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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2019 21:01:22 GMT
I know this one has been asked for and for rights reasons denied before but Quatermass. After rewatching all the TV shows for the Nth time recently (well, the existant ones!), the John Mills miniseries, the 3 Hammer movies and listening to the wonderfully odd BBC Radio 90s version with Andrew Keir coming back after 30 years, I would love to hear an actual Quatermass series.
We've got The Quatermass Experiment, Quatermass 2, Quatermass And The Pitt and then Quatermass - but we've never had ONE actor play the role right through. Brian Donlevy was atrocious in 2 of the 3 Hammers, Andre Morrell was STUNNING but he only did the TV Pit, Andrew Keir did the movie Pit and was fantastic too. What would be great is one actor playing the role through all those stories - doing a Jeremy Brett with Holmes or a Suchet with Poirot essentially. I think David Warner would be a perfect Quatermass and he's already on the BF books. It would be great to have a continuity to Quatermass that's never really existed before. Just imagine....
I wouldn't want it as an ongoing series. Part of the charm of Quatermass, unlike Who, is that these events in the stories are seismic. You can't have him having adventures all the time, it would dilute the events of the canon. I don't know if the Kneale estate will allow it but it's a question I hope BF ask as often as they can.
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Post by Digi on Jan 16, 2019 1:28:05 GMT
I would be interested in the Classics range tackling some more classics, like Verne and Dickens.
I'd also loooooove it if they took a stab at another Roman period piece, by adapting Tacitus and Suetonius's histories of the Julio-Claudian dynasty into a treacherous (ongoing) royal family drama.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2019 7:31:52 GMT
Outcasts. The BBC sci-fi show that had an an interesting premise but was poorly done.
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Post by pawntake on Jan 16, 2019 10:19:56 GMT
There is so much out there we know That BF are working on four still-top-secret, brand new licensed series, but none of them will see a release until next year,so i am quite happy to be pleasantly surprised, most Genres appeal to me.I assume they are not DW related?And i am sure all will be revealed in the not too distant future.Anyone have any inkling? /
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 15:38:59 GMT
There is so much out there we know That BF are working on four still-top-secret, brand new licensed series, but none of them will see a release until next year,so i am quite happy to be pleasantly surprised, most Genres appeal to me.I assume they are not DW related?And i am sure all will be revealed in the not too distant future.Anyone have any inkling? / Come Back Mrs Noah
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Post by kurumais on Feb 12, 2019 6:29:07 GMT
after listening to pilgrim from bbc radio. i think hellblazer could work just fine as an audio hire matt ryan and spooky and demon away.
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Post by mark687 on Apr 20, 2019 10:21:40 GMT
Bump as BF are asking this again on Facebook this Weekend
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Apr 20, 2019 10:35:37 GMT
My answer is always the same :
"Yes".
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Post by glutamodo on Apr 20, 2019 10:36:40 GMT
Yesterday, despite having tracked them all down a few years ago, I finished listening to all of the (now, very old) BF releases of 2000AD. While I'd had them for a while, I would always slot current titles and podcasts above them, but when I got caught up a week or so ago, thought I'd tear into that folder.
Wow, what a great series. I rather liked it when it was humorous, but on many occasions it was rather dark and bleak, which was good too. I liked them all, Dredd and Strontium Dog. Wish they could have made more.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Apr 20, 2019 10:44:48 GMT
I just hope people don't waste time by posting stuff that will never happen. Stuff like G.O.T. , Star Wars ... (Would be great if it happened but..)
Imagine a Sarah Connor Chronicles full cast Terminator series.. WOW.. that would be great..
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2019 11:07:11 GMT
Primeval
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2019 11:32:09 GMT
An ongoing horror range would be great. Perhaps a mix of traditional writers like Edgar Allen Poe, HP Lovecraft and MR James with newer writers. I would pre-order this range without hesitation.
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Post by mbt66 on Apr 20, 2019 12:09:33 GMT
Tomb Raider.
The re-imaged movie, based on the re-imagined games looks to be getting a sequel, which I am happy about because I enjoyed the first movie.
Therefore I don’t know if the rights owners would be open to an audio series...but I would like it to be set in and around the original Core Design set of games between 1996 - 2000. So it would be completely separate from the new games and movies. Classic Tomb Raider instead of New Raider...on audio it has worked for Doctor Who.
They could get one of the original voice artists of Lara Croft from the games, they probably won’t be able to get Keeley Hawes, but I hope they could secure the use of that iconic music.
In the past I was keen on the notion of Big Finish returning Charley Pollard to the 1930s for some Tom Raider-esq stories as The Adventuress. And in truth I would probably still prefer a more historic series, so if it is an existing entity along the Tomb Raider style how about...
The Extraordinary Audio Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
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Post by agentten on Apr 20, 2019 19:43:50 GMT
I was thinking earlier today that Big Finish could do some really neat stories with Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Darren McGavin is hard to replace, but BF doing their own take on it, retaining the 1960s setting and using that great mix of horror sprinkled with a little bit of humor and an unlikely protagonist that made the show work would be the kind of challenge that BF excels at.
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Post by fitzoliverj on Jun 15, 2019 18:37:57 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2019 18:48:13 GMT
The Timmy Lea novels.
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Post by xlozdob on Oct 15, 2019 10:22:10 GMT
I was just reading the Obscure News thread and all the talk there about BF acquiring IPs that perhaps don't offer the best commercial opportunities (eg Star Cops), what do you think are franchises they could tackle that would be profitable?
