Let Wacker bring back Condorman

[Gabe99]

Oh yeah! I hope this happens!
From Newsarama:
What will the first Disney/Marvel comics project be? Stephen Wacker has a suggestion.

Originally Posted by J. Caleb Mozzocco

Wacker ends his plea with a call to action, asking that “letters of support” be sent to “LET WACKER BRING BACK CONDORMAN c/o Spider-Man Office” at Marvel’s address, 417 5th Avenue, New York, New York, 10016.

[masteryoda]

Hell yeah!

[Gabe99]

From Comic Twart: CONDORMAN by ramon perez

Originally Posted by Ramón k Pérez

when i was a kid one of the first movie novelizations i read was condorman - funny thing was, i never saw the movie. the book contained a few movies stills - action sequences mainly, some villain shots, condorman fighting evil doers, and an awesome car....

my imagination ran wild!


i saw the movie probably 20 years later. it didn't hold a torch to my imagination... it was kinda hokey, but fun. but still there was this great story, or the memory of, from my childhood.


so in my eye, condorman's kinda cool, or at the very least - he's got potential. i'm a firm believer than any character no matter how lame can be made awesome, and be used to tell an exciting story.


so this is my quick rethinking of condorman for the new millenia. i mean condorman was a disney flick, and disney owns marvel, there are possibilities here!


my take; a mashup of james bond and gatchaman. condorman is like batman if he worked for the cia or fbi or whatever - take it and run with it i say!


okay, i'm tired, and it's late on a friday night. the piece isn't done - i left out the skyline on the top and the dash of colour i wanted to add... monday i'll tackle that. but for now, i thought i'd share....

[random_havoc]

Heck yeah bring back condorman!!!

[BLACKVULCAN]

hahaha Condorman rocked!!

[Gabe99]

From The New York Post:
'Steel' this movie

Originally Posted by REED TUCKER

Consider the utterly messed-up cinematic world we live in. Superhero movies have become so popular that someone is actually considering remaking “Condorman.”

[Gabe99]

From Moviehole:
Exclusive : Disney considering resurrecting Condorman

Originally Posted by Clint Morris

With every studio in town out to bag and tag whatever comic property they can get their hands on, and with Disney’s deal with Marvel officially inducting the studio into the superhero business, no surprise to hear this morning that one of the studios own properties – alas, one of their lesser known ones, particularly to those born outside of the tail end of the decade – may be getting a dust off.

“Condorman”, the story of a cartoonist that transforms into the superhero he draws (of course you remember it!), is the latest being tinkered with over there in the Burbank redo department.

The 1981 Charles Jarrott film starred Brit stage star Michael Crawford (at the height of his ‘Betty!’ success), Oliver Reed, and James ‘Teen Wolf’ Hampton.

“The idea remains the same”, a House of Mouse insider – albeit one that works in a producing capacity for animation, so hasn’t got a direct line to anyone on this particular production and has admittedly heard this all third hand – told me over Skype this morning. “Wally. A Brit again. Robert Pattinson’s name has been floated, can you see him going for it? He seems to be into more intellectual things?. Still a pompous cartoonist turned superhero type gets to assist in the deflection of a sexy young KGB agent. Emphasis would be more on action this time around though. They want to steer as far off from Johnny English territory as possible. But there’s talk of doing lots with the Condorman brand. Guessing you’ll hear more about it soon Clint”

One of the big supporters behind the resurrection of Condorman is Stephen Wackler, an editor on ”Amazing Spider-Man”.

He, and quite a few others, believe that with Disney now doing Marvel’s movies, they should consider making the character part of the Marvel Universe. Either way, “it would all begin with a solo movie – the obligatory origins movie.”

The original “Condorman” wasn’t a big success, and didn’t gain much love among critics, but in recent years its taken on somewhat of a cult classic status, which has apparently helped stem the movement to get the reboot on the fast track.

Whatever they do, just please bring back the classic Henry Mancini score please!

[Gabe99]

From IGN November 21, 2011:
Small Fry: Exclusive Look at the Toy Story Short

Originally Posted by Eric Goldman

MacLane noted they had ideas for far too many fast food toys to actually make it into the short and that one common thread that they used for many of them was the random amalgamation of two ideas – such as Super Pirate. One other character MacLane lobbied hard for and succeeded in getting into Small Fry was Condorman, based on a mostly-forgotten 1981 Disney film MacLane enjoys. Said MacLane, "For Condorman, I just wanted to find a way to get Condorman back into the public consciousness… It was kind of like, 'Can we do this?' And they were like, 'Yeah, we can do that.'"

From AWN December 9, 2011:
Angus MacLane Talks Small Fry

Originally Posted by Bill Desowitz

Then there's Condorman (culled from the '81 Disney cult movie of the same name). "I thought it would be funny if you took a character from Disney's history that a lot of people didn't know about and would not feel out of place in the line-up of forgotten toys. Plus then if they make toys of Condorman, it would make it a win-win. "

[Gabe99]

From CBR:
A-I-C EXTRA: Steve Wacker Answers Your Questions On "Daredevil," "Captain Marvel," "Hawkeye" & More

Originally Posted by Kiel Phegley

"Classic" Disney superheroes get some love from Gabe99 who wonders, "Are you going to bring back Condorman? Any thoughts on the Condorman movie reboot?"

Wacker:
I think it goes without saying that I take full credit for the Condorman reboot.

I’m looking forward to it and I await a call from Disney about what role I will play.
(One note for my director: I refuse to learn lines or show up before 6 PM.)