Looks like Marvel is about to push your buttons Rob.
"His Stardust opens this weekend, but for director Matthew Vaughn, it looks like there’ll be little rest until he starts on another comic-related project.
According to Variety, the former Layer Cake director has been tapped by Marvel Studios to direct a film adaptation of Thor, with a pre-strike production to begin in winter (many studios are stockpiling, or putting films on an accelerated schedule as a hedge against a feared Writer’s Guild strike which could slow or shut down film production at major studios for the term of the strike).
The adaptation Vaughn will be working from is written by Mark (I Am Legend) Protosevich.
As the trade points out, this is the second Marvel film franchise Vaughn has been associated with, as he was originally slated to direct X-Men 3 following the departure of Bryan Singer.
Variety speculates that Thor will follow in line with Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, that is, it will be financed by Marvel Studios using the $500 million credit facility through Merrill Lynch.
No projected release date was given, but assuming the film starts pre-production this fall/winter and stays on track, 2009 would seem likely, perhaps with a Marvel booth unveiling of a certain hammer at San Diego Comic-Con somewhere in between.
Thor of course, is the second film in Marvel Studios trifecta (the first being Iron Man, and the final being Captain America (being written by David Self)) which will, according to the Marvel Studios panel at last year's Comic-Con, will then pave the way for a live-action Avengers film, which is already being written by Zak Pen"
Let's hope this Thor movie is very different from the one portrayed in "The Incredible Hulk Returns". Feel free to check Wikipedia.
2 comments:
Again i dont have any problem with comicbook movies per say. After givining it some thought. I believe the best way to make this type of genere successfull is doing them in cartoon format and releasing them straight to video. Low overhead and it will get new blood in the hobby Kids.
I think that if Hollywood just treated the material with respect and a true understanding of made the characters popular for over 40 years in some cases, the movies would be fine. Look at the care and respect Rami gave the Spider flicks. It can be done.
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