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Given how the first major 40K movie interpretation was Ultramarines, I think it's appropriate that their traditional nemesis gets centre stage. And being as the Tyranids are gribbly aliens, there's scope for it to be a slightly tongue-in-cheek B-movie homage. So how about the Doom of Malan'tai starring in Eldar On A Craftworld?


Enough is ENOUGH! I have had it with these motherfrakkin' Eldar on this
motherfrakkin' Craftworld!

Everybody strap in; I'm about to absorb some frakkin' souls!

I'd wacth it for a good laugh

I like the idea altough it should concentrate on the eldar fluff since its pretty darn difficult to make a movie about an foating brain which sucks souls.

Better idea would be Battle for Tarsis Ultra.
Or some other major battle in 40k...

Brother Coa wrote:Better idea would be Battle for Tarsis Ultra.
Or some other major battle in 40k...

BUT THAT WOULD MEAN IT WOULD BE ABOUT THE STUPID ULTRASMURFS!!1!1

Make a movie starring the orks, da boyz want to be movie stars to

Don't you mean;
Enough is enough! I have had it with these monkey fighting Eldar on this Monday through Friday Craftworld! (TV editing FTW )


but a film versions of the Gaunt's Ghosts novels would be AMAZING!

Gaunt's Ghots would be amazing but I'd be scared that they would come nowhere near enough to do the novels justice.

Eisenhorn trilogy... enough said

I'm reading Death or Glory, the fourth Ciaphas Cain novel, and I've been thinking to myself that it honestly could make a pretty good movie. It's self contained so there's no need for sequels (a la an Eisenhorn trilogy) but it's Ciaphas Cain, so there can always be more adventures. Sandy Mitchell has written scripts before and could personally adapt it into a filmable script. You'd get a charismatic lead character, his comic foil, some military tough guys and a hot young love interest, Mad Maxing it across the desert. Would make for a fun movie, and non-40k fans could just see it as "Cool dude in a trench coat fighting green barbarians in Space Mad Max" or something akin to that. It wouldn't be the hardest pill to swallow.

Yeah, that might work out pretty well...

The major problem with most of the IG stories is that they're pretty much non-stop combat with a cast of characters that are interesting in their individual setting for those who know what the IG is... but really not enough to sustain a 2 hour movie on their own, and 2 hours of people shooting at each other, fighting and dying is pretty boring.

Which is why the Cain books work because there's a good amount of characterization and adventure aside from just combat for 400 pages.

Brother SRM wrote:Which is why the Cain books work because there's a good amount of characterization and adventure aside from just combat for 400 pages.

And also stuff that completely goes against established canon. Might as well make a movie out of Goto's books.

How about a really big event such as the Horus Heresy or the Age of Apostasy? Plenty of treachery and epic battles. A pure space opera.

I would love a HH movie series. Although that might be difficult to get across to non-40k fans.

I was at the Chicago Screening of "Ultramarines". After the movie, one of the producers came out and talked for a bit. There were 2 main things he said about future productions.


1) They would make another movie as soon as they had the funding.

2) Their movies would be "from the view of the Imperium". (aka, no Xenos/Chaos as the main characters).

Well that sucks. Still haven't even seen the first one since I don't want to shell out 40 for a movie i may or may not like

svendrex wrote:2) Their movies would be "from the view of the Imperium".

The Imperium, or just Spess Mehreens?

svendrex wrote:
2) Their movies would be "from the view of the Imperium". (aka, no Xenos/Chaos as the main characters).

Thank the Emperor...

For a real movie, Eisenhorn trilogy is the best way to go, it introduces you to the Imperium, through a more basic human level, and it would show you space marines and how people react to them.

Buget wise you wouldn't need a massive amount of money, it would also then introduce Eldar and Kroot, as well as a myriad of other races but most importantly.. Chaos snd why it is so dangerous, this would then be the base others could jump off.

Ghost books would cost too much and have too many battles
Cain is comedy
Heresy.... at least Avatar budget to do it justice

coolyo294 wrote:

Brother Coa wrote:Better idea would be Battle for Tarsis Ultra.
Or some other major battle in 40k...

BUT THAT WOULD MEAN IT WOULD BE ABOUT THE ULTRASMURFS!!1!1

Man has a point.

I expect the next film to be:
Warhammer 40K
Ultramarines 2
The ultrafication of the ultrafying ultramarines.

What's wrong with Ultramarines? The rest of the 40K-verse sucks donkey-balls anyhow.. including wanna-be Alien and especially any lame/lazy Inquisition-stuff (unless, perhaps, if you involve Mel Brooks at some point).

More of this guy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOi3CzZjV0M

Maybe a Dawn of War film.

Zweischneid wrote:What's wrong with Ultramarines?

In my opinion, nothing in principle. I like them far more than SW and they were my first 40k minis ever. It's just that just about everything and anything in terms of licensed products is so utterly focused on them!

Ultramarines the Movie, Ultramarines the PC Game(s), Ultramarines the ...

A bit of variety wouldn't hurt.

Zweischneid wrote:The rest of the 40K-verse sucks donkey-balls anyhow..

Yeeeeaaahhh... now you're really starting to make other UM fans look bad.

Divine Comedy wrote:Maybe a Dawn of War film.

Only if I get to play Boreale.

Brother SRM wrote:Only if I get to play Boreale.

Oh Emperor, you made me remember IT.

I think the sequel will probably still be the smurfs, but will probably be alot more dynamic.


They will most likely be fighting Tyranids(cause that was the background to the first movie. they left a tyranid force to come and answer the distress call) or Orks.

that means a little more action throughout the movie and different scenery.



Since they already have the marine renders they will be able to spend time on Tyranids or orks and the background scenery.

Dan Abnett will also have had some experience writing a movie script(if you actually watched the movie and broke it down into descriptive language it would actually be pretty good. if it was shortened to 45 minutes the movie would have been perfect)

I think doing the Soul Drinkers would be badass.

Does anyone know how the first film did financially? I'd be interested to see whether it accrued enough (any) profit to warrant another venture.

L. Wrex

I heard they made a profit. not sure how much, but it did return its investment.