Info/casting/pics thread

[Hunter Rider]

The book. It sounds hardcore and unafraid to go too far. It sounds like if they are going for a PG-13 rating it is going to blow hard but we will see I guess. It is very hard for me to optimistic when the majority of these adaptations these days are ****.

It is hardcore and looks awesome(Still yet to read my lovely hardcover of it)
but again as i say i could well come from the cinema saying "Nothing like Wanted but a damn good movie on it's own terms"

So, for an outsider who has never read the comic, what is wrong with this film so far...

Main thing is that it will be a rating that will require much to be cut and/or altered

 

[Silvermoth]

What on Earth does CINO and INO mean?

 

[Hunter Rider]

What on Earth does CINO and INO mean?

INO=In Name Only

C=Catwoman

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

So, for an outsider who has never read the comic, what is wrong with this film so far...

Well according to the others the synopsis released is indicating that it is different than the actual book. From what I am seeing and hearing he sounds like a badass psycho character and the synopsis is making him sound like a hero-type. Also hasn't the director himself said he wants to change up things? And it sounds like it is hardcore sexually and violently and I get the feeling that kind of stuff is going to be really toned down but we will see I guess.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Yeah here is a quote from the director that makes it seem that way.

"The characters will be the same, but the world will be a little bit different. It’s difficult for me to just follow. It’s interesting for me to create. I feel a little bit different how this world has to be executed."

 

[Ultimate_Superman]

He will be nothing like how he is in the book. In the book Wes, was killing people and raping women for fun. Hell he killed his best friend for ****ing his girlfriend, then killed some guy for just being nice to him. The book was pure golden. In the movie however he is now a hero and a good guy which Wes never was. I mean really the movie should have been rated R and thats with you watering things down. To make it PG-13 means that the movie will be nothing like the book and that you'll pretty much be getting Jon Peters first version of Superman Lives, with Cage, and the big Spider.

 

[Hunter Rider]

He will be nothing like how he is in the book. In the book Wes, was killing people and raping women for fun. Hell he killed his best friend for ****ing his girlfriend, then killed some guy for just being nice to him. The book was pure golden. In the movie however he is now a hero and a good guy which Wes never was. I mean really the movie should have been rated R and thats with you watering things down. To make it PG-13 means that the movie will be nothing like the book and that you'll pretty much be getting Jon Peters first version of Superman Lives, with Cage, and the big Spider.

In any version these things would be changed

 

[Ultimate_Superman]

In any version these things would be changed

No those things could stay. I mean if they can make movies about a 12year old girl getting rape. Sam Jackson chaining up a sex addict, A man eating humans, Freaks from a nuclear waste land holding a woman hostage and ****ing her sister then suck her breast milk they could make Wanted like how it was written. Instead they want to make him into Batman.

 

[Hunter Rider]

No those things could stay. I mean if they can make movies about a 12year old girl getting rape. Sam Jackson chaining up a sex addict, A man eating humans, Freaks from a nuclear waste land holding a woman hostage and ****ing her sister then suck her breast milk they could make Wanted like how it was written. Instead they want to make him into Batman.

Having the lead character raping women for fun is hardly gonna sell any tickets,some changes given the action budget needed would be required

 

[Ultimate_Superman]

Having the lead character raping women for fun is hardly gonna sell any tickets,some changes given the action budget needed would be required

I agree and you can take that part out but to take one part out is one thing. They are doing a whole 360 on the book.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Having the lead character raping women for fun is hardly gonna sell any tickets,some changes given the action budget needed would be required

Have you seen Crank???

 

[Hunter Rider]

I agree and you can take that part out but to take one part out is one thing. They are doing a whole 360 on the book.

I agree they are steering well clear,as i said i think they just want the cool looking character and that's it

Have you seen Crank???

Yes,Statham didn't rape anyone and if you look at the book there are scene's that will cost a lot more to do than any of Crank's little sequences,they could make it a hard R because the cost was low

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

I agree they are steering well clear,as i said i think they just want the cool looking character and that's it



Yes,Statham didn't rape anyone and if you look at the book there are scene's that will cost a lot more to do than any of Crank's little sequences,they could make it a hard R because the cost was low

It was borderline rape. Statham's character was basically forcing himself on her while she screamed no then gets her to concede THEN proceeds to doggystyle her roughly in PUBLIC even in front of youngsters. Your telling me that is a farcry from how they could do it for Wanted? I applaud LGF for having the balls to allow a scene like that to go on screen.

And that is what it comes down too. Studios afraid to take a chance so they make compromises that ruin it. And if it is a low budget that needs to keep it hardcore then that is what they need to do. Go in the vein of Sin City and do some green screen and sets.

