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Yes, it’s a blatantly obvious twist on a classic topic.

If someone somehow found a way to translate the hyper violent insanity of 40k to the big screen......who shouldn’t be given those reigns?

And likewise, which movie star (different from actors) should be a write-off in terms of casting straight off the bat?

Well. To get us started, here’s some low hanging fruit. So low hanging, unlike you, I don’t feel I need to explain why. (This bit came out wrong! Intended to tick off obvious ones that everyone will just get, rather than demanding you explain your opinions. Apologies if offence caused)

Uwe Boll

Michael Bay

Tom Cruise. Because somebody would go and cast the short arsed get as a Space Marine.

Michael Bay would be perfect, it's exactly his type of movie, he can make it a lot of money and lots of explosions!

Hollywood in general.

David Lynch, because he would make the 40K movie I need, not the one I want.

the guy that did the warcraft movie would prob do a great job

Honestly I would want a small scale movie focusing on the inquisition, a young up and comer who is assigned more extensive training by an inquisitor, go around investigating corruption within the community, address the issues in a way that is lore accurate, maybe a scene where the rookie

is forced to torture a potential cultist as a way of testing the rookie and to show the audience how messed up the Inquisition is, have a final action set piece where all these high ranking officials are secretly tied to a chaos cult, but mostly the movie should play out like a detective movie where

the characters are looking for evidence of corruption and trying to interpret said evidence, lots of talking, trying to find info.

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
David Lynch, because he would make the 40K movie I need, not the one I want.

Well yeah Lynch made the shoddy Dune movie, plus he seemed kind of overwhelmed by the time constraints and limitations during the filming of the newer twin peaks season. A production of a 40k movie would have to be pretty immense to even pull of the aesthetic and story properly. Lynchs movies have also felt kind of campy and lower quality production. I like his stuff because he can pull off a weird vibe, but I don't think he could remotely pull off something like 40k on the scale i'm thinking of.

I can't really tell you guys who I wouldn't want to direct or star in a 40k movie cause the list would be immense. I can tell you that if anyone could pull it off it might be Neil Blompkamp, reason I say that is cause his movies already have similar technology and aesthetics. People on twitter have already pestered him about it. Where he might struggle is the script/dialogue and story, not the visuals. Tbh a lot of the better directors out there probably wouldn't take a chance on a big budget 40k movie. I think someone will do it eventually, and it'll suck...and then we'll all try to forget it ever happened.

With 40k do you do hammy acting cause it's an absurd world to begin with or do you play it straight? I kind of love the campy voice acting in the Dawn of War games, so I always associate 40k with a certain level of cheese.

Kenneth Williams would be awesome as the Immortal God-Emporer.

In a reverse of this i would love to see Michael Cera in power armor playing basically the same character from super bad. What a smash hit comedy that would be.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
Kenneth Williams would be awesome as the Immortal God-Emporer.

I don't think you need to see the Immortal God-Emperor in a 40k movie it would be wasted screen time to show a corpse who can't make any actions, he would be better referenced through dialogue or an opening crawl.

Crikey anyone but Michael “blow gak up” bay... he would ruin it and it would be all bolter porn and no story ergh.. no thanks

Rian Johnson, as he'd subvert expectations by remaking that Riddick movie that desperately wanted to be a franchise starter

Anyone that's ever been in GoT, I'm sick of the lot of them, anyone called Tom, Bryce Dallas Howard, Johnny Depp and Summer Glau (pretty pixie of franchise death )

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Michael Bay would be perfect, it's exactly his type of movie, he can make it a lot of money and lots of explosions!

Quickest way to kill a film franchise...

ValentineGames wrote:

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Michael Bay would be perfect, it's exactly his type of movie, he can make it a lot of money and lots of explosions!

Quickest way to kill a film franchise...

40k would already be a dead franchise because it's a terrible IP for a movie. We might as well get some CGI spectacle out of it, in the unlikely event that any studio is dumb enough to touch it.

 Cheesecat wrote:

 Kilkrazy wrote:
Kenneth Williams would be awesome as the Immortal God-Emporer.

I don't think you need to see the Immortal God-Emperor in a 40k movie it would be wasted screen time to show a corpse who can't make any actions, he would be better referenced through dialogue or an opening crawl.

Well you could have psychic communication with him seeing it's possible to talk with the Emperor.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
Kenneth Williams would be awesome as the Immortal God-Emporer.

that indeed would be a splendid Carry On (gold stars for other posters not getting it)

tneva82 wrote:

 Cheesecat wrote:

 Kilkrazy wrote:
Kenneth Williams would be awesome as the Immortal God-Emporer.

I don't think you need to see the Immortal God-Emperor in a 40k movie it would be wasted screen time to show a corpse who can't make any actions, he would be better referenced through dialogue or an opening crawl.

Well you could have psychic communication with him seeing it's possible to talk with the Emperor.

