Stories by @captainwhaddock

Andrew

This is the story of former Prince Andrew, in the style of the Wolf of Wall Street.

Falco (TV Series)

Marcus Didius Falco is a private investigator working in first century Rome. He's described as 'Roman Emperor Vespasian's smart-aleck PI'. Falco moves around Rome's empire, working for hire even in Roman Britain. (This is a TV Series based on the Marcus Didius Falco Books by Lindsey Davis. Each series is made up of four, feature-legth episodes that adapts all 20 books in the series)

The Mysterious Mr. Quin (TV Series)

Harley Quin is an enigma. Even his friend Mr. Satterthwaite is unable to understand how the man seems to appear and disappear almost like a trick of light - and when he does appear it's usually in the sparkle of sunshine, or surrounded by a spectrum of coloured light pouring through a stained glass window. Indeed, he is Harlequin. The only consistent thing about the mysterious Mr. Quin is that his presence is always a harbinger of love .. or death. (This is a TV Show adaptation of the Mr Quin Stories by Agatha Christie. Each Episode is based the 14 short stories from the Mysterious Mr. Quin collection with later episodes being based on non-Quin stories, altered to insert Quin and Satterthwaite into the story.)

Rumpole (Remake)

What if someone like Britbox of BBC iPlayer did a modern version of the 1975 Court Room Drama series by formaer Barrister, John Mortimer? All the episodes are based on the original John Mortimer scripts, as well as the iriginal storie writen for the books.

The Perfect Sherlock Holmes Cast

If you could cast your perfect Sherlock Holmes movie, who would you cast? It dons't matter if your dead, alive, retired or too old. You can have who every you want, just as long as you feel they are perfect for the role.

Blake and Mortimer: Movie Franchie

If Hollywood were to make a film series of Blake and Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs, how would they do it? I envision this as a trilogy, composed of the following adaptations in the following order. The Secret of the Swardfish, the Yellow M and the Time Trap. This would use the same style as the comics, but in live-action. Think something like the Kingsmen, mixed with the Kenneth Brahnna Poirot movies.

Casting Father Brown in Diffrent Dacades

There were a lot of Father Brown Adaptations before Mark Williams made the character a house hold name. But there were some people who could have been cast in the role who can no longer do it becuse of age or being dead. So who could have played the Priest in diffrent eras and dacades?

Casting Agatha Christie Characters

If they were to do any more adaptations of Agatha Christie's books, who should they cast in all the key roles. This is for all the main characters who apear in more and one book and not the minor ones who apear just ones in stand alone books.

Dorothy L. Sayers' Wimsey

Lord Peter Wimsey is a dilettante who solves mysteries for his own amusement and is the archetype of the British Gentleman Detective. He is often assisted in his investigations by his valet and former batman, Mervyn Bunter, Cheif Inspector Charles Parker; and Mystery Author and Love Interest: Harriet Vane, who later becomes his wife. (This is a TV show adaptation of all 12 novels and 21 short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers, featuring the Gentelman Detective: Lord Peter Wismey. Every episode is 50 mineuts with the short stories being one epsiode and the novels being two.)

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

A small-time crook with big boss ambitions. While the Great Depression inflicts hardship across the nation, Chicago’s underworld festers with , scandal, violence and corruption. It’s the perfect storm for a schemer like Ui, his reputation as hot as hell. Feeding on fear, Ui and his ruthless cronies make back-alley deals to protect the workers. So far, so bad. But his helpless targets watch on as Ui's influence gains dangerous momentum and his venom threatens to seep through the markets, politics and the law to seize the city – and beyond. This is a man on a mission for power. Will anyone stop him? https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-resistible-rise-of-arturo-ui/

Journey to the Center of the Earth: 2D Animated Movie

This was inspired by Rick Wakeman's 1974 Album, based on the Jules Verne Novel from 1864, as well as the 2001 Disney movie "Atlantis: The Lost Empire".

Yes, Mr President (Yes Minister U.S.A) 1989

We've had American remakes of Red Dwarf, the I.T. Crowd and Peep Show, but not of one that probably deserves it. I looked at shows like Veep and House of Cards and realised that Yes Minister and it's sequel show Yes Prime Minister, would the only real choice for an American remake. Just replace Number 10 with the white house and you've got a show. So for this version, Jim Haket is now the President of the United States and Humphrey Appleby is the Director of the United States Secret Service along with Bernard Woolley. There is also the first Lady: Annie Hacker and Vice President Arnold Robinson. These wouldn't be their names for this series but I just used the original named for claraty and simplisaty.

Ken Russell's Jesus Christ Superstar

What if Ken Russell had directed the 1973 movie version of Jesus Christ Superstar in the same way he did Tommy and Liztamania two years later?

