What film would you like to see adapted into a comic series?

[Brian Cronin]

So what film would you think would make a good comic book?

And remember, we're talking ORIGINAL screenplays here, not "Hey, I think it would be cool to adapt the Three Musketeers."

Here are some that I think would adapt well.

"The Third Man" - You could either have it as following Harry Lime around, doing his misdeeds, or you could have it star Holly (Rollo) Martins, following Harry around trying to stop him.

"Lone Star" - John Sayles created such a ripe background for many an interesting tale about Rip County, Texas.

"Notorius" - Couldn't you just see Alicia Huberman and T.R. Devlin continue to try to outwit the Nazi war criminals?

That's just a couple off the top of my head...let's see what good ones you folks can come up with!

-Brian

[nuclearman]

How about the Sting, I think that would make a great comic.

Or perhaps the French Connection... or the Maltese Falcon, where we could follow Detective Marlowe from case to case..Humphrey Bogart in comic form would have to be good.

[Jonathan]

I'd pick up comic adaptations of The Godfather films in a heartbeat.

I'd probably pick up a comic starring Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name. I think a finite series that followed that character's beginnings and ended with his death would be really interesting. And speaking of Eastwood, I'd probably pick up a Dirty Harry comic too.

I'd love to see some a Gremlins comic, too, with each story arc done by a different creative team. :evilsmile

[Brian Cronin]

Remember, original screenplays, folks!

That being said, maybe I SHOULD have a separate thread for adapting books into comics!

If anyone would like to start up a thread like that, that'd be cool.

-Brian

[ChrisIII]

The first Gremlins film was adapted into a graphic novel-it even includes a slightly different ending with Billy destroying the Spike skeleton with his bat.

Still, an ongoing Gremlins series could be interesting, although the franchise has been pretty dormant for a long time.

[Sanagi]

Seven Samurai is a gimme.

Tron could be interesting in comics form.

[Jonathan]

Stephen King's The Stand is another I'd like to see adapted.

Remember, original screenplays, folks!

My bad; I totally forgot that The Godfather was a book before a movie. :o

The first Gremlins film was adapted into a graphic novel-it even includes a slightly different ending with Billy destroying the Spike skeleton with his bat.

Heh - I've got the old Gremlins record books and the film novelization, but I had absolutely no idea a graphic novel existed. Excellent. I'll have to track that down sometime.

[JeffreyWKramer]

BUCKAROO BONZAI seems a natural.

[Harvey Jerkwater]

The Third Man was originally a novella by Graham Greene. Well, kinda. It's a little weird. Greene wrote the novella first, but it wasn't published until after the movie came out. I think the novella was his way of writing the movie, though...argh. The movie was based off of a novel that was written specifically to create the movie.

Weird but true, there already is a spinoff from the movie: a radio show in the early fifties called "The Hidden Life of Harry Lime" (or something like that), a prequel series about Orson Welles's character before the events of the movie.

How about crime/heist comics based off of the Ocean's Eleven movies?

[Brian Cronin]

The Thin Man was a screenplay before it was a novella.

-Brian

[Mr. Sinister]

Tron could be interesting in comics form.

I've never thought of that... that could be interesting.

[slam]

I just saw Dark City again on cable last night. It could be a great 12 issue Vertigo series.

[Elegance Liberty]

I second 'Dark City'. I'm not really into those dark movies that come off as pretentious, but that movie was AWESOME. I'd love to see maybe a prequel or something for it one of these days.

Not sure if it counts or not, but Mr. and Mrs. Smith would be cool. But that's just me.

[Cactusakic]

Series 7: The Contenders.

12 issues runs per "series" of the show.

Different creative teams each run.

C'mon, you know it'd be sweet...?

[atoningunifex]

Series 7: The Contenders.

12 issues runs per "series" of the show.

Different creative teams each run.

C'mon, you know it'd be sweet...?

While I don't think that movies should be adapted to comic form in general, that idea is one I completely support.

[Captain_Video]

I have always wanted to see the classic Universal Monster characters adapated into some kind of an anthology book, "Universal presents" or something to that effect.

