'Texas Chainsaw 3D' scribe will pen comicbook adaptation
Though the film may have stalled at Paramount, Valiant Entertainment Group has decided to go it on its own with "Harbinger" adaptation, bringing back Stephen Susco to pen the script that Brett Ratner will help develop with an eye to direct.
Susco originally developed and Brett Ratner was originally attached to direct when the project was at Paramount, but underlying rights issues in the wake of the Fox/WB lawsuit over "Watchmen" stalled the project.
Instead of going the studio route, Valiant sought financing and was given a capital infusion from private investment company Cuneo & Co. and partnered with former Marvel CEO and vice chairman Peter Cuneo to relaunch and independently develop their library of over 1,500 titles.
Based on the hit Valiant comicbook series and created by Jim Shooter, the comic is a dark and modern twist on the mutant/superhero mythology and followed Pete Stanchek, a teenager- turned-superhero and his battle with a equally powerful industrialist.
'Texas Chainsaw 3D' scribe will pen comicbook adaptation
Though the film may have stalled at Paramount, Valiant Entertainment Group has decided to go it on its own with "Harbinger" adaptation, bringing back Stephen Susco to pen the script that Brett Ratner will help develop with an eye to direct.
Susco originally developed and Brett Ratner was originally attached to direct when the project was at Paramount, but underlying rights issues in the wake of the Fox/WB lawsuit over "Watchmen" stalled the project.
Instead of going the studio route, Valiant sought financing and was given a capital infusion from private investment company Cuneo & Co. and partnered with former Marvel CEO and vice chairman Peter Cuneo to relaunch and independently develop their library of over 1,500 titles.
Based on the hit Valiant comicbook series and created by Jim Shooter, the comic is a dark and modern twist on the mutant/superhero mythology and followed Pete Stanchek, a teenager- turned-superhero and his battle with a equally powerful industrialist.
Brainiac insists that Superman needs to meet his Doomsday. Doomsday is of course, a tiny alien pet, with his own tiny nametag that says "Doomsday" on it. Lex is skeptical until it bites off the tip of his finger (which Lex also takes surprisingly well). At which point, Brainiac gets his one good line of the movie:
I cannot believe they passed on such a well-crafted, witty scrippppfffffdhhahahahahaha--
--ahahahahahahaa!!
When they said it was based on Death of Superman, I didn't realize they were trying to write a script that would literally kill the Superman franchise.
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i think it's hilarious some of the bits that ended up in the DCAU
like skull ship kryptonian AI Braniac and fused Brainiac/Luthor
Ladies and gentlemen, your Lex Luthor for the 90's:
"LUTHOR teases his hair into a Don King 'do, and crows):
You loved The Thrilla In Manilla!
You dug The Rumble In the Jungle! Tonight, Brainy and I bring you:
The Superman-Stoppa In Metroppa!"
You know how when they make movies they try to put in stuff that resonates with the era and culture and try to be relevant to appeal to the mass audience?
I have no fucking clue what century this screenwriter was living in. I'm not even sure he's from this planet, let alone this reality.
Earth-173821, where everyone huffs paint and all drinking water is Absinthe and all they have to eat is peyote.
You know how when they make movies they try to put in stuff that resonates with the era and culture and try to be relevant to appeal to the mass audience?
I have no fucking clue what century this screenwriter was living in. I'm not even sure he's from this planet, let alone this reality.
Earth-173821, where everyone huffs paint and all drinking water is Absinthe and all they have to eat is peyote.
Hmm. This movie destroys the reputation of Superman, so initially my thoughts went Luthor. But he comes out looking even worse. And he's, you know, smart. And good at things.
Obviously, this was the work of Mr. Myxlplyx. Or possibly Bat Mite.
i think it's hilarious some of the bits that ended up in the DCAU
like skull ship kryptonian AI Braniac and fused Brainiac/Luthor
To be fair, Alan Moore did fused Brainiac/Luthor first.
The Brainiac skull ship has also been around for a long time. It was on the Superfriends.
Also, that script of Superman Lives was written after Superman: TAS premiered so they probably took the idea of Brainiac being a Kryptonian AI from the animated series.
You know how when they make movies they try to put in stuff that resonates with the era and culture and try to be relevant to appeal to the mass audience?
I have no fucking clue what century this screenwriter was living in. I'm not even sure he's from this planet, let alone this reality.
Earth-173821, where everyone huffs paint and all drinking water is Absinthe and all they have to eat is peyote.
Hmm. This movie destroys the reputation of Superman, so initially my thoughts went Luthor. But he comes out looking even worse. And he's, you know, smart. And good at things.
Obviously, this was the work of Mr. Myxlplyx. Or possibly Bat Mite.
