Any info about the movie yet?

[DarthVoll]

Greetings,

While a Necroscope film/s sounds great, I would have to agree that it would be tricky ground to cover....however....many other new horror films have been made in the past decade that are outright gruesome and deliver just as much as a Necroscope book (later in its series). As for the first film...it would be mild compared to what they would have to do for the following films. With film making as it is today...there are several techniques to employ that would "shield" the viewer from the truely gross scenes while the viewer still knew what was going on....EXAMPLE: JAWS....did not see the shark until halfway through the film....yet in the begining when the girl gets attacked and tossed around at the surface our minds race as to what the carnage is like below the water....and later we see "remains" on the beach. It would be clever filming like this that would do the Necroscope a great deal more justice for american viewers....but then consider how much gore and stuff thats out there already today. In my opinion IF they did choose to make a Necroscope series of films they could do ALOT and not only that, if they stick to whats there already instead of re-writing the books basically and in effect destroying something of the Necroscopes attraction to its fan base (which happens to about 80% of all book to film projects) then they might have something worthwhile. The trick will be to get a good writer for screen.

I've read all the Necroscope books, including and up to The Touch. Defenders/Defilers/Avengers series was IMO an awesome read...and it was this part of the series that I thought would be best for film. But thats way down the road from the original Necroscope....so best to start from square one and introduce Harry as a young boy in school with his "esper" mother being murdered by a Russian spy (husband/esper in his own way) and the Harry taking revenge later in life on him for that and so on and on the side showing Boris Dragosani's upbringing at the same time would compress the story a bit better and make it a more interesting film for a "begining". Showing both grow up and go through their "changes" in this way on film can save more time for the action sequences later on and even lengthen these for film so the overall effect of the first Book-to-film movie would be one of intrigue/suspense/horror/action all rolled in one. It could certainly be made into an ever increasing "non-stop thrill ride" from the moment Harry becomes a man. As for the intense sexual parts...well, some films have been graphic in that as well. If your looking for an example of sex and gore in one film...well there really isn't a whole lot there...there are some films with certainly horrific scenes of naked contorted bodies IN sexual positions but it only goes thus far...so eventually Necroscope series would break that barrier I think. OR, it would turn out to be one of those film tricks where you hear it but don't quite see it.

As for the Vampires or Whampyri! They would have to stay COMPLETELY true to the creation in these books...else you loose way too much on the development side of the series and the whole thing would blow up and fizzle out....it was the depth of these Vampires which makes it stand out more than any other Vampire based novel out there....these are not the handsome beguilers or romantic crybabies from Ann Rice or even Bram Stokers Dracula. These Vampires are brutal, lustful, powerful, horrific...and each one worse than the previous. I would be most interested on the visual appearances of some of the Whampyri.....not to mention Sunside/Starside's Whampyri/Flyers/Warriors/Aries/Vats/Leeches etc etc. There is so much! Just imagine a murcury colored "egg" slithering out of a Whampyri...skidding across the floor then up a wall and on the cieling only to drop on a new host!! EWWW CREEPY!


Any way you look at it....Necroscope (if your gonna do it right) is gonna need a million dollar budget guaranteed. Thats being realistic....

Also, stay away from the fancy writers as much as possible...all they do is destroy good things. You will need a director that has a genuine interest or is a fan of the series himself/herself. Much like Sam Rami and Spiderman. Dead on for story, just a few tweaks for film and the modern day film goer but overall totally in line with story and other comic series in that genre.



but please continue.....I like reading about the "wet dreams" people are having concerning a full live action film....especially when most have no clue as to what goes into making a film to begin with.


DarthVoll



---I will rise from the depths of the galaxy to strike you down!---

[NecrozDarksoul]

Jumper seems to have taken a big chunk out of any mystique there might have been to unlocking a power to teleport

[Silver]

Necroscope is about more than just teleportation though, there's no deadspeak, Wamphyri or E-Branch in Jumper.

[pheral]

Jumper does not go as far to explaining teleportation. Harry has his numbers and the all important Mobius continuum there is a lot of work just using that. Jumper was good but this is why Necroscope needs to be made better there is so much more to fit in.

[Silky]

Still optioned ... still waiting. Progress came to a stand still during the writer's strike.

We'll just keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best.

Jumper ... didn't like the trailer too much on that one and it will definitely be one we'll have to see...

[Ilya Sul]

That sounds..eh..not so good?

[twisted_illusions]

what's going on with the necroscope movie?

[Lord FredRick Manflesh]

You are right...it would take a very large budget to do a decent Wamphyri film. I especially want to see Canker Canison's Fox-warrior. Still my favorite of all Wamphyri warriors with its three snapping muzzles on one head...GOOD STUFF!
LFMF (OTW)

[Bawslev]

for the true nature of horror.

i wonder if he would even understand/do justice, if he had the PRIVELEGE to write up a necroscope movie?

his recent piece seemed good to those i have tlaked to that have seen it: its true 'B HORROR' style too: Plant problems. lol

The Happening i think its called.

[sirbob]

Sad to say but unless you have a vast budget the movie would end up a disaster. One option would be to make it a Manga style cartoon, that way you could keep all the gore in and not have to worry about special effects.

