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BrookM wrote:It's coming out Summer 2010 IRC. They've been working on it for three years now.

So they just got a script and they have worked for 3 years???? (IIRC)

And also, they NEVER said its straight to DVD, so stop saying it is, you'll jinx us.

(And if they did, a link would be appreciated)

Movie development takes quite a while. And this movie is direct to DVD.

BrassScorpion wrote:And this movie is direct to DVD.

Says who?

Codex Pictures says it's direct to DVD, that's who. Honestly, how could anyone think that something this niche would be a major motion picture release with millions of dollars in ad campaigns and distribution deals? (rhetorical question ) The way you make money on something like this is to produce it direct to DVD and market it directly to your fan base, much like Joel Hodgson is doing with Cinematic Titanic.

"London-based production company Codex Pictures announced today that it is in production in the UK and Canada on Ultramarines, a feature-length movie on DVD/Blu-ray set in Games Workshop’s futuristic Warhammer 40,000 universe."
http://codexpictures.com/news.html

LunaHound wrote:What about Blair Witch and Paranormal ? ( im not trolling this thread im serious wondering )

Paranormal Activity was made for an Independent Movie Festival, it wasn't made to be shown in theatres.

In fact, the director never considered theatrical release until approached by Paramount(2 years after it originally showed!).

Feature length? Does that mean they've upped it to 90 mins like most other standard scripts, or are we still getting a 70-minute thing?

Nope, 70 minutes.

Then it ain't feature length. It's a very-special episode of Christmas in Macragge.

You might want to copyright that. If there's ever a sequel...

H.B.M.C. wrote:Then it ain't feature length. It's a very-special episode of Christmas in Macragge.

You are now imagining 'A Christmas Carol' with the Void Dragon, Deciever and Nightbringer as the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future and Marneus Calgar as Ebenezer Scrooge.

LOL....did some of you folks really think this would be a Cinema film?

I was dying to see Pandorum, that got flicked out of the UK Cinemas like two weeks after its UK release....I don't think this "film" will even be stocked in WHSmiths, let alone Odeon Cinemas.....funny people.

Delephont wrote:LOL....did some of you folks really think this would be a Cinema film?

I was dying to see Pandorum, that got flicked out of the UK Cinemas like two weeks after its UK release....I don't think this "film" will even be stocked in WHSmiths, let alone Odeon Cinemas.....funny people.

We knew from the start that it was a DVD release.

Seriously, think before you open your damn mouth. For those who haven't read the first thread, mostly new users, of course they're going to think that at first.

How about they didn't think to actually look at the source website? Anyone who bothered to check the source website for the 40K film would have known it was direct to DVD.

Really it's no surprise some people never bother to look anywhere but the forum. If I had a dime for every time I saw someone on forums ask questions like "how much will this model cost?" or "when will this model be released?" when the information is already available on the GW website, I'd have enough money to buy five Reaver Titans. For some reason, many forum users don't realize they can go to other websites and find the information they want from the reliable main source. Instead, it's more fun to speculate or ask questions from strangers on forums who may or may not dispense accurate answers when the information has already been published by GW or in the case of the 40K film, Codex Pictures. People can be lazy, weird and hilarious all at the same time.

On DVD , people WILL DL it illegally instead of paying for it .
How much $ did they spend making the movie? we dont know yet. Do you think there is more than 1% possibility they'll earn it back?

Result: Price Adjustment again for our models~
Oh, one easy remedy though so its not hopeless .

Include limited edition Mini for the DVD .

I think the DVD will cost 100 bucks due to GW's slowed Pricing.. so they make no money I reckon..

The thing is if your a regular poster on dakka GW does nothing for you.. GW markets to the masses of Warseer.

LunaHound wrote:On DVD , people WILL DL it illegally instead of paying for it.

Luna honey, don't be naive. That was going to happen regardless of it being a cinema release or not.

Including a Ltd. Ed. mini of the main character as a "Special Edition" release is a fantastic idea though.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Including a Ltd. Ed. mini of the main character as a "Special Edition" release is a fantastic idea though.

I'd hi... er, buy that!

I wish they'd done that with Dawn of War.

I'd love a General Stubbs model, or a Eliphas the Inheritor model. And then as a twin pack with Taldeer and LVII.

