# What move, on the drawing board or in production, will be the Next Big Thing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-move-on-the-drawing-board-or-in-production-will-be-the-next-big-thing/260233 "2004-08-17T13:16:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Just1Lurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@Just1Lurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just1Lurk)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-move-on-the-drawing-board-or-in-production-will-be-the-next-big-thing/260233/21 "2004-08-18T01:54:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Santos L Halper** > I had high hopes for the Fantastic Four, but I’ve heard some really bad stuff about what they’re doing with it. I hope the rumors turn out to be wrong because it could be a kick-ass movie if they know how to handle the characters. I’m looking forward to FF too. What have you heard? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-move-on-the-drawing-board-or-in-production-will-be-the-next-big-thing/260233/22 "2004-08-18T02:21:36Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I don’t have very high expectations however I am looking forward to the final installment of **Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith**. > > And I am also very excited about Peter Jackson’s remake of **King Kong**. > > And I want to see Terry Gilliam’s **Brother’s Grimm** and **Indiana Jones 4**. > > I’d also like to see what Steven Speilberg is working on, and like to know if James Cameron will ever do another big budget film. > And how about Scorsese, Ridley Scott, or Paul Verhoven? [Spielberg and Tom Cruise are going to be battling Martians, it seems.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=271469) Ridley’s [got a slew of movies scheduled to come out between now and 2007.](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000631/) I don’t think that the current version of FF could be as bad as the [previous version.](http://imdb.com/title/tt0109770/) (Yes, I’ve seen it, and yes, it is _that_ bad.) ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-move-on-the-drawing-board-or-in-production-will-be-the-next-big-thing/260233/23 "2004-08-19T14:22:05Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Well I guess I’m a nerd, because I’m eagerly awaiting this one. The Sky Captain trailers look like Hollywood people tapped into the “cool stuff” portion of my brain, because the movie looks like a perfect representation of everything I consider cool. If it has a battle with ninjas, a hot dominatrix, and either cats or ferrets doing something funny, it might be the greatest movie of all time. The “cool stuff” it tapped into is cheesy 50s sci-fi nostalgia. I am also very excited about it, but I guarantee that movie-going audiences are not interested in a 50s sci-fi throwback. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-move-on-the-drawing-board-or-in-production-will-be-the-next-big-thing/260233/24 "2004-08-19T14:41:22Z")
> [@Trigonal Planar](#): > > The “cool stuff” it tapped into is cheesy 50s sci-fi nostalgia. I am also very excited about it, but I guarantee that movie-going audiences are not interested in a 50s sci-fi throwback. Not to nitpick, but it looks a lot more like late '30s/early '40s sci-fi throwbacks to me, like the World War 2-era Max Fleischer Superman cartoons. Still, I’ll see it twice if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-move-on-the-drawing-board-or-in-production-will-be-the-next-big-thing/260233/25 "2004-08-19T15:04:26Z")
Well, \*\*The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe \*\* should be the next blockbuster series of films, provided they promote it the right way and stay true to the source material. I’d love to see some savvy filmmakers tackle \*\*The Black Cauldron \*\* series, beginning with **The Book of Three.** And not that animated piece of crap from 1985, either. Echoing the thoughts on **Fantastic Four** , and \*\*Lemony Snicket \*\* as well. Particularly because the latter features Jim Carrey. Other than those, I think we all can agree that the 800lb. gorilla in 2005 will be a little movie called **Star Wars**. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-move-on-the-drawing-board-or-in-production-will-be-the-next-big-thing/260233/26 "2004-08-19T15:41:10Z")
[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330373/) (2005) [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373889/) (2007) [Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417741/) (2008) Wow, a movie listing for a book not even published yet. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-move-on-the-drawing-board-or-in-production-will-be-the-next-big-thing/260233/27 "2004-08-19T22:08:37Z")
