Which Comic Books Should Be Turned Into Movies?

I think Judge Dredd needs a complete reboot and made in to a great comic book film franchise as Judge Dredd the film (while in like it) was a horrible movie.

Here is how I would do it.

1st movie based on "Judge Dredd: Origins"


As people have mentioned to non-fans the world it's self can seem complicated to get in to due to how complex it is. This would be a great place to start the franchise of films off for the reason this is the plot

History is written in this land-mark Dredd story. The severed hand of Chief Judge Fargo, the very first chief judge, is delivered to the Grand Hall of Justice with a ransom note. Dredd and his team must travel into the Cursed Earth to try and recover the body of the Judge Father. But this is more than just a journey across America, this is a journey into the past and into the history of the Judges and Mega-City One itself!
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where as this is not your typical origin story for a film it shows how the judges and stuff started so explains the world. But it also helps establish Chief Judge Fargo (Judge Dredd is one of his clones), as well as scenes from Dredd growing up as childhood word war 3.

I would expand it like batman begins did to fill in the blanks and add parts of other comics but this IMO is the best place to start.



Second film should be the Dark Judges (Including his greatest villain Judge Death)
The Dark Judges were originally a group of lawkeepers from a parallel dimension. They were led by Judge Death, who had determined that all crime was committed by the living. Thus, by his logic, all life was a crime.
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third - Block Mania
The story opens with what seems to be a typical block war, as seen in the previous Dredd stories. However it soon becomes apparent that it is not an isolated incident, but that conflagrations are breaking out amongst hundreds of city blocks in Mega-City One. Eventually the conflict spreads city-wide, where millions of citizens are involved in violent riots, with the intent of murdering one another. During the last episode of the series it becomes apparent that the outbreak has been engineered by East Meg One agent, Sov Judge Orlok
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forth - Apocalypse War this story follows on from Block Mania perfectly.


if it goes past 4 films then they still have "Necropolis" (A great return of the dark judges) and more
 
Who would play Judge Dredd? I think the first one should be an origin story, and then they should have a sequel that has absolutely no ties to any story from the comic (like the Hellboy movies....the first one was an origin, the second is a brand new story). However, since I know absolutely nothing about Judge Dredd, my opinion doesn't really matter.

I think Alias (the comic) would make a good movie, but the general public would get it confused with the Jennifer Garner TV show.

Supreme Power would be freaking sweet as a movie. The only thing is, again, the general public will assume that Squadron Supreme is just a copy of JLA. Which it basically is, but Supreme Power is a mature version....But kids are going to want to see it 'cause the characters are analogues of their favorite superheroes. I don't know how they would be able to sell it.

David Bowie as the Joker in the Dark Knight Returns movie is perhaps the greatest casting EVER. And every time I picture him in the role, I see his slightly-fat Nikola Tesla in the Prestige.
 
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Langsta said:
I think Alias (the comic) would make a good movie, but the general public would get it confused with the Jennifer Garner TV show.
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Alias was optioned as a TV show by FOX. It was going to be called 'Alter Ego', but other than Bendis writing a pilot script, I think it's pretty much dead in the water.
 
Daughters Of The Dragons
I mean come on. Two superhot, superpowered, chicks hunting supervillains who jumped bail. I would see it.

Wolverine - Origin
If they are making a Wolverine solo film. It needs to be this. Maybe with an all new cast.

Supergirl
I am not going to reveal my reasoning for this.

Lucifer
3 or 4 movies covering the best comic series ever. The only thing is, that this will piss off a lot of people.

The Authority
One or two movies, maybe even 3 if the need arises. Covering Ellis and Millar's run. Who doesn't want to see the mass battles on the big screen.

Ocean
Warren Ellis' mini. Ultra creepy and so cool. I would love to see this made into a movie. Maybe even with Samuel L. Jackson himself.

Fell
I'm not sure if this would translate well. But I think they could tweak a few things and still have a good adaption. I would love to see Snowtown in the cinemas.

