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From Bleeding Cool:
Darren Aronofsky Planning Comic Book, Hoping To Turn It Into A Film
Darren Aronofsky Planning Comic Book, Hoping To Turn It Into A Film
Brendon Connelly said:Darren Aronofsky has a history with comics. His currently-in-prep next movie is The Wolverine, he produced a comic book version of his film The Fountain before getting to shoot the film (but after his first attempt to film it went awry), and he even attempted to get a big-screen version of Batman: Year One, co-scripted with Frank Miller, off of the ground.
It would seem hes returning to his Fountain playbook for another comics project. Speaking to Clothes on Film he says:
Well, were actually doing [a comic]. It hasnt really been announced, I dont know if I should give you the scoop! But were getting there. Were doing a comic book of a script thats really hard to make and were going to do a comic version first and see what happens
It seems like if you come up with an original script, in Hollywood its not as effective as a comic book. It doesnt even have to be successful as a comic; I mean how successful were Kick-Ass or Scott Pilgrim? Those were fringe comics, right, and they were basically turned in to big pictures.
Of course, Kick-Ass was successful, and Scott Pilgrim became a little bit of a phenomenon, even earning mainstream press comparisons to Harry Potter as a hot-cake series that just flew off the shelves and inspired bustling midnight openings.
But the point stands even some seldom-read, little-known comic books have been turned into movies.
The question, I guess, is which of Aronofskys previous, yet-to-be-filmed projects is it that hes looking to sneak in through the Comic Book pipe? I think we can cross off any projects that didnt originate with Aronofsky, anything adapted from a novel or a script that was brough to him by the studio
and while Im sure I dont know one half of what Aronofsky has been cooking up behind closed doors, of the projects I can recall the only good match seems to be Noah.
The idea for the film predates even the production of Pi, Aronofskys first feature. He eventually got a script written with Ari Handel, his collaborator on The Fountain and heres how he described it to The Guardian:
Noah was the first person to plant vineyards and drink wine and get drunk. Its there in the Bible it was one of the first things he did when he reached land. There was some real survivors guilt going on there. Hes a dark, complicated character.
And /film:
Its a great script and its huge. And were starting to feel out talent. And then well probably try and set it up Its the end of the world and its the second most famous ship after the Titanic. So Im not sure why any studio wont want to make it
I think its really timely because its about environmental apocalypse which is the biggest theme, for me, right now for whats going on on this planet. So I think its got these big, big themes that connect with us. Noah was the first environmentalist. Hes a really interesting character. Hopefully theyll let me make it.
And if they dont, hell go to comics, first of all, where the freedom to be more experimental is greater? Papers not cheap, but it sure comes easier than celluloid.
Hopefully more information will be forthcoming on this project. As appealing as Noah sounds, I wouldnt be surprised if it were something new that never became public before. Either way, well tell you when we find out.