[Helmet Head]

I alway thought it would make a better tv series myself before expanding into films later on, although I also thought the idea of doing it in a manga styly cartton was also a good way to go...

[BadMushroom]

Not entirely sure that Manga-style anime would be a good fit for a Necroscope -series- of movies (coz, to be fair, you'd have to make more than one movie to do any kind of justice to even the first book!) as there is a certain amount of stylistic, aesthetic and auteur cultural expectations that are usually attendant in "Japanimation" features... not to say that an adult-aimed animated feature wouldn't be a marvellous vehicle for the stories as you can express, create and control much more explicitly in animation (for some bizarre reason - its unreality perhaps?), just not necessarily in the anime style.

I'd love to see this done as a TV series though. What a wonderful thought! Something akin to the 'Ultraviolet' series. Remember that? An E-branch inspired bit o' T.V. if ever there was one!

[Silver]

I agree with you there Shroom. Though I love manga I don't think it's the right style for Necroscope. I do agree that an animated version of Nec could be great, but just not in manga style.

I don't know if anyone has seen it, I don't even know who did it but before the films of The Lord Of The Rings came out there was an animated attempt, it's available on DVD still I think. They were going to do it in 2 parts but only actually made the first so it unfortunately stops half way through the story and was never completed - how annoying! I have no idea why they didn't complete it, I don't even know how successful it was when released so I'm in the dark about that bit.

Anyway if you do know what I'm talking about, maybe something along those lines, not like that exactly it'd have to be a bit more grown up but more like that than manga. If not - sorry I can't be more specific!

[Warchief666]

I would pay money to be an extra in that movie.Is there contact number or email address to use to apply for this.I heard all is been finalised soon enough.

[BadMushroom]

Anyway if you do know what I'm talking about, maybe something along those lines, not like that exactly it'd have to be a bit more grown up but more like that than manga. If not - sorry I can't be more specific!

That's pretty much what I was trying to say when I said "adult-aimed animated feature". I love the Ralph Bakshi animated LOTR film. Some parts were quite inspired (use of rotoscope for the orcs; filming live action then animating over the top).

Shame he could only finance half of the story though...

[pheral]

What about something along the same lines as Beowulf? I watched that film lately and thought the mixture of real actors and CGI filming had a great impact. It all looked quite realistic while still being able to mix the elements that CGI adds. By that I mean the CGI allows film-makers to make unreal people or events seem real which will be a major milestone in any Necroscope film.

[Helmet Head]

Yeah the orginal LOTR cartoon was amazing and something that stuck with me until I was old enough to actually read the books, some of it was obviously poor due it not being state of the art but somethings they got spot on like Gollum/Smeagol the Orcs and the Nagul were so much better interpretations of the charactors from the books than the interpretations from the films by Jackson.

[Ilya Sul]

What about something along the same lines as Beowulf? I watched that film lately and thought the mixture of real actors and CGI filming had a great impact. It all looked quite realistic while still being able to mix the elements that CGI adds. By that I mean the CGI allows film-makers to make unreal people or events seem real which will be a major milestone in any Necroscope film.

Beowulf and realistic? No, thought it looked like a videogame cutscene....
Also I kind of dislike all that CGI snot....it's beeing abused too much. Good masking would do the Wamphyri much more justice than CGI vampires.

[Silver]

'Shroom, Helm - you've got it, you guys know exactly what I'm talking about!

It wasn't at all like Beowulf, it was animated but some of the scenes as Shroom said were real live but with the animation on top. The thing with the Orcs too, no idea what all the technical stuff means but it did look good and they were MEAN!

There was no CGI and I'm inclined to side a little with Ilya on this one, though I'm certainly not against the use of CGI I though Beowulf was totally unrealistic and the CGI made it look shabby in places. I like subtle CGI done well, not in your face used just for the sake of it.

I wen't to see Beowulf at the cinema in 3D and although it was an impressive achievement it seemed a bit pointless, they'd obviously spent so much time and effort on some scenes but a lot of the scenes, for example in the hall, were very poor in comparison. I was just thinking why? Why didn't they just act it like any other film and save the money on doing something really spectacular with the action scenes or on the set and make it a really good film rather than a gimmic?

[Necroscope22]

1) M night shamalama-ding-dong should not be allowed near the Necroscope series. The last 2 films I hav essen of his sucked big time. (The Village and The Happening).

2) Cartoon hmmmm, maybe. I saw the original LOTR film when I was about 8 and it rocked (actually scared me a bit, the orcs ruled). Although trying to find it now is very hard. If it was made in that same style with todays techniques then maybe but definitley not anime/manga.

3) I still think until it can be done some justice it should be left alone. There is so much that makes to books what they are that to lose any content at all would really deplete the overall story.

I have read many hundreds of books and complete series and to this day the only one I revisit from time to time is Necroscope. The Necrosocpe series is such a superior set of books that it would have to be mulitple epic movies to come close to doing it justice.

That being said I would still watch the movie if it came out. I wouldn't be able to resist ;-)

Cheers Nec22