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[Chris D]

I don't think it was even WB who killed his Wonder Woman film. I believe it was actually Joel Silver who did.

If that's the case I've got to wonder how Silver got to be in charge of those WB superhero properties, because the guy doesn't seem to know what to do with any of the characters.

[Rory Abel]

If that's the case I've got to wonder how Silver got to be in charge of those WB superhero properties, because the guy doesn't seem to know what to do with any of the characters.

A quick google search seems to actually indicate that it might have been Whedon that killed his Wonder Woman project. Apparently there was a period piece Wonder Woman spec script floating around Hollywood. SIlver didn't want to do that and didn't want people reading it and thinking it was the direction to go. So he optioned it. Whedon apparently took this the wrong way and left because of it.

[Alan Taylor]

Nextwave directed by the Crank guys written by Ellis
With Robert Carlyle as a Glaswegian Captain.
Anna Faris or Zooey Deschanel as Boom Boom
Rosario Dawson as Monica
James Marsden as Aaron Stack
Only one I struggled with was Elsa Bloodstone - possibly Kate Beckinsale?
Bruce Campbell or John C McGinley as Dirk Anger
And Brian Blessed as Devil Dinosaur
Oh and John Malkovich as the Broccoli men

[David Chapman]

As per past threads, I'd make my revised Zenith movie. For those who haven't heard it before: my idea is set close to the present day, and the only major change is that Zenith is a former superhero pop idol trying to revive his career.

Zenith: Robbie Williams
Peter St John: Bill Nighy
Ruby Fox: Jenny Agutter
Siadwel Rhys: Gareth Thomas
Masterman: any tall buff bloke who looks sufficiently Aryan and can do the accent

[Arjan Dirkse]

One thing that might be a lot of fun on the big screen is a kind of mix between X-Men an X-files...where the mutants are not in the open, but something you read about on conspiracy websites. The villain of the story might be a mutant who is secretly trying to influence world events, like a Bilderberg organization of mutants...sort of how David Icke is saying the lizard people are in charge of all the major world governments.

[craggy]

One thing that might be a lot of fun on the big screen is a kind of mix between X-Men an X-files...where the mutants are not in the open, but something you read about on conspiracy websites. The villain of the story might be a mutant who is secretly trying to influence world events, like a Bilderberg organization of mutants...sort of how David Icke is saying the lizard people are in charge of all the major world governments.

and have Fassbender and MacAvoy in it? and call it X-Men: First Class?

[Johnny Henning]

and have Fassbender and MacAvoy in it? and call it X-Men: First Class?

Fassbender would be terrible in a superhero movie. Who would he play? Fantomex? Warren Worthington, maybe?

[craggy]

Fassbender would be terrible in a superhero movie. Who would he play? Fantomex? Warren Worthington, maybe?

Fantomex? bah! we need to see his pretty face!

[Ricardo_C]

Fassbender would be terrible in a superhero movie. Who would he play? Fantomex? Warren Worthington, maybe?

I don't know. Crazy idea: Young Magneto. I know, I know. It sounds nuts. But I have a hunch he might pull it off.

[Adam Balson]

I don't know. Crazy idea: Young Magneto. I know, I know. It sounds nuts. But I have a hunch he might pull it off.

Christ, you might as well cast that bloke from Skins and cover him in blue fur. Better yet, give McAvoy a set of wheels. God sake Ricardo, you come out with some awful ideas from time to time...

[craggy]

Christ, you might as well cast that bloke from Skins and cover him in blue fur.

I knew I recognised that guy from somewhere. He was definitely "him off that thing!" for a while, but now that you mention it, I do remember him from Skins adverts.

[Arjan Dirkse]

and have Fassbender and MacAvoy in it? and call it X-Men: First Class?

Haven't seen that one yet. Do they take that approach?

[Johnny Henning]

Yeah, it's the 60's and most people think "mutants" don't actually exist or are just a myth. Meanwhile, a group of mutants is secretly manipulating the US and Soviet Union toward their own eventual domination of the planet.

[Christian U]

I knew I recognised that guy from somewhere. He was definitely "him off that thing!" for a while, but now that you mention it, I do remember him from Skins adverts.

Have you seen "About a Boy", Craggy?

[craggy]

Have you seen "About a Boy", Craggy?

Hugh Grant, he steals a kid and trains him to be a master assassin?

[Arjan Dirkse]

Yeah, it's the 60's and most people think "mutants" don't actually exist or are just a myth. Meanwhile, a group of mutants is secretly manipulating the US and Soviet Union toward their own eventual domination of the planet.

Oh cool. Well i guess I need to go and get the dvd then.

Would you still call it a superhero movie, or is it more like a political conspiracy story about people who happen to have these special powers?

[Johnny Henning]

It's so totally an X-men movie. The question is are the X-men movies really "superhero" movies?

[Arjan Dirkse]

It's so totally an X-men movie. The question is are the X-men movies really "superhero" movies?

i think they are...the costumes, the code names, spending their days righting wrongs...

On a scale of superheroism, 10 being Superman and 0 being me, the X-men in the movies are probably around a 7...

[Christian U]

Hugh Grant, he steals a kid and trains him to be a master assassin?

Yeah. That kid, he's the same guy.

[Will]

Atomic Robo by Pixar.

The Shadow with Mark Strong, directed by Fincher.

Doc Savage with Armie Hammer, directed by Jon Favreau.