Roman Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Brutally real cross-dimensional battles between people with hidden powers and monsters from the Outworld to prevent total destruction of Earth. As written by Mortal Kombat 2 and Doom scriptwriters. Sounds good to me. Also, this 'seemingly harmless guy who realises his potential' better have the name Lou Bang until it's revealed in the end it's Liu Kang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ligerbusa Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Nah, he wrote the short, Rebirth. MK 2 was Annihilation. He was also writing the movie when Kevin Tancharoen was on-board, the main dude was supposed to be a grocery store clerk or something. Mileena would have looked like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 8, 2015 Author Share Posted August 8, 2015 My penis approves 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Brutally real cross-dimensional battles between people with hidden powers and monsters from the Outworld to prevent total destruction of Earth. Granted I watch the Spanish version of it with no subtitles or anything, but isn't this basically the plot of Lucha Underground? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Does Lucha Underground have a four-armed giant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Not YET. Not yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Does Lucha Underground have a four-armed giant? Matzana has yet to be revealed outside of his eyes, so its a possibility. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ligerbusa Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 He's Scorpion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeball Wizard Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Not sure if there are any fans here, but the "Ready Player One" movie has a release date, December 17th, 2017. Still no cast announced. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Bill Murray is in Boston to shoot something for Ghostbusters 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Not sure if there are any fans here, but the "Ready Player One" movie has a release date, December 17th, 2017. Still no cast announced. I really enjoyed the book but it feels unfilmable. Also, the rights for the music and the video game characters might be pretty expensive. I wonder what the budget will look like. While it was a pretty good selling book, it wasn't the Hunger Games as far as having a massive, built-in, rabid audience goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLowe Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Not sure if there are any fans here, but the "Ready Player One" movie has a release date, December 17th, 2017. Still no cast announced. I really enjoyed the book but it feels unfilmable. Also, the rights for the music and the video game characters might be pretty expensive. I wonder what the budget will look like. While it was a pretty good selling book, it wasn't the Hunger Games as far as having a massive, built-in, rabid audience goes. Why compare it to a sterotypical (but admittedly great) YA trilogy? It's a stand-alone book (for now) aimed at an older, geekier audience? The ones who are helping to drive the MCU and comic book movie boom! As far as being unfilmable, the rights are the biggest concern (but Spielberg can probably make some things happen), otherwise the book is basically a movie script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Not sure if there are any fans here, but the "Ready Player One" movie has a release date, December 17th, 2017. Still no cast announced. I really enjoyed the book but it feels unfilmable. Also, the rights for the music and the video game characters might be pretty expensive. I wonder what the budget will look like. While it was a pretty good selling book, it wasn't the Hunger Games as far as having a massive, built-in, rabid audience goes. Why compare it to a sterotypical (but admittedly great) YA trilogy? It's a stand-alone book (for now) aimed at an older, geekier audience? The ones who are helping to drive the MCU and comic book movie boom! As far as being unfilmable, the rights are the biggest concern (but Spielberg can probably make some things happen), otherwise the book is basically a movie script. I wasn't comparing it to Hunger Games because I think Player One is an example of YA, I was comparing it as an example of the type of books Hollywood throws big budgets behind; books with a huge audience already there who will see the movie on its opening weekend. Player One was a hit but hardly big enough to be considered a sure thing by risk-averse Hollywood. So I'm wondering what kind of budget it'll get. I didn't know Spielberg was involved so maybe we're good. Or to simplify... Hunger Games: sold a shit ton and has a rabid fanbase. Gets a gigantic budget because studios know they'll recoup it easily because that fanbase will go see it. Ready Player One: not so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeball Wizard Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I really feel like Spielberg's involvement is what is making RP1 a go, that's gotta open a lot of doors. I really hope they don't skimp on the pop culture referential aspects of the book, but then how much could it possibly cost to license Oingo Boingo and Ladyhawke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLowe Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Not sure if there are any fans here, but the "Ready Player One" movie has a release date, December 17th, 2017. Still no cast announced. I really enjoyed the book but it feels unfilmable. Also, the rights for the music and the video game characters might be pretty expensive. I wonder what the budget will look like. While it was a pretty good selling book, it wasn't the Hunger Games as far as having a massive, built-in, rabid audience goes. Why compare it to a sterotypical (but admittedly great) YA trilogy? It's a stand-alone book (for now) aimed at an older, geekier audience? The ones who are helping to drive the MCU and comic book movie boom! As far as being unfilmable, the rights are the biggest concern (but Spielberg can probably make some things happen), otherwise the book is basically a movie script. I wasn't comparing it to Hunger Games because I think Player One is an example of YA, I was comparing it as an example of the type of books Hollywood throws big budgets behind; books with a huge audience already there who will see the movie on its opening weekend. Player One was a hit but hardly big enough to be considered a sure thing by risk-averse Hollywood. So I'm wondering what kind of budget it'll get. I didn't know Spielberg was involved so maybe we're good. Or to simplify... Hunger Games: sold a shit ton and has a rabid fanbase. Gets a gigantic budget because studios know they'll recoup it easily because that fanbase will go see it. Ready Player One: not so much Ah, fair enough in terms of the comparison. Still, I think it's had a fair amount of buzz in the geek world, which seems to be enough for Hollywood these days. Spielberg signing on is huge though, and having heard Cline talk he's a massive Spielberg fan so it's a great match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Spielberg owns his own studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Well now... Deadline is reporting that Paramount has acquired the rights to Devil in the White City Directed by Scorsese starring Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Late 1800s Chicago as a setting used by Scorsese? Sold. And I wasn't sure if this belonged in here or the Movies folder, but this article about Pixels confirms so much, even if it isn't all that surprising: http://gawker.com/who-let-pixels-happen-the-sony-execs-behind-adam-sandl-1720903738 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Nope Nope Fuck You Oh My God Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Holy cow does that look terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 So, might as well be "Hannah Montana sans Drugs, Tongue and Tits." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Comedian Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 So I watched that like, "Is Juliette Lewis supposed to be a female Eric Raymond or something?" and lo and behold according to IMDB her character's name is Erica Raymond... That having been said I don't think it looks that bad, it was never gonna be a literal "pastels, shoulderpads, and keytars" adaptation anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteCarl Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Maybe not "pastel, shoulderpd, and keytars", but no Misfits or transformation or anything that made Jem, y'know, Jem. I'm not even a fan of the original cartoon, but I remember it being on when I was a kid and did occasionally watch the show. I can't imagine what actual fans of the show are thinking about that. Why even call it Jem and the Holograms at all when there is almost literally nothing about this movie that is the same from the source material other than the character names? This is worse than the Masters of the Universe movie with Dolph Lundgren that was absolutely nothing like it's source material, either. Man, don't even get me started on how disappointed I was in that movie as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 It would be OK as an original film about the price of fame and the value of true friendship. But as a representation of Jem? Nah. It doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Honestly the worst part was trying to shoehorn Synergy in there and then making it a robopet home movie projector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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