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BGOL Studios: What current comic book should be turned to a TV Series?

Should Scalped be made into a TV series?

  • Hell YES!!!

    Votes: 4 44.4%

  • No. I would hate to see them ruin it.

    Votes: 1 11.1%

  • I got a better idea...

    Votes: 4 44.4%
  • Total voters
    9
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BGOL Studios: What current comic book should be turned to a TV Series​

I have been so disappointed with the direction the Walking Dead has taken since Darabont left...

I think because HBO SUCKS now that there is only ONE current comic series that truly deserves to have the production/writing camp from the WIRE to tackle...

To save the sinking ship that is HBO drama...

they have lost so many series like Mad Men and Justified, etc....

this right here would be a game changer...​

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Scalped is a critically acclaimed ongoing crime/western comic book series written by Jason Aaron and illustrated by R. M. Guéra, published monthly by Vertigo Comics. Issue #1 was published on January 3, 2007.

The series focuses on the Oglala Lakota inhabitants of the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation in modern-day South Dakota as they grapple with organized crime, rampant poverty and alcoholism, local politics and the preservation of their cultural identity.

Author Jason Aaron has since confirmed that Scalped will end with its 60th issue

you got a better idea???​
 
"Aaron's talent for dialogue is complemented spectacularly by R.M. Guéra's vivid pencil work."
--Playboy Magazine

"SCALPED is some of the most compelling character work and crime writing I've seen in a long time."
--Ed Brubaker (CAPTAIN AMERICA, CRIMINAL)

"The best new series in years. Spread the word. Tell your friends. Talk about it. Blog about it."
--Garth Ennis (THE PUNISHER, PREACHER)

"One of the richest, most rewarding reads around."
--Wizard

"More and more of a must read each month."
--Ain't It Cool News

"If SCALPED doesn't leave shivers down your back, read it again."
--Reznet News​
 
"This Native American noir is the best crime book you're not reading... The riveting tale of one mean cop with a big damn secret... (R.M. Guera's) visceral artwork will drive to your house, throw you into the back of a pickup, and haul your ass straight onto the reservation."
--Brian K. Vaughan (Y: THE LAST MAN, TV's "Lost")

"Aaron's narrative is dirtier than an Iron Eyes Cody vista, and promisingly matched with Guera's prairie-dusty art."
--Entertainment Weekly

"As perfect a comic book as I’ve ever read... It’s such a pleasure to read, all bad and dirty and nasty and sexy with dialogue like razors… and the art (ah, the art!)..."
--Brian Wood (DMZ, DEMO)

"If you're into HBO or Tarantino or Scorsese or Eastwood or Peckinpah, you'll love SCALPED. It'll kick your ass hard and leave you coming back for more... We need more comics like SCALPED. Buy it. Tell your friends. This is the good shit, and it deserves your support."
--Andy Diggle (THE LOSERS)

"Aaron's plotting is riveting... Desperation, cynicism, greed, and a suffocating atmosphere cling to Guéra's characters, from hollowed eyes and beaten expressions to the piercings, tattoos, and bad teeth that adorn the rez's inhabitants. A powerful new series that all adult collections will want to have."
--Library Journal

"SCALPED is the best Vertigo comic being published right now. If you're not reading SCALPED, you're crazy. You are literally, not metaphorically, a lunatic, and you will probably end up in some sort of asylum if you're not careful. It's that good. It will keep you sane with its greatness."
--Timothy Callahan, author of GRANT MORRISON: THE EARLY YEARS

"The best new book of 2007... a wholly original crime drama starring one of Vertigo's more intriguing anti-heroes, Dashiell Bad Horse."
--IGN

"What a great series. Despite it's vulgarity and violence it's easily one of the most emotionally gripping reads out there... If you like great character studies and can handle some brutality, this is a book you should be reading."
--Newseed Comics

"SCALPED blends straight-up noir with an epic tale of ’70s Native American radicals-turned-criminals, nasty backstabbing and the lure of casino cash. Killer in every way.
--Decibel Magazine

