New Elric Film?

With the new Elric role-plaing game coming out from Mongoose Publishing there has been some talk of the Elric film that is in the works. Universal own the rights and are working with Michael Moorcock and with The Golden Compass being released soon the romours are they are still interested in another Fantasy Noir film.

An Elric film could actually happen!



So here is my guess on who will play the doomed Melnibone emperor with his Black Sword.



Jonathan Rhys Meyers was excellent in Gormenghast and certainly looks the part!

Elric Cover by Chris Quilliams

This is a beautiful cover of Mongoose's new Elric RPG by Chris Quilliams.



See more at his on-line gallery here:
http://www.epilogue.net/cgi/database/art/list.pl?gallery=15546

However I found Elric to look too chunky and muscular in this picture. His face should look more elfin and his body fram should be more willowy.

So I had a go with more Adobe Photoshop skills and tried to make him look a little better.
I thined his frame by 25% and made his face look very elfin with a pointed chin and pointed ears. I also worked on Stormbringer, his sword to make it look bigger but with a slender waist at the hilt. I also altered the colours to make them richer; bringing out the dead bodies at his feet and making the sky look better, Elric himself was made more distinctive.



So does it look better?