Legend of Zelda :March 2027.
LOTR:the hunt for Gollum:December 2027.
Elden Ring : March 2028.
Mistborn :2029-2030(Unknown yet).
Game of the thrones movie:2029-2030(Unkown yet).
These five franchise are current among the most popular in the world right now and it’s possible that we get some amazing movies.I think if Zelda is decent it can easily do +1B ,Elden Ring game is super popular so more than 600 m could be possible,the rest are harder to predict.
by ann1920
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I don’t really think there is a ton of evidence that fantasy is making a comeback. But I am going to tell you what I think is happening.
Hollywood is searching for the next thing. These slots would have gone to comic book movies during the last decade. But now that the market has cooled for comic book films; they are hoping fantasy can pick up the slack. It’s a big gamble tbh.
None of these will help in making it comeback.
Hope so. Hopefully all these films end up both good and do well
This seems like more of a continuation of the trend of adapting existing IP to film.
Among these, only Elden Ring and especially GOT will have significant success, Gollum looks very bad. They won’t help the genre return to the center of attention in cinema, not if big names like Harry Potter and even Narnia stay on TV.
As a lifelong fantasy fan, it doesn’t just matter if they make more movies *(or shows)*…. **it matters if they’re good.**
Superheroes are not as strong anymore, so Hollywood is trying to find the next big thing
What the fuck are those AI faces for Aegon’s Conquest 😭
it could be
the ‘problem’ of course is these are all already based on hugely popular IP, so just because a Zelda or Elden Ring or LOTR movie does well, it doesn’t necessarily translate to an original/lesser known adaptation fantasy movie doing well.
Gollum will bomb ,Zelda will be a success,mistborn will be a modest success,and the rest under preform.
I think it might. It will probably not be the next big thing, but I can see fantasy becoming more regular again.
Zelda is May 2027
Im worried to some degree about all of these adaptations. For Mistborn and Elden Ring the budgets scope and limited size of the producing studios has me concerned about profitability. A24 and Apple both haven’t had a self distributed film make over 500 million. Sony has been an extremely hit or miss film studio and I worry about the quality of work that the producers of Zelda have done in the past.
I’m most concerned about LOTR and Aegons conquest due to the amount and quality of the material they are adapting. Last time middle earth tried to adapt 5 pgs of material we got the Battle of five armies. Aegons conquest can be summarized as “his forces were on the back foot and then he used his dragons and won, repeat until dorne”
I want these projects to succeed and I think taking established book epic fantasy into a movie is a great plan compared to other approaches in Hollywood but I’m still worried.
Also for Mistborn what do you think of going R rated and choosing Coralie Fargeat (director of the substance). Her style and being a French Filmmaker who can do dark makes her a perfect fit IMO if you want Mistborn to be as dark as the book.
That Elden Ring movies going to be bad lol
I think mistborn is a show
There’s going to be a Mistborn movie? I did not know that.
Wouldn’t making a comeback depend on whether they’re a success? I think only 2 of the projects you listed have much of a chance at success, depending on budgets. And it’s a bummer because that will lead to Hollywood shelving fantasy again for a while. The DnD movie was awesome, and it’s a bummer few people went to see it.
Nah, bruv. Grimdark sci-fi is the next big thing.