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Wake up Dead Man - A Knives Out Mystery

The next part in Rian Johnson's Knives Out series

Akira Kurosawa's Sengoku Era Epic

If legendary director Akira Kurosawa made a historical epic depicting some section of the Sengoku Era, likely in the 1950s

Hercules as a 1950s Epic

The son of Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it.

Rango as a 1960s Western

Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.

Atlantis: The Lost Empire 1950s

A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.

Dune Dream Cast

A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.

The Long Way Round

The Story of Shizo Kanakuri the Japanese athlete who holds the Guinness World Record for longest time to complete a marathon at 54 years.

Star Wars Remake

the heroic development of Luke Skywalker as a Jedi and his fight against Palpatine's Galactic Empire alongside his sister, Leia and a scoundrel pilot Han Solo

Flash Gordon Remake

A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

Dune (1950s)

Paul Atreides as his family, the noble House Atreides, is thrust into a war for the deadly and inhospitable desert planet Arrakis.

Lord of the Rings Trilogy - Old Hollywood (1950s)

The Dark Lord Sauron creates a single ring to control the realms of Elves, Dwarves and Men in Middle-Earth. Now a band of lowly Hobbits must take the ring to Mount Doom, the volcano that created it, with the help of a fellowship of unlikely allies.

Armando Iannucci's 'The Assassination of Caesar'

A comedic take on the Assassination of Julius Caesar written and directed by Armando Iannucci, creator of Veep, the Thick of it, and the Death of Stalin.

Warhammer 40k: The Horus Heresy (Amazon)

Now with Warhammer partnered with Amazon Studios, this would be a long-running, big budget TV Series with Henry Cavill as Executive producer. This would, without a doubt, be the biggest of all their live-action projects.

The Martian (1950s)

An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue.

The Shining (1950s)

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.

Lord of the Rings trilogy by Akira Kurosawa

Frodo, a Christlike figure, learns that the ring has the power to control the entire world and, he discovers, to corrupt its owner. A fellowship of hobbits, elves, dwarfs, and men is formed to destroy the ring by casting it into the volcanic fires of Mount Doom, where it was forged.

Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Japanese Cast)

Frodo, a Christlike figure, learns that the ring has the power to control the entire world and, he discovers, to corrupt its owner. A fellowship of hobbits, elves, dwarfs, and men is formed to destroy the ring by casting it into the volcanic fires of the Crack of Doom, where it was forged.

The Mummy (1950s)

At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.

Kill Bill in Classic Hollywood (1960s)

After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.

Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (1960s)

SUGGEST REALISTIC CHOICES. PLEASE DON'T PUT A-LISTERS IN EVERY ROLE. a young Darth Vader, then Jedi Anakin Skywalker, and his master Obi-Wan Kenobi go from being friends to enemies, covering the tragedy of Anakin's descent into the dark side, as well as the origin of how the Galactic Republic became the Galactic Empire. Based on this awesome viral image. An edit of Alec Guinness and Sebastian Shaw