I hope Moorcock sees those, to understand the pent-up demand for his shit in more than just novel and comics format.
I mean, the guy has been trying to get actual screen adaptations made of his work, the only one that actually got made was an adaptation of the Jerry Cornelius novel The Final Programe, and that movie messed up the hermaphrodite at the end by turning it into a hairy caveman shambling across a piss ocean.
There was an attempt at making an Elric video game in the 90s, but that never gained traction. Wendy Pini tried to make an Elric animation for a college project but gave up because she couldn't make it work. Recently in 2019 adaptations for Elric and the first Hawkmoon series were announced as being optioned, Elric by New Republic Pictures with Glen Mazzara and Vaun Wilmont to do the adaptation, and the BBC was doing History of the Runestaff with Steve Thompson writing it, but both shows seem to be stuck in development hell with no cast announced or production even happening since the adaptations were announced. Some fans have even spread rumors that the Elric show was cancelled for being too similar to Witcher and A Song of Ice and Fire.
Then in 2021 an Elric video game was announced by developers Runatyr and Aurora Punks, they just announced they were making it and were working with Moorcock, but they went radio silent on that, with Aurora Punks in September 2023 saying on Twitter they would be revealing something sometime soon, and nothing has come of that since, also Runatyr apparently doesn't have a website anymore.
It seems like the only place Moorcock succeeds with adaptations is comics. Hopefully the two separate Elric TTRPG announcements (Dragonbane and Dungeon Crawl Classics) might lead to greater interest in adapting his work. Or maybe studios are waiting for the 86-year-old anarchist/communist to die first.
What are the chances of Mournblade, Stormbringer's twin, showing up in blind bags?
I assume with one of the other two Moorcock figures. Given the polar bears seen at tables at events, I think Erekose/John Daker's second adventure is getting a figure. Third figure would probably be Corum, or maybe Hawkmoon. Would be funny if it's Jerry Cornelius.
Anyway, in terms other Sword and Sorcery characters they could do, Karl Edward Wagner's Kane would be neat (Frazetta did do some art pieces of him, so maybe Franky can see if they can get in touch with Wagner's estate), maybe Bran Mak Morn. Or characters from Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword.
In terms of female characters, maybe Red Sonya of Rogatino*, or Jirel of Joiry, or Dark Agnes de Chastillon.
In terms of potential high/epic fantasy characters, some Cosmere figures would be cool, a Steel Inquisitor would be an interesting figure to see on a shelf. Maybe Malazan, maybe First Law. Second Apocalypse is probably unlikely, but The Most Violent of All Men would be fun.
Personal choice would be figures of characters from Kill Six Billion Demons.
*Boss Fight's Steampunk Red Sonja is the closest thing to an actual Red Sonya figure that exists.
Been lurking for a while now, decided to make an account.
Also, the one who keeps calling Moorcock more cock is wrong, given the spelling, a moor is a piece of uncultivated land or a boggy area, so technically speaking, his name is swamp dick.
