Curated category
English-language fantasy adventure films
- The Mandalorian and GroguJon Favreau pitched a Star Wars television series featuring Mandalorians to Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy in 2017.
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)Walt Disney stood before his staff on the evening of the 30th of October 1934, and acted out an entire story for three hours.
- The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)Ralph Bakshi first encountered J.R.R. Tolkien's writing in the mid-1950s while working as an animator for Terrytoons. He began trying to convince people that…
- The Avengers (2012 film)In April 2005, Marvel Studios received a loan from Merrill Lynch to begin developing a film based on the Avengers. Avi Arad, the CEO of Marvel Studios…
- Born of HopeKate Madison held a vision for a Tolkien fan film in 2003. She wanted to submit work to the Tolkien Fan Film Exhibition that year.
- Erik the VikingTerry Jones published The Saga of Erik the Viking in 1983 as a children's book. He wrote and directed the film version released in 1989, but the plot…
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among ThievesIn May 2013, Warner Bros. Pictures and Sweetpea Entertainment announced a film based on Dungeons & Dragons with David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick writing the…
- Barbie (film)The concept of a live-action Barbie film first emerged in the mid-1980s at Cannon Films, but nothing came to fruition. Renewed development began in September…
- The 13th WarriorMichael Crichton published his novel Eaters of the Dead in 1976. This book merged two distinct historical threads into a single narrative.
- Yellow Submarine (film)The land falls under a surprise attack from the music-hating Blue Meanies, who live beyond the mountains. A music-proof glass globe imprisons the band and…