Live Action Adaptations Of Cartoons

[Kondoru]

https://io9.gizmodo.com/a-new-tom-and-jerry-live-action-movie-is-coming-next-wi-1839380415

Growing up in the 80s, -a dark age for cartoons, I enjoyed the classics

This sounds grim and no doubt will flop.

But the live action (or the CGI live action) seems the in thing these days...Heyo, just because you can do it doesnt mean you should....

And very few of these offering are a sucess. Why bother?

What do you think?

 

[GNC]

Disney are practically funding their empire with them, that and Marvel.

But live action Tom and Jerry... with a real cat and real mouse? One party is not going to escape from that with their life. A snuff film, then.

 

[Mythopoeika]

Disney are practically funding their empire with them, that and Marvel.

But live action Tom and Jerry... with a real cat and real mouse? One party is not going to escape from that with their life. A snuff film, then.

Yeah, I can't see that working at all.

 

[Yithian]

Is Akira still happening?

 

[Mythopoeika]

Is Akira still happening?

Looking at the mostly non-Japanese cast playing Japanese characters, I'd think it is unlikely.

 

[Timble2]

Disney are practically funding their empire with them, that and Marvel.

But live action Tom and Jerry... with a real cat and real mouse? One party is not going to escape from that with their life. A snuff film, then.

I suspect it'll be live action with the characters CGI'd in, it'll still be an abombination like the Yogi Bear movie.

 

[Trevp666]

I always thought that there have been some great cartoons/animations that could be adapted into live action, either as a series or as films.
And do them sensibly as well, with proper money spent on them, good actors and good SFX.

"Mr Benn" always looked prime for an adaptation. A chap is due to go to a fancy dress party and goes to a shop to hire a costume and (if it was a film) has a series of adventures as he tries on each outfit, stepping out of the changing rooms each time into a story that fits the clothing. The shopkeeper arrives to bring him back when each short story has concluded. And then when he eventually reaches the party he finds that the other guests are all people he encountered on his various adventures.
Mr Benn - Ben Affleck
The Shopkeeper - Stephen Fry
Henry VIII - Brian Blessed
Nelson Mandela - Morgan Freeman
Twiggy - Kate Beckinsale
Buzz Aldrin - Jason Statham
Caveman - Jason Momoa

I would also like to see live action films of 'Wacky Races', 'Captain Pugwash' and 'Danger Mouse'.
Some of these might be more challenging than others.

 

[Kondoru]

`Mr Ben` had such a simple, wonderful premise.