Ya wouldn't really need a couple million to do a decent rendition, just a whole lot of time and patience:

 

Here's a Star Wars fan-flick trailer "Dark Resurrection" that looks so bad-ass that I'd learn Italian just to watch it.

i think that maybe so many of the necroscope i deas have already been stolen to make other films it may be to late?

ex:

the new film out called ( jumper) look it up

heros( so the more of it i watched i thought the writers have clearly dear the necroscope books)

underworld

to be honest the list goes on....

of films that in some way seem to have gone used to whole necroscope saga as a source( excuse the pun) of idea's.

 

on a side not i was watching a christian bale movie the other day and i thought, He would make a perfect harry keogh.( for all films made after book 1)

what do you all think???

maybe jude law as the first harry in the first film

Personally I just don't see a quality movie coming out of a direct interpretation of the books. I feel there would be much more promise in an e-branch based series with an first season arc through Dragosani and introducing Bodescu (ultimately, an arc based on Thibor Ferenczy).

 

Harry Keogh is of course in the centre of it all, but he needs to be developed over a longer period of time on screen. A movie lasting 120 minutes would look something like this *Dragosani plays around with some internal organs* *I'm Harry Keogh, Boo* *deadspeak*, *flashbacks*, *deadspeak*, *Dragosani*, *more deadspeak*, *more dragosani*, *Harry Keogh on Ice* *Dead Mother kills stepfather*, *Dragosani, Batu* *deadspeak* *deadspeak* *Mobius* *teleport* *dragosani killing a bunch of people* *teleport* *raise dead warriors* *boom* *teleport* *boom* *lots of screaming and pieces of bone* *squish* *ugh, I can't feel my legs, better make a door and crawl through it* *I'm going to become my own daddy!.. I think...* *The End*".

 

I feel this would result in a movie much like Catwoman with blood, guts, and rotting flesh none of us want that sort of flop to happen to a guy like Harry...

 

I think a 14-16 episodes of 45 minutes would cover the first book and a bit of the second, this would make a Harry an audience could immerse themselves in, instead of a movie amounting to "Young man looking a bit like Harry Potter gets involved with a sort of Spooky MI6/CIA, develops a severe form of schizophrenia, then teleports around killing creepy Russian guys with his deceased fan club".

 

So.. Movie? or Series?

Jude Law as Harry Keogh, an interesting thought but i wonder if he'll have the type of character needed to pull Harry off, myself i think it would be hard work to find an actor that would be a great Harry Keogh

So.. Movie? or Series?

 

I'd have to place both feet firmly in the movie camp because I am fed up of getting into a new TV series only to find out that the networks have cancelled it 1/2 way through due to poor ratings!

 

Anyone remember the 90's BBC series Ultraviolet? The plot revolved around an agency setup by the Catholic church to capture vampires and stop them from taking over. They had these cool guns that fired liquid UV and had a TV on them instead of a scope because the vamps didn't show up on them. 6-8 episodes later and it was taken off the air never to return... :mad:

 

There are a couple of TV series running at the moment revolving around vampires anyway. Blood Ties is terrible and I think has been cancelled, there is also a new series called Moonlight where the central character is a detective who is also a vampire - sound familiar?

 

Personally, I'd like to see a TV series based on some of the Cthulthu Mythos stories that Brian has done instead. Maybe a modern version of the Lost World where characters are taken from Earth by Ithiqua and dumped on a distant planet to fend for themselves and do battle with his worshippers. Or maybe a series based on the Dreamlands with coma patients having to resolve some kind of mystery so they can wake up...

 

If anyone works in TV and is interested in making any of these shows, you can contact me via my agent!

This reminds me of watching Nightmares & Dreamscapes the other day. One episode I thought was based on the Dark Tower at first but as it went on names like Yog-Sothoth, Rl'yeh were popping up on factory signs. Anyway it made me yearn for a great, morbid, dark & scary series such as "Tales of The Cthulhu Mythos based on the fictional works of Brian Lumley".

Hows that sound??

Giving up on Necroscope myself(until something is set in stone)

 

This gives me an idea. . .

 

 

Anyway it made me yearn for a great, morbid, dark & scary series such as "Tales of The Cthulhu Mythos based on the fictional works of Brian Lumley".

Hows that sound??

