If you could adapt a DC Comic into a movie....

[King Ruler]

What would you do? How would you do it? What would you change from the original mythos in which you're drawing your inspiration from and why?

If I could make a movie based off of a DC Comic, I'd first do a "Static" movie based off of the Milestone comic character. The movie would borrow both elements from the show and the comics (mainly comics). I'd try to steer it away from being seen as "the black Spiderman" or whatever. The villains would be various Bang Babies but mainly Hotstreak. I'd then move on to a sequel where Static takes on a more villainous Blood Syndicate.

I'd also love to do "Green Arrow". tHe story would follow his origin from his childhood and teenage years to his time on the island and his final step into the hero of Star City. The villains could be the Japanese Yakuza and Shado could be one of the villains. For a love interest we can have a made up character. For a sequel I'd throw in Speedy and Black Canary and have them face off a number of assassins, one being the main baddie: Deathstroke the Terminator.

I'd also LOVE to produce a "Warlord" film. I'd have it follow the original book faithfully, of course making small changes to here and there to make one film. Of course a Warlord film, if good enough, calls for a trilogy. 'Nuff said.

 

[dpm07]

I'd do a take on Superman or the JLA. I'd make a live action film based off of either STAS or JL/JLU.

A lot would depend on what kind of a budget I would have available to me.

Another DC property I would be interested in doing a take on might be Captain Marvel. I'd be interested in Wonder Woman, but don't feel I could do her justice.

As for specific stories, I might take an amalgamation of stories from STAS/JL/JLU and string them together over a trilogy, or two separate trilogies; one being STAS combining elements of Apokolips Now!, Little Girl Lost, and Legacy; and then a trilogy combining elements of JL/JLU.

Again, a lot would depend on how much of a budget I would be allowed to have over a period.

One thing I would most definitely do, is make the superheroes of approximate seasoned age. They would all be seasoned heroes. Not old, but definitely not teenyboppers. Likely, in their late 20's on up to early 40's, depending on the heroes. I would make Supergirl someone of approx. 21 years in age. Musically, I would put together a strong musical score. It wouldn't be bland pop or gangsta rap. It would be an original soundtrack of epic proportions ala 300, Gladiator, LOTR. The music would be in step with the film, so as to give it a more epic edge.

One thing I would do if I did a Superman film, is have it with a much more Post-Crisis edge than has been done by Donner/Singer. I would also not put in "Superson" aka Jason. I would have a three film deal set in place with Superman taking on Lex and Metallo in the first film, Brainiac in the second, and Darkseid in the third. Each film would be layered and segue into the next. I would introduce Kara at the end of the second film, and have her a factor in the third film, but still place the primary focus on Superman. In much the way Legacy was done in STAS.

 

[The Question]

What would you do? How would you do it? What would you change from the original mythos in which you're drawing your inspiration from and why?

If I could make a movie based off of a DC Comic, I'd first do a "Static" movie based off of the Milestone comic character. The movie would borrow both elements from the show and the comics (mainly comics). I'd try to steer it away from being seen as "the black Spiderman" or whatever. The villains would be various Bang Babies but mainly Hotstreak. I'd then move on to a sequel where Static takes on a more villainous Blood Syndicate.

Interesting, although personally, I'd think the Blood Syndicate shouldn't be villainised to that degree. They could easily be the antagonists of the story, but there should be a level of moral ambiguity with them. Don't play them up as just a gang of thugs, but instead a more low budget Authority.

 

[Ben Breeck]

Well, let's see.

1. A Metal Men done right, making it X-Men meets I Robot.

2. The Question, but only if I could do him in a way that would diferentiate him Rorschach now that Watchmen is coming out.

3. Transmetropolitan with Patrick Stewart as Spider Jerusalem. Actually as a trilogy, with the first three storylines as movie one, the middle four story lines as movie two, and the last three storylines as movie three.

4. A Green Arrow movie franchise that runs from the deserted island origin all the way to saving New York from the bomb on the plane.

5. A Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew cell animated movie, so long as I can find an American animator worth his salt who isn't Ralph Bakshi.

 

[Noir]

Blue Beetle and Booster Gold

The Metal Men - Sorta like Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Jack Kirby's Mister Miracle

Superman: Reborn

Lobo

 

[Justice Bringer]

I'd do Batman or Superman, any other DC project would get stuck in development hell.

