First Official Wanted Photos Online! [Archive]

miltonh

10-29-2007, 03:59 PM

First Official Wanted Photos Online!
Source: Empire (http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=21354)
October 29, 2007

Empire (http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=21354) has your first look at five official photos from director Timur Bekmambetov's Wanted (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=17347), based on Mark Millar's explosive graphic novel series. The fantasy-thriller, hitting theaters on March 28, stars James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Common, Kristen Hager, Konstantin Khabensky and Terence Stamp.

Click the image to view all the photos!

http://superherohype.com/nextraimages/wanted1official.jpg (http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=21354)

I must say only two things... "Whoa!" and "It's not that Wanted!".

KenK

10-29-2007, 04:08 PM

Way to bear zero resemblence to the comics! :woot: :up:

Hunter Rider

10-29-2007, 04:22 PM

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Johnichi Chiba

10-29-2007, 04:28 PM

Very cool visuals, but this movie shouldn't be called Wanted.

Carlo Comicus

10-29-2007, 05:12 PM

This is not Wanted...

K.B.

10-29-2007, 06:38 PM

Just when you couldn't think this movie could get any worse they release pics of it.

Brings a whole new meaning to "in name only"

Hunter Rider

10-29-2007, 06:40 PM

Love the shot of Angie hanging out the window blasting. :up: i didn't like the book so all i care about is it being a cool action movie.

tyler-durden

10-29-2007, 07:16 PM

I've never read WANTED, but I have flipped through the graphic novel in barnes and nobles, what the hell are these pics of? Cause they sure aren't wanted the graphic novel, the story only slightly sounds the same.

Retroman

10-29-2007, 07:23 PM

Cool pics!:up:

Though i haven't read the book yet (i'm planning to get it) the little i've seen online of the source material doesn't seem to look much like what's been presented in the movie. Sucks for Wanted fans.

TheVileOne

10-29-2007, 07:52 PM

This looks more like an American version of Nightwatch than anything.

tyler-durden

10-29-2007, 08:12 PM

the pic of morgan freeman is kiind of cool

Gotham

10-29-2007, 09:50 PM

Love the shot of Angie hanging out the window blasting. :up: i didn't like the book so all i care about is it being a cool action movie.

I think I pretty much agree with that. It isn't the first time that Hollywood has butchered a film, and it certainly won't be the last, so who the hell cares if we get a straight up action film?

Anti-Moderator

10-29-2007, 10:16 PM

If that's the case....then why the hell even call it WANTED? Can't they just make a straight up action film without dropping the ball on what could have been a great concept for a film? I don't agree with the whole "let's just take what they give us" theory.....but that's just me.

Gotham

10-29-2007, 10:19 PM

tyler-durden

10-29-2007, 10:29 PM

It looks nothing like the graphic novel, do they even have the same bad guy.

Devastator138

10-29-2007, 10:35 PM

Well it looks like he is remaking Nightwatch

tyler-durden

10-29-2007, 10:36 PM

it does and I never even seen Nightwatch

Anti-Moderator

10-29-2007, 10:37 PM

Ah...so that's what we are accepting now....as long as it's "subtle" they can slap a name on it and it's good to go? This is not a movie based on WANTED when it only resembles the source in name(s) only.

Anti-Moderator

10-29-2007, 10:40 PM

It looks nothing like the graphic novel, do they even have the same bad guy.

The Badguy is Mr. X.....he's the dude in the pic busting through the mirror/glass/whatever.

tyler-durden

10-29-2007, 10:43 PM

Yeah, I know, but was he the bad guy in WANTED the graphic novel?

Hunter Rider

10-29-2007, 10:44 PM

Hunter Rider

10-29-2007, 10:45 PM

Yeah, I know, but was he the bad guy in WANTED the graphic novel?

No, Mr Rictus was.

Anti-Moderator

10-29-2007, 10:51 PM

Yeah, I know, but was he the bad guy in WANTED the graphic novel?

Well....the bad guys were actually the main characters in the story, but I guess the biggest bad guy was Mr. Rictus.

