Steven Spielberg and the BFG.

Yep. Saw that on Channel 4 over here years ago. It's the main reason why I think this live action... thing... shall we say? is redundant at best.

I haven't, but now I want to. :)

I remember that. It was a more-than-reasonable adaptation.

By the power of the Necromaster◊, I resurrect this thread with...

...a first trailer!

This...kinda gave me chills in my spine. Good thing? :/

It's pretty suspenseful, and avoids showing too much of the plot too early.

Apparently Mark Rylance is playing the BFG. And Rebecca Hall and Bill Hader will be in it. And it's apparently the last script Melissa Mathison wrote before she passed away last month. (She wrote ET, too.)

It's a little funny to me, being reminded that in childhood 12 am to 3am was "the scary hours" and not the "oh-my-gosh-why-am-i-still-awake-finish-this-term-paper-already-well-just-one-more-cat-video" hours.

edited 9th Dec '15 1:15:47 PM by Tuckerscreator

I always loved this book as a kid... Its Spielberg. I have hope. Should be interesting to see the fight scene in all of its glory... when the BFG gives a nightmare to one of the sleeping giants who starts an all out brawl?

Ah good, the comments have Doom jokes. As expected.

Doom jokes and Attack on Titan jokes.

why are there Doom jokes?

The BFG is a weapon in the video game Doom. It stands for Big Fucking Gun.

Ah.

That flew over my head (has never played DOOM)

So is it the Big Fucking Giant or the Big Friendly Gun?

Big Farting Giant. Which is actually accurate to the book.

First Official Poster for The BFG

When I tried reading this book when I was younger, I distinctly remember that the BFG referred to the regular-sized human beings as "human beans."

Seeing the poster use that term to refer to the creator of E.T. makes me consider it a nice touch.

It's Disney; they'll find some way to ruin it.

Well, MCU and Star Wars are pretty good, so I think that's a bit unfair.

That's because half of the planet would drop on them if they fucked those up.

I'm pretty sure many ruined movies had that kind of expectations.

Its Spielberg. There are far worse options.

Glad it's looking faithful to the book thus far.

Surpised that Petes Dragon of all things is getting more buzz here than this. Yeah, I know Spielberg can be overhyped at times, but he could hit it out of the park with ths one, based on what Ive seen.

Spielberg's last film of his that I gave a crap about was Schindler's List. Bear in mind I also saw Saving Private Ryan but there's one line in that that poisoned that film for me shortly after having watched it at the cinema and had a bit of time to think about it when my brain had got over that first thirty minutes or so. He's had a metric tonne of films as either producer or director since that I don't care about at all. This one? Well, he's not starting off on a good foot with it either.

Opinion is expected of a Slytherin (points to 's avatar).

But seriously, I have never heard of or read the book(s) and so have no idea what to expect. so that's probably for the best that I go in with little to no knowledge so my expectations are zero. They can't go any lower than that.....can they?