"Seedy, violent, overtly sexual, this dark brutal Crime Noir is an uncompromising thriller that hits hard, hits often and hit home."
--Now Read This

"SCALPED has attitude, SCALPED has guts and SCALPED is no holds barred. In short, SCALPED is fucking great."
--Crimespree Magazine

"...there’s emotion pouring off each page, there’s tension in each panel, there’s action and reaction, and this is what you hope for when you throw your good money down each week."
--PopCultureShock

"The coolest new thing coming out of Vertigo right now."
--iFanboy Podcast

"One of the best offerings from Vertigo in recent memory... Highly recommended."
--Comixfan

"Among the finest fiction in mainstream comics today."
--Silver Bullet Comics

"With Vertigo's acclaimed series 100 BULLETS winding to a close, SCALPED is standing ready to become its next great graphic crime series."
--McNally Robinson Booksellers

"Can an adult still read a contemporary comic book and feel like an adult afterward? In the case of SCALPED, the answer is a resounding, bloodcurdling yes. No cultural stereotypes and no pulled punches — just an unflinching look at what one character calls 'a third world nation in the heart of America.'"
--Very Short List

"A must read. Phenomenal."
--Rack Raids

"This is down and dirty, hard-nosed crime fiction,... And this may be comics’ best book currently in the genre."
--Pop Syndicate​
 
I'll give it a read, just because it's unique in having a story centering around Native Americans.

Ever read CHEW? I could see it being a TV show.
http://chewcomic.blogspot.com

The Concept:

Tony Chu is a cop with a secret. A weird secret. Tony Chu is Cibopathic, which means he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats. It also means he's a hell of a detective, as long as he doesn't mind nibbling on the corpse of a murder victim to figure out whodunit, and why. It`s a dirty job, and Tony has to eat terrible things in the name of justice. And if that wasn`t bad enough, the government has figured out Tony Chu`s secret. They have plans for him… whether he likes it or not.
Presenting a twisted new series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals and clairvoyants, written by JOHN LAYMAN (Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness, House of M: Fantastic Four and PUFFED) with mind-blowing art by ROB GUILLORY.

READ A FEW ISSUES:

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http://rapidshare.com/files/298237061/Chew_002_2009_Minutemen-Tyler.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/298237055/Chew_003_2009_c2c_null-DCP.cbz
http://rapidshare.com/files/298237170/Chew_004_2009_c2c_null-DCP.cbz.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/298237040/Chew_005_2009_c2c_null-DCP.cbz.cbr
 
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Rocky Miavia said:
I'll give it a read, just because it's unique in having a story centering around Native Americans.

Ever read CHEW? I could see it being a TV show.
http://chewcomic.blogspot.com
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Rock this work is OUTSTANDING...

If you like Justified or that hard nose crime thriller...

this comic is for you.

Well written, excellent artwork...

and it is as well thought out issue to issue as The Wire Story Arcs.

this comic is one of the MAIN reasons I started buying comics again...after years away...
 
ThaBurgerPimp said:
..since i get the feeling the movie w/ karl urban will be not worth seeing

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but is this a feasible series???

The budget would be absurd to make this thing at least LOOK authentic...

HOWEVER, I think the subject matter could be really smart and be a good satire about current politics and where the world is heading post nine eleven and patriot act and SOPA...
 
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This if done right by HBO by making him the bad guy or just indifferent and not the good guy (like in the movie Constantine which sucked) this would make a great series!!!
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Anything DC/VERTIGO is ripe for adaption.

Both ABC and NBC have already ripped off "FABLES" (Yeah. I'm still on that rant) with 'ONCE UPON A TIME" and "GRIMM".

There were also several pitches of "Y: THE LAST MAN". Haven't heard much since.

HBO and SHOWTIME both backed out of "PREACHER". That was my favorite DC/VERTIGO series ever.

And as "SCALPED" concludes, I hope someone has the balls to pitch it to cable networks. It sure as hell would put a lot of Native American Actors to work.
 
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HAR125LEM said:
Anything DC/VERTIGO is ripe for adaption.

