Call me crazy, but, I think that the best idea would be to go with the team who's already accomplished part of the Mythos in the previously considered "could not be done" Call of Cthulhu. If they can accomplish all of this with less than $1500, imagine what they could accomplish with a budget a hundred times that ($150,000). So yeah, give them a REAL budget, and I think you could definitely see the Mythos come together in movies.
What movies would work the best, though? Well, that's hard to say...
The biggest problem with the shadow out of time is, unless there's a lot of description for the audience as it progresses, people won't know what's going on, because it'll seem like a guy who just acts weird, almost alien (hint hint).
You have to keep in mind that, stories that are composed of mostly narration are not going to work overly well, as there's simply not enough happening to encompass a story. Maybe the HPL society could pull it off, but, I don't think so.
The Shadow over Innsmouth, or At The Mountains of Madness would work absolutely brilliantly, however, as there is much more happening. I think a proper adaptation of Dagon might work as well.
As I say, keep the HPL Society in charge of the projects though. And as for Peter Jackson? He's already busy ruining the Halo movie(s), and besides; if you put him in charge, you're going to see a movie released, and then re-released seven times with about 10 minutes worth of changes between each release. Regardless, he's not a fan of the Mythos, so he wouldn't create something true to the Mythos.
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