 

[dnno1]

I would take Jack Kirby's Fourth World concept and adapt it to a series of films. I would adapt The Forever People as a film targeted to teens and young adults that would focus on the exploits of the five members opposing the influence of Darkseid on earth. The film would be done on a small budget and would be similar to a Power Rangers film. I would adapt Mister Miracle to be a film centered on the romance between Scott Free and Big Barda and their attempts (once again on Earth) to live normal lives in the city. This film would be targeted towards young mature adults and would be filled with lots of action suspence and drama/romance (not unlike a James Bond film). Finally, New Gods would be a darker film that would be targeted towards mature adults and SciFi/Fantasy fans. Although the film would touch on the orgins of both New Genisis and Apokalypse, is would center around the struggle between Orion and his father, Darkseid. I would try to keep the budget on this film modest, but yet try to introduce some new concepts to special effects and cinematography (paying homage to Jack Kirby).

 

[King Ruler]

Interesting, although personally, I'd think the Blood Syndicate shouldn't be villainised to that degree. They could easily be the antagonists of the story, but there should be a level of moral ambiguity with them. Don't play them up as just a gang of thugs, but instead a more low budget Authority.

Agreed. When I said "villainous", I didn't mean blowing-up-buildings-just-to-be-evil villainous, I meant more like viloent activists or something (but yeah you hit the nail on the head with "The Authority").

I'd also love to helm a Bronze Tiger and a Richard Dragon flick (the two of them being in the same film). The movie would follow the Bronze Tiger's origins, with him as narrator, as he follows his new companion and good friend Richard Dragon. They would be facing the League of Shadows (or maybe League of Assassins, depending if I want to keep it tied to "Batman Begins") and Lady Shiva would make an appearance. It would be a serious kung-fu movie as well. Hardcore stuff. Most likely I'd make it Rated R.

I'd also love to helm a Teen Titans film and a JLA film. My idea for JLA would revolve around the team's origins, as well as the origins of Wonder Woman, Themyscira, J'onn J'onnz, and little flashbacks about Hal Jordan and Barry Allen. The main villain would be Vandal Savage, acting as Head of Defense, as he tricks the president into causing war between Themyscira and the U.S. to seize a WMD (created by the Martians years and years ago). For a sequel we'd have them face Lex Luthor as he runs for office (this is if I don't decide to make him president for part 1) and he gains help from Darkseid, as they strike a deal leading to another war, this time of galactic proportions. Hawkwoman (or Hawkgirl or Hawkman....or both) could arrive to Earth earlier in the movie (maybe with a group of Thanagarians) to warn the JLA of the oncoming invasion of Darkseid. This movie would also be the debut of Lex's battle armor. Aquaman would make an appearance as he lends his services to the League (only because his empire of Atlantis, which is only mentioned in the movie, will also come under attack from the invasion). Towards the end, Hal Jordan's hometown is destroyed, which leads to his self imposed exile. He'll then return in part 3 as Parallax and take on the League (which has gone under some changes).

As for my Teen Titans flick, I'd have it follow the line-up from the television show, only because to include Speedy, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, and Aqualad, their adult counterparts would have at least had to already have their own films or already be established as heroes on the big screen. I can use Robin because this is the case with him, and because you can't have Titans without the Boy Wonder. The film would follow the teams origins as Raven organizes them to fight off Brother Blood who is trying to ressurect Trigon the Terrible. For part duece we'd have the team establishing themselves as a mature and capable team, facing off the new threat of Deathstroke the Terminator (whose family is being held hostage by The HIVE) and his apprentice, Terra. We'll have guest appearances by some heroes like Mal Duncan and Bumblebee (who could both be working on the newly built Tower), Wildebeests (whom will be working for the HIVE), Thunder and Lightning and maybe Pantha. Terra will die in the end (of course), and Slade's son, Joseph, will have had his throat slit (throughout the film, he would be shown exhibiting some form of clairvoyance...this will be revealed in the third film to be the work of the Souls of Azarath).

The final film would take a darker turn. Robin will have become Nightwing. Terra would have been killed, and Beast Boy will be grief strucken. The team goes thorugh changes and disban, but when Joseph begins attacking various heroes with the help of Wildebeests in which he created himself using the HIVE's tech, the team decides to fight back once more. Raven reveals that he is being channeled by a number of souls from Azarath, and they are trying to find new bodies (The Brotherhood of Evil will also make their debut as they take plan to destroy the heroes in their plot to....yes...take over the world).

