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ScaredyRAT	What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	Lead	[-]
Feb 19 07 6:26 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, it seems Ghost Rider is going to be quite a hit so it looks like we'll be seeing more comic characters on the screen for a while to come. Now that many of the big names have gone into sequal territory (so much so that characters like Ghost Rider get a shot) what characters would you like to see get (a) movie(s) and which ones do you think will? I beleive from DC we'll almost definatly see Green Lantern and Flash movies, but beyond that I think they have problems. First of all, with as many good characters as they have, it seems to me thier second-stringers are not (for some reason or other) as well known outside the comics fandom as Marvel's, which jepordizes any movie they make beyond the obvius legends (and even some of the JLA probably woulnd't be well-known or liked enough.) add to this that Green Arrow and the Teen Titans, two of thier best know and liked at the moment, wouldn't (IMHO) work as movies, at least without major changes that would leave a majority of fans cold. As for Marvel... I'll leave that to you guys :) I just hope we get a good Dr. Strange flick. PS-Sorry if this already has a topic, I couldn't find one. ----------------- "...K0KW-Calling, I'm on international frequency, come-in..."
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Hawkboy	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#1	[-]
Feb 19 07 7:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* First of all, with as many good characters as they have, it seems to me thier second-stringers are not (for some reason or other) as well known outside the comics fandom as Marvel's I'm not too sure about that. I don't have one non-comic fan friend who had ever heard of Ghost Rider before this film. Yet I'm more than sure they know who Aquaman or Hawkman is. It would be interesting to see some sort of recognition test done with people on the street with flash cards or something but I have a sneaky feeling the DC heroes would be more generally known. Gregg Check out My DVD collection
Bill Warren	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#2	[-]
Feb 19 07 10:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There are no plans for either Flash or Green Lantern movies; the Flash TV series may have put the kibosh on a feature, although the series did get better as it went along. A few years ago, through online contacts, Warners put out a feeler to see what fans thought of the idea of a Green Lantern comedy starring Jack Black. The outraged reaction killed that project pronto. You'd think that with CGI and the space-travel connections, Green Lantern would be ideal for movies, but nope, Warners doesn't really seem to be interested. Wonder Woman, maybe, but that's it. Don't look for any other DC characters at your local theater any time in the near future. Maybe the appearances of Flash, Green Arrow, etc., on SMALLVILLE were feelers, but they weren't particularly promoted. IRON MAN goes into production soon. And FANTASTIC FOUR 2 comes out this summer.
ScaredyRAT	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#3	[-]
Feb 19 07 10:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* There are no plans for either Flash or Green Lantern movies Yeah, I'm just saying by the end of the superhero film renaissance we're in they'll probably have one, but that's just my personal prediction. Hmm, I'd thought the Wonder Woman film was pretty much a given, guess I was wrong. As for Iron Man, not really a big fan of the character (or of the Green Lanterns, for the record) but I'm interested in seeing how Downey Jr. does in a role so out-there in some ways but so close to home in others. *Quote:* A few years ago, through online contacts, Warners put out a feeler to see what fans thought of the idea of a Green Lantern comedy starring Jack Black. Wow, I don't want to imagine what the internet fallout would have been from that one. But now that I think about it I do remember a sign that Warners doesnt take the character very seriously. On one episode of the recent (Very good but short-lived) Cartoon show "Duck Dodgers" Daffy/Dodgers accidentally gets Hal Jordan's dry cleaning (ring and costume included) and becomes Earth's Lantern for a brief time. *Quote:* Yet I'm more than sure they know who Aquaman or Hawkman is. When people think Aquaman (in my experience) they (only) think "Superfriends", try as the filmmakers might if an Aquaman film were released it'd probably be laughed out of the theater. And Hawkman... well if Ghost Rider can work this well who knows? :) ----------------- "...K0KW-Calling, I'm on international frequency, come-in..."
Omega Man	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#4	[-]
Feb 19 07 11:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Another Marvel character is coming to the screen... Jonathan Mostow (U-571, TERMINATOR 3) is slated to direct SUB-MARINER, to be released in 2008. No casting has been announced. "I try to suppress these thoughts... but they leak out through the head wound of my third death." www.eccentric-cinema.com
captainmarvel1957	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#5	[-]
Feb 20 07 12:35 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Sub-Mariner sounds like a good choice. I was always pretty fond of ol' Namor. I thought I had read that there was a Captain America script in the works.
MikeTheMook	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#6	[-]
Feb 20 07 9:10 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	THE FLAMING CARROT
reddog122	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#7	[-]
Feb 20 07 9:36 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Zack Snyder looks like he's next in line to direct The Watchmen (due sometime in the 21st century). "My revenge has spread over centuries, and has just begun!"
Charles Thaxton	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#8	[-]
Feb 20 07 12:42 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	actually there ARE plans for a Flash movie...check over at www.comics2film.com or www.superherohype.com
Charles Thaxton	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#9	[-]
Feb 20 07 12:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	DR.STRANGE would be my choice for a good feature....especially with the state of the art CGI capabilities nowadays.
HalLane	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#10	[-]
Feb 20 07 1:51 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	<< THE FLAMING CARROT << I'm down with that! Did you see that "live action" Flaming Carrot issue @ the sci-fi convention that came out last year? A little taste of what a feature might look like ~ it even includes a cameo by FJA! "Snips and snails and poppydoc tails...."
