What's your pet project?

[Tequilamokinbrd]

When you're famous and in a position to greenlight projects, what are you going to ensure is made and made well no matter what? What would be your labor of love? Your.......Pet Project?




When I'm famous I will see to it that a live action film based on the videogame Metroid is produced. I will get nerds across the country super pumped up with an "Alien"-like trailer that ends with the metroid main theme playing in the background and the words "coming soon" on the screen. It will make 100 gagillion dollars in it's first day and spawn 2 sequels, each one better than the next.



And then I'll use my fame and pull to get myself one of those vanity runs on a comic book that famous people/authors/tv writers take every now and then. Only unlike most of them who leave after 6-12 issues, I'll make a serious commitment to the book and stay at least 100 issues or until they kick me off the book.




Yeah. that would be the bees knees.



Howzabout everyone else?

[Green Lantern wannabe]

A TV series and multimedia empire centered around myself, just like Martha Stewart's conglomerate.

[malephoenix]

In Fantasy Land? A live-action TV series of the story from Final Fantasy VI. But if it has to be feasible? Then an animated series of the same. Either way, it would take an entire seven seasons, and we would make it clear to fans that although many aspects will be directly used, there will also be some extra twists and turns so that it's not stale in the eyes of those that know the storyline.



That said, I really like how this quoteeach one better than the next.
means that each sequel goes down in quality. I know you meant "each one better than the one before," Tequila, but it was a fun typo.

[TheLazy]

That said, I really like how this quotemeans that each sequel goes down in quality. I know you meant "each one better than the one before," Tequila, but it was a fun typo.

You, my friend, are very keen eyed.;)

I'd have a movie based on GTA (which I cant believe hasnt been done already). From the billion $$$ made from that I would buy out Marvel and DC and start making every fanboys dream teams come true, and after going bankrupt I guess I'd retire in India with my lovely wife Elisha Cuthbert.

:)

[Ontir]

My pet project, is something I'm working on getting made right now. It's a combination video game, movie series, and when I finally get it in front of the public, it's going to be extremely cool!

...no I can't tell you more than that... except it has something to do with super-heroes; but all originals.

[malephoenix]

For the last time, Ontir, you didn't invent the X-Men. Just let it go, man.

[LordEd1976]

Since I actually am trying to get into acting at the moment, I'm keeping that to myself. All I'm going to say is it involves remaking an anime from the late 70s-early 80s.

[Captain_Video]

My pet project, is something I'm working on getting made right now. It's a combination video game, movie series, and when I finally get it in front of the public, it's going to be extremely cool!

...no I can't tell you more than that... except it has something to do with super-heroes; but all originals.

I am in the same boat as Mr Ontir here, original material, prepping as we speak, should be shooting in April if the bloody acting unions will lay off me for ten minutes ( Vultures )...will be in debt up to my eyeballs for a couple of years and there is little realistic chance it will sell, but at least I can say I tried and die with no regrets.

Dream project pie in the sky, would be to make a decent comic book movie that truely reflects the source material, like a live action Timmverse cartoon, I also believe ( after doing the projections ) that I could do this for less than 50 million providing I was not asked to use name talent and that I could use all old school effects but using digital compositing to stop matte lines.

Would have to be meticulously storyboarded too, but that means I could give an actual comic creator some money for a change and he/she could have input too, its their baby.

[Ontir]

Malephoenix, I said nothing about the X-Men, and I'm not sure what that means!

Cap, is that 50 million $ or £ or €?

[davids]

Remember The tv minie series? Now just imagine an animated [really good animation] based on the kingdom come Novel [not the graphic Novel but the Novel by Maggin}

Pay for it ny selling the rights for spanish bradcasts around the world, european rights, asian rights. and american , aussie, british, cananda, and aussie rights. The profit would come from the DVD sales and any toys and such!

[HomerJay]

I'd have a movie based on GTA (which I cant believe hasnt been done already). From the billion $$$ made from that I would buy out Marvel and DC and start making every fanboys dream teams come true, and after going bankrupt I guess I'd retire in India with my lovely wife Elisha Cuthbert.
A fine plan indeed.

As for me...
THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS.
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Zack Snyder or David Fincher
Cast: Russell Crowe as BATMAN, Clint Eastwood as James Gordon, Kevin Spacey as Harvey Dent, Mick Jagger as The Joker, John Travolta as Superman

THE STAND (2 movies filmed consecutively)
Director: Gore Verbinski
Cast: Matthew McConaghey as Stu Redman, Harry Connick Jr. as Larry Underwood, Sophia Bush as Fran Goldsmith, Nick Stahl as Nick Andros, Ethan Suplee as Tom Cullen, Donald Sutherland as Glen Bateman, Catherine Zeta Jones as Nadine Cross, Steve Buscemi as Lloyd Henreid, and Dennis Quaid as Randle Flagg - The Dark Man

[Karl H]

The never written about Babylon 5 Psi-War...

[Ontir]

I'm hoping the Psi War will be part of the new B5 stuff, though with Andreas Katsulas gone, parts of it will just not be what they might've been.

[a. non]

If i could, i'd make an animated version of George Effinger's short story "Seven Nights in Slumberland," where Little Nemo interacts with Gaiman's Endless.

[BoosterBronze]

For me it was always an animated series covering Dragonlance Chronicles. But I guess that's in development as a cartoon movie right now, so I don't know

[jemurr]

I was daydreaming the other day of some uber-rich guy starting their own multimedia company. After which they hire the greatest writers/producers/directors/artists/ etc of our day, and have them build one of those shared universe thingys. The stories of which would be told across all medium. You would have different projects tie into each other, but movies/TV would primarily focus on a futuristic sci-fi world, comics would be today with heroes and such, video games a fantasy past, and Role Playing games and novels a more distant fantasy past. So it would be in different eras, but their would be connecting plot points, concepts, and characters.

So in other words if I ever had between $200,00-$300,000 million dollars to spare, that would be my pet project.

[blackdragon6]

i always wanted to make a southern gothic/supernatural noir film about the myrtle plantation.

[Davideaux]

My pet project would be to make a final Conan movie.

[Captain_Video]

Malephoenix, I said nothing about the X-Men, and I'm not sure what that means!

Cap, is that 50 million $ or £ or €?

Dollars for the comic book movie.

Also I would need full Producer control so that I could make sure there are no pointless people on set, in fact ideally I would go non union ( stop waving your SAG cards at me fellas ) because it is getting increasingly ludicrous for the unions to charge as much as they do, they have ceased being an organisation for fairness and protection and have become extortionists. ( but thats a whoooole other argument ).

If we discount stars and inflated egos a comic book movie could easily be done for under 50 million and this is without any lesser quality effects. provided you like as much real elements as possible and limited CGI ( only when absolutely needed ).

It would probably be redundant to do a full budget breakdown.