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... but will probably never get made.
With many Hollywood movies these days being based on existing franchises, I thought I'd start up a fun little thread discussing franchises that currently aren't in the works or stuck in development hell. Preferably, I'd stick to remakes since new technology and sensibilities could stand to improve on golden oldies and because every game, comic and TV show could be 'adapted' into a movie. Also, do refrain from shouting out movies like 'The Last Airbender' and 'Dragon Ball' since they're a little too recent for a reboot and wouldn't really be in the spirit of this thread. Now, as I started the thread, I guess I should start the ball rolling:
Clue
With Battleship just around the corner and Monopoly being in the works, I think it would be great if they redid the original board-game-based movie itself. As the memorable things about the movie are its setup and characters (who are more caricatures rather than complex personalities) while the details of the murder story itself largely forgettable, this would provide a lot of freedom for the writers to remain faithful to its source material while still coming up with a fresh story to tell.
Moreover, when the movie first came out, it was criticised for its multiple ending gimmick which rendered the murder mystery unsolvable before the summation at the end. However, as shown by games like Mass Effect, writers are now able to scripts with multiple endings that are brought about through tiny differences (e.g. in this case, the presence/absence of or change in certain clues/scenes). Moreover, in this day of DVDs, having multiple endings would be a pretty fun feature since you could pop the DVD in, choose 'random ending' and be faced with some level of mystery all over again.
Anyone have any thoughts/opinions or ideas/wishes of their own?
With many Hollywood movies these days being based on existing franchises, I thought I'd start up a fun little thread discussing franchises that currently aren't in the works or stuck in development hell. Preferably, I'd stick to remakes since new technology and sensibilities could stand to improve on golden oldies and because every game, comic and TV show could be 'adapted' into a movie. Also, do refrain from shouting out movies like 'The Last Airbender' and 'Dragon Ball' since they're a little too recent for a reboot and wouldn't really be in the spirit of this thread. Now, as I started the thread, I guess I should start the ball rolling:
Clue
With Battleship just around the corner and Monopoly being in the works, I think it would be great if they redid the original board-game-based movie itself. As the memorable things about the movie are its setup and characters (who are more caricatures rather than complex personalities) while the details of the murder story itself largely forgettable, this would provide a lot of freedom for the writers to remain faithful to its source material while still coming up with a fresh story to tell.
Moreover, when the movie first came out, it was criticised for its multiple ending gimmick which rendered the murder mystery unsolvable before the summation at the end. However, as shown by games like Mass Effect, writers are now able to scripts with multiple endings that are brought about through tiny differences (e.g. in this case, the presence/absence of or change in certain clues/scenes). Moreover, in this day of DVDs, having multiple endings would be a pretty fun feature since you could pop the DVD in, choose 'random ending' and be faced with some level of mystery all over again.
Anyone have any thoughts/opinions or ideas/wishes of their own?
