Crooked Grin Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I just saw this thread on the Warmachine forum and as I think Malifaux has more atmosphere than Warmachine I thought I start something similar here (and I'm sorry if this has been done before). If you could make decisions regarding a Malifaux movie what decisions would you make? Who would be the director,actors, DP, editor, composer? I think Tim Burton would be the obvious (not so original) choice to do a Malifaux movie and there probably is a part in there for his wife Helena Bonham Carter as well (Zoraida? Just kidding) That would also probably mean a Danny Elfman score however maybe it's time for TB to try somebody else like Alexandre Desplat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonelyPath Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I'd have Ridley Scott directing with Jerry Goldsmith composing the score. If you're unsure of these 2 together go watch the directors cut of Legend, I see Malifaux as darker and grittier, which both these guys can easily accomplish. I'd leave casting and so on aside, but I would say that for set building and design, I'd try to get the same crew that worked on From Hell. Helena Bonham Carter as Zoraida? After her as the old witch in Big Fish, I could see that! lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadArcanist Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 The only problem I see with a malifaux movie is that they would have to focus on certain elements of the fluff and go into adding more into those elements, other then that it would make a terrific movie. As for casting I would have to say I could see Johnny depp as seamus, just cause its his kinda character Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Caroland Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 While a movie would be grand, I think Malifaux is more the Showtime/HBO/Cinemax TV series type .. you know, Deadwood, True Blood (they murdered that btw, books vs. tv .. hrmphhh). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePandaDirector Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Malifaux and HBO? I think that combination would destroy all my willpower. I don't get HBO, but damn it gets harder with every new show they put out (though they usually balance this by cancelling equally good shows). Thank God the Wire managed to last as long as it did, hopefully Boardwalk Empire and GoT manage the same (RIP Deadwood) Ian McShane belongs in Malifaux though - not sure what character - as does the rest of the Deadwood cast. The only real difficulty would be portraying the outlandishness of the characters/artwok. I don't like a lot of Tim Burton's non-stop motion work and a lot of similar directors are too uncontrolled and wacky. Jean Pierre Jeunet (Amelie, Micmacs) may be the best living director to capture that aspect of Malifaux, Tarsem Singh (the Fall) would also suit at conveying a grander scale and would easily be able to capture the wild costumes and settings. By getting such directors to produce the series and guest direct, the final product would be amazing. Johnny Depp would make a good Seamus, but I'd still try and use lesser known actors. Malifaux's biggest problem would be budget, which would potentionally lead to it either being scaled down (i.e. being set on an outskirts town, etc) or being realised in stop-motion. Still very expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Alleycat Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Johnny Depp is about the only actor I can think of that would do Seamus justice. As for director...Tim Burton would i think be a good choice...But my preference would be to tell Guillermo del toro to go absolutely nuts. Or...and this is a bit off the wall...but have multiple directors,based on what they do with each faction. Tim burton handling the Arcanists.Guillermo del toro doing the Neverborn faction. Im kind of torn on who to direct the guild part...Im almost thinking John Woo for the over the top gun battles would be amazing. As for Ressurectionists...If you were going to have Kirai as a primary...Takeshi Shimizu,the director of Ju-on. Honestly what would be wonderful,is if HBO picked it up,did it similar to Masters of Horror,where different directors did different episodes. Basically,each director pick one or two masters in a faction to do episodes for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucklemonkey Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 (edited) Del toro would probably get my vote other than one or two obscure Asian directors who would do a good job. Edit, ninja'd by the alleycat although Kim jee woon would get my vote over Shimizu. Edited May 25, 2011 by Chucklemonkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePandaDirector Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 If anything the Resurrectionists belong in the hands of a Korean director, have you seen the Korean version of Hansel and Gretel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucklemonkey Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 If anything the Resurrectionists belong in the hands of a Korean director, have you seen the Korean version of Hansel and Gretel? I haven't seen that yet. Still yet to see thirst also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePandaDirector Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Thirst is great, but then I'm a Park Chan-wook junkie I recently watched I Saw the Devil (Kim Jee-woon) and Choi Min-sik's character would do Seamus proud.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucklemonkey Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Thirst is great, but then I'm a Park Chan-wook junkie I recently watched I Saw the Devil (Kim Jee-woon) and Choi Min-sik's character would do Seamus proud.. Gah you are ahead of me on woon films, bad times. Let's take this outside, I feel an Asian film thread coming on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliver Chocobo Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I would like to see an animated series, a film is too small to fit the world of Malifaux in, and live action series would need to be too strict on it's budget to do it justice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteScete Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I I think Tim Burton would be the obvious (not so original) choice to do a Malifaux movie This ^ I would have johnny depp as Seamus, Devon Aoki as kiria for sure and Liam Neeson in there some where for pure epicness. But i agree a tv show would be better. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constructatron Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I think tit would be pretty cool if they approached a Malifaux movie like they did with Sin City (Quentin Tarentino and Alex Rodrgiuez could probably do a pretty sweet Guild arc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Alleycat Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Oh hell yes..Quentin Tarantino for the guild ...that would be better then John woo. And as for why i said shimizu,because of all the asian horror films i have seen,I liked and was scared by Ju-on more then any of the others. But as a general rule yes...the ressers should be done by one or more of the asian horror masters. Also,I now know that he would have to play Santiago...but Danny Trejo would be perfect for that role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mawdrigen Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Like Game of Thrones... but Steampunk. Seriously, all the factions that are happily living together and scheming against each other. The External threat of the Tyrants. We would have to cast Sean Bean as the Govenors Son though. Not sure who for Kirai... Ian Mckellan as Nicodem. Patrick Stewart as Lucius. I can see Martin Sheen as McMourning working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. Footman Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 The only problem I see with a malifaux movie is that they would have to focus on certain elements of the fluff and go into adding more into those elements, other then that it would make a terrific movie. As for casting I would have to say I could see Johnny depp as seamus, just cause its his kinda character long as it's not a rehash of his MadHatter, wich still had elements of Jack Sparrow in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucklemonkey Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Not sure who for Kirai. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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