Del Toro to Bring "Deadman" to Life Onscreen
Fan favorite Guillermo del Toro will be adapting DC's offbeat anti-hero "Deadman" for the silver screen. I don't know anything about this particular comics character, but based on the synopsis I just read, del Toro seems perfect for the gig.
From The Hollywood Reporter: "Guillermo del Toro is teaming up with Don Murphy's Angry Films to bring cult DC Comics superhero "Deadman" to the big screen.
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. The hero was created in 1967 by Arnold Drake and Carmine Infantino and is known for a run of issues by artist Neal Adams."
Cool.
From The Hollywood Reporter: "Guillermo del Toro is teaming up with Don Murphy's Angry Films to bring cult DC Comics superhero "Deadman" to the big screen.
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. The hero was created in 1967 by Arnold Drake and Carmine Infantino and is known for a run of issues by artist Neal Adams."
Cool.
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on Jul 20 2006 03:35 AM When will Ragman get his time to shine?!? (Reply to this) |
on Jul 20 2006 04:35 AM [b]halo[/b] does this mean someone else will be directing halo and not del toro?- or does it just mean we'll have to wait longer for it (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 20 2006 08:37 AM del toro was the perfect choice for X3, but studio morons couldn't see it (Reply to this) |
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on Aug 22 2007 03:35 AM You have to cut them some slack, movie executives have hectic lives. If they're not doing lines of coke off a runaway-turned-stripper's *** they're throwing millions of dollars at whatever eight year old Michael Bay just stole his last script from. At least Del Toro's getting work, he's one of the few big directors out there that actually deserves to be making movies. (Reply to this) |
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