 

Sounds great! If its good enough for Stephen King then why not? I started down the dark path with him (before I even knew he was influenced by Lovecraft), Dean R. Koontz and James Herbert when I was a kid but I found that the quality of the stories was very inconsistant (probably because they are under so much pressure from their publishers to get their stuff out there). The last few years I've focused on mainly Cthulthu Mythos related books after reading nearly all of of H.P. Lovecrafts stories and a few other "classic" gothic authors like Poe and Le Fanu.

 

I'm back reading Brian now as I got "Beneath the moors and darker Places" for my birthday last month and I'm (re)reading the first Necroscope books again. I've still not got around to reading the last of the series from E-branch onwards but they are in the queue! The only other author I've read recently is Ramsey Campbell who I have to support really as he lives in the same town as me - I read a collection of his short stories before Christmas and I have to admit some of his stories are really quite disturbing, especially when I know some of the local places that he used as influences for his stories! :eek:

 

Anyway, I'm really getting way off topic here - now I have upgraded to the rank of the Elite I thought I'd throw in a bit more info. about me but now I'm just starting to ramble on...

 

The thing is, that once you read enough of this stuff you start to see (or think you see) Cthulthu Mythos related concepts everywhere. For example, I was certain that the Island in Lost was going to be something to do with the Mythos until I read the Mysterious Island by Jules Verne.

Although I would love to watch a necroscope movie, I would sure hate to see them butcher it!! So Im kind of up in the air about the whole thing, I just dont know if hollywood could do the necroscope let alone the wamphyri justice!! If they do make this movie lets hope they do a outstanding job!!!

Although I would love to watch a necroscope movie, I would sure hate to see them butcher it!! So Im kind of up in the air about the whole thing, I just dont know if hollywood could do the necroscope let alone the wamphyri justice!! If they do make this movie lets hope they do a outstanding job!!!

 

I posted exactly the same thoughts some months ago.

Quotation: "but I am concerned that they can neither do the Wamphyri justice nor Continuum nor anything else"

 

I know how you feel.

i don't think they could pull it off really, i hope i'm wrong & pleasantly surprised when i do eventually see the film & if they make it, for instance look at Stephen King's the stand it was a great book but the mini series was absolutely pant's so i'm afraid that the necroscope may end up the same way although i really do hope it doesn't

what i hope is that they keep putting it back and putting it back,

 

by then i would have achieved all my high grades in media and ict both in gcse and a level,

if they put it off long enough i can then go on to do film production,editing and creation at uni.

 

then i can go to hollywood, pitch em necro myself and dazzle em with all ym qualifications and then hire you lot so we can actually make the film something WE want.

I really and truly belive there needs to be a whole series done not just a single movie that would'nt cover even part of the story. Not that I would'nt go see it cause I would even if its just to see how wrong they got it!! Before I saw this website I was saying to my old man that the Necroscope books needed to be at least made into a miniseries!!

A movie would be awesome, it would be one of the best vampire movies that I've seen in a while. I do however wonder about how the movies will turn out when compared with the books, and my biggest fear is that they don't stay true to the books.

The books do contain violence, sex, nudity and blood (after all, the blood is life:cool:), and with today's strict "rules" when it comes to making films then i wonder how the movie(s) are going to get through a censorship board:p

 

A movie, can't wait for it:D

It will surly be the best vampire film in ages:D

 

Sincerely

Möbius

it would be very easy for a good director to do the Necroscope do a lil background when he was growing up and going to school having the drill instructor teach him some hand to hand and stuff it would be cool if they could get sam raimi to do it or guilerrmo del toro hell if they can keep it going do like they have done with the harry potter books and switch the director every couple movies but they are going to need a solid base to get it going if this gets turned to $^% i will use the mobius strip to teleport in their house and kick their @$$

I'm not totally opposed to the idea of a Necroscope movie. No matter how much they butcher it, it won't effect how I feel about the novels.

 

I think it would be very dfficult series to adapt. You would need a massive budget, and given that the saga is move of cult thing than a global phenomenon, it would probably be difficult to get that kind of funding behind it.

I just saw a trailer on tv last night for a movie called "Jumper". Yeah. He teleports. Through the air. Doing cool stunts. Admittedly, it appears to be more like Nightcrawler in Xmen, but still.

 

My first Lumley book was The Last Aerie. So I was totally and completely just drowned in everything that happened, and it is still my most favoritest book of all time. There should definitely be a movie.

