# Will an Elric movie or TV series ever happen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 19, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-an-elric-movie-or-tv-series-ever-happen/794138 "2017-08-19T22:04:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reddy\_Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-an-elric-movie-or-tv-series-ever-happen/794138/1 "2017-08-19T22:04:22Z")
Why has no one tried to do this? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-an-elric-movie-or-tv-series-ever-happen/794138/2 "2017-08-19T22:07:15Z")
Because Elric makes Game of Thrones look like My Little Pony? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-an-elric-movie-or-tv-series-ever-happen/794138/3 "2017-08-19T22:27:30Z")
1. Because Michael Moorcock is largely unknown outside the hardcore fantasy geek community. 2. Because the books aren’t very good. Sure the’re very grimdark and all, but the world isn’t that fleshed out, there aren’t that many interesting characters, and besides the 9th-inning Gotterdammerung, there isn’t really that much of an overarching plot. I tried reading them recently after 20 years or so, and they just aren’t well-written. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-an-elric-movie-or-tv-series-ever-happen/794138/4 "2017-08-19T23:05:00Z")
They’re just not very popular titles in the end. I have a fondness from childhood for them but how big is the fan base? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-an-elric-movie-or-tv-series-ever-happen/794138/5 "2017-08-20T03:59:01Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > They’re just not very popular titles in the end. I have a fondness from childhood for them but how big is the fan base? Bigger than the fanbase for _Guardians of the Galaxy_ was in 2013, I’d bet. I agree the books aren’t particularly well-written, but I don’t see why that matters at all: the characters and settings and events are cool. I understand that _Fifty Shades of Grey_ wasn’t even close to literary genius, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-an-elric-movie-or-tv-series-ever-happen/794138/6 "2017-08-20T09:15:27Z")
I heard that the Producers of the Jerry Cornelius movie bought up the film rights to all Moorcock books as they thought it was going to be the start of a great franchise. I’m not sure if that was all Moorcock books, or just the ones with Jerry in. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-an-elric-movie-or-tv-series-ever-happen/794138/7 "2017-08-20T11:29:12Z")
Because then there’ll be nothing left for progressive rock bands to adapt into rock operas.