Vertigo Movies

[Sandman138]

That's right, **** your DC movies. Wonder Woman has already been in countless bondage porns, they are all over the internet, and whether you want to admit it or not they are as faithful to the source material as you are gonna get. The Flash? You have a guy who's really fast, a talking gorilla, and an evil eskimo. I'll pass, thank you. Green Lantern? Okay, this would actually be a cool movie if you could get the GL Corps in and make it into a huge intergalactic space opera, but since that won't happen I say to hell with you and your emerald bling Hal Jordan.

Vertigo! Where is my Transmetropolitan movie? A cyberpunk Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and nobody has seen the instant money to be made? 100 Bullets equals money in the bag and yet nobody has bothered to option those rights. The Invisibles? That comic that The Matrix ripped off and still couldn't come close to being as brain rapingly awesome? Hell yes I would drop acid and go see that. It would be a ****ing religious experience. DMZ, Fables, Incognegro, etcetera etcetera.

At least Y the Last Man is on its way.

 

[darkseid26]

oh my, your right.

 

[cerealkiller182]

James Franco as Jack of Fables. Im not incredibly familiar with the character. I have only read an issue here and there but he seems like a jittery, not so smart kinda guy and I was watching the Pineapple Express trailer and thought maybe it could work

 

[cerealkiller182]

I have been looking to the basic plotlines of the Vertigo books. I plan on catching up with TPBs (which I hope they have, im just assuming).

But 100 bullets sounds like it might work as an HBO or Showtime series.

 

[Sandman138]

James Franco as Jack of Fables. Im not incredibly familiar with the character. I have only read an issue here and there but he seems like a jittery, not so smart kinda guy and I was watching the Pineapple Express trailer and thought maybe it could work

Brilliant. Hmmm, I wonder how he would have been as Yorick. I'm on the fence about Shai. I think he could quite possibly pull it off but I don't know whether or not he will.

 

[Sandman138]

Christina Hendricks for Rose Red

Maggie Siff for Snow White

 

[Joker]

Preacher dammit

 

[MattBearPig]

Preacher dammit

I just Googled Jesse Custer and this came up.

I LOVE the tagline though.

 

[Antonello Blueberry]

Well, Death and Y are in development. There's still an old Sandman script ("by the writers of Beowulf and The Pirates of the Caribbean") that could still be resurrected if they take the property off the hands of Jon Peters.
And Losers has a script and had a director attached. Fables wouldn't be bad and Transmet would be great. The Preacher tv series seems dead instead.

 

[Rac]

The Light Brigade would make an awesome movie.

(Though I'm not sure was it published by Vertigo. DC anyway.)

 

[cerealkiller182]

And Losers has a script and had a director attached. Fables wouldn't be bad and Transmet would be great. The Preacher tv series seems dead instead.

I believe it was Peter Berg who was attached to Losers but he seems to have moved on.

the Preacher tv series definitely seems dead which sounds good considering Mark Steve Johnson was involved.

 

[Antonello Blueberry]

I believe it was Peter Berg who was attached to Losers but he seems to have moved on.

Peter berg then decided to move to Hancock, and Tim Story came on board to move later to another project.
Now the Losers are without a director. I think they're afraid the movie will be too similar to the new A-Team flick.

 

[Sandman138]

Well, Death and Y are in development. There's still an old Sandman script ("by the writers of Beowulf and The Pirates of the Caribbean") that could still be resurrected if they take the property off the hands of Jon Peters.
And Losers has a script and had a director attached. Fables wouldn't be bad and Transmet would be great. The Preacher tv series seems dead instead.

I really hope Death limps back into development hell. It's not nearly as good without having read Sandman. That Sandman script was utter **** and the sad thing was you could see that Avery was doing everything in his power to keep it as close as possible to the books and still make it pitchable. I would love to see a Sandman trilogy or mini-series but I don't think any producer would touch it.

Still anxiously awaiting Y.

