slaine, Warwick Davies as Ukko and Alan Moore as Slough Feg. Music by the Wurzles!
Hang on! have we seen conan yet? It looks outreageously brilliant to me, and certainly the only film this year i'll be seeing at the cinema without small boys in tow. Unless it's a 12a, in which case small boys will be with me.
Havent seen moon yet, or that other one, but its been sitting on my shelf now for a month so id best get around to it sooner or later, i guess.
SBT
Duncan has been tweeting again about 2000AD films.
https://twitter.com/ManMadeMoon/status/843609365177221121 (https://twitter.com/ManMadeMoon/status/843609365177221121)
Made me track down his Carling Commerical which has a bit of a resemblance to Greasy Gracies from Robusters.
http://www.rsafilms.com/uk/directors/film-and-tv-directors/duncan-jones/featured/carling-robots/ (http://www.rsafilms.com/uk/directors/film-and-tv-directors/duncan-jones/featured/carling-robots/)
This passed me by, small budget short but feels a bit Rogue Trooper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpHSzFZaoo8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpHSzFZaoo8)
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 05 April, 2011, 01:27:59 PM
Depending on how you play it, RT is essentially *that* scene from Saving Private Ryan followed by a chase film of sorts.
Ah yes, *that* scene, the GIs stand around discussing Edith Piaf and reminiscing about their adolescent fumbles before the Benny Hill music kicks in and they run around the Quartz Zone tripping up and accidentally pulling each others trousers down as they fall...
Cosh was right; movies and TV are "nice to have"s but it's all about reading 2000ad.
Quote from: Tiplodocus on 20 March, 2017, 12:36:29 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 05 April, 2011, 01:27:59 PM
Depending on how you play it, RT is essentially *that* scene from Saving Private Ryan followed by a chase film of sorts.
Ah yes, *that* scene, the GIs stand around discussing Edith Piaf and reminiscing about their adolescent fumbles before the Benny Hill music kicks in and they run around the Quartz Zone tripping up and accidentally pulling each others trousers down as they fall...
Cosh was right; movies and TV are "nice to have"s but it's all about reading 2000ad.
A successful movie is a good way to secure the future of the comic I would of thought so it's, and excuse the obvious association, a double whammy.
I'm sure the Dredd movie added to the readership figures and raised 2000AD's profile.
And with comics seemingly marginalised by video games, movies and TV that can only be a good thing, right?
I'm
I'm all for films, tvs, games etc.
It's something I'd like to see on screen, it doesn't take away anything from the comic.
Quote from: Steve Green on 20 March, 2017, 01:25:29 PM
I'm all for films, tvs, games etc.
It's something I'd like to see on screen, it doesn't take away anything from the comic.
Precisely. :thumbsup:
Yeah - if it grows the readership base then that's a good thing.
I suppose the discussion to have is about the medium. We want good 2000ad stories featuring our favourite characters written by our favourite writers but, the way the world is heading, will comics drawn by your favourite artist be a thing in twenty years?
Are we heading to a world of vidslugs? Where comics - even digital - is a thing of the past? Is 2000ad Blockbuster video in a world of Netflix?
I'm guessing it will be Ant Wars.
Quote from: Tiplodocus on 20 March, 2017, 07:20:19 PM
Yeah - if it grows the readership base then that's a good thing.
I suppose the discussion to have is about the medium. We want good 2000ad stories featuring our favourite characters written by our favourite writers but, the way the world is heading, will comics drawn by your favourite artist be a thing in twenty years?
Are we heading to a world of vidslugs? Where comics - even digital - is a thing of the past? Is 2000ad Blockbuster video in a world of Netflix?
I've no idea - it's possible.
Books have survived all sorts of media competing for time and money, so who knows.
Quote from: Tony Angelino on 20 March, 2017, 07:46:48 PM
I'm guessing it will be Ant Wars.
I'd say Big Dave. And the main character will be considered by everyone a normal, upstanding member of society who may well have a glittering political career ahead of him.
Quote from: Tony Angelino on 20 March, 2017, 07:46:48 PM
I'm guessing it will be Ant Wars.
Well if the chap has any taste it will.
As for films of comics, and specifically 2000ad, its fun, its nice and yeah defo it takes nothing from the comics. If they can help the comics sustain and grow all the better. The thing is though they are all about compromise and fitting great stories into a different media and that rarely works for me.
The Dredd film is great fn and a very good movie. By necessity it couldn't have the range and scope of the comics. It was a great compromised effort. Takes nothing away from the folks who love it and I really enjoy, but is it as good as reading 2 hours of the best (or even good) Dredd.
No.
Duncan still want do 2000AD character.
http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/exclusive-we-talk-mute-warcraft-and-superheroes-with-duncan-jones-465 (http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/exclusive-we-talk-mute-warcraft-and-superheroes-with-duncan-jones-465)
I've only seen one review of his latest work so far, but it isn't a good one... https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/feb/23/mute-review-netflix-duncan-jones-sci-fi (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/feb/23/mute-review-netflix-duncan-jones-sci-fi)
Ouch. Netflix not doing well. As for Mute, what a pity. I adored Moon – it's a superb film. I really wish I'd been able to see it on the big screen.
Plenty of other bad reviews plus some middling to OK ones.
What I find a bit whiffy is the framing of it (and others) as Netfflix's big flop.
It was the same with Bright, I'm wondering how much of an agenda there is at play by savaging OK films, just because they're on Netflix, or in Bright's case who was behind it.
I'll watch it at the weekend, I don't think it's helped with the glut of sci-fi, coming out a couple of weeks after Altered Carbon, and 6 months after Blade Runner 2049
Couple of interesting tweets from Duncan...
Quote
I shall be teasing a work announcement tomorrow that I can't quite believe I am able to say. Sometimes when life throws you lemons, it's because it knows you've got fish & chips coming!
Quote
A little nervous about this, but hell, nervous is where the fun is!
I'm going to be making a comic book movie next! A pretty special one.
That's the initial tease...
Second tease to come in a few days!
Revealed - or at least so heavily hinted at it may as well be...
https://twitter.com/ManMadeMoon/status/1018540768561004546 (https://twitter.com/ManMadeMoon/status/1018540768561004546)
Am I being obtuse?Can you spell it out...
There's a more direct thread already. He appears to be making a Rogue Trooper film.
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 15 July, 2018, 06:29:11 PM
There's a more direct thread already. He appears to be making a Rogue Trooper film.
There is? I can't seem to find it.
Quote from: The Adventurer on 15 July, 2018, 07:44:56 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 15 July, 2018, 06:29:11 PM
There's a more direct thread already. He appears to be making a Rogue Trooper film.
There is? I can't seem to find it.
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