Comic Book to Movie Screen Part 2

[ZapRowsdower]

Ratner? There goes the series.

I like his movies, but I've never seen he's no Bryan Singer. Maybe I'm just biased right now because I'm still upset that Singer dropped out in the first place.

Well, I suppose it could be worse. They could have given it to Paul W.S. Anderson. *shudders*

[Phoenix]

I agree w/Smitty. This series is going down. The studio is desperate to make a movie for the $$ and not the quality. Reminds me a bit of the Batman franchise that was destroyed for quite awhile.

I'd rather wait of course till they got someone a little more 'talented.' *SIGH*

[Quorthon]

You never know, Bryan Singer might pull something magical out of his ass--Paul Anderson is one of the worst director's imaginable--and he still managed to shit out Resident Evil Apocalypse and AVP around the same time. He even spent time scripting AVP--and it took him aaaalllllllll night.

I'm going to hope for the impossibility that Singer does Superduperman and then comes back to X3. X2 is, at least to me, damn near the epitome of what a comic-based movie could & should be. (Maybe even more than Spider-man 2, which I think I voted for here...)

[Heineken Skywalker]

What does Linda Carter have to say about the upcoming Wonder Woman movie?
From IMDB:
Hollywood beauties Catherine Zeta-Jones and Sandra Bullock have been dismissed as too old to play superheroine Wonder Woman in a new movie version of the TV series - by the show's original star. Lynda Carter, who starred in the original 1970s show, would prefer to see Buffy The Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon cast a young actress in the lead role rather than any established stars who have been linked with the part. She says, "It should be an unknown actress who's about 20." The OC's Mischa Barton and Tom Cruise's fiancee Katie Holmes are said to be amongst Whedon's prime candidates for his 2007 release.

[Phoenix]

Hey I agree with her! WW should be young, in shape, and an unknown. Of course I'm sure the studio would like a big name attached , but I can't see anyone right now I would like to play the part.

[Quorthon]

I don't know if anyone knows this yet, but the new Superduperman actually doesn't sound too bad--it's not a retelling of the first movie or how ol' Supes came to be. Rather, turns out he's been away from Earth for a while and decides to return... and Lois has a kid with another guy!

The best part?


Lex Luthor is apparently going to be played by:


















Kevin Spacey!

[LivingDeadGirl]

Yeah, I'd read about Spacey playing Luthor. Actually, when I read it back when, it was just a rumor. Definately have to see him in this one!

[Heineken Skywalker]

From EmpireOnline:

Wonder Woman Begins?

Joss Whedon discusses the shape of his next project
19 September 2005

Joss Whedon, he of Empire's Serenity webchat fame… oh, and that show about the girl who kills vampires, has spilled a bean or two about his hopes for his next film, which some of you will already know to be Wonder Woman.
During a conversation he had with Sci Fi Wire recently, the Whed spoke of his wishes to go right back to the origins of the character, in a similar vein to what Christopher Nolan did with Batman just a few weeks ago. "What's exciting is, like, Batman Begins basically really did a wonderful job explaining exactly why he was a bat and why he had everything on his costume that he did," he said. "That's the joy of doing an origin story of Wonder Woman. Why does she wear the bracelets? Why does she use the lasso? Like, ... where does all that stuff come from? ... And I have answers for all of that, and it's really fun."
This also, to everyone's relief, prevents it from being any kind of re-imagining - "It's not a reinvention like, 'Oh, she's going to dress like Trinity'" he said reassuringly. "I want to see Wonder Woman as I know her and see her, not ... [just] star-spangled panties. But she wears the Wonder Woman outfit, and she has the bracelets and all the accoutrements; The lasso and, if I can make it work for the plot, the invisible plane. I have a take on it that, which I think is cool. It's just I'm structuring the plot, and I've got to find a place for it. But I think people want it, and I think I can do it without ... it being campy, believe it or not. And I respect those things. I, in fact, love them."
He didn't give anything away about casting yet, but it's still very early days. The film is currently scheduled for release in the summer of 2007.

[Heineken Skywalker]

Aquaman TV series?

From E Online:

High Tide for Aquaman

by Joal Ryan
Nov 14, 2005, 1:10 PM PT

Actors with "incredible swimmer's bod[ies]" are encouraged to apply.

So goes a current casting notice for a possible WB series about underwater overachiever Aquaman, according to the fansite AquamanTV.com.

Ideally, the future Arthur Curry--that's Aquaman's alter ego--also should be between "18-24 years old, [have] blond or light brown hair [and, of course, be] drop-dead handsome," the site said, quoting the announcement.