I’m REALLY looking forward to Sky Captain, etc., and so is my wife and so is my kid. It’s so DIFFERENT looking from other SF films … man it’s gonna blow some minds. I don’t think most moviegoers are gonna KNOW it’s got a retro-30s look. They’ll just think “cool” or “not cool’” because that’s all their libble brains can hold. But to answer the OP the coolest movie on the drawing boards is my project, “Dancing Slavegirls of Mars.” Also, the cheesiest. Of course, no one who’s actually in the film industry knows of it, but hey, that’s a detail. I’ll have my people get with their people on it. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-move-on-the-drawing-board-or-in-production-will-be-the-next-big-thing/260233/28 "2004-08-19T22:48:11Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Well I guess I’m a nerd, because I’m eagerly awaiting this one. The Sky Captain trailers look like Hollywood people tapped into the “cool stuff” portion of my brain, because the movie looks like a perfect representation of everything I consider cool. If it has a battle with ninjas, a hot dominatrix, and either cats or ferrets doing something funny, it might be the greatest movie of all time. You said it. The first time I saw the trailer for it, I had to look around the theater to make sure I hadn’t just imagined it, because everybody else in the crowd seemed completely non-plussed to the thing that had just _blown my ninja mind_. It was if they put every cool thing possible into one trailer, and _ **then** _ they showed the giant robots! I didn’t mention it to anyone until I saw another ad that confirmed it was a real movie, because I was convinced that I had just dreamed the whole thing. As for the OP, I don’t know from Next Big Thing, but my predictions for super-cool “sleeper” hits: [I Heart Huckabees](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356721/) and [The Life Aquatic](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362270/) Can’t wait can’t wait can’t wait. ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-move-on-the-drawing-board-or-in-production-will-be-the-next-big-thing/260233/29 "2004-08-20T03:09:04Z")
> [@Chastain86](#): > > Other than those, I think we all can agree that the 800lb. gorilla in 2005 will be a little movie called **Star Wars**. No, as someone else posted above, Peter Jackson’s **King Kong** , unless it has terrible reviews, may come close to or pass SW (maybe not in 2005 since it opens in December, but overall). Star Wars is no longer untouchable. In the “Blair Witch” category of small movies, **Saw** may do well later this year. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-move-on-the-drawing-board-or-in-production-will-be-the-next-big-thing/260233/30 "2004-08-20T03:41:46Z")
> [@Chastain86](#): > > Other than those, I think we all can agree that the 800lb. gorilla in 2005 will be a little movie called **Star Wars**. I’m expecting next summer’s Batman Begins to give Star Wars a run for its money! (And while I’ll see both, I’m sure I’ll enjoy Batman a lot more.) ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-move-on-the-drawing-board-or-in-production-will-be-the-next-big-thing/260233/31 "2004-08-20T03:41:49Z")
> [@Trigonal Planar](#): > > The “cool stuff” it tapped into is cheesy 50s sci-fi nostalgia. I am also very excited about it, but I guarantee that movie-going audiences are not interested in a 50s sci-fi throwback. It all depends on the trailers, my friend. I fear for **Serenity**. My ass will be in the seats, and so will several people who have borrowed my Firefly DVDs. I just fear it won’t be enough. -Joe, Staite worhsipper ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-move-on-the-drawing-board-or-in-production-will-be-the-next-big-thing/260233/32 "2004-08-20T14:17:35Z")
> [@rexnervous](#): > > No, as someone else posted above, Peter Jackson’s **King Kong** , unless it has terrible reviews, may come close to or pass SW **(maybe not in 2005 since it opens in December, but overall).** Star Wars is no longer untouchable. (Bolding mine.) Then it wouldn’t be the “next big thing” then, would it? It would be the “next big thing _after_ the next big thing.” Believe you me, I’m sure King Kong will be a better movie, but I’d be willing to wager that Star Wars will be the top money-maker in 2005. Hands down, no questions. Last movie in a series of, basically, six films? There’s no way it can miss, unless they put “Matrix” in the title somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-move-on-the-drawing-board-or-in-production-will-be-the-next-big-thing/260233/33 "2004-08-20T15:17:56Z")
> [@Chastain86](#): > > (Bolding mine.)Believe you me, I’m sure King Kong will be a better movie, but I’d be willing to wager that Star Wars will be the top money-maker in 2005. Hands down, no questions. Last movie in a series of, basically, six films? There’s no way it can miss, unless they put “Matrix” in the title somewhere. Given that Ep.2 (_AOTC_) wasn’t the first or even second biggest moneymaker of its year, I’ll take that bet–SW3 (_ROTS_) will not be the top money-maker of films released in 2005. Got any terms? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-move-on-the-drawing-board-or-in-production-will-be-the-next-big-thing/260233.md?page=1)