Can you even have psychic communication with the Immortal God-Emperor? Thought psykers were used as disposable power source for his Golden Throne which maintains and directs the Astronomican


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 Peregrine wrote:

ValentineGames wrote:

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Michael Bay would be perfect, it's exactly his type of movie, he can make it a lot of money and lots of explosions!

Quickest way to kill a film franchise...

40k would already be a dead franchise because it's a terrible IP for a movie. We might as well get some CGI spectacle out of it, in the unlikely event that any studio is dumb enough to touch it.

You're probably right at it being likely terrible, although if they were to attempt something I would hope it would be more interesting than just action schlock.

ValentineGames wrote:

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Michael Bay would be perfect, it's exactly his type of movie, he can make it a lot of money and lots of explosions!

Quickest way to kill a film franchise...

Transformer didn't kill the Transformer series.
Transformer 2 didn't kill the Transformer series.
Transformer 3 didn't kill the Transformer series.
Transformer 4 didn't kill the Transformer series.
Transformer 5 didn't kill the Transformer series.
Transformer 6 isn't out yet but if it kills the series, it will be because it wasn't directed by Michael Bay .
I used to not like Michael Bay, but then I watched that video and it changed my mind forever!
NSFW language I guess?

 Peregrine wrote:
40k would already be a dead franchise because it's a terrible IP for a movie. We might as well get some CGI spectacle out of it, in the unlikely event that any studio is dumb enough to touch it.

I agree that the lore is too dense for a movie. I think it would make an excellent animated miniseries though - a 10 episode run with a beginning, middle, and end.

Of course, that would also require funding that would not be possible to generate.

I would rather have Michael Bay than Rian Johnson. While I thought Transformers got stupid after the first movie (which was fun), Rian Johnson ruined Star Wars for me. The man should never be allowed to direct anything more than an elementary school play.

Can we get the guy who did Mad Max to direct it? That would be awesome!

 Cheesecat wrote:
With 40k do you do hammy acting cause it's an absurd world to begin with or do you play it straight? I kind of love the campy voice acting in the Dawn of War games, so I always associate 40k with a certain level of cheese.

It depends.

If the concept is bolter p**n, then ham it up.

If the concept is something more personal to ease audiences into the 40K universe, such as an Eisenhorn story (HINT: This would be their best path to success), then they should play it straight.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

ValentineGames wrote:

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Michael Bay would be perfect, it's exactly his type of movie, he can make it a lot of money and lots of explosions!

Quickest way to kill a film franchise...

Transformer didn't kill the Transformer series.
Transformer 2 didn't kill the Transformer series.
Transformer 3 didn't kill the Transformer series.
Transformer 4 didn't kill the Transformer series.
Transformer 5 didn't kill the Transformer series.
Transformer 6 isn't out yet but if it kills the series, it will be because it wasn't directed by Michael Bay .
I used to not like Michael Bay, but then I watched that video and it changed my mind forever!
NSFW language I guess?

Spoiler:

Yet much as I enjoy most of the Transformers movie, he did singularly miss the point. Also, his action shots allow no glory. All too fast, too close up. Just becomes a blur of CGI.

Indeed, the only one I truly didn’t enjoy is the first Dinobot one. As a collection of vignettes, it’s quite competent. But as a whole? It’s a right mess.

I don't know, I haven't seen any. But he sure seems to be good at making money with his movies. And Pain and Gain was okay .

Anyone who has directed anything Holywood has made, period.

 BaconCatBug wrote:
Anyone who has directed anything Holywood has made, period.

Even Rodriguez?
So, would you rather hire some Korean film-makers? Japanese? Bollywood? Iranian?

Or the Italians? ITALIANS!!!

I'd love to see some studio like Blumhouse or whoever made Dredd tackle 40k. The budget would be minuscule, but they make up for it with atmosphere and writing. An Inq vs GSC film in the bowels of a hive that literally moves upward as the Inq unravels the conspiracy all the way to the top would be pretty glorious.

I'm glad that we quickly moved past the absurd premise in the title/OP (when there's probably only a handful who could do it right, let's talk about the hundreds of thousands who...couldn't?!?) to trying to figure out what is likely impossible to achieve anyway!

So, didn't Luc Besson almost get it (partially) right in the 5th Element, in many ways?

No Ryan Johnson (he sucks)
No Tom Hardy (Great Bane - bad Abbadon)

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: CharlizeTheron & Gina Carano as a lesbian Callidus assasin couple.

Plot: An outpost of the SOB has been corrupted by the vile influence of Slaanesh. Our two brave heroines must unravel the mysteries of this lustful sanctuary as they dive deeper and deeper and deeper into it´s unholy depths. There they will learn that love really hurts...

What to expect?
Movie shot in glorious black/white. Main protagonists don´t eat anything in the movie. Instead they drink the 40K equivalent of wodka and smoke lho sticks in a lascivious manner. They kick ass in their beloved high-heels so be prepared to see lots of dislocations, knee strikes, SGPs and triangle chokes. Ah, one thing has also to be included: Frequent discharges of various firearms.

And what part does play Quentin? He is the gimp of the sister superior and his face serves as her footrest.