 

I don't like the idea of splitting up the books into episodes and worrying about budget, because if it's worth doing, it's worth doing right and going George Lucas on it. Maybe that's who you should give it to; George Lucas. Yeah i know the last 3 star wars movies sucked, but hey, the first three DIDN'T! George Lucas should produce, and ridley scott should direct. Because i just saw bladerunner, and that is exactly the feeling, the gritty environment i would love to see in a Necroscope movie! I wish i had the skill at animation to create an opening title and stuff, and i wish i didn't have add so i could make up my own screenplay and stuff.

I think Necroscope should be left alone. I'm a great movie fan but I just don't think justice would be done for the Necroscope series. It would be altered to much thus taking away something from the whole. Its by far one of the most imaginative series of books I've ever read and they could never portray what the imagination can invisige in a series of Films.

 

we will have to wait and see.

 

Nec

I think Necroscope should be left alone. I'm a great movie fan but I just don't think justice would be done for the Necroscope series. It would be altered to much thus taking away something from the whole. Its by far one of the most imaginative series of books I've ever read and they could never portray what the imagination can invisige in a series of Films.

 

we will have to wait and see.

 

Nec

 

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'Jumper'? Seen it? Bunch of arse. Nuff said. Talk about celluloid plagiarism!!:mad:

i never compare movies to books as they are never in the same league ... but i do enjoy movie adaptations if i remove the book from my mind when watching them...

 

i mean narnia was great as a movie, however the books were fab! and LOTR too...

 

i wonder how the world would react to a different type of vamp ... ?

I think the movie should be made whether it lives up to expectation or not simply because it will get more people into the books. Think of Lord of the Rings for example, how many books were sold after people had seen the movies - even those who didn't like the movies! I've already seen I Am Legend re-released on the bookshelves with Will Smith's mug all over the cover.

 

All I'm saying is that if it's true to the story it should be a great movie, but even if it's not it will introduce more people to the books who might not have picked them up otherwise so although we'll probably think it's rubish it'll still be a good thing. Also Brian's version of a vampire is original and so far, hasn't been stolen as far as I can tell. So it should still be a new concept to those who haven't read his books and I think that'll be a major talking point which will encourage more people to see it.

i am fairly new to this site in the sense that i havnt posted any comments ect before, but i must agree with those of you who say itll never match the books. ive read every book so far more than a few times and feel theres just too much in there to put on a screen, the wamphyri n continuum would be something special to see but what about the history of it all? thats what makes these books so special, its said that LOTR feels like it couldve happened but compared to the necroscope it has nothing, also to those of you who mentioned "jumper"..............on seeing the clips i immediatly thought of harry keogh, it didnt feel like an original concept.

I think the movie should be made whether it lives up to expectation or not simply because it will get more people into the books. Think of Lord of the Rings for example, how many books were sold after people had seen the movies - even those who didn't like the movies! I've already seen I Am Legend re-released on the bookshelves with Will Smith's mug all over the cover.

 

All I'm saying is that if it's true to the story it should be a great movie, but even if it's not it will introduce more people to the books who might not have picked them up otherwise so although we'll probably think it's rubish it'll still be a good thing. Also Brian's version of a vampire is original and so far, hasn't been stolen as far as I can tell. So it should still be a new concept to those who haven't read his books and I think that'll be a major talking point which will encourage more people to see it.

 

It would be a long movie ... but totally agree.

 

Also, in the first Necroscope there aren't any outrageous sex scenes, or Wamphiri fighting or having sex with each other so initially that really won't be an issue.

 

 

 

well I can think of one flashback sceene that would never make it into the movie. but before I get there, there was 5 sex sceenes in the book. between sarge & the other teacher, harry and his wife on the beech, dragonsani and the farmers daughter (whatever happened there left her bruised) and his dragonsani's parents (not really worthy of a sceene in the movie, but it was mentioned).

 

 

 

 

the one they'll cut will be where dragansani is at his aunts house and he see's her and her 2 underage daughters having sex with some guy. Then the aunt sends the kids up to seduce him.

I said outrageous sex scenes, and I wouldn't class Segeant Lane, Harry's or Dragosani's parents as outrageous, and Dragosani's isn't discribed in enough detail to be that graphic.

 

You are right about his aunt and cousins though, I'd forgotten about that one but as long as it's done carefully I do still think that it could be included without it being too graphic for an 18 certificate. It would probably include clever lighting and camera angles