As indicated by casting notices and fansites, if not Entourage storylines, Aquaman is a superhero in play.

The Hollywood trade papers boosted the buzz Monday with confirmation that an Aquaman pilot will be shot next year in Florida, where the potential series would be set.

Smallville's Alfred Gough and Miles Millar will executive produce. Like their current WB series, the duo's Aquaman pilot will not be rife with capes, tights and codpiece accoutrements. Rather, the show will be a "grounded version of the Aquaman mythology," Gough told Daily Variety.

Aquaman debuted in DC Comics in 1941--the adopted son (in some versions of the origin) of a lighthouse keeper who grows to learn his birthright lies in the submerged island of Atlantis. Befitting his name, Aquaman is at his best in the water, where he telepathically talks to fish, plays mind games with whales and spends time with a young charge called Aqualad.

Since the WB's Aquaman will be a young man himself, there will be no immediate need for an Aqualad. There also will be no need, possibly ever, for the name Aquaman. The pilot will not be called Aquaman, Gough told Variety, and the moniker will not be mentioned. In that way, Arthur Curry (not Aquaman) will be very much in the mold of Smallville's Clark Kent (not Superman).

Someone that the new Arthur Curry won't be like is the old Arthur Curry as featured in the Oct. 20 episode of Smallville, "Aqua." Gough called that take on the character--identified as a "mysterious swimmer" by the network--"our out-of-town trial version." Since the new series isn't being spun as a spinoff of that adventure, Alan Ritchson, the actor who portrayed Arthur Curry, or A.C., for short, in Smallville, isn't being considered for the series.

For Vince Chase, who nearly walked on an Aquaman feature film despite the appeals of director James Cameron, the lure of a $2 million payday and the promise of an all-new supersuit (no more green-and-orange body stocking), also isn't likely to get a call. That, however, is because Vince Chase doesn't exist--Adrian Grenier only plays him on TV. With Grenier's movie-star character committing to star in Aquaman in September's second-season finale of Entourage, the HBO show's third season is expected to revolve around the makings of the superhero adventure.

In a noncoincidence, HBO, the WB and DC Comics are all properties of media giant Time Warner.

Prior to his corporate-synergy-aided career boost, Aquaman arguably was best known to the general public for his work in the 1973-77 cartoon series Super Friends, costarring Superman, Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman.

[Quorthon]

They can dress him up however they want, Aquaman is still the lamest superheo out there.

[Heineken Skywalker]

Well, he was on the old Superfriends cartoon, but they actually toughened him up quite a bit in the much later comics. Long hair, a beard and a freakin' trident for a hand after losing his own in some kind of accident. Don't really know what caused him to lose his hand in the comics, but in the Justice League cartoon, he cut off his own hand to escape from shackles (sp?) and rescue his child. That's pretty hardcore.
Seeing as how this is supposed to be a younger Aquaman, I'm assuming none of that later cooler stuff will appear.
The guy who played him on that episode of SMALLVILLE was kind of like a California surfer type.

[Phoenix]

heinekenskywalker said:

Well, he was on the old Superfriends cartoon, but they actually toughened him up quite a bit in the much later comics. Long hair, a beard and a freakin' trident for a hand after losing his own in some kind of accident. Don't really know what caused him to lose his hand in the comics, but in the Justice League cartoon, he cut off his own hand to escape from shackles (sp?) and rescue his child. That's pretty hardcore.
Seeing as how this is supposed to be a younger Aquaman, I'm assuming none of that later cooler stuff will appear.
The guy who played him on that episode of SMALLVILLE was kind of like a California surfer type.

Thus JLU cartoon is probably the only good representation of Aquaman I've ever seen. Much more badass than the older versions. But he's more greek god in that than superhero.

I dont think I'd want to see a live action aquaman movie. Especially since underwater CGI effects tend to look very very cheesy.

[Quorthon]

phoenix said:

Especially since underwater CGI effects tend to look very very cheesy.

Except in Finding Nemo. That movie's great.

[Heineken Skywalker]

SUPERMAN RETURNS Teaser trailer:

supermanreturns.warnerbros.com/trailer.html

The Brando voiceover and the John Williams music are real nice touches.

[Phoenix]

quorthon said:

phoenix said:

Especially since underwater CGI effects tend to look very very cheesy.

Except in Finding Nemo. That movie's great.

Well if Pixar made an animated version, I'd probably watch it. But live action + CGI effects = craptastic.