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Post by SuperSnooper on Jul 17, 2009 10:08:37 GMT -5
The Man Who Would be King is one of the greatest of the 70s. As well as a certain Richard Donner film made in 1978.
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Post by jak321 on Jul 23, 2009 21:57:15 GMT -5
If so, which actress would you like to see play her? Couple of ladies I have in mine would be: Jayma Mays or Danielle Panabaker
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Post by Valentine Smith on Jul 23, 2009 22:41:24 GMT -5
Either one. Particularly if there's a nude scene.
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Post by Legsy on Jul 24, 2009 13:44:40 GMT -5
Danielle Panabaker was on a CBS show with James Woods not too long ago. She's very young, but at the rate WB is moving she'll be at the right when fliming on the next Superman movie starts. heck, she may be too old at that point. ;D
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Post by EnriqueH on Jul 24, 2009 17:52:13 GMT -5
GOdarnIT!! Are you saying that there's going to be ANOTHER Superman reboot?
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Post by downwithrouth on Jul 25, 2009 19:10:02 GMT -5
Given how Smallville spent so much time and effort pushing Lana Lang as Superman's true love (and basically making Lois look like the girl Clark settled for) and given the near-insane devotion of the "Clarmy," I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see Lana be the main love interest in the movies. They'll have to mirror Smallville as much as possible in order for the film to be a hit.
That said, a Lana actress who isn't Kristen Kruek nor looks like her? That would be an uphill battle. We've already seen how the Superman fandom treats Superman actors who aren't Tom Welling. If they can't get Kruek back, they'd have to cast someone who looks like and evokes her as much as possible. So ixnay on casting someone like Comic Book Lana.
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Post by atp on Dec 14, 2015 11:44:50 GMT -5
After the crap trailer for BvS, I hope they reboot again soon.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Dec 17, 2015 23:03:29 GMT -5
After the crap trailer for BvS, I hope they reboot again soon. If BvS and the other WB movies disappoint..... I get a feeling it'll be just cold hibernation rather than reboot. That seems to be more WB's mode of operation--- I do wonder how many losses a studio can sustain before it negotiates with Marvel.... I will be suprised if BvS doesn't make big bucks, though.... (good or not)
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Post by Metallo on Dec 18, 2015 13:24:59 GMT -5
Depends on how bad the losses were and how successful they were with the character before. The FF has never shown it can be an all around successful film property. The Story films were modest financial hits but not what the studio hoped for and the reviews and fan sentiment weren't good. I don't think Fox is gonna put up much of a fight to keep the rights from at least reverting when the deal is up. The only reason I could see Fox trying again on their own is because the genre is booming and they're desperate to keep any material they can use (even if it isn't in an FF solo film). With Daredevil being a hit for Marvel Fox is probably kicking themselves a little bit more over not still having the film rights.
If Fox had retained all the film rights they had before losing some they could have build a shared superhero universe on par with Marvels. They could have had sci fi space adventures converse with The Surfer, Galactus, The Brood, the Starjammers, The Shiar, etc. And it could have been really interesting if Fox had been willing to work with Sony.
WB is too far in to immediately scrap everything and wait for a full on reboot. Seems like anything that doesn't work will be quietly not mentioned or get a soft reboot of some kind. Even though green lantern is going to have a 9 year gap between solo films (that alone tells you how badly it flopped) they aren't going to redo the origin again. Looks like it'll be a Dredd 3D/Punisher Warzone/Incredible Hulk type of reboot that assumes you remember the origin and can jump right into the action.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Dec 18, 2015 21:28:08 GMT -5
Depends on how bad the losses were and how successful they were with the character before. The FF has never shown it can be an all around successful film property. The Story films were modest financial hits but not what the studio hoped for and the reviews and fan sentiment weren't good. I don't think Fox is gonna put up much of a fight to keep the rights from at least reverting when the deal is up. The only reason I could see Fox trying again on their own is because the genre is booming and they're desperate to keep any material they can use (even if it isn't in an FF solo film). With Daredevil being a hit for Marvel Fox is probably kicking themselves a little bit more over not still having the film rights. If Fox had retained all the film rights they had before losing some they could have build a shared superhero universe on par with Marvels. They could have had sci fi space adventures converse with The Surfer, Galactus, The Brood, the Starjammers, The Shiar, etc. And it could have been really interesting if Fox had been willing to work with Sony. WB is too far in to immediately scrap everything and wait for a full on reboot. Seems like anything that doesn't work will be quietly not mentioned or get a soft reboot of some kind. Even though green lantern is going to have a 9 year gap between solo films (that alone tells you how badly it flopped) they aren't going to redo the origin again. Looks like it'll be a Dredd 3D/Punisher Warzone/Incredible Hulk type of reboot that assumes you remember the origin and can jump right into the action. FF had/has a specific charm that has to be pulled off just right. I think Spiderman and many of the other properties are easier to pull off. Will be curious to see what happens next with the FF...
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Post by Metallo on Dec 20, 2015 15:46:06 GMT -5
I think you're right. Tonally you have to hit just the right mark. I don't think the FF property can be as broadly interpreted when trying to adapt.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Jan 10, 2016 1:10:44 GMT -5
I think even in comics, it's been tricky for Marvel writers to sustain the interest and get the right tone, with so many elements of the FF possibly dated... even before Marvel comics decided to kill the comic.
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Post by Metallo on Jan 10, 2016 13:45:32 GMT -5
I think the FF can survive being updated for modern times for the most part. How they get their powers and stuff like that. They just need to keep the core of what the characters are about. I think marvel comics problem is they need to write engaging exciting grilling stories around. The characters. Adapting them into successful films is a different set of problems.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Jan 11, 2016 21:29:40 GMT -5
I don't know... For my tastes, the FF worked as a quirky '1950's square superhero family meets truly bizzare and cool wacky scifi elements', with Lee and Kirby.
Having said that, I haven't read the Ultimate FF stories.... so maybe updates do work, but to be fair, I haven't given it a shot, yet....
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Post by Metallo on Jan 11, 2016 22:38:09 GMT -5
I don't know... For my tastes, the FF worked as a quirky '1950's square superhero family meets truly bizzare and cool wacky scifi elements', with Lee and Kirby. Having said that, I haven't read the Ultimate FF stories.... so maybe updates do work, but to be fair, I haven't given it a shot, yet.... I think you could bring a lot of that into 2016 in comics and even films. Marvel studios has made it a habit of pulling off properties that seemed like hard sells. Not everyone may love them but GOTG and Antman were successful and very well received. Most people had no clue what those properties were and even those who did didn't have much faith in them being the hits they were.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Jan 12, 2016 12:49:53 GMT -5
Loved GOTG- Antman I enjoyed, but the Edgar Wright shadow is always in the back of my mind, watching that one.
Oddly, I had a real disdain for James Gunn's work, so GOTG really amazed me.
It'll be very interesting to see if Marvel movies can bring in 'the dark' with Dr. Strange- (I don't count the excellent "Daredevil" as apparently the tv division really is separate from Feige now, I think....) or if they want to.
Eventually, I'd love it if Feige took over the DC universe. But.... for that to happen, the WB/DC thing has to fail.
On the flip side, I remember how acquiring Spiderman (or sharing at least) slowed down the schedule for Marvel by a year... so maybe it's good that other companies besides Marvel is giving it a go... if Feige is at full capacity productionwise.
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