DuskRaider Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 I thought they were doing an Assault on Black Reach CGI movie or something. That was one of the rumors. In any case, as much as we'd all LOVE to see a 40K movie, I doubt it'll ever happen. At least not anytime soon. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2066639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galadren Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Seriously, imagine a CGI movie with the budget and attention Advent Children got. Now apply it to 40k. Honestly I think animation/anime is the way to go because you can get the appropriate level of blood and gore for alot less trouble. Could you imagine Warhammer 40k done by the same studio that did Ghost in the Shell, Jin-Roh, and a number of other very good, very violent, story intensive anime movies and series? And yes, Ultramarines are the 'entry level' Astartes for those new to the lore. They're simple and make the most sense. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2078957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahoo Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I remember a guy in uni told me that a movie was actualy made before (by fans of course) Im not talking about the whole dark angel, inquisitor, cardboard pyramid thing lol Apparently they made it without any GW permission and GW flipped out and basicaly threw a whole lot of the law at the guys lol I think he said it was a german lot that done it, and its about as hard to find as a GW employee who doesnt love money! Of course this, IMO, is just another addition to the rumor mill, just thought someone else might have herd of it and shed some more light here Dont know about the story line or that either, im guessing since it was from him it would have been IG (yeah, one of THEY guys lol) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2079155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galadren Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 From what I understand about that one they didn't actually make a movie, but some German studio made full size Space Marine armor just to prove good suits could be done well for a movie and GW jumped on them for it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2079663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Angel Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I remeber that they did mor then the Armour. There where severlal short finished composit shots including a Derad and a fighter battle around a Luna class cruiser. I don't know what happened to all of it though. seams like its been about 10 years or so since they did it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2079779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahoo Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 ahhh cool, would be sweet to actualy see them if they did would be fething murder to find though Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2080151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadaeux Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 I remember a guy in uni told me that a movie was actualy made before (by fans of course)Im not talking about the whole dark angel, inquisitor, cardboard pyramid thing lol Apparently they made it without any GW permission and GW flipped out and basicaly threw a whole lot of the law at the guys lol I think he said it was a german lot that done it, and its about as hard to find as a GW employee who doesnt love money! Of course this, IMO, is just another addition to the rumor mill, just thought someone else might have herd of it and shed some more light here Dont know about the story line or that either, im guessing since it was from him it would have been IG (yeah, one of THEY guys lol) It was called Damnatus and for a short time at least it was on Youtube. Was a pretty good flick even though I can't speak a word of German and there were no Subtitles. And it WAS a full-sized film too (IIRC). (GW expectedly went ape about it though.) The were also going to make Bloodquest and Exile Studios even did work on it before GW canned it. If this rumour is true I live next to the GEoM. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2080227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadaeux Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 http://www.damnatus.com/ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2080230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Angel Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Thats not the one I remeber it was set around Blood Angels and Orks. It looks good though. maybe they will get it sorted out. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2080323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadaeux Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Thats not the one I remeber it was set around Blood Angels and Orks. It looks good though. maybe they will get it sorted out. That wasn't a fan-film that was Bloodquest and was canned by GW (after they'd already hired Exile to do it) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2080742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahoo Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 They should get Uwe Boll to do it haha Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2082922 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadaeux Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 They should get Uwe Boll to do it haha *Watches as the GW team summons the Chaos Gods themselves to deal with Mahoo* That imbecile shouldn't make ANY movies. He's got the talent of a 4 year old Retard who's just been shot in the head with a bag full of stupidity. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2083409 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahoo Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 That imbecile shouldn't make ANY movies. He's got the talent of a 4 year old Retard who's just been shot in the head with a bag full of stupidity. Being rather generous aren't you? lol Yeah I know, he has some what of a talent for being talentless lol Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2083536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadaeux Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 That imbecile shouldn't make ANY movies. He's got the talent of a 4 year old Retard who's just been shot in the head with a bag full of stupidity. Being rather generous aren't you? lol Yeah I know, he has some what of a talent for being talentless lol I couldn't go much lower without either violating board rules or into the depths of "Inhumane" treatment.... Both of which i'd be happy to endorse :D In fact, i'd let a GRETCHIN make a movie before i'd allow Boll anywhere near my Intellectual Property. Actually i'd let a SNOTLING do it first.... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2083952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solid Zaku Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 GW should treat Boll the same way they treated the Squats.... