Stories by @nathanbates

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Vol. 3 - Century

Alan Moore’s wild and hilarious fan fic opus sees famed literary characters Mina Murray, Allan Quatermain, Orlando and others face off against the antichrist who is actually Harry Potter.

The Prestige (gender-swapped)

A tale of two (wo)men who lock themselves into a increasingly deathly cycle of revenge after one’s spouse is accidentally killed by the other during an onstage magical performance.

Christopher Nolan’s Doctor Strange (2006)

After a rich guy’s life gets turned upside down, he travels the world, joins a secret organization and becomes a superhero.

The Young Butler (2018)

Heavily inspired by (i.e. ripping-off) Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel The Remains of the Day and its Merchant Ivory film adaptation, the ever loyal butler to the Wayne dynasty reflects on his past, his loyalty to slain patriarch Thomas and silent bow made to protect his heir, Bruce.

Space Oddity

A film adaptation of the David Bowie song.

Battle Beneath the Stars

A farm boy, two bickering clerks, an aging hermit, a lovable rogue and his scruffy compatriot and a strong willed heiress ban together to stop a ruthless railroad tycoon and his hired thugs from deposing more innocent settlers from their lands.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them / The Crimes of Grindelwald (2016-18)

Inspired by mr_funcaster, what if the Harry Pottee prequel/spin-off series had a different cast and creative team behind it?

Stephen King’s The Stand (2021)

The fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of 108-year-old Mother Abagail and a handful of survivors including Stu Redman, an ordinary working-class factory man; Nadine Cross, a deeply conflicted woman; Frannie Goldsmith, a pregnant young woman; and Nick Andros, a young deaf and mute man. Their worst nightmares are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the Dark Man.

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2017)

A tale of power and responsibility. Back from his brief stint as an Avenger during the events of Civil War, Peter Parker, the amazing Spider-Man, is determined to prove himself worthy of full time membership to Tony Stark. Looking to make the biggest impact possible, though, Peter overlooks certain small time crooks whose schemes quickly snowball into a larger threat that will endanger his friends and family.

Zack Snyder’s DUNE

Dune but it’s the Snyder Cut.

GOBLIN

Surrounded by the ungrateful and backstabbing his whole life, a simple and hard working multimillionaire gives in to his deepest, darkest impulses after being exposed to an experimental performance enhancing serum that creates in him a split personality.

Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth

The vigilante Batman is called upon to quell a maddening riot taking place in the infamous Arkham Asylum, a psychiatric hospital housing the most dangerous supervillains in Gotham City.

Young Frankenstein (2014)

Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Arriving at the castle, Dr. Frankenstein soon begins to recreate his grandfather's experiments with the help of servants Igor, Inga and the fearsome Frau Blücher.

Generic Christopher Nolan Science Fiction Action Thriller

Just as they've met the love of their life and begins transitioning into a normal life, a master thief is lured back by an old acquaintance with a high risk/high reward assignment - using experimental and volatile time travel technology, the thief and their team (made up entirely of people who have never met one another) will sabotage a shadowy corporation’s sudden rise to power (by sudden, we mean some 3 years prior) by stealing delicate information concerning, you guessed it: time travel. Hot on their trail, however, are two hostile factions: the corporation’s own temporal security and a mysterious task force that doesn’t seem entirely committed to aiding or hindering the thief and his team (you can probably guess the twist there.) And what will happen when the thief begins asking questions of his new employers?

Serpico (2013)

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

Christopher Nolan’s DUNE

Clearly I’m just here to kill the time.

Dune: Part Two Characters

Fan cast some characters that will/might appear in Dune: Part II.

At Eternity’s Gate

Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.

Angel Heart (2022)

Harry Angel, a New York City private investigator, is hired to solve the disappearance of a man known as Johnny Favorite. His investigation takes him to New Orleans, where he becomes embroiled in a series of brutal murders.

Spoilt for War

Generic Bond reboot cast. Agent 007 and his MI6 cohorts are pitted against an egomaniacal American multibillionaire funding a “crusade on criminality” with his vast wealth, inevitably leading to the suffering of countless innocents.