Ultramarines - the MOVIE writer has been announced..

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**Kilkrazy**

A moderator said:

Alright guys, let's cut down on the PvP aggro.

**Frazzled**

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.

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.

This vent your spleen moment brought to you by BrassScorpion

**Ozymandias**

Kilkrazy wrote: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.

It's not going to be on TV. It's a Direct-to-DVD movie.

**Spacemanvic**

'bout covers it...

**Kilkrazy**

Ozymandias wrote:
Kilkrazy wrote: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.

It's not going to be on TV. It's a Direct-to-DVD movie.

Well look, I'm a video producer, so I'm aware of the different way you have to shoot footage for the big screen or the small screen.

Basically, when you make stuff for TV you have to take into account the small size of the screen and the more intimate relationship between the viewer and the image. A made for TV programme is shot differently to a film, but it can still be successful whether broadcast or played off DVD, because it has been designed for the same viewing medium.

Whereas a "straight to DVD film" means a film so dismally poor that it will automatically fail in the cinema and gets released on DVD where it won't work either because it's been shot the wrong way, er... oh... Right...

**Ozymandias**

Or a film with such a narrow audience that no major studio would pick it up.

**Gadge**

MoverFour wrote:Could be worse. You could be stuck watching Twilight.

Made me laugh so hard haha. I think i will go watch the new one. I sat through the 1st one with my gf and i must say it was the funniest film i have ever seen in my life, i couldnt help but laugh all the way through it! Not sure what the funniest thing about it is tho, the bit where he goes into the sun and you expect him to burst into som hideous looking vampire creature but instead he has some glitter on his cheecks for the fact that the guy is always squinting like he has the sun in his eyes. Haha comedy writing at its best, i can see why it is so sucessful.

Anyway back on topic. Not sure how this film will turn out, i hope it will be good but i am skeptical.

**cadbren**

Ozymandias wrote:Or a film with such a narrow audience that no major studio would pick it up.

Yes, there are very few people into sci-fi and action/war type entertainments.

**Tim the Biovore**

Yeah, if you got a whole bunch of guys, the main players of 40k (Sorry girls), and asked the what movie genre they liked the most, a majority would say Action/Sci-Fi.

**smart_alex**

WOW I hear nothing but good things about this guy. It should be good then.

**Pyriel-**

Is Abnett going to write the script?
Oh no!

The guy is an absolute disaster when it comes to space marine fluff. He is a genious when it comes to normal humans but suffers from making characters look alike. No matter what book I read that is about guard soldiers all that is changed are the names, the usual characters always pop up.
He always treats marines like beefed up guardsmen, stupid and proud and killed of by simple guardsmen just like that.
Its like a light version of Counters take on space marines and THAT is an epic fail.

I´m really scared of how the script (and more importantly, marine action) will turn out to be if he is the man behind it.

**Turbo10k**

Frazzled wrote:

This vent your spleen moment brought to you by BrassScorpion

That your cat? Its a MURDERAH!

Come on guys, POV chainsword slashing not heat up anyone?

**Delephont**

Pyriel- wrote:
The guy is an absolute disaster when it comes to space marine fluff. He is a genious when it comes to normal humans but suffers from making characters look alike. No matter what book I read that is about guard soldiers all that is changed are the names, the usual characters always pop up.
He always treats marines like beefed up guardsmen, stupid and proud and killed of by simple guardsmen just like that.
Its like a light version of Counters take on space marines and THAT is an epic fail.

I´m really scared of how the script (and more importantly, marine action) will turn out to be if he is the man behind it.

I agree with your statement. In the Eisenhorn books, I remember at least two occassions where a Marine is made into Mince meat, the first one kinda made some sense, and he explained it in such a way that was plausible, where Eisenhorn shoots the Imperial Marine in the head under the duress of a rouge psyker! However, the later death of a Chaos Marine while he's "distracted" by a Chaos artifact, is just cheap!

Other books like his Guard series, just, as you say, makes the various Chaos Marines out to be clowns, where they should be veteran fighters with hundreds of years of combat experience!!

I imagine this film will be very similar to Brothers of the Snake, with the Ultramarines in the staring role! Which means they will face Chaos Marines, and they will not even break a sweat going against them.....you read it here first!

**CT GAMER**

McNutty wrote:
Deadshane1 wrote:This is a mistake, mark my words, this movie will suck.

There is NO WAY that this movie can possibly satisfy.

I wish I didn't agree with you. I'm happy that 40k is trying to go mainstream, but I think they will try to walk the line between younger audiences (PG/PG-13) versus trying to sastify an older audience and fail at both.

Older audiences are not part of any equation that GW makes. It's all for the kiddos...

**Superscope**

Pyriel- wrote:Is Abnett going to write the script?
Oh no!

The guy is an absolute disaster when it comes to space marine fluff. He is a genious when it comes to normal humans but suffers from making characters look alike. No matter what book I read that is about guard soldiers all that is changed are the names, the usual characters always pop up.
He always treats marines like beefed up guardsmen, stupid and proud and killed of by simple guardsmen just like that.
Its like a light version of Counters take on space marines and THAT is an epic fail.

I´m really scared of how the script (and more importantly, marine action) will turn out to be if he is the man behind it.