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

I have the most amazing idea for a Martian Manhunter movie and Aquaman, and lets leave it at that.

 

[GL1]

The Authority

It can be done R for about eighty mil and still make a respectable profit if it has 300-level appeal, and oh, it will. Set in 1999, with Jenny Sparks recruiting superheroes as she quickly runs out of time, they find themselves faced with something called "God" which is apparently returning to Earth to cleanse it. Apollo and Midnighter never hold back, angry Jack and repressed Engineer as the not couple, a Doctor going through withdrawals and Swift as the concience of the team... nothing held back... storming the Oval Office, Extorting Kim Jong Il, lobotomizing child-monsters... the whole nine yards. Complete bastards, the whole lot, except maybe Shen and Jenny... but then, only a bit.

If anyone's fool enough to ask a sequel, pump it up to 100 million with the Nativity story involving ripoffs of present day superheroes, with shades of Earth Inferno and a quick intro of the Transfer of Power crew, curtosey of a Danny Chan type character, so that the movie can successfully parody all superhero movies (including itself) before they are quickly destroyed. If anyone is still dumb enough to want more, grow Jenny Quarx to a badass 14 for number 3 and run the Godhead storyline as Authority uses it to enact a very real plan to take over the world, and does so successfully. Authority wins... end series.

Oh, Authority doesn't count as DC? Fine...

Black Lightning

A nice PG feelgood team up of those inner-city teacher movies and superhero comics. An odd fit at first, but trust me. Orphaned Olympic contender with a blown out knee, Jefferson Pierce returns to his old neighborhood as a teacher to find it riddled with crime. Peter Gambi, father figure/inventor buddy gives him an electrical belt to defend himself as he confronts the 100 socially, while teaching the kids that each of them has something special inside.

Collectively, they become heroes, Jefferson learns from them and when Tobias Whale overloads Jefferson's belt to electrocute him, he internalizes the powers instead of dying (reaffirming his mother-taught class-legacies lesson that we all have something special inside to contribute to the world). He gets all superheroic, cleans the clocks of the 100 and forces them out of Gotham City. Thus Black Lightning wins the day.

Ah... greatness...

 

[TRWalter Kovacs]

other than the watchmen

green arrow-batman mixed with the punisher...starring pierce brosnan
martian manhunter-the question meets superman starring dominic pruceel (sp?)
green lantern corps-the next starwars starring val kilmer,guy pearce,wes bently,dennis leary,djmon housen (sp?),micheal clarke duncan,tim curry
the dark knight returns-nuff' said starring clint eastwood,jack nicholson,warren beaty
knightfall-awsome story about a broken hero who gets replaced and must come back to regain what was his...

 

[cerealkiller182]

A movie or a tv series(a better choice) based on Cameron Chase

 

[maxmccumber]

Besides Superman and Batman, I just want to get the other big DC properties on the screen. Wonder Woman, the Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, ALL of those characters have so much potential to be movies if they just got to work. Maybe it was a bad decision, but at least there's a Flash director and they are going somewhere with it. Marvel has figured out how to do it, so its time DC follows their lead.

 

[toad376]

I would make sure that i do anything in my power to get a Justice League Movie out there. and second also a Teen Titans

 

[Cyrusbales]

Without a doubt, it would be Hellblazer, it would have to be a pretty big film, would work well as a TV series, but I could adapt it to work as a film. Probably use the original sins Arc, start with constantine hung upside down over the coals of a hell dimension by the financial demon, and watch him bullsht his was out of it, then things carry on in the cool way that is constantine.

Follow the comics closely, but change a few things here and there to make it flow in this particular medium. None of the that Keanu Reeves crap!



A peroid style classic superhero film would be good. I wouldn't mind doing an original batman, taking it from the first few Bob Kane comics, when he was a much darker character, but Bats has been done to death to be honest.

I would like to do a GOG film, I love the idea of a supervillain going from universe to universe, killing the most prestigious hero there is. Have it start with a tough battle with supes where he wins, that would throw the audience. Then have a few memories of him being shafted and getting his powers, then climax with him killing superman, but he doesn't know if it's the right one, he's killed so many, he slowly goes crazy etc....