Click here for info (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Rictus)

tyler-durden

10-29-2007, 10:53 PM

thank you, that's all i wanted to know. I never read the graphic novel either hunter rider, but i'm saying if you going to do something like WANTED you have to stick to the source material.

Anti-Moderator

10-29-2007, 11:00 PM

As far as accepting goes, i am not accepting anything, i don't like the book so i am merely following this as an action movie called Wanted, I never thought the book could be adapted as it has no character that has any redeeming qualities, only way it could happen is if some studio decided to make a 100 million dollar NC-17 movie.

I'm not saying there should not be changes for the movie....but IMO the redeeming qualities that should have been in the movie were the comicbook aspects and the twist that supervillains have beaten the superheroes and are controling the world behind the scenes....a pathetic loser not only finds out this other world exists...but he is connected to it. I agree with what you are saying...there is no way a studio would/could make an AUTHENTIC WANTED film, but this is the extreme opposite of that which, to me, is worse.

Hunter Rider

10-29-2007, 11:25 PM

thank you, that's all i wanted to know. I never read the graphic novel either hunter rider, but i'm saying if you going to do something like WANTED you have to stick to the source material.

Source material often needs re working to work in a motion picture format.

I'm not saying there should not be changes for the movie....but IMO the redeeming qualities that should have been in the movie were the comicbook aspects and the twist that supervillains have beaten the superheroes and are controling the world behind the scenes....a pathetic loser not only finds out this other world exists...but he is connected to it. I agree with what you are saying...there is no way a studio would/could make an AUTHENTIC WANTED film, but this is the extreme opposite of that which, to me, is worse.

I understand, I respect that fans of the book are not happy and you are one of the few ive seen that accepts some changes needed to be made, I was just being upfront about my approach to this film given my dislike of the book.

tyler-durden

10-29-2007, 11:31 PM

Not that much re-working.

Anti-Moderator

10-29-2007, 11:42 PM

I can see how being open to this movie is easier to someone who wasn't a fan of the book. Sometimes being a big fan of the source material can blind us from seeing that changes aren't always bad and sometimes a necessary step to bringing an adaption to the big screen....I just don't feel that this is really the case. I truly believe they have gutted this story and turned what could have been something fresh to the screen into just the same old thing we have seen over and over.

tyler-durden

10-29-2007, 11:46 PM

I just hate that they messed up, the look of the book, I thought wesley gibson costume would have been awesome on screen.

Symbiotica

10-30-2007, 01:13 AM

First Official Wanted Photos Online! [/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
Source: Empire (http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=21354)
October 29, 2007

[FONT=arial][SIZE=2]Empire (http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=21354) has your first look at five official photos from director Timur Bekmambetov's Wanted (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=17347), based on Mark Millar's explosive graphic novel series. The fantasy-thriller, hitting theaters on March 28, stars James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Common, Kristen Hager, Konstantin Khabensky and Terence Stamp.

MORGAN FREEMAN is Professor Seltzer?!!! Angelina Jolie is Fox??!!! Who is that guy playing Wesley, he's at least ten years too old for the role! But.... MORGAN FREEMAN????!!!!!!!!

AHHHH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!!!!!

That is the [bleep]-ing funniest thing I have seen all day. I hope this movie crashes and burns so hard, it makes "Catwoman" look like a smash hit. If they're too scared to make a film about actual super-criminals, here's a clue: MAKE ANOTHER FILM.

This film should not be made! The general public simply could not handle the subject-matter, everyone knows that - so don't make it. But no - we have to absolutely rape yet another fine property in the hopes of making a profit. Whoever okayed that decision, live an "interesting" life.

superherofan777

10-30-2007, 01:50 AM

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wow!!!! with visuals like that, this movie should be AWESOME!

miltonh

10-30-2007, 06:51 AM

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Silvermoth

10-30-2007, 06:53 AM

Interesting villian. Maybe they're keeping Mr Rictus for the sequels I occasionally hear about

Hunter Rider

10-30-2007, 08:18 AM

kyodai-ken

10-30-2007, 08:19 AM

Don't you think we are getting ahead of ourselves? I'm definately a fan of the GN Wanted, I thought it was original, exciting and very slick. Even if they do take liberties with the plot the film may still kick ass. Lets not call it crap until we've atleast SEEN it. BTW i loved Mr. Rictus.

chamber-music

10-30-2007, 11:10 AM

Timur Bekmambetov is well known for being spontaneous and not sticking to the script.

