Dredd producer wants to make R rated Mega Man

[Kevin Hamilton]

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One of the executive producers for 2012’s Dredd is branching out into video game adaptations, and wants Mega Man to be one of them. Dredd producer Adi Shankar has stayed busy in recent years, producing a number of unique shorts like The Punisher: Dirty Laundry, Venom: Truth In Journalism, and a dark reimagining of Power Rangers called Power/Rangers. Now, Shankar is now helming Netflix’s upcoming series based on the storied Castlevania video game franchise.

Shankar is clearly in an adventurous mood with his current wave of projects, and appears unafraid of the “video game curse” as he readies Castlevania for a 2017 release. But he doesn’t want to stop there with video game adaptations, and he revealed in a new interview that the classic Mega Man franchise could be next on his radar.

Speaking with WWG, Shankar discussed his recent run of films and series based on what he termed “nerd culture.” He explained how he has followed the cultural shift in the popularity of comic books, video games, and other elements of nerd culture that has spawned massive success in recent years. When asked what particular adaptations he’d like to make in the future, he said, “I’d love to do a hard-R Mega Man.”

Um..f***in..what?

[DragonMasterP]

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If he had a hand in making Dredd which was one of my favorite comic book movies in recent memory then I say let him do what he wants.

He's earned a ton of good faith.

[Heartbreaker]

What next? R-rated Sesame Street?

[wildojinx]

How would that even work?

[tigermaskxxxvii]

In the movie someone gets called a "f***ing f*****!", but then when it's shown on basic cable the line is changed to "you're a film-flam flash!"

[BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps]

Nah.

And I enjoyed Dredd. But We don't need an adult Mega Man. He's a cute and colorful kids' property.

[MrBRulzOK]

I could see an R-Rated Mega Man X series. That seems like the sort of world that could work as a grittier and darker setting.

Classic Mega Man, where guys named Top Man and Spring Man exist? Not so much.

[Deleted]

If he means an R-rated MegaMan X okay since I think that would pretty well.

Classic MegaMan? AW HELL NAW.

[wildojinx]

Apr 10, 2017 21:48:15 GMT -5 tigermaskxxxvii said:

In the movie someone gets called a "f***ing f*****!", but then when it's shown on basic cable the line is changed to "you're a film-flam flash!"

"Yippie Ki-Yay Falcon-Man!"

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Apr 10, 2017 21:56:56 GMT -5 wildojinx said:

Apr 10, 2017 21:48:15 GMT -5 tigermaskxxxvii said:

In the movie someone gets called a "f***ing f*****!", but then when it's shown on basic cable the line is changed to "you're a film-flam flash!"

"Yippie Ki-Yay Falcon-Man!"

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FIND A STRANGER IN THE ALPS

[xCompackx]

I was going to say "Next let's make a really grungy Super Mario Bros movie" in response to this idea and then I realized they actually f***ing did that.

Also, lol @ "rated R Mega Man".

[Glitch]

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Or, you know, just make your R-rated robot gorefest and leave the cute kids' video game out of it.

Related, I'm confident that Castlevania series is going to suck ass given that one producer quote that worked the word 'f***' in about eight times and kept comparing it to Game of Thrones.

[chazraps]

Make it just like the anime, only now we see Mega Man's dick.

Fair compromise?

[cosmo]

As long as they get The Protomen to do the soundtrack, they can make whatever kind of Mega Man movie they want.

[Big DSR Energy]

Apr 11, 2017 0:05:09 GMT -5 cosmo said:

As long as they get The Protomen to do the soundtrack, they can make whatever kind of Mega Man movie they want.

I was gonna say, just do a straight-up adaptation of the Protomen albums.

[Gawk Rivers]

Apr 10, 2017 21:43:53 GMT -5 Heartbreaker said:

What next? R-rated Sesame Street?

Oscar The Nihilist

[riseofsetian1981]

How would an R rated Mega Man X series even work though?

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

Goddammit, R-rated adaptations are becoming the new "dark and gritty reboot". It worked once or twice so now filmmakers assume it'll work for everything all the time, without understanding that the few times it did work is because the material lent itself well to it.

And seriously, can we have a movie adaptation of a video game that doesn't f*** with it and completely ignores what it's about? People say adaptations of video games just don't work but it might help if they actually adapted the video games for once.

And of course it's the Power/Rangers guy. Wonder if people are going to eat it up once they see an unofficial trailer as well, because people apparently still fall for this kind of shit.