Desolation Jones
Come on. Crazy people, Hitler porn, and a real creepy L.A.

Mouse Guard
A violent movie, that looks like a Disney movie. With all the CGI movie craze. This might be a good pick.

Johnny The Homical Maniac
This would never happen but I would probaly piss my pants watching this. It should be that ****ed up. I mean they made American Psycho.
 
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Johnny the Homicidal Maniac needs to be animated. Maybe adapted by Tim Burton or something. Lol, Johnny would be played by Johnny Depp and Devi would be played by Helena Bonham Carter.

It's unlikely that Origin would be adapted for the big screen, but I don't see why they shouldn't....besides the fact that the supporting cast is basically made up of obscure characters that would leave the audience puzzled....But it's funny, I was just looking through one of my old copies of Wizard a few days ago, and I saw their dream cast for Origin. They had Kerr Smith as young Wolverine.

The Authority would be awesome, but Hollywood will **** it up like they're doing with Wanted. Plus, they have to make the story work by fitting in Stormwatch somehow.

Lucifer won't be that offensive....If it does get made, it will only have one movie. Daniel Craig is playing Lucifer in an upcoming movie called I, Lucifer.
 
There should be

  • A Howard the Duck movie directed by Willard Huyck
  • A batman film with George Clooney playing batman and Arnold Schwarzenegger as mr freeze
  • A Catwoman movie with no ties to batman and staring Halle Berry



.......... oh wait :(
 
SSJmole said:
There should be

A Howard the Duck movie directed by Willard Huyck
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Howard the Duck is among the greatest films ever made. It's a classic American coming-of-age story that can be loved and cherished by all, and watched over and over again countless times without losing a bit of its greatness.
 
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The Authority could worked if they ignored previous versions of characters, like The Doctor and the Engineer. They could still have the old doctor is the garden and what not.


and Deep is too old for Johnny. I would say Cillian Murphy but he is too old also.


I'm saying Lucifer wouldn't be that offensive. I see it sitting off the wrong people. With it's portrayal of God as an *******.
 
I was joking when I said Johnny Depp as JtHM. I said that because I said Tim Burton should direct it because he makes movies like that, and he always casts Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter in his movies.

The only thing I could see being offensive about Lucifer is Christian spokespeople getting pissed off because it's a movie about the devil. A hundred bucks says they're not even going to watch the movie, yet they're going to complain about it anyway knowing nothing about it other than the fact that the main character is Lucifer.
 
thee great one said:
Daughters Of The Dragons
I mean come on. Two superhot, superpowered, chicks hunting supervillains who jumped bail. I would see it.
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Giggity. There's a decent amount of chick action movies out there, but all of them blow, and exploit the whole girl power thing. This could be awesome, though. Righteously awesome.

thee great one said:
Supergirl
I am not going to reveal my reasoning for this.
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I think we can all guess....

thee great one said:
Lucifer
3 or 4 movies covering the best comic series ever. The only thing is, that this will piss off a lot of people.
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HBO? Hell, if Preacher gets made and takes off, it could set a great precedent for HBO comic book series'.

thee great one said:
Mouse Guard
A violent movie, that looks like a Disney movie. With all the CGI movie craze. This might be a good pick.
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That would be incredible.



I want to see a Jonah Hex TV show.
 
What's Mouse Guard?

Punisher MAX would be a sweet show on HBO. Like Sopranos, except a guy killing the Sopranos. Better yet, make it a comedy. Frank Castle kills mobsters. It's funny.

Hellblazer would be too expensive for a TV show. Then again, Afro Samurai is like a million dollars per episode.

Fables and Runaways would be very interesting.
 
Langsta said:
Howard the Duck is among the greatest films ever made. It's a classic American coming-of-age story that can be loved and cherished by all, and watched over and over again countless times without losing a bit of its greatness.
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:lol: :lol: yeah right
 
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