JJ Abrams Superman pitch was...wierd. It had Lex being a CIA agent that was secretly another Krytonian.
You know how when they make movies they try to put in stuff that resonates with the era and culture and try to be relevant to appeal to the mass audience?
I have no fucking clue what century this screenwriter was living in. I'm not even sure he's from this planet, let alone this reality.
Earth-173821, where everyone huffs paint and all drinking water is Absinthe and all they have to eat is peyote.
You know how when they make movies they try to put in stuff that resonates with the era and culture and try to be relevant to appeal to the mass audience?
I have no fucking clue what century this screenwriter was living in. I'm not even sure he's from this planet, let alone this reality.
Earth-173821, where everyone huffs paint and all drinking water is Absinthe and all they have to eat is peyote.
No ... The 90s really did suck that much ass.
90s nostalgia is really going to be the worst in a couple years. You know how we're all idiots as kids and like the suckiest things?
Hey I liked a lot of the 90s music. Heck to bring it back to comic book media it had the best Superman related songs (Superman's Song, Superman's Dead, Kryptonite... although that was 2000, Superman TAS theme). It also brought the DCAU and the fairly bad in retrospect but definitely better than previous efforts Marvel animated shows.
Dritz on
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90s nostalgia is really going to be the worst in a couple years. You know how we're all idiots as kids and like the suckiest things?
Going to be? Have you not been on the Internet lately? We're already swimming in 90s nostalgia bullshit from other people in their late 20s and early/mid 30s who are in a position to do things and influence the web, and they have been jacking it to the 90s hard for a couple years now at least.
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as a 90s kid
literally murder the 90s
anyway, i think nic cage superman could've worked with silver age craziness, and less of the time period's BS.
You know how when they make movies they try to put in stuff that resonates with the era and culture and try to be relevant to appeal to the mass audience?
I have no fucking clue what century this screenwriter was living in. I'm not even sure he's from this planet, let alone this reality.
Earth-173821, where everyone huffs paint and all drinking water is Absinthe and all they have to eat is peyote.
No ... The 90s really did suck that much ass.
90s nostalgia is really going to be the worst in a couple years.
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when someone realized that hey
this is really dumb
and Alpha Flight are cool beans
Well, this sounds... less than promising.
Whelp.
Neil Gaiman's upcoming novel is now available for pre-order. And I do love me some Neil Gaiman.
Its like someone TRIED to make the worst Superman thing ever.
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i would've watched it.
WOWOWOWOW
--ahahahahahahaa!!
When they said it was based on Death of Superman, I didn't realize they were trying to write a script that would literally kill the Superman franchise.
good god
But at least there the combination still only has one head. Instead of the script, which has a head each for Lex and Brainiac.
Man, I could totally have seen Jim Carrey starring as Lex Luthor in this...
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God bless you, whoever you are
Ladies and gentlemen, your Lex Luthor for the 90's:
"LUTHOR teases his hair into a Don King 'do, and crows):
You loved The Thrilla In Manilla!
You dug The Rumble In the Jungle! Tonight, Brainy and I bring you:
The Superman-Stoppa In Metroppa!"
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I have no fucking clue what century this screenwriter was living in. I'm not even sure he's from this planet, let alone this reality.
Earth-173821, where everyone huffs paint and all drinking water is Absinthe and all they have to eat is peyote.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1QCBF3h_tM
Hmm. This movie destroys the reputation of Superman, so initially my thoughts went Luthor. But he comes out looking even worse. And he's, you know, smart. And good at things.
Obviously, this was the work of Mr. Myxlplyx. Or possibly Bat Mite.
Why I fear the ocean.
The Brainiac skull ship has also been around for a long time. It was on the Superfriends.
Also, that script of Superman Lives was written after Superman: TAS premiered so they probably took the idea of Brainiac being a Kryptonian AI from the animated series.
Liefeld is an amateur at being insane, Burton is a professional.
JJ Abrams Superman pitch was...wierd. It had Lex being a CIA agent that was secretly another Krytonian.
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No ... The 90s really did suck that much ass.
the world didn't know it needed a bronsonian late night soap opera with shang tsung in it
the world learned that lesson fast
on the other side of the school
90s nostalgia is really going to be the worst in a couple years. You know how we're all idiots as kids and like the suckiest things?
Even as a kid, I could tell the 90s sucked.
Why I fear the ocean.
Going to be? Have you not been on the Internet lately? We're already swimming in 90s nostalgia bullshit from other people in their late 20s and early/mid 30s who are in a position to do things and influence the web, and they have been jacking it to the 90s hard for a couple years now at least.
literally murder the 90s
anyway, i think nic cage superman could've worked with silver age craziness, and less of the time period's BS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkM6RJf15cg