Dark Side of the Moon: The Pink Floyd Biopic

This is what I would do if I could write and produce a Biopic of one of my favourite bands, "Pink Floyd". This would not be a straightforward cradle-to-grave story like Bohemian Rhapsody or Walk Hard; it would be a more abstract take on the bands, like one of their music videos or a projection reel they would play during their shows on the circular screen. And it uses the band's most iconic album "Dark Side of the Moon" as a template for the story. Image used: https://www.redbubble.com/i/poster/Bright-Side-Of-The-Sun-Dark-Side-Of-the-Moon-re-imagined-Pink-Floyd-by-RPP6/156778258.LVTDI

What If "I" Did a Superman Reboot in 2004?

Jonathan and Martha Kent are simple, childless farmers from the town of Smallville. But one day, a strange vessel with what appears to be a giant S on it cracks near their farm. Inside, they find a newborn baby and, with no other option, adopt it and name it Clark. Over time, they realise he is no ordinary kid as he has unbelievable powers. He also has a little robot friend named K to keep him company. As he grows up, Jonathan tries to teach his adopted son how to control his powers, but Clark decides to use his powers to help people. When he saves dozens from several natural disasters, not only does it get him in trouble with his father, but it also attracts the Men in Black. Clark (now going by the moniker of Superman) breaks into Area 51 and find out that he is being hunted by a strange alien computer called Brainiac, who has his pod. Clark steals the pod back and finds a recording inside by his real father about how his home world was destroyed centuries ago by Brainiac. With this new sense of justice, Superman suits up and flies off to face Brainiac before he destroys the Earth. (This is my idea for how "I" would Reboot Superman if I were hired in the early 2000s for the Superman Flyby Project. This version is basically Superman's origin story, in the style of a Steven Spialburg movie like E.T., while also combining elements of the Flyby script with elements from Superman Lives.

A Better Pink Panther Reboot

The year is 1964, the Maharaja of Lugash is having a national state visit to Paris, in order to negotiate the country's independence from France. As a gift of friendship, the Maharaja gives the French Government Lugash’s most prized treasure, «The Pink Panther Diamond». But at the peace conference, the Pink Panther is stolen, and Commissioner Dreyfus is told by the Maharaja to put his best detective on the case. However, Sargeant Francois accidentally hires the police force's worst Detective, "Inspector Jacques Clouseau". To make sure Clouseau doesn’t mess things up, Dreyfus hires a Chinese martial arts expert called Cato Fong to train Clouseau for his mission. Dreyfus tells Clouseau to investigate former jewel thief "Sir Charles Lytton" but after investigating him, Clouseau believe that he can’t have stolen the Pink Panther and so works with his to find out who is the real culprit. Clouseau suspects that the culprit must be a member of the Lugash Royel Family and so investigates the Maharaja’s Daughter. However, she and Clouseau end up falling in love, which not only gets him in trouble with the Maharaja but also drives Dreyfus to try to kill Clouseau for his incompetence. (This is my idea for a Pink Panther Reboot that's better than the 2006 Steve Martine movie)

Smile: The Life of Brain Wilson

Brian Wilson is one of the most fascinating figures in music history, and it is no surprise that every film about the Beach Boys has inevitably focused more on him than any of the other members. Love and Mercy gave us a very good portrait of the man, but somehow, I don't feel that's enough. Brian Wilson did so much for music, and yet no one really knows about him. So much of his work is groundbreaking, even by today's standards. When you listen to it, it makes you feel like you're in the room with the Beach Boys as they're recording it. So I want to see a movie about Brian Wilson that's told through the music itself, showing what it looks like inside his head. This would be a much more surreal, psychedelic, dream-like version of his life, making you feel like you're living in the 60s with him. Just think something like Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises or Ken Russell's Mahler, but set in the '60s with Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. I hope it wouldn't just do the cradle-to-grave format that was satires in Walk Hard, but I think it might work.

The Singing Detective (Remake)

Dennis Potter's 1986 Mini-Series The Singing Detective is an excellent concept ruined by axes and flowery dialogue. It has a great central premise about a writer who only feels alive in the world of his novels, and his failure to connect with others, and it has a fantastic way of telling his story through psychoanalysis. But the story itself is way too long, with overly long dialogue scenes and portentous writing that feels more like a parody of bad playwriting than an actual story. So, that's why I feel they should remake the serial with a more modern script that focuses on the characters more and on the life story of the Main Character. You could even add in elements from Potter's other plays, like Karaoke and Cold Lazarus. If they had this show now with better writing and storytelling and with a greater emphasis of Fraudian and Jungian psycology, then I think it would be even more of a hit than it was in late 80s when it first premired.

Edward II (1967)

After seeing Musical Hell's video on 1967s Camelot starring Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave, I genualy wanted King Arther to hook up wit Sir Lancelot. This was mainly because I had then bacame interested in Christopher Marlowe's 1564 play "Edward II". So I sintantly started to imagine Camelot as an adaptation of the play with Arther as Edward, Lancelot as Gavinston and Gwenavir as Isabella.

Christopher Marlowe's Edward II

The King is dead, long live the King. And his boyfriend. When Edward II insists on ruling with the man he loves by his side, the Palace refuses. The establishment conspires to restore the natural order, plunging the country into a civil war and threatening the very existence of the monarchy. Better a dead king than a gay king.