If you were had the deep pockets and connection of The Weinstein Company (or any big movie studio)...

...what kind of movie would YOU make,

- Sci-fi?

- Drama?

- Romantic Comedy?

- Documentary?

- OTHER?

...and who would you cast?

Personally, I would like to bring The Dresden Files to the big screen.

I see Hugh Jackman as a natural for the role, physically speaking, but Robert Downey Jr would probably be awesome.

OR

I would like a big-budget, trilogy remake of the DUNE series.

Audiences are more mature now, so the intensity of the story would be appreciated.

Plus sci-fi effects could match the visuals presented in the story.

An unknown would have to be cast for this.

It would be epic.

i would do the vampire chronicles and

stay closer to the books than the previous

trys. with the new CG technology and the

rekindled apreciation of the VAMPIRE on

matter what i spent i would get back a

thousand fold...

and like the books, the movies would

only get better.

At this point I would focus on regaining my soul from the devil

KingBAD said:

i would do the vampire chronicles and

stay closer to the books than the previous

trys. with the new CG technology and the

rekindled apreciation of the VAMPIRE on

matter what i spent i would get back a

thousand fold...

and like the books, the movies would

only get better.

NDRU said:

At this point I would focus on regaining my soul from the devil

...they probably do owe their firstborn to Satan, considering how they have their greedy little paws in just about every successful movie in the past decade!!!

never heard of them

thought you meant a wine connaisseur when i read the title of this thread

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KingBAD said:

i would do the vampire chronicles and

stay closer to the books than the previous

trys. with the new CG technology and the

rekindled apreciation of the VAMPIRE on

matter what i spent i would get back a

thousand fold...

and like the books, the movies would

only get better.

Screw the vampire chronicles and bring Thw Witching Hour to the big screen. Hell make it a trilogy.

Dewrede said:

never heard of them

thought you meant a wine connaisseur when i read the title of this thread

[Edited 2/29/12 14:39pm]

They were with Miramax before.

Harvey Weinstein's name is on just about every movie I've seen in the last 10 years.

Executive producer

well, if i had cash i'd bring my own screenplay to life on the big screen. alternatively, if i wanted to make something that would actually sell, i'd make dorothy dunnett's books the Lymond Chronicles into a mini series. or, combine chelsea quinn yarbro's St. Germaine series into a movie, given the public's current love for all things vampire

lazycrockett said:

KingBAD said:

i would do the vampire chronicles and

stay closer to the books than the previous

trys. with the new CG technology and the

rekindled apreciation of the VAMPIRE on

matter what i spent i would get back a

thousand fold...

and like the books, the movies would

only get better.

Screw the vampire chronicles and bring Thw Witching Hour to the big screen. Hell make it a trilogy.

it's all part of the chronicles

the mayfare's

the taltos

it's all in there. true to the books

XxAxX said:

well, if i had cash i'd bring my own screenplay to life on the big screen. alternatively, if i wanted to make something that would actually sell, i'd make dorothy dunnett's books the Lymond Chronicles into a mini series. or, combine chelsea quinn yarbro's St. Germaine series into a movie, given the public's current love for all things vampire

Do tell! What's it about? Who would you cast?

PurpleJedi said:

Dewrede said:

never heard of them

thought you meant a wine connaisseur when i read the title of this thread

[Edited 2/29/12 14:39pm]

They were with Miramax before.

Harvey Weinstein's name is on just about every movie I've seen in the last 10 years.

Producer The Burning (1981) Light Years a.k.a. Gandahar (English Version) (1988) Shakespeare in Love (1998) Gangs of New York (2002) Nine (2009) The Alchemist Film (TBA)

Director Playing for Keeps (1986) The Gnomes' Great Adventure (1987)

Executive producer

Hardware (1990) Strike it Rich (1990) Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991) True Romance (1993) The Hour of the Pig (1993) Pulp Fiction (1994) Il Postino (1994) Kids (1995) Smoke (1995) The Crossing Guard (1995) The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995) The English Patient (1996) Scream (1996) Jane Eyre (1996) Good Will Hunting (1998) Jackie Brown (1997) The Cider House Rules (1999) The Others (2001) Chicago (2002)