The characters ( or at least what they would become ) lend themselves well to comics as they ended up with a nice little shared universe by the end of the film series' House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula etcetera.

Only problem is I can see it like so many movie adaptations being the movie characters spouting familiar lines and doing the same old thing instead of playing with the concepts a bit.

It would be pretty cool though.

[kertap]

I think The Butterfly Effect could make a really good comic. I wouldn't use the same character that was in the movie and I'd have a different past for that character.

I'd keep the whole going into the past damages the brain and stuff.

[algertman]

Pirates of the Carribean

or how ever you spell it.

get the team that did "El Cazador" for CrossGen on it.

[BizarroBeachHead]

BUCKAROO BONZAI seems a natural.
I'm not sure if you are aware, but a BUCKAROO BONZAI comic (http://www.moonstonebooks.com/banzai.asp) is currently being released. The first issue released last May, I think.

[john_moser1]

Unbreakable would be the best.

[dancj]

I've yet to find a film that's been adapted succesfully into a comic. The closest I know is Battle Royale, but that's not really a film adaptation at all

[DubipR]

I've yet to find a film that's been adapted succesfully into a comic. The closest I know is Battle Royale, but that's not really a film adaptation at all

The mangas are brilliant. Straight from the novel.

[Romaine]

None. Ever. I'd rather the people considering said adaptation scrapped the idea and did something original.

~Romaine

[Sorcerer Supreme]

I think that, if done properly Die Hard would be pretty cool.
Life in between the movies, or nowadays with some reality like how McClane reacted to 9/11 etc

[DubipR]

Pink Flamingos.
Written by John Waters, drawn by Johnny Ryan (Angry Youth Comix).
Following the adventures of Babs Johnson, Crackers and Cookie.

[Nate C.]

I'm not sure if you are aware, but a BUCKAROO BONZAI comic (http://www.moonstonebooks.com/banzai.asp) is currently being released. The first issue released last May, I think.

also, soon after the movie was made (or in tandem with), Marvel put out a 3 issue mini-series.

[Dan Apodaca]

I think that, if done properly Die Hard would be pretty cool.
Life in between the movies, or nowadays with some reality like how McClane reacted to 9/11 etc

Oh god, that would be awful. I mean, the whole design of those movies is completely counteractive to what really happens with those situations. Die Hard is built around there being a bad guy and a good guy and a clear-cut "right thing to do".

None of which are functional with 9/11. I guess you could have him go after Osama Bin Laden, but then you'd have to explain why this one cop was able to do what the U.S. military couldn't. And that probably wouldn't go over very well with the people who would be interested in the movie in the first place.

[stealthwise]

Lansdale's Bubba Ho-Tep

Shaun of the Dead

[dancj]

Shaun of the Dead has been done

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/184576160X/026-8304098-2785252?v=glance&n=266239

[CAT-DAL]

Dark star
Taxi driver
and erm...Chitty chitty bang bang.

[DonC]

I remember sitting in the theater thinking Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl would have made an awesome comic book. So maybe a Jack Sparrow comic series?

[Brian Cronin]

A Jack Sparrow comic book would be awesome.

-Brian

[i_mmmchocolate]

HBO's Carnivale

Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks

[Gilda Dent]

The Sixth Sense. We could follow Cole as he does what he can to help the ghosts resolve the issues that won't let them pass on, or introduce a new character with the same basic ability and follow him/her.

Gilda

[Perry Holley]

Another vote for Unbreakable.

Wouldn't mind seeing a Serenity comic, as the odds of another movie are somewhat slim...

[Brian Cronin]

The Sixth Sense. We could follow Cole as he does what he can to help the ghosts resolve the issues that won't let them pass on, or introduce a new character with the same basic ability and follow him/her.

Gilda

Sounds good.

He could also gain a new friend like the Doctor, who can help Colt, only this guy will refuse to believe he's dead no matter what, so he always sticks around!

-Brian

[JeffreyWKramer]

I'm not sure if you are aware, but a BUCKAROO BONZAI comic (http://www.moonstonebooks.com/banzai.asp) is currently being released. The first issue released last May, I think.

I was not aware of this. I need to seek this out.