Both ABC and NBC have already ripped off "FABLES" (Yeah. I'm still on that rant) with 'ONCE UPON A TIME" and "GRIMM".

There were also several pitches of "Y: THE LAST MAN". Haven't heard much since.

HBO and SHOWTIME both backed out of "PREACHER". That was my favorite DC/VERTIGO series ever.

And as "SCALPED" concludes, I hope someone has the balls to pitch it to cable networks. It sure as hell would put a lot of Native American Actors to work.
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I'm telling you it could be the Native American version of Thw Wire, damn they need to just get that WHOLE CREW on board and let it go.

the story arcs are there and well developed and whats even better is that because it is ending in 3 months a lot of side characters histories and stories can be altered and retold
 
Count23 said:
Preacher
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Darabont needs to do this...

it would be classic...

and epic...

and controversial...

Stephen King has said that his comic book series The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born was influenced by Preacher.

The character Yorick from Y: The Last Man, has a Zippo lighter with the words "Fuck Communism" engraved, identical to the one owned by Jesse Custer in Preacher. When asked about it he says it's "from this book I read once...a graphic novel. You know, like a comic book." This lighter appears later in the series when Yorick and Agent 355 are being held by Russian agents at gunpoint, who find the lighter and take offense to it.[volume & issue needed]

IGN declared Preacher the third-greatest Vertigo comic, after Swamp Thing and Sandman.[14]

Jesse Custer was ranked the 11th Greatest Comic Book Character by Empire magazine.[15] The Saint of Killers was ranked at number 42 on the same list.
 
HAR125LEM said:
Anything DC/VERTIGO is ripe for adaption.

Both ABC and NBC have already ripped off "FABLES" (Yeah. I'm still on that rant) with 'ONCE UPON A TIME" and "GRIMM".

There were also several pitches of "Y: THE LAST MAN". Haven't heard much since.

HBO and SHOWTIME both backed out of "PREACHER". That was my favorite DC/VERTIGO series ever.

And as "SCALPED" concludes, I hope someone has the balls to pitch it to cable networks. It sure as hell would put a lot of Native American Actors to work.
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Film adaptation

Garth Ennis, feeling Preacher would translate perfectly as a film, sold the film rights to Electric Entertainment. Rachel Talalay was hired to direct, with Ennis writing the script. Rupert Harvey and Tom Astor were set as producers. By May 1998, Ennis completed three drafts of the script, based largely on the Gone to Texas story arc.[2] The filmmakers found it difficult financing Preacher because investors found the idea religiously controversial. Ennis approached Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier to help finance the film under their View Askew Productions banner. Ennis, Smith and Mosier pitched Preacher to Bob Weinstein at Miramax Films.

Weinstein was confused by the characterization of Jesse Custer. Miramax also did not want to share the box office gross with Electric Entertainment, ultimately dropping the pitch. By May 2000, Smith and Mosier were still attached to produce with Talalay directing, but Smith did not know the status of Preacher, feeling it would languish in development hell. By then, Storm Entertainment, a UK-based production company known for their work on independent films, joined the production with Electric Entertainment.[2] In September 2001, the two companies announced Preacher had been greenlighted to commence pre-production, with filming to begin in November and Talaly still directing Ennis' script. The production and start dates were pushed back because of financial issuesof the $25 million projected budget.

James Marsden was cast in the lead role as Jesse Custer sometime in 2002. He explained, "It was something I never knew anything about, but once I got my hands on the comic books, I was blown away by it." In a March 2004 interview, Marsden said the filmmakers were hoping for filming to start the following August. With the full-length film adaptation eventually abandoned with budgetary concerns,

HBO announced in November 2006 that they commissioned Mark Steven Johnson and Howard Deutch to produce a television pilot. Johnson was to write with Deutch directing. Impressed with Johnson's pilot script, HBO had him write the series bible for the first season. Johnson originally planned "to turn each comic book issue into a single episode" on a shot-for-shot basis. "I gave [HBO] the comics, and I said, 'Every issue is an hour'. Garth Ennis said 'You don't have to be so beholden to the comic'. And I'm like, 'No, no, no. It's got to be like the comic'."​

