# Movies they promised us! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748 "2010-01-13T02:55:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/61 "2010-01-13T15:41:20Z")
I don’t know if it would have been any good, but I read several times over the years that John Hughes was planning to make a movie about the adult Ferris Bueller. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/62 "2010-01-13T15:45:59Z")
Wasn’t Anne Rice’s “The Mummy” supposed to be made by James Cameron? Starring Arnold Schwartzenager? ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/63 "2010-01-13T15:46:04Z")
Still no one thinking of the one I’m thinking of. It was announced in 2005 with a modicum of fanfare. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/64 "2010-01-13T16:04:45Z")
The Killer Tomatoes Do France. 🙂 Was it Stephen Spielberg who was rumored to be considering a film about the Israeli Air Force in 1947? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/65 "2010-01-13T16:28:06Z")
> [@](#): > > The Killer Tomatoes Do France. ?? They _did_ do that one. Am I being whooshed? [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102210/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102210/) > **[Killer Tomatoes Eat France](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Tomatoes_Eat_France)** > > Killer Tomatoes Eat France! is a 1992 American film that was released as the fourth and most recent sequel to Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Like its predecessor, Killer Tomatoes Strike Back, it was a direct-to-video release. The film had been intended as the third in the series according to Return of the Killer Tomatoes but was replaced as the third film by Killer Tomatoes Strike Back. It is the final film made by New World Pictures before their sale to News Corporation in 1997. Because the film... ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/66 "2010-01-13T16:56:59Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > They _did_ do that one. Am I being whooshed? Oh my, no. I thought it was a joke like _History of the World, Part II._ Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/67 "2010-01-13T16:59:18Z")
Have we gotten this far w/o the First Church of Joss Whedon mentioning the long-labored Wonder Woman project? [Wonder Woman - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Woman#Live_action_film) Also there’s always been rumblings of a Freddie Mercury biopic (with stories “linking” either Johnny Depp or Sacha Baron Cohen to the lead role). In the same vein, the Keith Moon biopic staring Mike Myers ([Untitled Keith Moon Project - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482630/)) seems to keep getting pushed back. An interesting side note, they asked Michael Crichton once if he’d ever be involved in a remake of Westworld. He said “I was already. It was called Jurassic Park.” ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/68 "2010-01-13T18:18:53Z")
> [@sqweels](#): > > Still no one thinking of the one I’m thinking of. It was announced in 2005 with a modicum of fanfare. I assume you’re speaking of Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet project? That would’ve been awesome. Apparently, they’re still working on a Green Hornet film, but there have been substantial changes to the cast and crew… not holding my breath for that one to ever come out (or for it to be any good if they actually do ever get their act together). ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/69 "2010-01-13T19:00:10Z")
> [@Mahna\_Mahna](#): > > I assume you’re speaking of Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet project? That would’ve been awesome. > > Apparently, they’re still working on a Green Hornet film, but there have been substantial changes to the cast and crew… not holding my breath for that one to ever come out (or for it to be any good if they actually do ever get their act together). I did see photos of Rogan as the Green Hornet a couple months ago. There is also a website: [THE GREEN HORNET | Sony Pictures Entertainment](http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thegreenhornet/) I think it’s coming. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/70 "2010-01-13T19:16:13Z")
For me, the holy grail of film would have been the Jodorowski version of [Dune](http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/dune_jodorowsky_991019.html). Pink Floyd, Dali, Giger…holy crap that would have been awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/71 "2010-01-13T19:22:52Z")
When I was working in a movie theater, we’d occasionally get little pamphlets listing movies that were supposed to be coming soon from distributors. One title listed was **Spaceballs 3: In Search Of 2**. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/72 "2010-01-13T19:30:32Z")
> [@SunSandSuffering](#): > > My old copy of Stephen King’s \*\*The Talisman \*\*says on the cover: “Soon to be a major motion picture”. > > Still waiting…! This is what I was going to say - too bad - Brad Renfro as a kid was exactly what I had pictured for Travellin’ Jack… ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/73 "2010-01-13T20:55:48Z")
> [@Mahna\_Mahna](#): > > I assume you’re speaking of Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet project? That would’ve been awesome. Nope, try again. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/74 "2010-01-13T21:02:26Z")
> [@](#): > > For me, the holy grail of film would have been the Jodorowski version of Dune. Pink Floyd, Dali, Giger…holy crap that would have been awesome. Sounds to me like it would have been a godawful mess. So do most of the other failed versions, one of which had Paul having an incestuous relationship with Jessica. For better or for worse, I pretty much like both the Lynch version of Dune, the cobbled-together TV version of the same, and the Sci Fi TV version. I think they’re closer to the novel than anyone else would have made the film. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/75 "2010-01-13T22:15:35Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I did see photos of Rogan as the Green Hornet a couple months ago. > > There is also a website: [THE GREEN HORNET | Sony Pictures Entertainment](http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thegreenhornet/) > > I think it’s coming. Looks like you might be right… Michel Gondry’s IMDB page not only shows The Green Hornet as an active project, but it’s also labelled as being in post-production. Guess we might see a Green Hornet before the year is over. However, given that Kevin Smith isn’t credited as a writer, we can probably assume this is a VERY different movie than the one we might’ve seen if he’d had his way 5 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/76 "2010-01-13T22:58:47Z")
There’s supposed to be a live action film of _Mandrake the Magician_, it was initially to film sometime in late 2008 or early 2009 but it’s been repeatedly pushed back. Jonathan Rhys Meyers was meant to star, he’s apparently been replaced by Hayden Christensen. I don’t know that it’ll ever actually come to fruition, though. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/77 "2010-01-13T23:03:57Z")
Recently they were going to make a movie about Billy Beane and his book **Moneyball** , starring Brad Pitt. It was going to also star lots of major leaguers in minor roles. But it fell through, due to either \the system beginning to prove unsuccessful by the A’s in recent years, or \ a terrible script rewrite by Soderbergh. I can’t tell which blogs I’ve found are correct. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/78 "2010-01-13T23:14:45Z")
> [@sqweels](#): > > Nope, try again. So give us a hint. Biopic? Superhero flick? Adaptation of a beloved novel? ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/79 "2010-01-13T23:27:29Z")
The sequel to Dances with Wolves. The Holy Road was supposedly in production at one point (and rumor had it that Costner was considering acting in it, even though his character did not feature as prominently and he wasn’t interested in directing it) It’s a shame, too, that it never happened. It was a really good book. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748/80 "2010-01-14T00:38:06Z")
> [@sqweels](#): > > [**Elric of Melnibone**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elric_of_Melnibon%C3%A9) - This is a goofy one. In '91 or '92 I saw Blue Oyster Cult and when they finished playing “Black Blade”, Eric Bloom said, “Any Elric fans out there? In 1993 there will be, I can guarentee, an Elric movie”. Author Michael Moorcock did some collaberation with BOC, so they supposedly had the inside scoop. Not. It was optioned to Universal 3 years ago, with the Weitz brothers associated with it, until the Golden Compass tanked along with their reputations. So not only do we not get any more GC films, anything w/ Elric is now firmly ensconsced in Development Hell (at best). Latest over at Michael Moorcock’s forum is that it indeed is in limbo. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748.md?page=5)