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thebrainfollower	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#11	[-]
Feb 20 07 2:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	For Marvel Namor Iron Man (I think some casting is already done) Thor Possibly Captain American but it would not work overseas, witness the tampering of Superman's motto recently For DC Green Lantern Flash Possibly Wonder Woman if they can ever get a way to update the character, which isn't what I want to see done anyway I predict the last film of this superhero comeback will be sometime in 2015, a JLA flick that will cost upwards of half a billion, tank and be the finale for this revivial.
Bill Warren	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#12	[-]
Feb 20 07 7:00 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Robert Downey, Jr. will play Tony Stark in the IRON MAN movie. Charles, I didn't see anything on that page about THE FLASH, perhaps because the page is so crowded. What DC needs is their own Avi Arad.
Hawkboy	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#13	[-]
Feb 20 07 7:11 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* When people think Aquaman (in my experience) they (only) think "Superfriends", try as the filmmakers might if an Aquaman film were released it'd probably be laughed out of the theater. I think that one minute scene from 'Entourage' from the fake Aquaman Movie demonstrates that it could be pretty cool. And I'm not saying that should be the next film made but I am saying that I would think generally if you quizzed the general population, DC characters would be a little more recognizable then Marvels overall. Damn it someone has to do this important market research now... I wanna know!!! Gregg Check out My DVD collection
Hawkboy	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#14	[-]
Feb 20 07 7:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* Possibly Wonder Woman if they can ever get a way to update the character Then Comics done a lovely job with keeping her relevant, I highly recommend checking it out. Gregg Check out My DVD collection
TheAmazingLarry	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#15	[-]
Feb 20 07 10:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'd love to see a movie made of the Hal Jordan Green Lantern, done as a serious (as in no Jack Black, or Will Ferrell, or Verne Troyer or...) adventure tale. I can't think of another superhero outside of Dr. Strange who would benefit as much from today's CGI tech. I'd also love to see a Warners Animation version of The Doom Patrol. And a THIN MAN-like comedy/mystery Elongated Man movie. (With Ralph AND Sue Dibney--current comic continuity be damned!) ...And Lance Henriksen is STILL young enough to play Jonah Hex...! As far as Marvel characters go...I guess the only one would be Dr. Strange. (Strange indeed, that this old "Marvel Zombie" is much more interested in seeing even second-tier DC characters on the big, and small, screen than I am any more Marvel characters.)
captainmarvel1957	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#16	[-]
Feb 21 07 12:19 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wouldn't it be great if they did a feature length live action Fantastic Four movie?!?!?! They did? They should just start from scratch and pretend like they never did the first one. What a horribly disappointing movie. A flat script and a textbook lesson in bad casting. Recast Reed, don't know who, but anybody else. Recast Dr. Doom. I do believe James Gandolfini would have been a better choice as The Thing, and I would have loved to have seen Jessica Simpson as Sue Storm and Seann William Scott from the American Pie series as Johnny Storm. Leave Reed out of the equation and think about the casting with Ganolfini, Simpson and Scott. That would have been interesting before the cameras ever began rolling.
Count Karnstein	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#17	[-]
Feb 21 07 7:21 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've been so thoroughly disgusted with modern superhero movies, I am convinced that they will never do a good and truly faithful one unless and until they put me in charge. The only truly great superhero movie was Batman (1966). I had hoped for Spiderman to replace Batman as the best superhero movie of all time since I like Spiderman (the character) a lot more than Batman. However, the Spiderman movie was the single most disappointing movie I have ever seen. If they could manage to do it right, I'd love to see Dr. Strange done, with his true, faithful costume (not some Hollyweird crap like Xmen). And of course, they'd need to have Dormammu in his original costume as well. Now that would be heaven!
HalLane	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#18	[-]
Feb 21 07 8:24 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'd like to see a Legion of Super-Heroes movie. The 30th Century is relatively easy to depict these days, and the personalities of the characters are vague enough to allow lots of room for interpretation. A futuristic fantasy setting would make it easier to employ more colorful costumes, for the fashion squeamish in the audience, and the variety of settings and planets encompassed in the comics would make for some unique imagery. I thought that the many mutant crowd scenes in X-MEN III came off well. More superhero movies could benefit from the team-up effect that the comics themselves always did so well. "Snips and snails and poppydoc tails...."
reddog122	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#19	[-]
Feb 21 07 9:42 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Probably even more visually interesting than a Dr. Strange movie, who, face it, is pretty much of stiff as a character and is more of a deus ex machina in the Marvel Universe, would be Dr. Fate. The producers of such a film would have to convince an actor to keep the mask on (more V for Vendetta than Judge Dredd or The Shadow) DC's The Question or Sandman (Golden Age) would make terrific protagonists in a hard boiled narrative. Speaking of Sandman I read at AICN that Joel Schumacher is eyeing Neil Gaiman's Sandman as possible project. Never have I hoped more for a project I have been looking forward to seeing to go back into development hell. "My revenge has spread over centuries, and has just begun!"
Laughing Gravy	Re: What Superheroes do you think will get a movie next?	#20	[-]
Feb 21 07 1:21 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I am not a fan of the modern comic book movies; I enjoyed BATMAN BEGINS and SPIDER-MAN 2 and that's about it. Last I heard, William Goldman was writing a CAPTAIN MARVEL film (the "Shazam!" guy, not the Marvel Comics guy, whoever that was). Did that not come about? It could be great fun. I would enjoy a well-done ADAM STRANGE film, too. www.inthebalcony.com
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