The Firefly IP is one that has been speculated on before. Have they ever mentioned actually trying to get the rights?
Another interesting thought suggested in that thread is them becoming an independent audio producer for other companies like they've done before for Black Library for example. One company that comes to mind is Lucasfilm. They have recently started dabbling into the world of audiodrama with Dooku: Jedi Lost, by our very own Cavan Scott, so maybe they could start doing these for Random House. And not only Star Wars. Maybe, with the fifth film coming in a few years, they could rescue the Young Indiana Jones format on audio.
Thoughts?
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You know, now that you mention it, I actually do rather like Attack of the Cybermen ...
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Post by lidar2 on Oct 15, 2019 10:54:08 GMT
I was just reading the Obscure News thread and all the talk there about BF acquiring IPs that perhaps don't offer the best commercial opportunities (eg Star Cops), what do you think are franchises they could tackle that would be profitable? The Firefly IP is one that has been speculated on before. Have they ever mentioned actually trying to get the rights? Another interesting thought suggested in that thread is them becoming an independent audio producer for other companies like they've done before for Black Library for example. One company that comes to mind is Lucasfilm. They have recently started dabbling into the world of audiodrama with Dooku: Jedi Lost, by our very own Cavan Scott, so maybe they could start doing these for Random House. And not only Star Wars. Maybe, with the fifth film coming in a few years, they could rescue the Young Indiana Jones format on audio. Thoughts?
I think a viable license has to be one which meets 3 criteria 1. A big enough fandom so that there is a genuine pre-existing market for audios (this is where where Omega Factor and Star Cops fall down) 2. A fanbase that is open to audio drama (this is where Stargate fell down) 3. The license holder has to be (a) willing to grant BF a license and (b) at a price BF can afford (presumably where something like Star Trek would fall down)
You could argue for original actors being alive and willing to reprise their roles is a 4rth but that has not proven necessary for The Avengers
As to what potential new franchises meet this criteria ... it's hard. I think any new Gerry Anderson based franchises will probably do OK for BF. Doomwatch is the one I'd love to see but it probably doesn't meet the first of my 3 criteria. Babylon 5 would be great but it probably falls down on the third criteria.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2019 17:07:30 GMT
I just hope people don't waste time by posting stuff that will never happen. Stuff like G.O.T. , Star Wars ... (Would be great if it happened but..) Imagine a Sarah Connor Chronicles full cast Terminator series.. WOW.. that would be great.. I would have loved them to go back and finish the cancelled TV series show now that Lena is no longer needed on GOT. I would love if they got the righTs back to Sapphire and steel Farscape i know they have rights issues. Campion yep Ngaio Marsh novels-BBC only did a few. Marple and Poirot done to death. Continue with their own Shilling and Sixpence. Outlander audio-with their own cast or even an adaptation of the Lord John Novels. Tarzan Novels perhaps. Logans Run dramatisation one off. Nigel Tranter historical novels adaptations Robert The Bruce etc
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Post by xlozdob on Oct 15, 2019 19:21:30 GMT
I was just reading the Obscure News thread and all the talk there about BF acquiring IPs that perhaps don't offer the best commercial opportunities (eg Star Cops), what do you think are franchises they could tackle that would be profitable? The Firefly IP is one that has been speculated on before. Have they ever mentioned actually trying to get the rights? Another interesting thought suggested in that thread is them becoming an independent audio producer for other companies like they've done before for Black Library for example. One company that comes to mind is Lucasfilm. They have recently started dabbling into the world of audiodrama with Dooku: Jedi Lost, by our very own Cavan Scott, so maybe they could start doing these for Random House. And not only Star Wars. Maybe, with the fifth film coming in a few years, they could rescue the Young Indiana Jones format on audio. Thoughts?
I think a viable license has to be one which meets 3 criteria 1. A big enough fandom so that there is a genuine pre-existing market for audios (this is where where Omega Factor and Star Cops fall down) 2. A fanbase that is open to audio drama (this is where Stargate fell down) 3. The license holder has to be (a) willing to grant BF a license and (b) at a price BF can afford (presumably where something like Star Trek would fall down)
You could argue for original actors being alive and willing to reprise their roles is a 4rth but that has not proven necessary for The Avengers
As to what potential new franchises meet this criteria ... it's hard. I think any new Gerry Anderson based franchises will probably do OK for BF. Doomwatch is the one I'd love to see but it probably doesn't meet the first of my 3 criteria. Babylon 5 would be great but it probably falls down on the third criteria.
That's the thing though, what people were proposing was producing audio for other companies, so they don't have to own the rights. So, for example, in the one I mentioned above, Penguin Random House holds the rights through their DelRey imprint, so they don't have to worry about cashing out on the license. They did do it with the War Hammer audios they did for Black Library, who holds the rights. The model they've had from the very beginning is buying the rights to produce audios of cult IPs, which have a very niche audience, and apart from Doctor Who, some have sold enough to maybe sustain the range, but not the company, others not even that. So, what was suggested, was, in the case that they could not make Doctor Who, their real money maker, anymore, ranges like Avengers, Dark Shadows or Gerry Anderson, could probably not sustain the company for long on their own, so other business models could be considered, such as this. So say that for example Warner Bros. wants to do a Wizarding World audio original series but they don't do those in-house, that's the kind of opportunities they should be looking into IMO. Big franchises that they couldn't buy the rights to otherwise.
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