Who is going to be the next Comic Superhero to reach the Movie Screens?

[Tonguez]

Okay we've got X-Men (twice), Spiderman, Hulk, Daredevil and now Iron Man (apparently). so what Superhero do you think is (or should be) next for the big screen?

Wonderwoman?, Green Latern? The Swampthing? Nova? The Mighty Thor? The Tick? ... who?????

 

[Morrus]

Well, both Batman and Superman are both in negotiation stages. But then, they have been for ages with no progress, so who knows?

I imagaine DC would be keen to have those franchises resurrected since Marvel's no doubt been selling loads of comics over the last couple of years due to the various movies.

 

[WayneLigon]

I imagaine DC would be keen to have those franchises resurrected since Marvel's no doubt been selling loads of comics over the last couple of years due to the various movies.

Not as much as one might think. Marvel was roundly criticized for not taking advantage of the first X-Men movie, but it looks like they've caught up, a little. The major problem being that someone cannot go see 'Spider-Man' or 'X-Men', go to a comic shop (assuming they know that such a thing exists) and find a comic that resembles what they just saw unless someone points them at 'Ultimate Spider-Man' or something like that.

You would think that DC would be scrambling, having sewn up what are argueably the three most recognizable media characters in existance (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman). But something just seems.. to go wrong. If we can beleive even half the silliness that seems to surround the Superman and Batman franchise rumors, it seems like Warner is content to have some genuinely insane people handling it's properties.

Marvel used to have that problem, too, though, so maybe Warner can somehow figure it out.

 

[Sagan Darkside]

Of the ones I have heard rumors of:
Catwoman
Wonderwoman
FF
Blackpanther
Blade 3
Prime
Alien vs Predator (not a supe, but a comic)
Judge Dredd (one more loyal to the series)
Namor
and Iron Man, of course..

SD

 

[John Crichton]

Fantastic Four is a likely possibility. I could also see either Punisher or Captain America as well, but not for a few years. For a personal preference (after new Bats and Supes flicks) I'd still love to see a live action Gen13 movie. They are already doing League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (sorta), so that's another I would have picked.

 

[Sagan Darkside]

Marvel used to have that problem, too, though, so maybe Warner can somehow figure it out.

Marvel still has that problem- the X-books are still a joke. They have been for a long time- ever since a commitee of editors took over the plotting.

SD

 

[Viking Bastard]

Sagan, read New X-Men or the Exiles, but the rest still sucks (although a lot of people seem to like X-Statix, but I've been unable to get into it).

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As for a comic book movie, I'd say find some lesser known DC character and go from there.

 

[Mr Fidgit]

Fantastic Four supposedly starts filming next month...

"Avi Arad says "...filming for the Fantastic Four should start march 2003. In 2003, there will be five movies adapted from Marvel heroes." "

http://www.superherohype.com/ff/


...and there's been talk of doing a John Constantine: Hellblazer movie for a long time...

 

[Sagan Darkside]

Sagan, read New X-Men or the Exiles, but the rest still sucks (although a lot of people seem to like X-Statix, but I've been unable to get into it).
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I will consider it, but after so long- I am just too embittered to even enjoy the characters. I just don't like the mutants.

Besides- I only read a couple of books at this point (BlackPanther and CapMarvel). I don't need to get back into buying a pile again.

Thanks for the suggestions.
SD

 

[Assenpfeffer]

Warner indisputably has their paws on the two biggest and most recognizable icons in comics. (I'm not so sure about Wonder Woman.)

Trouble is, they seem spectactualrly inept in recent years at bringing these characters to the screen. Whoever at Warner handled the last two Superman Batman releases clearly had no idea what the comics (or even the movies) were about, and no clue what to do with them. Not to mention no trace of an idea about what makes a movie good, as opposed to crap-sandwich lousy.

Warner has already sunk millions of dollars of development money into a revival of the Superman franchise (remember the Nick Cage Supes project?) - and yet, years later, there no movie to show for it.

Maybe that's not a bad thing. Considering some of the dreadful, dreadful ideas we hear coming out of these projects (Nick Cage as Superman, Lex Luthor as The Secret Agent From Krypton,) perhaps we'd rather not see an utter disaster which taints a great franchise even further.

Don't get me wrong. I want to see a good Superman or Batman movie as much as... heck, a lot more than the next guy. But another bad movie will just do more damage to the properties than has already been done, and serve as fodder to convince moronic Hollywood executives that "nobody wants to see superhero movies any more."

We're now in the Golden Age of comic-based movies, folks. Superhero comics have been successfully launched from both popular comics (Spider-Man, X-Men) and more obscure titles (Daredevil, Blade), and movie adaptations of non-superhero books like From Hell and Road to Perdition have met with both commercial and critical success.

And there's more on the way. Lots more.