 

[SoulManX]

The Authority

It can be done R for about eighty mil and still make a respectable profit if it has 300-level appeal, and oh, it will. Set in 1999, with Jenny Sparks recruiting superheroes as she quickly runs out of time, they find themselves faced with something called "God" which is apparently returning to Earth to cleanse it. Apollo and Midnighter never hold back, angry Jack and repressed Engineer as the not couple, a Doctor going through withdrawals and Swift as the concience of the team... nothing held back... storming the Oval Office, Extorting Kim Jong Il, lobotomizing child-monsters... the whole nine yards. Complete bastards, the whole lot, except maybe Shen and Jenny... but then, only a bit.

If anyone's fool enough to ask a sequel, pump it up to 100 million with the Nativity story involving ripoffs of present day superheroes, with shades of Earth Inferno and a quick intro of the Transfer of Power crew, curtosey of a Danny Chan type character, so that the movie can successfully parody all superhero movies (including itself) before they are quickly destroyed. If anyone is still dumb enough to want more, grow Jenny Quarx to a badass 14 for number 3 and run the Godhead storyline as Authority uses it to enact a very real plan to take over the world, and does so successfully. Authority wins... end series.

Oh, Authority doesn't count as DC? Fine...

Black Lightning

A nice PG feelgood team up of those inner-city teacher movies and superhero comics. An odd fit at first, but trust me. Orphaned Olympic contender with a blown out knee, Jefferson Pierce returns to his old neighborhood as a teacher to find it riddled with crime. Peter Gambi, father figure/inventor buddy gives him an electrical belt to defend himself as he confronts the 100 socially, while teaching the kids that each of them has something special inside.

Collectively, they become heroes, Jefferson learns from them and when Tobias Whale overloads Jefferson's belt to electrocute him, he internalizes the powers instead of dying (reaffirming his mother-taught class-legacies lesson that we all have something special inside to contribute to the world). He gets all superheroic, cleans the clocks of the 100 and forces them out of Gotham City. Thus Black Lightning wins the day.

Ah... greatness...

Would that be Suicide Slums for BL?

 

[GL1]

You are so right! I was supposed to say Metropolis and Suicide Slum, not Gotham... ha... silly GL1...

 

[Dude_Love]

A Hellblazer film based on the first story from the comics (Mnemoth story arc) staring Jude Law as John Constantine, Michael Clarke Duncan as Papa Midnite. It would be a dark, gritty movie, based mainly in the UK.

 

[CAH]

Space Ghost (go find my thread)

Martian Manhunter

Aquaman

The Man of Steel (Superman reboot)

I won't go into detail...unless you want me to.

CAH

 

[kpjoon]

Batman Beyond

 

[Tristantulanka]

This is so hard....

i guess the simple answer would be Every movie i could...

but the ones i would want to make most;

Superman-
First off, this would be a total restart, ala batman begins. You have a mid 20 clark, (Played by Henry Cavill) fresh in metropolis, getting a job at the Daily Planet, and meeting the most amazing woman on the planet; Lois Lane (Played by Jordana Brewster) making friends with intern/photographer Jimmy Olson, (played by Michael Angarano). Some deal goes down where Clark, *now donning his superhero suit* has to save a falling Jet plane headed for mid downtown metropolis...This movie is about the reactions of the people to a real live "hero", Good (Lois, citizens) and the Bad, (Villain Lex Luthor who tries to stop superman, ulitmately finding Kryptonite to be the weakness of him creating mettallo).
Lex would be played by Billy Zane (Getting in Tone again ala the Phantom) and Kevin Bacon as Mettallo, (also getting in major tone)

Green Lantern-
Most people see this as "Star Wars" in space...While I see that as more of the second one. The first one is more of a "what would you do" movie, having a young hotshot pilot Hal Jordan *Played by Jaimie Bamber* finding a object of mass power. after some plot development, and scenes of him fixing up the city and the crime, random robots start appearing over town...trying to capture him. calling themselves the "manhunters" He defeats the manhunters, and is sent through space fighting them and ultimately finds "Manhunter Zero" the first manhunter, and finds out how they were the police force before the "Green Lantern Corps".....Asking his ring what the Green Lantern Corps is, his ring sends him FLYING through space as a To be continued sign pops up on screen....

