How long's it been?
First of all, thanks to the boys (and girls) who braved the rains and made it to my birthday party last week. We've uncharacteristically been laying low. Hope that turns around soon. Baka makalimutan na tayo ng mga waiter sa Gram's. I highly recommend Jack's sa the Fort. Maybe we could go there some time. All-day breakfast dun.
Anyway, for the comic fans out there, here's the latest from Marvel Entertainment. They're lining up 10 of their comic books for development as feature films. I was a little surprised with the list. Here's the article:
"Variety reports that Marvel Enterprises will now be known as Marvel Entertainment, and that they have ten potential movies lined up to produce, and for Paramount to distribute. Curious to see which characters Marvel didn't lease to the other studios? Well, of course "Captain America" is one of 'em!
"Though many of its best characters, from Spider-Man to X-Men to Iron Man, are set up for adaptations at studios, Marvel has identified 10 characters and groups it will develop as potential feature franchises to produce itself:
* patriotic national defender Captain America
* superhero team the Avengers
* super-spy Nick Fury
* African-American adventurer Black Panther
* Ant-Man, who can shrink to insect size and communicate with ants
* teenage embodiments of darkness and light Cloak and Dagger
* mysterious wizard Dr. Strange
* expert archer Hawkeye
* Power Pack, a young group of sibling superheroes
* martial arts expert Shang-Chi
"We are going to commission a lot of scripts and start the race to see which move quickest through development," Marvel prez Avi Arad explained. "We are not significantly veering from what we have been doing with studios, but we now have the luxury of greenlight rights and better financial benefits.""
Marvel is hoping to have their first feature ready by the summer of 2008."
Anyway, for the comic fans out there, here's the latest from Marvel Entertainment. They're lining up 10 of their comic books for development as feature films. I was a little surprised with the list. Here's the article:
"Variety reports that Marvel Enterprises will now be known as Marvel Entertainment, and that they have ten potential movies lined up to produce, and for Paramount to distribute. Curious to see which characters Marvel didn't lease to the other studios? Well, of course "Captain America" is one of 'em!
"Though many of its best characters, from Spider-Man to X-Men to Iron Man, are set up for adaptations at studios, Marvel has identified 10 characters and groups it will develop as potential feature franchises to produce itself:
* patriotic national defender Captain America
* superhero team the Avengers
* super-spy Nick Fury
* African-American adventurer Black Panther
* Ant-Man, who can shrink to insect size and communicate with ants
* teenage embodiments of darkness and light Cloak and Dagger
* mysterious wizard Dr. Strange
* expert archer Hawkeye
* Power Pack, a young group of sibling superheroes
* martial arts expert Shang-Chi
"We are going to commission a lot of scripts and start the race to see which move quickest through development," Marvel prez Avi Arad explained. "We are not significantly veering from what we have been doing with studios, but we now have the luxury of greenlight rights and better financial benefits.""
Marvel is hoping to have their first feature ready by the summer of 2008."
posted by Jay at 4:12 PM
1 Comments:
Finally! A new post!
As interesting as a Cap movie would be, what with the fish out of a water story and all, I think the current geo-political climate in America will give screenwriters cold feet about what direction to take with him. I'm guessing they'll wait till the Republicans are out of the White House before making that one. I guess 2008 is about right then...
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