In which most likely the script that's on page 6 will most likely be better than the actual outcome

**Kilkrazy**

I think we are all hoping for some hot marine on marine action.

**Miguelsan**

Battle hot or shower hot KK?

M.

**Plankwalker**

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

In the grim darkness of the future, there is war...but once a year, a man with snow white hair and big blue gloves enters his ship and says, "On Sicarius! On Tigurius! On Cassius! On Telion and Chronus!

The children asleep, with so much to fear
But the man named Calgar with his men do appear
From the perils of space travel, they attack the enemies of man
If Calgar can't do it then nobody can
They rain down with bolters and bombardments alike
till everyone cheers, down to the tiniest tyke.

"Ho Ho!" Says Calgar, with a mighty glove in the air
"Merry Christmas to all! No need to despair!"

**AgeOfEgos**

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

In the grim darkness of the future, there is war...but once a year, a man with snow white hair and big blue gloves enters his ship and says, "On Sicarius! On Tigurius! On Cassius! On Telion and Chronus!

The children asleep, with so much to fear
But the man named Calgar with his men do appear
From the perils of space travel, they attack the enemies of man
If Calgar can't do it then nobody can
They rain down with bolters and bombardments alike
till everyone cheers, down to the tiniest tyke.

"Ho Ho!" Says Calgar, with a mighty glove in the air
"Merry Christmas to all! No need to despair!"

**jabbakahut**

Delephont wrote:
Pyriel- wrote:
The guy is an absolute disaster when it comes to space marine fluff. He is a genious when it comes to normal humans but suffers from making characters look alike. No matter what book I read that is about guard soldiers all that is changed are the names, the usual characters always pop up.
He always treats marines like beefed up guardsmen, stupid and proud and killed of by simple guardsmen just like that.
Its like a light version of Counters take on space marines and THAT is an epic fail.

I´m really scared of how the script (and more importantly, marine action) will turn out to be if he is the man behind it.

I agree with your statement. In the Eisenhorn books, I remember at least two occassions where a Marine is made into Mince meat, the first one kinda made some sense, and he explained it in such a way that was plausible, where Eisenhorn shoots the Imperial Marine in the head under the duress of a rouge psyker! However, the later death of a Chaos Marine while he's "distracted" by a Chaos artifact, is just cheap!

Other books like his Guard series, just, as you say, makes the various Chaos Marines out to be clowns, where they should be veteran fighters with hundreds of years of combat experience!!

I imagine this film will be very similar to Brothers of the Snake, with the Ultramarines in the staring role! Which means they will face Chaos Marines, and they will not even break a sweat going against them.....you read it here first!

What about the Horus Heresy books?

**IvanTih**

Maybe the movie won't suck if he writes it.

**Turbo10k**

Horus_Heresy_not_written_by_abnett!!!!!!!!

By McNab actually, and I'm on tome 2.

**jabbakahut**

Turbo10k wrote:Horus_Heresy_not_written_by_abnett!!!!!!!!

By McNab actually, and I'm on tome 2.

He has written two of them

**Hjarrand**

Whatever you say guys!
I would like to see fu*** movie! Then make a comment!
And I'm standing behind it with my chainsword and laserpistol!!!
I't shall be a good movie!
It better be!

**Turbo10k**

Hjarrand wrote:Whatever you say guys!
I would like to see fu*** movie! Then make a comment!
And I'm standing behind it with my chainsword and laserpistol!!!
I't shall be a good movie!
It better be!

Yes! Thats how to be optimistic about grimdark films!

**Kyley**

Somnicide wrote:
Kyley wrote:Unfortunaly GW has caused me to become cynical in the extreme...
-it will be aimed at 12 year old, no blood, no awesomeness.

Judging by your sig, you were probably 12 when you got into the game thanks to them targeting you ;-)

Seriously though, the movie is a long way off, why not have everyone put positive energy out there in hopes that it will somehow influence the awesomeness of this.

I got involved in 1999 (when everything was good, WD didn't suck and GW targeted vets whilst merely making allowences for new players, oh and a regiment set was only £12

) and by word of mouth from a friend.

And yes, I agree some positivity would be good, the dawn of war series and age of reckoning fill me with hope, as does the fact that dan abnett is writing it, but recent events haven't helped (C&D's, pricing, white dwarf and the general attitude of the company)

**Sharpasaspoon**

Well I'll do the SFX for them

I just happen to run a SFX company

**kirsanth**

Kilkrazy wrote:I think we are all hoping for some hot marine on marine action.

That will teach me to read your posts while eating.
Spicy mustard through the nose . . .

**Kilkrazy**

I'm only trying to do my bit to increase the sum total of human happiness.

**gothmog**

Valhallan42nd wrote:Violence is given an easier pass than sex, or oddly enough, swearing. There's a good deal of violence you can get away with in a movie.

If you'll recall, gremlins was a mere PG, and that had a gremlin in a blender.

I gotta agree. The movie can work at PG 13 as long as the hardcore human violence is offscreen and/or very creative. Sex won't be an issue, and really, I'm sure they can come up with new 40k cursewords kinda like judge dredd's "drokk it!". I mean LOTR extended was only PG 13, and it had many hardcore overtones. It was violent and dark, but had no sex or obsceneties. And I might add that the extended trilogy is in the running for the greatest trilogy ever made.

I just hope that if they really do it...they do it well.