Peoples reaction to my ideas actually has me thinking some of the ideas are even better than I originally thought. Before that I think it is fair to remind everyone that we are just doing a role play. For some reason it feels like people are looking for a sure thing as far as movie success and that only really exists if we do a superhero movie and even then it would only be a marvel or possibly the next DC movie. Anyways everything you guys just said about why a specific video game wouldn't work is in fact a reason to pick that movie I think.

Remember for a role play to be interesting things need to happen. Everything going according to plan would be pretty boring after all. 

Also picking something that everyone knows about is something I would ask we avoid. For many people what the movie is about has no real weight or importance. "My job is to make sure the camera works." Is the mentality for a lot of people. Also it is very common for a crew to familiar themselves with a production if it were to be needed. This would mean people like set design, costume and makeup, even the people doing action sequences would all have to interact with people who do know about the series (A consultant character for example) or some of the writers and producers. 

Not knowing about something would be a HUGE advantage for your character to gain conversation scenes and honestly be a great way for our characters to get to know each other. If it is a video game perhaps people watch as they take turns playing the game as a group. Or a book club if the 

It being from another country is also a big deal because it would almost certainly guarantee it would have to be altered in ways that would upset fans. Instead of the standard Japanese vibe of most jrpgs what if the entire cast is mostly white and it takes place in New York instead of Tokyo. Basically what happened to all the modern versions of Godzilla tho the new one looks pretty fun.