Even common says that here
http://www.superherohype.com/news/wantednews.php?id=6422

He said himself he changed quite alot on the Daywatch film from the book.
Your never gonna get a direct adaptation from a guy like Timur Bekmambetov. He usually tones down the fantasy elements and pumps up the special effects.

Its a shame his leaving out the more superhero type stuff becuase thats would been what helped distance it from what the critics are probabley gonna call a secound rate matrix film.

tdeverea

10-30-2007, 11:45 AM

MORGAN FREEMAN is Professor Seltzer?!!! Angelina Jolie is Fox??!!! Who is that guy playing Wesley, he's at least ten years too old for the role! But.... MORGAN FREEMAN????!!!!!!!!

AHHHH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!!!!!

That is the [bleep]-ing funniest thing I have seen all day. I hope this movie crashes and burns so hard, it makes "Catwoman" look like a smash hit. If they're too scared to make a film about actual super-criminals, here's a clue: MAKE ANOTHER FILM.

This film should not be made! The general public simply could not handle the subject-matter, everyone knows that - so don't make it. But no - we have to absolutely rape yet another fine property in the hopes of making a profit. Whoever okayed that decision, live an "interesting" life.

Overly dramatic... you are.

xwolverine2

10-30-2007, 11:53 AM

this movie looks wicked... i dont give a crap about the comic, as long as the movie is awesome

Symbiotica

10-30-2007, 01:04 PM

Overly dramatic... you are.

As someone who is a big fan of the miniseries this thing is spawned from, I don't think so.

As for the "let's wait and see before we throw stones" mindset, I can only say this: I have never one time seen "waiting and seeing" optimism borne out by a quality product in the end. We had a crapton of people saying the exact same thing about CINO, and look what happened there. We had another crapton of people saying it about S-M3, and look what happened there: at best, we have the weakest film of the series BY FAR, and at worst... I won't go there.

We see it in the comics forums all the time. What happens? the fans tend to be very correct in this type of call.

When the fans have a baaad feeling about this drop [™Private Frost, "Aliens"], it tends not to bode too well for the final product. But that's just my take.

As I recall, once Millar actually went through a list of who he would actually cast in these roles; this was in an old issue of Wizard, and I wish I could remember which one. I can remember this much though: that list bore no resemblance to what we're seeing.

KenK

10-30-2007, 01:44 PM

Is Mr. Rictus even in this?!?! Everyone looks so damn normal in this movie! Does Wesley even wear the suit?!?

Hunter Rider

10-30-2007, 02:45 PM

Is Mr. Rictus even in this?!?! Everyone looks so damn normal in this movie! Does Wesley even wear the suit?!?

No, only thing that bothers me as they were the only two things i liked in the book. lol

Superman_

10-30-2007, 03:02 PM

chamber-music

10-30-2007, 03:47 PM

As I said before back when I started this forum. I just don't see how you can mess up a movie so easy to make. I mean the comic book was the script it's self and how they managed to **** it up is beyond words.

As I said before Timur Bekmambetov doesn't really follow scripts. He makes up stuff on a wim. Perhaps thats how they film in Russia?

KenK

10-30-2007, 03:50 PM

As I said before Timur Bekmambetov doesn't really follow scripts. He makes up stuff on a wim. Perhaps thats how they film in Russia?