Flash-
A legacy before the legacy movie...if that makes sense....You have Wally West *Played by Ryan Reynolds*, a funny guy one day getting struck by lightning around chemicals...He decides to start stopping random crimes around the city, and one day a strange man named Barry Allen *Played by Jonn Wesley Shipp* shows up, and starts questioning Wally...Wally is freaked out, and you get a deal of the flash legacy, *Updated clips of Barry as the flash from the old tv show* "WWII" clips of Jay Garick Flash, and a speech about how wally should take up the new position of Flash...You have the love interest, Linda Park, and the dealings of a few lowlife thugs teaming together to be the "rogues" a superpowered gang that Flash has to deal with at the end....You have a big kidnap scene, etc etc. and yeah...A great popcorn film thats still true to the fans..

These are my ideas....I have a TON more, but I got tired of typing.

 

[The Question]

2. The Question, but only if I could do him in a way that would diferentiate him Rorschach now that Watchmen is coming out.

Read his DC solo series. By the end of things, he's gone down a completely different path from the one Rorschach did. The Watchmen shows Rorschach (or The Question) completely self destructing after a ****ty life of trying to save a world that doesn't want to be saved and cutting off all emotional ties. The Questions solo series has him coming dangerously close to that several times and learning how to save himself.

The Authority

It can be done R for about eighty mil and still make a respectable profit if it has 300-level appeal, and oh, it will. Set in 1999, with Jenny Sparks recruiting superheroes as she quickly runs out of time, they find themselves faced with something called "God" which is apparently returning to Earth to cleanse it. Apollo and Midnighter never hold back, angry Jack and repressed Engineer as the not couple, a Doctor going through withdrawals and Swift as the concience of the team... nothing held back... storming the Oval Office, Extorting Kim Jong Il, lobotomizing child-monsters... the whole nine yards. Complete bastards, the whole lot, except maybe Shen and Jenny... but then, only a bit.

If anyone's fool enough to ask a sequel, pump it up to 100 million with the Nativity story involving ripoffs of present day superheroes, with shades of Earth Inferno and a quick intro of the Transfer of Power crew, curtosey of a Danny Chan type character, so that the movie can successfully parody all superhero movies (including itself) before they are quickly destroyed. If anyone is still dumb enough to want more, grow Jenny Quarx to a badass 14 for number 3 and run the Godhead storyline as Authority uses it to enact a very real plan to take over the world, and does so successfully. Authority wins... end series.

Very nice. Would definately be the superhero/action flicks for the skeptical, cynical generation of youths we have today. And I mean that in the best way possible.

 

[Ceb-Man]

1.) Batman films -
The First- not an origin movie, Flashbacks might be used as a far as reference to his origin.
Batman movie based off Steve Englehart and Marshall Rogers Batman: Strange Apparitions and the 1980's Gerry Conway stories with the return of Thorne and Strange ( Batman, Silver St. Cloud, Hugo Strange, Rupert Thorne, Alfred Commisioner Gordon, Deadshot, Peter Pauling, Hamilton Hill)
Batman vs. Killer Croc ( the 80's Croc)
Batman vs. Black Mask
Batman vs The Monk
Batman vs. Man-Bat
Batman vs. Scarecrow ( based off earlier scripts)

2. Superman Film ( based off Silver Age/ All-Star Superman concepts)
3. Shazam movie
4. Sandman Mystery Theater
5. Hawkman
6. Uncle Sam and The Freedom Fighters
7. Jonah Hex
8. Doom Patrol
9. Green Lantern

 

[The Guard]

THE SPECTRE. I've written about 70 pages of one.

An origin film about the cost of committing violent acts against your fellow men, and the price of a soul's redemption. A fairly simple story, blending supernatural horror and spiritualism with crime drama. I'd have Kent Nelson have a small role in the film as Jim Corrigan's supernatural "mentor". It could lead into a sequel (THE WRATH OF THE SPECTRE) featuring the Sentinels of Magic and a more cosmic threat.

 

[Brian Braddock]

'Deathstroke : the Terminator'

A violent no-holds-barred, blood and guts story about a soldier given enhanced physical prowess by secret army experiments in an attempt to create metahuman soldiers for the U.S. military - who then becomes a freelance mercenary and assassin.

Release it before Marvel can release the Captain America movie just to piss them off.