This one is a bit of a fan’s dream come true. Stephanie Thorpe and Paula Rhodes loved the comic book Elfquest so much they made their own fan short, Elfquest: A Fan Imagining. That’s now led to them being able to pick up the film rights to the property and announcing at the American Film Market that they’re going to make a movie version.
The plan is to set it up as in independent project, with funding now being sought. The news comes after years in which Hollywood has been mulling over making a movie about the bunch of elves who live on a primitive planet.
Wendy and Richard Pini created the comic series way back in 1978, and it’s managed to sustain popularity through various changes in the comic business, which have made it one of the rare titles that have been published by both Marvel and DC. The latter deal, which saw DC starting a four-year Elfquest run in 2003, led to Warner Bros picking up the film rights and planning a movie. They dropped that idea earlier this year, which has allowed Thorpe and Rhodes to step in.
As yet, it’s tough to say whether they’ll be successful in getting the cash together to make a proper Elfquest film, but you can take a look at their fan movie below and see if you think they’d make a good feature film. (Source: Variety)