Jul 21 2006Deadman Coming to Theatres
Hot news, fans of lame comic book heroes! Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro is in negotiations to act as producer in bringing the DC comic Deadman to the screen. If you don't know the character:
Deadman is the ghost of a circus acrobat named Boston Brand, who was murdered during a trapeze performance. His spirit was granted the power by a Hindu goddess to possess any living being in order to find his killer. In the ensuing search, Brand finds himself obliged to help others.
If anything shows that a superhero comes from a bygone era and maybe shouldn't be made into a big-budget movie, it's that he wears a v-neck that dips to his navel with a collar up to the top of his head. The only one they're making this one work is if they get a big name or an actual dead man, both of which can be found in Keith Richards. How about it, buddy?
Reader Comments
1. uni'tard - July 21, 2006 9:46 AM
that jumpsuit is pimp
2. Average - July 21, 2006 11:39 AM
I'm all for making super-hero movies. I was a huge comic book fan growing up. But,as usual, the cash cow shit starts pumping in when a genre starts to make big money and ruins it for everyone with crap movies like Fantastic4 and Catwoman when they could have been great but were made just to make money.
I hereby vow to NEVER watch another comic book based movie unless the creator and a huge fan of the comic is involved in direction and screenplay!
3. Praz - July 21, 2006 4:45 PM
Hellboy was worth watching more than once, so I will probably see Deadman as well. Although the character comes across as a big pansy, I liked his story-line in Justice League Unlimited (yes, that's my favorite show. No, I don't care if that makes me a geek).