David Yates to Direct DOCTOR WHO Movie
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David Yates to Direct DOCTOR WHO Movie
David Yates, who directed the last four Harry Potter movies, is set to helm a big-screen adaptation of the popular and long-running TV series Doctor Who. For those unfamiliar with the series, it follows an alien known as The Doctor who goes around with a human companion on mostly episodic adventures across space and time. The Doctor is a “Time Lord” who travels in the TARDIS (which looks like a 1960s-style London police box), and he can be incarnated in different forms (i.e. new actors) up to twelve times and TV show is currently on the 11th Doctor (Matt Smith). However, Yates says his version will not follow the current TV series and will be a completely fresh approach. It’s a smart move because you don’t risk angering fans of the TV series, or forcing newcomers to catch up with a show that’s been on and off and back on the air from 1963 to 1989 and rebooted in 2005.
Hit the jump for more details on the movie.
Yates tells Variety,
“We’re looking at writers now. We’re going to spend two to three years to get it right. It needs quite a radical transformation to take it into the bigger arena.”
“We’re looking at writers now. We’re going to spend two to three years to get it right,” he said. “It needs quite a radical transformation to take it into the bigger arena.”
Yates found the material appealing because “the notion of the time-travelling Time Lord is such a strong one, because you can express story and drama in any dimension or time.” I’ve never seen an episode of Doctor Who, but Yates did an outstanding job on Harry Potter and I think Who fans should be excited to have such a talented director on the job. But perhaps Who fans feel differently, so sound off in the comments section about Yates getting the job and what you want to see in a big-screen Doctor Who movie.
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Yeah. I'd be down for a movie but not any sort of reimagining. The best thing about the current series is that it existsa in the same universe as the original episodes of the series.
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If it stars David Tennant and does not feature either Rose or River Song, I'm all in.
But it'll probably just be the "ultimate" showdown against the Daleks. Yawn.
But it'll probably just be the "ultimate" showdown against the Daleks. Yawn.
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I think many of the Marvel movies have proven that it is possible to take characters with 40 year histories and vast mythologies, make them accessible to new viewers, keep the essence of the character, and still make quality movies that satisfy long-term fans.
I don't know that it's LIKELY this will be the case with a Doctor Who movie, but it is possible.
I don't know that it's LIKELY this will be the case with a Doctor Who movie, but it is possible.
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Maybe it can take place in the same universe as the first two "Dr. Who" movies and Bernard Cribbins can revive his role as "Tom Campbell".
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I just can't fathom this working, unless it's a big screen adventure of one of the post re-boot Doctors. Or maybe something with McGann/Eccleston doing the Time War.
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The producers should get an American actor to play the doctor just to really piss people off. Shia Whatshisname would be great.
This is going to suck worse than the Star Trek reboot.
This is going to suck worse than the Star Trek reboot.
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If it was a big screen outting of the 10th or 11th Doctors (or a crossover adventure similar to that mini-episode just before the 10th crashed into the Titanic), I'd be all for that. But a "re-imagined" Doctor Who is not needed at the moment. Especially if they intend to not anger the fans.
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Funny to do a movie that's not in sync with the core fan base, but maybe they saw the box office for Serenity and got scared (I'm sure it's sold tons of media, though).
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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_trek_11/
94% fresh for the critics and 91% fresh for the audience. Yeah...it sucked hard.
God forbid anybody even thinks about changing a nerdy tv show. Maybe the movie should just be back to back to back to back to back episodes of the tv show and then everybody will be happy.
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It would be great if every movie sucked as much as the Star Trek reboot.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_trek_11/
94% fresh for the critics and 91% fresh for the audience. Yeah...it sucked hard.
God forbid anybody even thinks about changing a nerdy tv show. Maybe the movie should just be back to back to back to back to back episodes of the tv show and then everybody will be happy.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_trek_11/
94% fresh for the critics and 91% fresh for the audience. Yeah...it sucked hard.
God forbid anybody even thinks about changing a nerdy tv show. Maybe the movie should just be back to back to back to back to back episodes of the tv show and then everybody will be happy.
However, Doctor Who is still going strong. Bringing in some fresh blood to create a standalone adventure that would be accessible to non-fans while also entertaining fans would be great. However, a total reimagining is completely unnecessary.
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Star Trek was great. But it was also necesarry. The franchise was in the crapper so that semi-reboot was needed to bring it back to life.
However, Doctor Who is still going strong. Bringing in some fresh blood to create a standalone adventure that would be accessible to non-fans while also entertaining fans would be great. However, a total reimagining is completely unnecessary.
However, Doctor Who is still going strong. Bringing in some fresh blood to create a standalone adventure that would be accessible to non-fans while also entertaining fans would be great. However, a total reimagining is completely unnecessary.
In that case, I probably agree with the people saying it's not necessary. It would be like Star Trek Generations being a completely new Star Trek franchise rather than just using the Next Generation cast. It would have made no sense.
If Doctor Who is still going strong then I see no reason why the movie wouldn't just use the same cast and same universe as the tv show.
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It needs quite a radical transformation to take it into the bigger arena.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMSyIgydYfs
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I love Dr. Who and watch the current crew but I would not want to see a big screen outing with the latest Doctor. He's definitely a small screen doctor in my book. I'd rather see someone else in a big budget film. I'm not really wild about Yates but maybe he'd be okay.
A long, long time ago I used to want to see an American version with Gene Wilder in the role. Heresy, i know.
American or British, who should play the Doctor in a big screen version?
A long, long time ago I used to want to see an American version with Gene Wilder in the role. Heresy, i know.
American or British, who should play the Doctor in a big screen version?
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A crazy thought - what if they cast somebody that resembled one of the previous doctors (like 1-7), gave him similar dress and mannerisms, but didn't really pin it down in dialog? Let it be known via the unofficial channels that it was so-and-so Doctor, but don't bog down the movie with fanwanking so it could be an "unseen" adventure.
I'm just wondering because there was some speculation that Matt Smith was actually going to be playing a young First Doctor in a sort-of reboot of the show.
I'm just wondering because there was some speculation that Matt Smith was actually going to be playing a young First Doctor in a sort-of reboot of the show.