Thanks for the heads up.

[JeffreyWKramer]

also, soon after the movie was made (or in tandem with), Marvel put out a 3 issue mini-series.
Was it any good? Was it an adaptation of the film, or a different story?

Most Marvel movie adaptations blow goats, honestly.

[JeffreyWKramer]

Wouldn't mind seeing a Serenity comic, as the odds of another movie are somewhat slim...

I seem to recall Joss writing somewhere or another that there may be further comics, or novels.

[pennywisdom]

I would vote for Memento.

Memento uses a disjointed narrative and flashback scenes to tell what is basically a modern noir story. That would definitely work in comic book form. In fact, one of the things I always loved about comics was their ability to use non-linear time as a storytelling mechanism.

EDIT: And, while I'm on the topic of unconventional film-making, how about a comic book version of Twin Peaks or any other David Lynch work? Not exactly for the Superman crowd, but an artist like Ben Templesmith or Ashley Wood could really bring Lynch's patented "film as a fugue state" style to the printed page.

[Stony]

And, while I'm on the topic of unconventional film-making, how about a comic book version of Twin Peaks or any other David Lynch work? Not exactly for the Superman crowd, but an artist like Ben Templesmith or Ashley Wood could really bring Lynch's patented "film as a fugue state" style to the printed page.
I'm way behind the idea for a TWIN PEAKS comic
I always had Mignola in mind as the artist for it, I just think his style would fit the mood well.

Or Matt Smith, whom I'm often theorised really *is* Mignola under another name taking lesser jobs to buy... I dunno, braces for the kids

[Fabian]

A Jack Sparrow comic book would be awesome.

-Brian
I saw something similar to that at Target. It was more of a picture book than a comic book but the art was awful. It had a pre-teen Jack Sparrow.

[Perry Holley]

Was it any good? Was it an adaptation of the film, or a different story?It was an adaption of the film.

[dancj]

I would vote for Memento.

Memento uses a disjointed narrative and flashback scenes to tell what is basically a modern noir story. That would definitely work in comic book form. In fact, one of the things I always loved about comics was their ability to use non-linear time as a storytelling mechanism.

Hmm... If they're really clever with it they could make it simultaneously a normal comic and a right-to-left manga style book depending on the order you want to get the events

[pennywisdom]

I'm way behind the idea for a TWIN PEAKS comic
I always had Mignola in mind as the artist for it, I just think his style would fit the mood well.

Or Matt Smith, whom I'm often theorised really *is* Mignola under another name taking lesser jobs to buy... I dunno, braces for the kids
Actually, that sounds really cool. I love Mignola as well.

Hmm... If they're really clever with it they could make it simultaneously a normal comic and a right-to-left manga style book depending on the order you want to get the events
That's a pretty sharp idea. I don't think anyone's done that yet. You're a couple steps ahead. ;)

[CE_Rap]

After i saw "King Arthur", i kept realizing that there were SOO many parts where i thought i wsa watching a comic book. They group of them, each with their own skill and style [power], their own armor for their horses, and the way they stood a top that hill for the final fight. That would be a good, really intense comic or several graphic novel.

[brundlefly]

I second the Carnivale and Dark City love. Particularly Carnivale; whenever I watched that show I thought its characters and pacing would make for a great comic series.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow could be entertaining, given the right writer and artist.

I just saw Nightwatch the other day and thought that might make for a good comic adaptation. As would Cast a Deadly Spell.

[Peterschick1977]

I would actually enjoy a Kill Bill comic book...

[winterteeth]

I wouldn't mind a Conan-esque Gladiator prequel comic. Maximus and his rise in the Roman Legion or something.

Also worth mentioning: an Unforgiven prequel comic, a Miller's Crossing ongoing about Tommy's further adventures in intricate underworld manipulations, Mamet's Spartan would lend itself to a cool comic, and oh...let's say...the Naked Gun (maybe from Bongo Comics).

[howyadoin]

I seem to recall Joss writing somewhere or another that there may be further comics, or novels.If it's comics, hopefully this time they'll eschew the usual Dark Horse policy of putting generic artists on their licensed titles.