 

[Hunter Rider]

It was borderline rape. Statham's character was basically forcing himself on her while she screamed no then gets her to concede THEN proceeds to doggystyle her roughly in PUBLIC even in front of youngsters. Your telling me that is a farcry from how they could do it for Wanted? I applaud LGF for having the balls to allow a scene like that to go on screen.

The man was dying,he explained to his girlfriend and while reluctant she went along with him ,she was reluctant b/c they were outside,not the same as raping a girl for fun...I only applaud if i think it is a good scene,shocking for the sake of it is not something to applaud IMO

And that is what it comes down too. Studios afraid to take a chance so they make compromises that ruin it. And if it is a low budget that needs to keep it hardcore then that is what they need to do. Go in the vein of Sin City and do some green screen and sets.

I suggest taking a look at the book,what it comes down to is you make a movie to make money and if you are gonna do a good job then you have to ply the right amount,Wanted isn't the type of thing you can do on the cheap just so you can keep a nice slice of fun rape in,take a look at the jet scene alone

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Well arguing about it is useless. They are going to **** it up regardless. Oh well maybe there is a slim chance it could be good I will wait for the trailer. But I will remain a pessmist Hollywood has tainted too many things already.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Well arguing about it is useless. They are going to **** it up regardless. Oh well maybe there is a slim chance it could be good I will wait for the trailer. But I will remain a pessmist Hollywood has tainted too many things already.

Have you read the book though ? i mean i can guarantee you that if you mean change it by **** it up then you will be 100% right

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

No I haven't. Just mainly going by things I have read and heard.

 

[dawhistleblower]

i am really confused here. where is the hate coming from? me... i dont trust hollywood either after XMEN3... BUT, the summary for the movie looks RIGHT ON with books. Are you made cause of what it isnt saying or from what it is saying? The book was about wesley being a drone nobody. But it was also an anti-consumer propaganda book like FIGHT CLUB.

And we have seen nothing but brillance from the director attached to NIGHT WATCH!!!!

Man that movie owns!! And i can not wait for DAY WATCH to come to America!!!!!

and i still have never watched catwoman... but this director is so far from that style of movie i dont get where the groans are coming from. Can someone explain it in a non-flaming way, so i know what you guys are worried about.

thanks in advance
phoenix taylor

 

[ang_hulk]

this film looks worse and worse as the details flood in.It does upset me,i thought this would be the easiest transission from comics to film ever,now its going to suck.It woulda made so much cash to.

 

[Ultimate_Superman]

i am really confused here. where is the hate coming from? me... i dont trust hollywood either after XMEN3... BUT, the summary for the movie looks RIGHT ON with books. Are you made cause of what it isnt saying or from what it is saying? The book was about wesley being a drone nobody. But it was also an anti-consumer propaganda book like FIGHT CLUB.

And we have seen nothing but brillance from the director attached to NIGHT WATCH!!!!

Man that movie owns!! And i can not wait for DAY WATCH to come to America!!!!!

and i still have never watched catwoman... but this director is so far from that style of movie i dont get where the groans are coming from. Can someone explain it in a non-flaming way, so i know what you guys are worried about.

thanks in advance
phoenix taylor

Did you read Wanted? The movie is about Wes giving a big **** You to the world. He is not a hero or a good guy. This is a man who went back and killed his teacher for giving him a bad grade. The movie they are making on the other hand is him being some honest good guy. They are trying to make him into a hero and he was far from that. Read the last 3 pages of the last issue and it sums up how Wes is in the book from what he should be in the movie. They are hardly going to be faithful and I bet the killing will be poor as well. Normally I wouldn't care but this was a great comic and it should get better then what they are doing to it.

 

[Ultimate_Superman]

this film looks worse and worse as the details flood in.It does upset me,i thought this would be the easiest transission from comics to film ever,now its going to suck.It woulda made so much cash to.

It should have been very easy to follow I mean come on now the book is cut and dry.

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://superherohype.com/news.php?id=5192

Wanted Filming Starts in April
Source:Czech Film Commission
February 8, 2007


The Czech Film Commission has posted an update on when filming for Wanted begins:

The Universal Pictures' action movie Wanted is another major production hosted by the Czech Republic and the local co-producer Stillking Films (www.stillking.com), directed by the Moscow based Timur Bekmambetov, who is also known for his international sensations Nigh****ch and Daywatch, two of the biggest grossing films ever in Russia. Wanted begins shooting in April for 12 weeks, starring Morgan Freeman and James McEvoy.

 

[Ultimate_Superman]

don't remind me

 

[Hunter Rider]

Release date announced

March 28, 2008

 

[Antonello Blueberry]

The Fates thing still annoys me. And they haven't announced who will play Fox.