Raft of comic book hero films in the works

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in General Discussion edited January 2014
From the Toronto Star: (My apologies if this is all old news to all of you)



http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...=1051643359293



"...Ashton Kutcher is rumoured to be playing Superman, Tom Cruise is apparently interested in Iron Man.



Here are some of the more solid prospects:



The Hulk: Directed by Ang Lee and starring Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly and Eric Bana, The Hulk is expected to test the limits of CGI animation, as it brings the green goliath to life. Opens June 20.



The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Based on the Allan Moore (Watchmen, Swamp Thing) series, LXG pits an impressive collection of manhood, including Allan Quartermain and Dorian Grey, against a madman bent on world domination. Opens July 11. Stars Sean Connery; directed by Blade director Stephen Norrington.



Spider-Man 2: Director Sam Raimi returns, as does much of the cast, including Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker, who locks horns with Doctor Octopus in the follow-up to last year's reigning blockbuster champion. In production. Release date is summer 2004.



Fantastic Four: A venerable Marvel property that will get the big budget treatment this time, after 1994's B-grade schlock-fest. Director Peyton Reed (Down With Love, Bring It On), is on board. The film is yet to be cast. Tentative release in 2004.



Shrink: Jennifer Lopez plays a superhero who gives up the tights ? shame, that ? to counsel other superheroes with personal problems. Tentative release 2004.



Blade 3: Wesley Snipes reprises his role as the sword-wielding vampire half-breed hero. 2004 release.



At least two Batman movies are said to be in development, including Batman: Year One, based on the mini-series written by Frank Miller, and directed by Darren Aronofsky (Requiem For A Dream). No release date has been set. Another, Batman vs. Superman, is in development as well. Christopher Nolan (Memento, Insomnia) is the director.



A handful of others promising to see the screen next year, but with few details: Hellboy, Ghost Rider, King Conan: Crown of Iron, Iron Fist, Namor: The Sub-Mariner, The Phantom, and Man-Thing."



--I thought of the earlier thread that talked about the idea of making a movie based on the comic Batman: The Dark Knight Returns when I saw the reference to the Batman vs. Superman movie. I wonder what pscates would make of Christopher Nolan being the director.

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  • Reply 2 of 14
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    well, this wasn't really different enough for a new thread, but along those lines, which comic book to movie transition has been your favorite so far?



    there have been a lot lately, just wondering which are people's favorites.
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  • Reply 3 of 14
    jcjc Posts: 342member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by alcimedes

    well, this wasn't really different enough for a new thread, but along those lines, which comic book to movie transition has been your favorite so far?



    there have been a lot lately, just wondering which are people's favorites.




    Superman I and Spider-man were the most faithful adaptations



    and the Punisher was the worst
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  • Reply 4 of 14
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    more news (sometimes with pre-production stills) at SuperHeroHype
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  • Reply 5 of 14
    Did someone say J.Lo in tights?
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  • Reply 6 of 14
    stoostoo Posts: 1,490member
    Quote:

    Fantastic Four: A venerable Marvel property that will get the big budget treatment this time, after 1994's B-grade schlock-fest



    There was a Fantastic Four movie in 1994? \
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  • Reply 7 of 14
    jcjc Posts: 342member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Stoo

    There was a Fantastic Four movie in 1994? \



    Yeah, low budget but very cool in a no money sort of way. It was never released because the big studios bought the rights to stop it from being released so that they could later make a big budget version. However, the people who stared in and worked on the film wanted for it to be seen so they showed up at a con and passed out hundreads of copies of "The Fantastic Four a never to br released major motion picture" so their are copies out there. you could probably find one on eBay or at a convention.
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  • Reply 8 of 14
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    i remember WIRED magazine had a still from it with the news of it's permanent shelving.



    the story



    the IMDB page



    googled these pics







    even found a guy with VCD copy available near the bottom

    (among tons of other wacky stuff)
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  • Reply 9 of 14
    retrograderetrograde Posts: 503member
    Personally I'm waiting for the release of Bloom County
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  • Reply 10 of 14
    moogsmoogs Posts: 4,296member
    Loosely translated: for every original writer in Whorellywood, there are 50 who lack talent, vision and originality. So, they go to old TV shows, old movies, old comics - anything from yesteryear - and remake it. This way they can have 3 or 4 good weeks at the box office (never underestimate the willingness of pop culture fans to blow their money on horrible films) in order to pay off their sports car and obscene mortgages.



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  • Reply 11 of 14
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    i loved The Crow personally.
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  • Reply 12 of 14
    drewpropsdrewprops Posts: 2,321member
    I have a very short wishlist of comicbook movies:



    Dark Knight Returns

    Ironman

    A Batman movie in which he's not clad in some kind of S&M rubber suit (which I've seen up close btw).





    Okay, that's it.
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  • Reply 13 of 14
    argentoargento Posts: 483member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by alcimedes

    i loved The Crow personally.



    Hell yes, just saw it for the first time a few days ago, unreal. Does anybody know if the sequels were any good???



    Other then that I like Xmen alot, and I hope they have gambit have a huge role in the third one.
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  • Reply 14 of 14
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    The Hulk looks cool.



    Go murbot!
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