Yeah, there was another foreign director who did the same thing, what was his name again? Oh yeah, PITOF!!:cmad:

Granted, Wanted could end up being a good action film in its own right, as Bekmambetov comes off like a far better director than Pitof, but it just seems like a real wasted opportunity to me. The whole concept of the comic was exactly what comic book films could use right now. The way this film has been described from day one, it seems to want to be as vague as possible about the character motivations, so as to ignore the fact that EVERYONE in Wanted was a straight-up villain, even Wesley. That was the point!! It would have been a nice change of pace from the usual comic books that have heroes and at the very least anti-heroes for someone to say, "oh, there's a good guy in there somewhere!" Something tells me the movie isn't going to end with Wes sticking his tongue out at the camera saying, "This is the face I'm gonna make while I'm f***ing you in the ass!"

tyler-durden

10-30-2007, 04:48 PM

The pics do look great, but I don't see one aspect of the graphic novel in any of them.

K.B.

10-30-2007, 05:35 PM

tyler-durden

10-30-2007, 05:46 PM

I'm a fan of quentin tarantino and wanted could have been easily made into a film the same it looked like it did in the comics.

Hunter Rider

10-30-2007, 08:49 PM

I find it funny whenever someone says that a film like WANTED couldn't ever be made because of 2 reasons..

1) these are the same people who like Quentin Tarintino
2) Comments like that lead me to believe they have absolute ZERO imagination.

1) I don't like Tarantino
2)It could be made by a studio willing to take a loss on a big budget NC-17 movie unless you completely retool Wesley, tone down the blase' violence and the pointless cussing.

Crook

10-30-2007, 10:38 PM

2)It could be made by a studio willing to take a loss on a big budget NC-17 movie unless you completely retool Wesley, tone down the blase' violence and the pointless cussing.
Rated R works just fine. I don't see anything in the graphic novel that would even warrant NC-17. After seeing what they get away with in the Saw series, Wanted can definitely be translated faithfully without any rating worries.

Hunter Rider

10-30-2007, 10:48 PM

Rated R works just fine. I don't see anything in the graphic novel that would even warrant NC-17. After seeing what they get away with in the Saw series, Wanted can definitely be translated faithfully without any rating worries.

I wasn't meaning the cartoonish gore, I was talking about the attitude towards rape and murder that is all over it, not dissimilar to Natural born Killers.

On the side though, you need money to do the action and in order to recoup you have to have a character that the audience outside the few fans of the vook will empathise with, Wesley is a scumbag in the book.

Crook

10-30-2007, 10:55 PM

I wasn't meaning the cartoonish gore, I was talking about the attitude towards rape and murder that is all over it, not dissimilar to Natural born Killers.
Well I don't even know if that's enough to make it NC-17 though. Was it ever shown in the book? Even if it is, it can still be shown in the film in a not so overt way.

On the side though, you need money to do the action and in order to recoup you have to have a character that the audience outside the few fans of the vook will empathise with, Wesley is a scumbag in the book.
Well his "life" before the truth was revealed to him can be very relatable. That and the mentality of just saying "f--k you" to the world and doing whatever the hell you want (knowing you'd get away with it). That's something almost everyone can understand I'm sure.

Hunter Rider

10-30-2007, 10:59 PM

Well I don't even know if that's enough to make it NC-17 though. Was it ever shown in the book? Even if it is, it can still be shown in the film in a not so overt way.

There are several ppl killed in a casual manner just for the "fun" of it, the rape i don't think is ever drawn, just the aftermath.

Well his "life" before the truth was revealed to him can be very relatable. That and the mentality of just saying "f--k you" to the world and doing whatever the hell you want (knowing you'd get away with it). That's something almost everyone can understand I'm sure.

A select few may get off on such an Amoral premise but most don't empathise with someone, who just b/c they are a loser, goes around murdering and raping for fun. I read the book and kept waiting for the moment where he realised how wrong it was, instead when i finished i just felt like i'd wasted my time and money and promptly gave the book to my friend who hated it and gave it back to me to gather dust.

Crook

10-30-2007, 11:17 PM

There are several ppl killed in a casual manner just for the "fun" of it, the rape i don't think is ever drawn, just the aftermath.
Well ok, then what's there to worry about? People getting killed (even for no reason) is shown all the time in film. Nothing new there.

