The Original: Frank S Pepper was the man behind the football-based comic strip, launched in 1954 and so successful that it earned its own magazine between 1976 and 1995.
The main character is Roy Race, a blond-locked player, who became a firm favourite despite plenty of competition. It even managed to end in tragedy with Roy losing a foot in a helicopter crash. How's that for dark?
Our Director Pick: Jim Sheridan. Frankly, we need to rescue his career from the hell of Get Rich Or Die Tryin' and the mawkish-looking Brothers. Let's get him back firmly on British ground and have him make an effective take on Roy's life.
The Pitch: Meet Roy (Orlando Bloom - for international appeal, as we've got to sell "soch-er" to the Yanks and the Goal films, honestly, failed), star player for the Rovers. Plucked from an obscure local team, he's a fast-rising talent. But some people will do anything to make sure he doesn't help the Rovers win the FA Cup…
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minorityreport
Nov 10th 2009, 9:54
Charley's War would make a great film, or a series of them, even.
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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.
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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...
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Aberskene
Nov 10th 2009, 15:47
George and Lynne.....no?!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!!
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mattburgess
Nov 11th 2009, 18:20
CALVIN. AND. HOBBES.
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