Equilibrium (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Cold Mountain (2003) Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 (2003/2004) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) The Aviator (2004) Finding Neverland (2004) Sin City (2005) Clerks II (2006) Grindhouse (2007) The Mist (2007) Rogue (2007) Sicko (2007) Halloween (2007) Awake (2007) Superhero Movie (2008) Rambo (2008) The Reader (2008) Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) Inglourious Basterds (2009) W.E. (2012)

thanks for the info

KingBAD said:

i would do the vampire chronicles and

stay closer to the books than the previous

trys. with the new CG technology and the

rekindled apreciation of the VAMPIRE on

matter what i spent i would get back a

thousand fold...

and like the books, the movies would

only get better.

Since you mentioned that I wonder what Memnoch the Devil would look like on screen, that would be a wild ride. I think I'd like to see Servant of the Bones, I found/find it unsettling especially about the guy's attitude about destroying the world save America and his reasons why, there are a lot of people who think that way.

Now to think of it, I would like to make Ms Butler's "Parables" into movie or miniseries. I'm not sure where to put that under, technically she's listed as science fiction but her stuff isn't based on the science and technology it's more about survival under dire circumstances. Her Patternist series would make a nice long multi-saga.

morningsong said:

KingBAD said:

i would do the vampire chronicles and

stay closer to the books than the previous

trys. with the new CG technology and the

rekindled apreciation of the VAMPIRE on

matter what i spent i would get back a

thousand fold...

and like the books, the movies would

only get better.

Since you mentioned that I wonder what Memnoch the Devil would look like on screen, that would be a wild ride. I think I'd like to see Servant of the Bones, I found/find it unsettling especially about the guy's attitude about destroying the world save America and his reasons why, there are a lot of people who think that way.

Now to think of it, I would like to make Ms Butler's "Parables" into movie or miniseries. I'm not sure where to put that under, technically she's listed as science fiction but her stuff isn't based on the science and technology it's more about survival under dire circumstances. Her Patternist series would make a nice long multi-saga.

i would cast the 40 y/o virgin dude as 'the ordinary man'

and i would find some like a denzel or jamie foxx to play

memnoch (built well and not too old), whoever i got for any part

(lastat, armond, claudia, etc.) would be truer to form

and on contract for the long haul. the shooting would be not stop

for a couple of years to keep the integrity of the ageless characters...

i have dreams.

morningsong said:

KingBAD said:

i would do the vampire chronicles and

stay closer to the books than the previous

trys. with the new CG technology and the

rekindled apreciation of the VAMPIRE on

matter what i spent i would get back a

thousand fold...

and like the books, the movies would

only get better.

Since you mentioned that I wonder what Memnoch the Devil would look like on screen, that would be a wild ride. I think I'd like to see Servant of the Bones, I found/find it unsettling especially about the guy's attitude about destroying the world save America and his reasons why, there are a lot of people who think that way.

Now to think of it, I would like to make Ms Butler's "Parables" into movie or miniseries. I'm not sure where to put that under, technically she's listed as science fiction but her stuff isn't based on the science and technology it's more about survival under dire circumstances. Her Patternist series would make a nice long multi-saga.

I've yet to read an Anne Rice book.

It's strange that in light of this recent fascination with vampires & stuff, they haven't made any other movies out of her books.

KingBAD said:

morningsong said:

Since you mentioned that I wonder what Memnoch the Devil would look like on screen, that would be a wild ride. I think I'd like to see Servant of the Bones, I found/find it unsettling especially about the guy's attitude about destroying the world save America and his reasons why, there are a lot of people who think that way.

Now to think of it, I would like to make Ms Butler's "Parables" into movie or miniseries. I'm not sure where to put that under, technically she's listed as science fiction but her stuff isn't based on the science and technology it's more about survival under dire circumstances. Her Patternist series would make a nice long multi-saga.

i would cast the 40 y/o virgin dude as 'the ordinary man'

and i would find some like a denzel or jamie foxx to play

memnoch (built well and not too old), whoever i got for any part

(lastat, armond, claudia, etc.) would be truer to form

and on contract for the long haul. the shooting would be not stop

for a couple of years to keep the integrity of the ageless characters...

i have dreams.

