Discworld, Animated Movie - By Disney?

Sky Warrior Bob · 11-14-2010, 07:53 PM

http://www.toonzone.net/news/article...etts-discworld

Mind. Boggled.

SWB

Shyria Dracnoir · 11-14-2010, 08:59 PM

Any bets on which book they're picking? I know the Hogfather's already had a live action version done.

EDIT: TvTropes gives me this list of video adaptations.

Terry Pratchetts Hogfather Made For TV Movie (2006), an adaptation of Hogfather.
The Colour Of Magic Made For TV Movie (2008), an adaptation of The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic
Going Postal, Made For TV Movie (2010), an adaptation of Going Postal
Unseen Academicals Made For TV Movie, scheduled for 2012.

BitVyper · 11-14-2010, 09:01 PM

Soul Music and Wyrd Sisters have animated films already. Not sure if any others do.

Fifthfiend · 11-14-2010, 09:04 PM

Guards, Guards seems pretty likely. Mort as an outside shot.

EDIT: I'm fairly torn in that it could be cool OR Disney could just go down the list of terrible cliches that Pratchett assiduously strips out of / subverts in his work and then hamfistedly jam them all back in. Cause, y'know. Disney.

EDIT: OH hey Wee Free Men also pretty likely; certainly the most Disney-esque Pratchett story I can think of offhand. Plus if it's a hit you've got that audience on the hook for three sequels.

EDIT: Plus MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERCH, soooooooo much fucking merch

Plush Pictsies, action-figure pictsies, cheap shitty pictsie toys in every McDonalds Happy Meal.

EDIT: Goddamn if Disney isn't adapting Wee Free Men they're out of their fucking minds, just look at all the money sitting on this table.

Shyria Dracnoir · 11-14-2010, 09:22 PM

Wee Free Men also has the advantage of being part of its own standalone series, so it's a little easier to do a movie of it. A lot of the other Discworld novels swap characters and continuity around like horny teenagers swap fluids.

Doc ock rokc · 11-14-2010, 09:34 PM

wee free men is too Smurfy i am sure they would want to avoid it for that reason.

Fifthfiend · 11-14-2010, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Doc ock rokc

wee free men is too Smurfy i am sure they would want to avoid it for that reason.

I'm trying to think of a reason why this is wrong but so far I've only gotten as far as "BECAUSE I SAY SO, SHUT UP"

Marc v4.0 · 11-14-2010, 10:00 PM

tiny and blue is about where the smurfness stops, really

Smurfs weren't also drunk cow thieves with super strength and speed and a bad attitude and based off Scotts (that might have been redundant)

Viridis · 11-14-2010, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Fifthfiend

EDIT: I'm fairly torn in that it could be cool OR Disney could just go down the list of terrible cliches that Pratchett assiduously strips out of / subverts in his work and then hamfistedly jam them all back in. Cause, y'know. Disney.

This is sort of what I'm afraid of. Disney completely missing the point and approaching it like generic fantasy. Discworld In Name Only. Can anyone tell me about the directors SWB's link mentions?

Fifthfiend · 11-14-2010, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Viridis

This is sort of what I'm afraid of. Disney completely missing the point and approaching it like generic fantasy. Discworld In Name Only. Can anyone tell me about the directors SWB's link mentions?

Let me LET ME GOOGLE THAT FOR YOU for you!

... They are evidently a directing team which together have made:

Quote:

* The Great Mouse Detective (1986) (director)
* The Little Mermaid (1989) (director)
* Aladdin (1992) (director)
* Hercules (1997) (executive producer)
* Treasure Planet (2002) (director)
* The Princess and the Frog (2009) (director)

A pretty decent resume as disney movies go but not necessarily reassuring if you're looking for reasons to believe they aren't going to make sweeping changes to things.

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Shyria Dracnoir Kawaii-ju Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Monster Island Posts: 4,240	Any bets on which book they're picking? I know the Hogfather's already had a live action version done. EDIT: TvTropes gives me this list of video adaptations. Terry Pratchetts Hogfather Made For TV Movie (2006), an adaptation of Hogfather. The Colour Of Magic Made For TV Movie (2008), an adaptation of The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic Going Postal, Made For TV Movie (2010), an adaptation of Going Postal Unseen Academicals Made For TV Movie, scheduled for 2012. __________________ Godzilla vs. Gamera (1994)

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Fifthfiend for all seasons Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 19,409	Guards, Guards seems pretty likely. Mort as an outside shot. EDIT: I'm fairly torn in that it could be cool OR Disney could just go down the list of terrible cliches that Pratchett assiduously strips out of / subverts in his work and then hamfistedly jam them all back in. Cause, y'know. Disney. EDIT: OH hey Wee Free Men also pretty likely; certainly the most Disney-esque Pratchett story I can think of offhand. Plus if it's a hit you've got that audience on the hook for three sequels. EDIT: Plus MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERCH, soooooooo much fucking merch Plush Pictsies, action-figure pictsies, cheap shitty pictsie toys in every McDonalds Happy Meal. EDIT: Goddamn if Disney isn't adapting Wee Free Men they're out of their fucking minds, just look at all the money sitting on this table. __________________ check out my buttspresso Last edited by Fifthfiend; 11-14-2010 at 09:14 PM.

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Shyria Dracnoir Kawaii-ju Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Monster Island Posts: 4,240	Wee Free Men also has the advantage of being part of its own standalone series, so it's a little easier to do a movie of it. A lot of the other Discworld novels swap characters and continuity around like horny teenagers swap fluids. __________________ Godzilla vs. Gamera (1994)

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Marc v4.0 Fight Me, Nerds Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3,470	tiny and blue is about where the smurfness stops, really Smurfs weren't also drunk cow thieves with super strength and speed and a bad attitude and based off Scotts (that might have been redundant) __________________