Johnson also wanted to make sure that one-shots were included as well.[11] Johnson refrained his comments, citing new storylines conceived by Ennis. "Well there would be nothing new to add if we did that so Garth [Ennis] and I have been creating new stories for the series," he said. "I love the book so much and I was telling Garth that he has to make the stories we are coming up with as comics because I want to see them."[9] By August 2008, new studio executives at HBO decided to abandon the idea, finding it too stylistically dark and religiously controversial.[12] Columbia Pictures then purchased the film rights in October 2008 with Sam Mendes directing. Neal H. Moritz and Jason Netter are producing the film. The previous scripts written by Ennis will not be used.
 
HAR125LEM said:
Anything DC/VERTIGO is ripe for adaption.

Both ABC and NBC have already ripped off "FABLES" (Yeah. I'm still on that rant) with 'ONCE UPON A TIME" and "GRIMM".

There were also several pitches of "Y: THE LAST MAN". Haven't heard much since.

HBO and SHOWTIME both backed out of "PREACHER". That was my favorite DC/VERTIGO series ever.

And as "SCALPED" concludes, I hope someone has the balls to pitch it to cable networks. It sure as hell would put a lot of Native American Actors to work.
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Y:The Last Man


The film rights to the series have been acquired by New Line Cinema (a sister company to Vertigo), and as of July 24, 2007 screenwriter Carl Ellsworth and director D. J. Caruso, the team behind Disturbia, were attached to the project with David S. Goyer as a producer.[4]

Caruso intended on finishing the script in the summer and filming during the fall of 2008. The script would be a rewrite of the original draft written by Vaughan himself.[5]
A draft of Vaughan's screenplay has been posted online.[6]
Caruso maintained that the source material was too much to be told in one film and his team decided to concentrate on the best first film they could, which would end somewhere around issue 14 of the comic series. The entire comic series as a whole would be plotted into three films.[7] Actor Shia LaBeouf, who has worked with these writers for the films Disturbia and Eagle Eye, has previously stated that he is unwilling to play the role of Yorick. According to LaBeouf, the role is far too similar to the character Sam Witwicky, which he portrays in the Transformers series.[8] In an interview conducted by collider.com, LaBeouf stated that there is still a chance that he would be starring.[9] Caruso planned to use a real monkey, and not a CGI construct, to play Ampersand.[5] Caruso also said he would like to have Alicia Keys for the part of Agent 355.[10] Zachary Levi, who plays the lead in the TV series Chuck, has expressed interest in playing Yorick as he is a fan of the comic book series, even going as far as having his character Chuck Bartowski read the Y: The Last Man graphic novel in an episode in Season 3.

As of November 2010, the film version is still on hold. Caruso remained "loosely attached" to the project, but New Line refused to budge on its development as a stand-alone movie as opposed to the trilogy Caruso (who has since moved on to direct the science fiction film I Am Number Four) preferred.[11] Caruso, maintaining "I didn't think that you could take Yorick's story and put it in to a two-hour movie and do it justice... I just feel like it's too much for one screenplay," ultimately walked away from the project.[12]

French director Louis Leterrier has also expressed interest in adapting the series for television.[13]
 
100 Bullets! That series is custom made for a weekly series! With new and different characters coming in every couple of episodes the story arcs could go all over the place. And this before they even got to the details of the Organization behind it.

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ansatsusha_gouki said:
Y:The Last Man


The film rights to the series have been acquired by New Line Cinema (a sister company to Vertigo), and as of July 24, 2007 screenwriter Carl Ellsworth and director D. J. Caruso, the team behind Disturbia, were attached to the project with David S. Goyer as a producer.[4]