A select few may get off on such an Amoral premise but most don't empathise with someone, who just b/c they are a loser, goes around murdering and raping for fun.
They may not sympathize, but I don't think that's necessary. As long as the audience can understand (not agree) what Wes is, that should be enough. If a film's success with audiences layed upon morals, we'd see a lot more failures.

I read the book and kept waiting for the moment where he realised how wrong it was, instead when i finished i just felt like i'd wasted my time and money and promptly gave the book to my friend who hated it and gave it back to me to gather dust.
Heh, that's actually what I loved most. During the whole "apology" part at the end, I was almost angry at how this seemed to be a huge cop-out. I was pleasantly surprised though when Wes basicaly said "f--k it" and moved on with his life, without a care for the damage he has done. That's refreshing. :D

Hunter Rider

10-30-2007, 11:23 PM

Well ok, then what's there to worry about? People getting killed (even for no reason) is shown all the time in film. Nothing new there.

PPl die in movies but not just slaughtered by the lead character for fun. Wasn't Natural Born Killers banned at one point before it got an NC-17 ? Wanted is just the same.

They may not sympathize, but I don't think that's necessary. As long as the audience can understand (not agree) what Wes is, that should be enough. If a film's success with audiences layed upon morals, we'd see a lot more failures.

It's an action movie that costs a lot of money, I don't think for a moment ppl would be interested in a film with no one to care about or invest in as the lead character, Anti Hero is one thing, total ******* low life is another.

At the end of the day we will never know b/c it's done now but the type of character Wesley is only works in an indie environment, not a one that has to attract the mainstream to recoup the massive budget needed for the action.

tyler-durden

10-30-2007, 11:31 PM

Just saw the trailer, it looks good, but they make it look as if Angelina jolie is the main character, I'm guessing because she's a bigger name than McAvoy

Hunter Rider

10-31-2007, 01:20 AM

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K.B.

10-31-2007, 01:24 AM

As far as the violence goes it can be shown...look at saw etc...

And as far as the whole "the audience needs a character to.." excuse I never once bought that for a second. Look at films like NBK, or Saw/Hostel, Fight Club, Sin City etc....there is a laundry list of movies out there where the lead characters are pretty much bad guys and scumbags and audieances loved those.

Also there is the whole fact tha ta film like wanted would be seen as an ORIGINAL FRESH idea.

Hunter Rider

10-31-2007, 01:26 AM

^^^Those films cost a fraction of what this cost and in Sin City Hartigan was a good guy.

tyler-durden

10-31-2007, 05:33 AM

not marv or dwight though, that were straight up bad guys

chamber-music

10-31-2007, 06:20 AM

I would actully like a movie with a bad guy that actully wins for a change. Just to shake up the tree of conventionality a bit.

good to have a film with evil verses eviler villians. Just becuase you you don't have cookie cutter good guys doesn't and your rooting for a villian doesn't mean you are immoral.

tyler-durden

10-31-2007, 02:10 PM

that why this film would have been cool to see

Superman_

10-31-2007, 02:42 PM

This movie just keeps pissing me off.

tyler-durden

10-31-2007, 06:02 PM

Why because it looks more like an angelina jolie movie than a McAvoy pic, which it should be.

Superman_

11-01-2007, 09:15 AM

Because this isn't Wanted.

tyler-durden

11-01-2007, 12:18 PM

that too

K.B.

11-02-2007, 01:04 AM

Actually the only "good guy" in Sin City was Jessica Alba's character. While yes Hartigan was a "good cop" he still had immoral thoughts about Nancy didn't he? (and they banged to right?) Add to the fact that they played it very serogat father/daughter and that adds another level.

Basically everyone except Nancy in Sin City is either straight up bad or has some sort of shady part to them.

Now that movie went on to become popular as hell and bank a bajillion bucks...but hey, if you want to believe a movie about bad guys wouldn't work, be my guest.