BrassScorpion wrote:How about they didn't think to actually look at the source website? Anyone who bothered to check the source website for the 40K film would have known it was direct to DVD.

I check the main site, the facebook, and the youtube page. At the time I look, no mention of a DVD release. Granted, that was months ago, how ever I did check and there was no mention.

I reckon they will do the same thing they did as for alien, maybe a PG13 rating (YMMV), with mega campaign before and after release in IMAX and such and such for publicity, all star cast, all the greatness humanity's defenders require. Yeh, AND a special DVD set that costs 100 bucks.

PS: I'm tingling with morbid excitement waiting for POV chainsword slashing!

Feature films do not have to be 90-minutes minimum. In fact, many great pictures are shorter than that. I'd rather have a short well-made picture than one that is full of pointless padding just to stretch the running time. For example, I'd rather watch The Unknown, a riveting, dark and fantastic 60-minute feature with Lon Chaney than the 74-minutes of agonizing padding known as Manos: Hands Of Fate.

Yeah... 'cause Manos is a great example of film-making.

Since I already used Manos as an example of a terrible film that is full of padding, I don't understand that last post at all.

I have a copy of the script submited by Goto over here,

Ultramarines
A forbidden love story between a Farseer from a dying race and an Imperial Assassin in the middle of an endless war, interrupted by a jealous Space Marine (hurr!) Chapter Master that also loves the black clad figure.
With amazing musical numbers by the Hive dancing among the multilazers

M.

BrassScorpion wrote:Since I already used Manos as an example of a terrible film that is full of padding, I don't understand that last post at all.

I'm saying that Manos, as an argument, is basically a Godwin-style argument. It's so extreme an example that it bares no real relevance.

Cheese Elemental wrote:

Delephont wrote:LOL....did some of you folks really think this would be a Cinema film?

We knew from the start that it was a DVD release.

Seriously, think before you open your damn mouth. For those who haven't read the first thread, mostly new users, of course they're going to think that at first.

Errmm...Pleb, why don't you take your own damn advice. Hell I can see from your flag that you're from "down-under" but thats not really an excuse for not being able to read English.

Did I say EVERYONE thought the film would be in the Cinemas? I was actually responding to the comments made right above my own post...gakker! The statement "did some of you folks really think this would be a Cinema film?" really says everything.

So I'm gonna parrot your own drivel back at you, but with a slight correction to fit your particular problem...."Seriously, read before you open your damn mouth"

Delephont wrote:

Cheese Elemental wrote:

Delephont wrote:LOL....did some of you folks really think this would be a Cinema film?

We knew from the start that it was a DVD release.

Seriously, think before you open your damn mouth. For those who haven't read the first thread, mostly new users, of course they're going to think that at first.

Errmm...Pleb, why don't you take your own damn advice. Hell I can see from your flag that you're from "down-under" but thats not really an excuse for not being able to read English.

Did I say EVERYONE thought the film would be in the Cinemas? I was actually responding to the comments made right above my own post...gakker! The statement "did some of you folks really think this would be a Cinema film?" really says everything.

So I'm gonna parrot your own drivel back at you, but with a slight correction to fit your particular problem...."Seriously, read before you open your damn mouth"

Take your lover's tiff elsewhere. Really getting tired of this crap now.

I thought it was going to be in the cinema. That's what a "movie" means to me.

If they are making it for TV they should say that.

The CS Goto script sounds pretty good. I reckon it covers most of the bases. They probably need a vampire in there too, maybe the Blood Angels could be involved.

The CS Goto script sounds pretty good. I reckon it covers most of the bases. They probably need a vampire in there too, maybe the Blood Angels could be involved.

And the tau build 5 legendary gunda... i mean Battlesuits to defeat their enemies, for which the others must team up with not only themselves, but with a Hive Tyrant named Herman. Together they revive the emperor, for which he then fights the suits in hand in hand combat using his bare hands and his face...

Now THAT is covering all the bases... oh wait... we need random leather of some kind.. Someone ring up the dark eldar.

UltraPrime wrote:

Take your lover's tiff elsewhere. Really getting tired of this crap now.

Thanks little troll. Hasn't mummy told you, when you grow up, then you get an opinion.