Well. You've really thought this out. With CGI I'm sure agelessness wouldn't be so much of a problem, but a couple of years, your production budget would be massive, Avatar would have nothin' on you.

morningsong said:

KingBAD said:

i would cast the 40 y/o virgin dude as 'the ordinary man'

and i would find some like a denzel or jamie foxx to play

memnoch (built well and not too old), whoever i got for any part

(lastat, armond, claudia, etc.) would be truer to form

and on contract for the long haul. the shooting would be not stop

for a couple of years to keep the integrity of the ageless characters...

i have dreams.

Well. You've really thought this out. With CGI I'm sure agelessness wouldn't be so much of a problem, but a couple of years, your production budget would be massive, Avatar would have nothin' on you.

i do believe the man said DEEP PPOCKETS

my prollum would be gettin the actors to stick to the contract.

9 months on 3 off over a 5 year period with pay like an athlete (basketball)

no outside jobs and a gag order, death stops all payments.

strick diet clause and crimminal behavior penalties ($)

PurpleJedi said:

morningsong said:

Since you mentioned that I wonder what Memnoch the Devil would look like on screen, that would be a wild ride. I think I'd like to see Servant of the Bones, I found/find it unsettling especially about the guy's attitude about destroying the world save America and his reasons why, there are a lot of people who think that way.

Now to think of it, I would like to make Ms Butler's "Parables" into movie or miniseries. I'm not sure where to put that under, technically she's listed as science fiction but her stuff isn't based on the science and technology it's more about survival under dire circumstances. Her Patternist series would make a nice long multi-saga.

I've yet to read an Anne Rice book.

It's strange that in light of this recent fascination with vampires & stuff, they haven't made any other movies out of her books.

If your interested, start with Interview with the Vampire, it's easy reading and very good, her mind frame was different then. I understand another of her books is coming to film but not the vampire ones. I don't think the films do so well at the box office.

morningsong said:

PurpleJedi said:

I've yet to read an Anne Rice book.

It's strange that in light of this recent fascination with vampires & stuff, they haven't made any other movies out of her books.

If your interested, start with Interview with the Vampire, it's easy reading and very good, her mind frame was different then. I understand another of her books is coming to film but not the vampire ones. I don't think the films do so well at the box office.

they don't stay close to the books

they don't even try.

I WOULD CURE THAT!!!

KingBAD said:

morningsong said:

Well. You've really thought this out. With CGI I'm sure agelessness wouldn't be so much of a problem, but a couple of years, your production budget would be massive, Avatar would have nothin' on you.

i do believe the man said DEEP PPOCKETS

my prollum would be gettin the actors to stick to the contract.

9 months on 3 off over a 5 year period with pay like an athlete (basketball)

no outside jobs and a gag order, death stops all payments.

strick diet clause and crimminal behavior penalties ($)

I'm sure any actor would do it for the right $$$

KingBAD said:

morningsong said:

If your interested, start with Interview with the Vampire, it's easy reading and very good, her mind frame was different then. I understand another of her books is coming to film but not the vampire ones. I don't think the films do so well at the box office.

they don't stay close to the books

they don't even try.

I WOULD CURE THAT!!!

The only two that I'm aware of was "Interview" (which I thought had done well at box office) and that one with Rosie O'Donnell that was a complete waste of time.

PurpleJedi said:

KingBAD said:

they don't stay close to the books

they don't even try.

I WOULD CURE THAT!!!

The only two that I'm aware of was "Interview" (which I thought had done well at box office) and that one with Rosie O'Donnell that was a complete waste of time.

You never saw the one with Aaliyah? EGADS! How could you?! It was kinda like the book and so much kinda not. Okay, it was a shadow of the book. I don't think Interview recouped it's budget, though it was the better, more true movie. Never saw the one with Rosie O'Donnell, but I see it was completely re-written from the book. The book is about a BDSM resort, I have no idea how they'd translate that to film with anything lower than a NC17 rating. Wow! Really? Rosie O'Donnell? A buddy cop movie? You know what, I think I saw that movie and never made the connection.

