CBR: "Harry Potter's" David Yates to Helm "Doctor Who" Movie

[CBR News]

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" director David Yates has signed on to direct the upcoming "Doctor Who" feature film that finally bring the TARDIS and the Doctor to the big screen.


Full article here (http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=35459).

[Pro]

Hmmm a complete remake from scratch ..?

[GRANT!]

Bill Nighy for The First Doctor!

[boyhangover]

Yates could get Oldman. I think this is a fantastic idea. I'd love to see a young Doctor Who stealing the Tardis from the time lords ala the thief in the last harry potter when he stole the elder wand.

[boyhangover]

Bill Nighy for The First Doctor!

Ugh no.

David Thewlis maybe.

[Stressfactor]

I sense a trainwreck coming.

I hate to be a negative Nellie but... no, I doubt this will be good.


The time to do a big screen movie was when the show was in limbo/hiatus.

They want to do a big screen movie essentially rebooting the franchise WHILE the franchise is ongoing on TV?

No. That's just not going to end well.

[GRANT!]

I sense a trainwreck coming.

I hate to be a negative Nellie but... no, I doubt this will be good.


The time to do a big screen movie was when the show was in limbo/hiatus.

They want to do a big screen movie essentially rebooting the franchise WHILE the franchise is ongoing on TV?

No. That's just not going to end well.

By the time the movie comes out the show could be off the air.

Isn't Smith leaving after the seventh series or season? I don't expect Moffat to stay on forever.

[GRANT!]

Ugh no.

David Thewlis maybe.

He's still kind of youngish. Give a grumpy old man Doctor. Oldman could work though.

[Brock]

This reminds me a lot of the reaction to Bryan Singer's planned Battlestar Galactica Movie.

File under "what's wrong with the existing version?"

[Sighphi]

I dont like this.
This is obviously being done for people outside of the current fanbase.
And if it does end up being popular there's a chance that it could take over the TV stuff which is going to suck.
Hopefully they just Harry Potter the films and make 7 of those things and keep away.

[JCAll]

I think it's safe to say Peter Cushing won't be in this one.
And frankly, nothing can save it without him.

[Alex]

I suspect Doctor Who fans hating everything about the film.

[carabas]

It all depends on who they'll cast... And what the script will be like.

I mean, who wouldn't like to see Johnny Depp or Robert Dwoney Jr. or the guy that plays Loki try his hand at Timelording? Christopher Lee as The Master?

[king mob]

The BBC are denying the film (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/11/14/doctor-who-movie-story-met-with-denials-from-some-corners-of-the-bbc/)is going to take place and that these are just rumours of the type we've had for the last four years. The problem with this particular rumour is that it's suggesting a complete revamp which will frankly be bollocks.

[Deathstroke]

I don't know about this.

The idea of making a movie that ignores the near 50 year continuity of the character that is the reason you want to make the movie in the first place seems a bit odd.

[TCJohnson]

By the time the movie comes out the show could be off the air.

Isn't Smith leaving after the seventh series or season? I don't expect Moffat to stay on forever.

Matt Smith has to renegotiate his contract after season seven. He has been telling people he wants to continue, though.

This show is a big money maker for BBC. Wether Smith and Moffat stays or goes it will continue for several more seasons at least.

[king mob]

Matt Smith has to renegotiate his contract after season seven. He has been telling people he wants to continue, though.

This show is a big money maker for BBC. Wether Smith and Moffat stays or goes it will continue for several more seasons at least.

Who isn't going away from the BBC soon, and Smith will probably go after the 50th anniversary series in 2013, as will Moffat but that's always been the nature of the programme that it changes with a new production team/Doctor.

[Stressfactor]

Plus the show will be celebrating it's 50th anniversary in 2013 and, really, what actor wouldn't want to be playing the Doctor during such a momentous time in the show?

So Matt Smith is almost certainly a lock through 2013. Beyond that is the question.

Plus, the show probably wouldn't want to let him get away because the 50th anniversary year might be a dodgy time to be trying to introduce a new Doctor while celebrating the show's history.

And the 50th anniversary will almost certainly attract viewers in Great Britatin if for no other reason than curiosity. There's not a lot of TV shows that can boast 50 years of existence (more or less).

So I doubt we'd see the show have a 50th celebration and then get cancelled the very next year. They might take half a year off or so to recouperate but I doubt you'll see the show get canned outright in 2014 or anything.

[Charles RB]

By the time the movie comes out the show could be off the air.

Only if the ratings plummet.


The BBC are denying the film (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/11/14/doctor-who-movie-story-met-with-denials-from-some-corners-of-the-bbc/)is going to take place

Though not on their own website (or radio). (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15730665)

[blackphoenix]

It all depends on who they'll cast... And what the script will be like.

I mean, who wouldn't like to see Johnny Depp or Robert Dwoney Jr. or the guy that plays Loki try his hand at Timelording? Christopher Lee as The Master?
No no no NO. I would probably go mental if they cast Robert Downey Jr. or Johnny BLOODY Depp as Doctor Who!

The BBC are denying the film (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/11/14/doctor-who-movie-story-met-with-denials-from-some-corners-of-the-bbc/)is going to take place and that these are just rumours of the type we've had for the last four years. The problem with this particular rumour is that it's suggesting a complete revamp which will frankly be bollocks.I pray to Rassilon, Omega, and The Other that this abomination never sees the light of day. If they do a Who movie, it needs to star the current cast! Who wouldn't want to see Amy Pond projected onto a ten foot movie screen?

[Captain Jim]

I sense a trainwreck coming.

I hate to be a negative Nellie but... no, I doubt this will be good.


The time to do a big screen movie was when the show was in limbo/hiatus.

They want to do a big screen movie essentially rebooting the franchise WHILE the franchise is ongoing on TV?

No. That's just not going to end well.

I pretty much agree with all of the above.

[carabas]

Nevermind. Got out of bed on the wrong foot.

[Scurlogg_Hawkk]

Don't do a movie insted do more episodes of the tv series that will be much better or web episodes .

[king mob]

I don't think people quite understand who is proposing what in regards a Who film.

Who is made by the BBC which is funded by the license fee, and a number of programmes are made in commercial partnerships such the one between the BBC and HBO which gave us Band of Brothers.

BBC Worldwide is the commercial arm of the BBC and is a different organisation in that it sells programmes and programme concepts overseas, so they're responsible with infecting the planet with Top Gear or the various versions of Simply Come Dancing down to flogging BBC programmes such as Eastenders or Frozen Planet.

Worldwide is there to make money and some of that money is pumped back into BBC coffers, but some remains with Worldwide to develop their own projects, and if needs must, they'll help when the BBC proper can;t or won't help. The revamp of the Daleks was funded by Worldwide rather than the BBC because Worldwide saw the merchandise as a license to print money.

Worldwide want a Who film because they see it was something which will make money and the fact this rumour suggests a total revamp means this has pissed off a few people within the BBC who see Who as one of their crown jewels and that a film would draw attention away from the programme (especially as it's two years til it's 50th anniversary which makes it the third or fourth longest running programme on British telly) which costs a bloody lot of money to make, not to mention employs a load of people in Cardiff.

There has been rumours of a film for 30 years since Tom Baker tried to get a film up and running. All we've had is the McGann film, and even then we were lucky to get that. Now they could announce everything officially tomorrow but I'm betting this remains as a rumour for quite some time.