 

[Antonello Blueberry]

I really hope Death limps back into development hell. It's not nearly as good without having read Sandman. That Sandman script was utter **** and the sad thing was you could see that Avery was doing everything in his power to keep it as close as possible to the books and still make it pitchable. I would love to see a Sandman trilogy or mini-series but I don't think any producer would touch it.

Still anxiously awaiting Y.

The Sandman script wasn't so bad, especially the Avary draft. It was close to the early issues of the series.
And I don't agree on the Death movie. Did you try to give The High Cost of Living to someone who'd never read Sandman? It's still enjoyable as a standalone story.

 

[Chaos Bringer]

the Preacher tv series definitely seems dead which sounds good considering Mark Steve Johnson was involved.

how did he get his claws into it at all ?
seems mismatched. surely WB can attach someone proper to handle this. i was really looking fwd. to HBO's 'Preacher'

 

[The Denialist]

I'm still holding out for a We3 film. Last I heard, Morrison had a script written for it and was in talks with New Line Cinema for theatrical distribution. But, it seems as though plans for the movie have fallen by the wayside, which is a shame. I think, if done correctly, a film adaptation of We3 could have been great.

 

[Antonello Blueberry]

The problem is that New Line was absorbed in WB and most of their projects now are being rescheduled.

 

[Sandman138]

I'm still holding out for a We3 film. Last I heard, Morrison had a script written for it and was in talks with New Line Cinema for theatrical distribution. But, it seems as though plans for the movie have fallen by the wayside, which is a shame. I think, if done correctly, a film adaptation of We3 could have been great.

Oh god no!

That book could not work at as a film at all. There are no cinematic analogues for scenes like these:

I know it is cliche to say that a story only works as a comic but We3 is definitely an example of just such a story.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Im not familiar with We3 and I agree that there is no analogue but I dont think many graphic novels wouldbe translated like Sin City but the story would be adapted in such a way that the visuals would possibly change. The initial impression of such an action definitely sucks because the comics bring a visual precedent that other publsihed works dont, but the visual style is always more characterized by the medium rather the story (9 times out of 10).


I think James Roday would be a great Yorick although i think he might be too much older than Yorick. Hes 32. And Yorick is a little too much like his character on Psych

 

[Heretic]

these werent initially Vertigo...but an adaptation of the Kid eternity mini would be cool...and I (and I alone) would rush out to see Moonshadow.

 

[Sandman138]

Im not familiar with We3 and I agree that there is no analogue but I dont think many graphic novels wouldbe translated like Sin City but the story would be adapted in such a way that the visuals would possibly change. The initial impression of such an action definitely sucks because the comics bring a visual precedent that other publsihed works dont, but the visual style is always more characterized by the medium rather the story (9 times out of 10).

The thing is that We3 as a story is very linear, predictable, and while it is certainly heartfelt, it has no subtlety. What makes We3 so compelling is the way it is told. Those "crazy" panels don't just make the comic unique, they make each of the three animals unique (each animal has their own way of moving through panels) and through this, they earn their value and once they have vale all the horrors that have been visited upon them resonate with the reader. Without that, there is little reason to care.

 

[Rando Aces]

i just started reading preacher. i would love a film adaptation. funny though, i picture heath as more of a cassidy than a custer.

 

[cerealkiller182]

I see Depps name thrown around for Preacher but I think Walton Goggins could pull it off also. Hes pretty badass on The Shield and over the last couple seasons has really shown emotional range. He also has a Southern accent. Its noticeable but its not super strong. Obviously his hair does not look like Custers and its easily Custers most recognizable feature but I never liked it and thought it made him look to much like The Wedding Singer.

I have also heard Ewen Bremner for Cassidy who would be great but I recently saw In Bruges and Colin Farrell reminded me a lot like Cassidy. I thought he was always better suited for comedy. Hes hilarious in his Scrubs cameo. Maybe even undergo a physical transformation like Ledger did since hes kind of a pretty boy

 

[Sandman138]

Cillian Murphy for Cass.

 

[cerealkiller182]

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