KingBAD said:

morningsong said:

Well. You've really thought this out. With CGI I'm sure agelessness wouldn't be so much of a problem, but a couple of years, your production budget would be massive, Avatar would have nothin' on you.

i do believe the man said DEEP PPOCKETS

my prollum would be gettin the actors to stick to the contract.

9 months on 3 off over a 5 year period with pay like an athlete (basketball)

no outside jobs and a gag order, death stops all payments.

strick diet clause and crimminal behavior penalties ($)

Well in that case, a 5 year gig, you wouldn't have a hard time finding any crew, everybody'd be working and livin' good. Tyler Perry would have nothing on you.

morningsong said:

PurpleJedi said:

The only two that I'm aware of was "Interview" (which I thought had done well at box office) and that one with Rosie O'Donnell that was a complete waste of time.

You never saw the one with Aaliyah? EGADS! How could you?! It was kinda like the book and so much kinda not. Okay, it was a shadow of the book. I don't think Interview recouped it's budget, though it was the better, more true movie. Never saw the one with Rosie O'Donnell, but I see it was completely re-written from the book. The book is about a BDSM resort, I have no idea how they'd translate that to film with anything lower than a NC17 rating. Wow! Really? Rosie O'Donnell? A buddy cop movie? You know what, I think I saw that movie and never made the connection.

No, I never saw it. Is it worth the drive to Blockbuster???

I do recall when both movies came out...Rice made a big deal about Tom Cruise being cast (she hated it) but was happy with the Rosie O'Donnell mess.

PurpleJedi said:

morningsong said:

You never saw the one with Aaliyah? EGADS! How could you?! It was kinda like the book and so much kinda not. Okay, it was a shadow of the book. I don't think Interview recouped it's budget, though it was the better, more true movie. Never saw the one with Rosie O'Donnell, but I see it was completely re-written from the book. The book is about a BDSM resort, I have no idea how they'd translate that to film with anything lower than a NC17 rating. Wow! Really? Rosie O'Donnell? A buddy cop movie? You know what, I think I saw that movie and never made the connection.

No, I never saw it. Is it worth the drive to Blockbuster???

I do recall when both movies came out...Rice made a big deal about Tom Cruise being cast (she hated it) but was happy with the Rosie O'Donnell mess.

Worth the drive? No. If your really bored, have a couple of hours to kill and you happen to be in Blockbuster anyway? Sure, if you're really curious. Outside of that, no, especially as someone who's never read the books, it wouldn't even begin to make an ounce of sense.

PurpleJedi said:

morningsong said:

You never saw the one with Aaliyah? EGADS! How could you?! It was kinda like the book and so much kinda not. Okay, it was a shadow of the book. I don't think Interview recouped it's budget, though it was the better, more true movie. Never saw the one with Rosie O'Donnell, but I see it was completely re-written from the book. The book is about a BDSM resort, I have no idea how they'd translate that to film with anything lower than a NC17 rating. Wow! Really? Rosie O'Donnell? A buddy cop movie? You know what, I think I saw that movie and never made the connection.

No, I never saw it. Is it worth the drive to Blockbuster???

I do recall when both movies came out...Rice made a big deal about Tom Cruise being cast (she hated it) but was happy with the Rosie O'Donnell mess.

aliyah played the fuck outta that part

and one would be hard pressed to find another as good

i'm sure that she was QUEEN OF THE DAMNED for real

thus her sudden disaperence

but i would find somebody to do it. i would just have to find

the right director

like the one for BATMAN BEGINS or this new AVENGERS

I love a good kung fu movie and it's about time we had someone to be a new Jackie Chan or the next Jet Li.

Also, I'm kind of looking forward to see how The Hunger Games translates on to the big screen. When I first read those books, I immediately thought they had the potential to make a great movie.

i would make documentaries about the side affects of every day living and hopefully eduacte ppl so they dont destroy the earth

if i cant get funding i'd make Porn with real actors and great scripts

CallMeCarrie said:

I love a good kung fu movie and it's about time we had someone to be a new Jackie Chan or the next Jet Li.

Also, I'm kind of looking forward to see how The Hunger Games translates on to the big screen. When I first read those books, I immediately thought they had the potential to make a great movie.

Do you have anyone in mind to be the next "Jet Li"?

Not really "kung fu"...but Tony Jaa is awesome.