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2083990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahoo Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 To be fair, when he done postal, you couldn't exactly do that any other way If it was done right, it would just be wrong Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2084085 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticFox Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 The thing is, if you're going to make a movie about something as epic and expansive as the Warhammer 40,000 universe, then you have to be very careful. Is one movie going to be able to do the job? No. It would be like trying to mash the entire LOTR story into two hours and still trying to capture all the awesome. Ain't gonna happen. Instead, they could do a creditable job of they limit their scope. Make the movie about just a single squad of marines or something and tell their story. Keep the scope limited and show off maybe a cameo or two of known characters or really awesome equipment. This way, they can do what they do well without overextending themselves, AND it keeps tha audience hungry for more. For instance, they could do something like a movie from the POV of a Marine scout who's a relatively new recruit. He's our window into the story. He's becoming a Space Marine but is still human enough to be a sympathetic main character. His unit has been cut off from the main force while scouting an enemy position (Tau would be good. They look like 'classic' style aliens without appearing to rip off LOTR (orks) or Aliens (Tyranids) to people who don't already know 40k.) This scout team runs across a unit of Space Marine regulars who have been sent around to flank the enemy with heavy weapons before the main assault. Problem: Something isn't right. Maybe the sergeant is behaving oddly or maybe the whole squad is, but either way the scouts realize something is wrong but aren't really in a position to take action, and that's the basis of your story. For a climax at the end of the movie, perhaps a squad of Terminators makes an appearance to deal with the situation, and the movie could end with lots of shots of the main attack on the Tau, treating the audience to the spectacle of a full scale Space Marine attack with lots of Land Raiders, Predators, etc led by Marneus Calgar or someone equivalently impressive... Think about it. All the really awesome movie series in epic settings revolve around a relatively small number of characters and then expand the scope as they go. Star Wars did this. LOTR did this. Star Trek does this. You take a few characters, flesh them out, and then let the universe unfold around them as the story progresses. The very worst thing they could do is try and cram too much awesome into a single movie. Doing that weakens the story, makes the characters into people we don't really care about, and devolves in to nothing more than a CGI bonanza that would feel more like a 2 hour commercial for GW products than a serious movie. Sure, watching the fleets blast out a few hundred drop pods which slam into a vast army of Tyranids with tanks and marines and Thunderhawks and Titans etc etc etc would look awesome... for like 10 minutes. Then it would be overwhelming and no matter how awesome it looked it would start to be boring unless it happened to be a chapter you played yourself and was visualizing this as one of your own games or something... Oh... and a cameo by Rick Priestly would be an absolute requirement. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2092289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahoo Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Sounds like you have a few ideas in the work there ArcticFox :D But good ones none the less. I agree with the idea of new scouts and not too much of all the awsome big stuff Thought i think that for GW to appeal to all gamers from all armies, they would be tempted to throw everyone in, just to maximise viewers rather than say an eldar player saying "hate space marines, no chance am i going to see that" Even using some of the Black Library stuff would be great, Id love to see Eisenhorn done (though i think it would be difficult to convey character development). Ive just started my second Gaunt's omnibus, would love to see some of them made into a film. But yeah, i like the idea of the fresh green scouts with some subtle nods here and there, rather than... "OH LOOK, ELDAR, OH WAIT, SOME ORKS, OH CRAP SOME NIDS, SOMEONE CALL IN THEY 20 TITAINS WE LEFT BACK THERE" Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2094842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadaeux Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Sounds like you have a few ideas in the work there ArcticFox :PBut good ones none the less. I agree with the idea of new scouts and not too much of all the awsome big stuff Thought i think that for GW to appeal to all gamers from all armies, they would be tempted to throw everyone in, just to maximise viewers rather than say an eldar player saying "hate space marines, no chance am i going to see that" Even using some of the Black Library stuff would be great, Id love to see Eisenhorn done (though i think it would be difficult to convey character development). Ive just started my second Gaunt's omnibus, would love to see some of them made into a film. But yeah, i like the idea of the fresh green scouts with some subtle nods here and there, rather than... "OH LOOK, ELDAR, OH WAIT, SOME ORKS, OH CRAP SOME NIDS, SOMEONE CALL IN THEY 20 TITAINS WE LEFT BACK THERE" Make it a TV show "Stories from the Black Library" (Or something suitably Grimdark by name) that deals with more notable incidents in Warhammer 40'000s history. The first War for Armageddon for example would cover a few episode, the Gothic War could cover a whole season. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2094863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForTheLion Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 I agree with kada :P a movie might be too far atm, but if we could get a high budget series! would be awesome! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2094874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justicar Valius Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 I also agree on awseome series and especially first war for armagedon! We'd get to see some awseome grey knight action! Oh and did i mention horrible angron/bloodthirster gribllyness? And i agree on the blood ravens. The prodducers pet is indeed strong in this one nehe he he he. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2095140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpill Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 God no ... if I ever see 40k in film, it'd have to be the greatest movie ever made, surpassing even LOTR and Star Wars. Anything less, with crap Buffy/Star Trek level of effects and scope will be nothing short of a disappointment. I think they should tell the Horus Heresy from the point of view of a lowly guardsman to be honest ... someone the viewer can better relate to. That'd make the odd glimpses of Space Marines as exciting as they should be. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2095409 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Angel Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Problem with a TV show is that I think because of the nature of 40k it would need the highest per episode buget of all time. Star Trek ran on a $1 mil per episode buget and the never did anything like real power armour. Then you would have the same kinds of scale issues shooting marines next to normal people that LOTR had with dwarves and hobbits. Not sure anyone would want to tackle that. Maybe the boys over at the BBC doing Doctor Who right now. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2096047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arioch Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Watch the trailer for "Avatar"..... ...now imagine it to be a 40k movie... If they made a warhammer CGI movie like this... :( Would be AWSOME! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2096098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor_Lensoven Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I remember a guy in uni told me that a movie was actualy made before (by fans of course)Im not talking about the whole dark angel, inquisitor, cardboard pyramid thing lol Apparently they made it without any GW permission and GW flipped out and basicaly threw a whole lot of the law at the guys lol I think he said it was a german lot that done it, and its about as hard to find as a GW employee who doesnt love money! Of course this, IMO, is just another addition to the rumor mill, just thought someone else might have herd of it and shed some more light here Dont know about the story line or that either, im guessing since it was from him it would have been IG (yeah, one of THEY guys lol) youtube warhammer 40k, you'll find it, i saw the 'trailer' for it...it was obviously low budget, but with the potential to be good...if it came out in the 70's it would have been good. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174381-a-movie-for-warhammer/page/2/#findComment-2096103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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