10 Cartoon Strips That Should Be Films

If Marmaduke can be a movie, why not this lot?

By James WhiteNov 10th 2009
1

Modesty Blaise

The Original: Created in 1963 by Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway, Blaise began life in a comic strip but has since gone on to conquer books, TV and even a movie or two.

Her background has been debated, though it's largely agreed that she worked her way up a criminal organisation, got rich, then retired and, bored by her wealth, accepted assignments for the British Secret Service.

Blaise has been filmed before in 1966 as a comedy thriller, as a 1982 TV movie that was intended to launch a series and one more effort (see below).

Our Director Pick: Quentin Tarantino. He loves the 'toon, was a sponsor for a less-than-successful, dumped-to-DVD 2003 Miramax take on the character (My Name Is Modesty) and has expressed interest in making his own version.

The Pitch: Have QT dig out the treatment he commissioned from, of all people, Neil Gaiman, let them work on the script together and give it the full-on Tarantino treatment.

And we'd cast Emily Blunt as Modesty, in a whacked-out, 60s-set tale of the character investigating an underworld protection racket run primarily by… a pair of puppeteers who turned to crime after the music halls closed down.

1 of 10

Latest Reviews

Comments

    • minorityreport

      Nov 10th 2009, 9:54

      Charley's War would make a great film, or a series of them, even.

      Alert a moderator

    • Mroobalooba

      Nov 10th 2009, 10:50

      Wha....no Calvin and Hobbes!!! And the bash street kids have appeared in two cartoons from the Beano videos although it would make a pretty mental film.

      Alert a moderator

    • cleanbreak

      Nov 10th 2009, 11:07

      I would have to say the uk's Dennis the menace. He could square off against the American version, the fight wouldn't last long I fear...

      Alert a moderator

    • Aberskene

      Nov 10th 2009, 15:47

      George and Lynne.....no?!

      Alert a moderator

    • CUrraNT

      Nov 10th 2009, 17:12

      What about Nemi out of the metro? The film: Finding Nemi The plot: She's looking for a good joke... unlike this one!

      Alert a moderator

    • CUrraNT

      Nov 10th 2009, 17:14

      What about Nemi out of The Metro? The Film: Finding Nemi The plot: She's looking for a funny joke... unlike this one!

      Alert a moderator

    • CUrraNT

      Nov 10th 2009, 17:14

      What about Nemi out of The Metro? The Film: Finding Nemi The plot: She's looking for a funny joke... unlike this one!

      Alert a moderator

    • CUrraNT

      Nov 10th 2009, 17:15

      What about Nemi out of The Metro? The Film: Finding Nemi The plot: She's looking for a funny joke... unlike this one!

      Alert a moderator

    • Lingdada

      Nov 11th 2009, 12:51

      The glorious Dan Dare was my Number One hero during the sixties,when I was but 10yrs old and like all kids of that decade,heavily into the SciFi fantasy world of glossy colour comics!! Bring back ths Mekon to a theatre near you!!

      Alert a moderator

    • mattburgess

      Nov 11th 2009, 18:20

      CALVIN. AND. HOBBES.

      Alert a moderator

Leave a comment

Latest News