Caruso intended on finishing the script in the summer and filming during the fall of 2008. The script would be a rewrite of the original draft written by Vaughan himself.[5]
A draft of Vaughan's screenplay has been posted online.[6]
Caruso maintained that the source material was too much to be told in one film and his team decided to concentrate on the best first film they could, which would end somewhere around issue 14 of the comic series. The entire comic series as a whole would be plotted into three films.[7] Actor Shia LaBeouf, who has worked with these writers for the films Disturbia and Eagle Eye, has previously stated that he is unwilling to play the role of Yorick. According to LaBeouf, the role is far too similar to the character Sam Witwicky, which he portrays in the Transformers series.[8] In an interview conducted by collider.com, LaBeouf stated that there is still a chance that he would be starring.[9] Caruso planned to use a real monkey, and not a CGI construct, to play Ampersand.[5] Caruso also said he would like to have Alicia Keys for the part of Agent 355.[10] Zachary Levi, who plays the lead in the TV series Chuck, has expressed interest in playing Yorick as he is a fan of the comic book series, even going as far as having his character Chuck Bartowski read the Y: The Last Man graphic novel in an episode in Season 3.

As of November 2010, the film version is still on hold. Caruso remained "loosely attached" to the project, but New Line refused to budge on its development as a stand-alone movie as opposed to the trilogy Caruso (who has since moved on to direct the science fiction film I Am Number Four) preferred.[11] Caruso, maintaining "I didn't think that you could take Yorick's story and put it in to a two-hour movie and do it justice... I just feel like it's too much for one screenplay," ultimately walked away from the project.[12]

French director Louis Leterrier has also expressed interest in adapting the series for television.[13]
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This would be GREAT as a series.
 
GreedySmurf said:
100 Bullets! That series is custom made for a weekly series! With new and different characters coming in every couple of episodes the story arcs could go all over the place. And this before they even got to the details of the Organization behind it.

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Showtime was supposed to be making this into a series..dunno if they still are

HBO need to do a series based off this

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no.. I'm thinking
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or The Exiles..
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because the possibilities for stories and characters are endless...:yes::yes::yes:
 
The Strange Talent of Luther Strode
Archer & Armstrong
Bodybags

would all make good television series
 
I was working on Luke Cage and I think that would actually be a very good series also.

Just go with the look of The Americans on FX and set it in the 70s...start off in the prison trying to survive and use flashbacks to the time growing up and have many allusions and foreshadowing to him becoming Powerman and weave in popular 70s versions of B-List existing Marvel characters.

The n end the 1st season with the testing and make the headband part of the restraints and the yellow jumpsuit and chains part of the experiment's prison garb.

Later have the big escape and dealing with capture, adjusting to his powers both physically and mentally (good way to introduce Iron Fist and the Dragons), social issues and encountering other heroes and villains.

*BGOLcopyright:D
 
Anything from the Vertigo line will change the game, if they stay true to th source material (i.e. Preacher, Y The Last Man, Fables ( which Once Upon A Time is biting from, hard!), DMZ & a real version of Constantine).
 
I am NOT into the comics but I am going to Suggest that none of them Be besmirched by television. We are in rare air now. TV execs see just how stupid the American public is. Actors are just too expensive And have been deemed almost on necessary for tv. reality TV is in now and it seems forever because they will work for next to nothing which means an even greater bottom line for TV execs.

This new Avenger show won't last long at all. it will be too expensive. networks have gotten greedy from reality shows costing me really nothing to produce and all the while raking in money from advertisements further separating the black from the red.

So your favorite comic book turned into a TV show I would say no. a movie, maybe if they do it right. but the arrogance of Hollywood writers completely ignoring 20 to 30 years of already written back stories situations circumstances and dialogue so they can plant their own flag on the moon because the flag that was there just wasn't good enough, even though that flag brought tens of millions of fans. they couldn't even stay close to the storyline of The Walking Dead... I mean not even close.

TV as we knew it growing up is dead. reality TV is here to stay unfortunately. I rebell by not watching it but its just me. the majority of American public is stupid noted for how long Jersey Shore State on TV, the popularity of honey Boo Boo and her stupid parents, and stupid shows like Long Island medium and redneck gypsy. congratulations America you killed television.
 
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I had heard about this....

it was SUPPOSED to be like 25 issues got cut to 4...

this had the blueprint of something really strong and different especailly with the female leads and rough crime tone.

Looking back...this ould have made a SERIOUS drama series on FX
 

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