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Brett Ratner Orbiting HARBINGER Feature Film!!
Merrick here...
Paramount has acquired rights to the HARBINGER comic books; Brett Ratner is developing the concept as a live-action feature film he may possibly direct. Ratner, it seems, is understandably tired of joining franchises late in the game (X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, RED DRAGON).
Created by Jim Shooter, the "Harbinger" comicbook series became a hit when published in the 1990s. Harbingers are humans with powers that can be unlocked by "omega" harbingers. Teenager Pete Stanchek finds himself on a collision course with an older "omega" who used his gifts to become an evil industrialist.
...says THIS ARTICLE in Variety.
The last time Ratner directed anything I didn't hate was THE FAMILY MAN, although many people apparently disliked the movie rather intensely. Any way you cut it, it's hard to spin this as even remotely good news as far as I'm concerned. We'll see...
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yowza valiant comics!!! XO MANO-UNDERWEAR!
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AICN WINS AGAIN!
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Isn't the evidence piling up already?
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THAT would be the shiznit. As long as it had a proper director.
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The Ratner hate will ensue.. Don't really get it, he's not great but not that bad either.. And Johnny Drama will probably be in it!
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And Ratner leads the way!
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Everything in the movie will be undone and reset in the last 5 seconds.
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Wolverine also stars in this one, right?
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"Ratner to ruin another comic book property"?
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Any one else think Alyssa Milano looks fucking hot in that ad for "WISEGAL" that shows up on the right side of the page? SCHWING!
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The Rat is a hack, period.
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Ratner is a paint-by-numbers director: with a poor script the film is doomed, when surrounded by good people or a reasonable script he can be okay. He has no style and is a dull, uninteresting director but he's nor Paul WS Anderson train-wreck bad. And the reason studios keep giving himwork is he comes in on budget, in time and generally makes money - and that is all the soulless studios care about. Don't kid yourself there's an executive in the world that values the artistry over the bottom line!
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The hilarity will ensue!
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Anybody seen Richie?I keep coming back until someone REMEMBERS seeing Richie!
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after all he directed such good movies as ah ah ah...HULK SMASH!
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Harbinger was good. I'd rather see a badass Rai, Magnus, Shadowman or Turok movie though.
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*I* wanted to make this film! Fuck you Ratner! NO MOOOORRREEE!
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Even Ratfuck can't fuck that up. I mean, it has robots in it.
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was to do it like a gritty road movie since the kids are on the run for the bulk of the story. Like early Gus Van Sant or even Into The Wild with superpowers. That's the only way to differentiate it from X-Men.
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There does seem to be this trend now to just make a comic book into a movie, whether you're a struggling studio, actor, Director or whatever. I'm not against this entirely but it is going to get tired very soon, if it hasn't already. I would just like to see something amazing and original that will inspire me. Unfortunately it hasn't happened for a very long time.
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harbinger could be such a good film. this could be a kick ass franchise. dont fuck this up ratner, i have faith in u!! now someone make an X-O Manowar film!!!!!
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These books were hot for about a year in the very early 90's, because they printed like 5 copies of each issue.
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what a bunch of wet blankets...
As for the Rat, I think this site should stop posting news about him. First: no one cares about his movies, even the potentially good projects he will eventually ruin. And second: posting stories about him is just morbid curiosity, waiting for the TBers to bash him. Not unlike stepping down near a car wreck. -
it's Rattner, or because it's a Harbinger movie, or because it's Rattner DOING the Harbinger movie? Just curious.
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or Uwe Boll for that matter.
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I think that's definitely arguable.
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Skipping over so many unmade 'A' properties to greenlight this? Why?
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HARBINGER was a huge hit in the early 90's. Especially for an independent company such as Valiant. If it wasn't a hit, then people would not have known about it at all, or still know about it today. Unfortunately Valiant went to major hell when Acclaim took over.
I've always wanted to see this made into a movie and am shocked to see it happening. I'd prefer a different director after what Ratner and the writers did to X3. They completely missed the mark.
The other issue is that HEROES and HARBINGER are very, very similar. That can be a good or bad thing. I believe the HEROES hype can definitely help with HARBINGER, but it has to be done right. If Ratner has one incling of common sense about him, he will get Jim Shooter to help co-write/assist in the script to some degree.
I loved the HARBINGER comic as a kid. Peter Stanchek was the man. Here's hoping for the best. -
That's the problem here, not Ratner being attached. If you read this in the 90s and didn't think it was one of the worst written rip-offs in the history of story, go back now and take a look. HARBINGER is absolute shit. I can't believe any entity, much less a major studio, would buy this donkey. It just goes to show that there are no bounds on stupidity. What's even funnier is that this property has been lamely offered - like a set of encyclopedias written by Downs kids - into every studio 3-4 times a year since the late 90s and it's been rejected and rejected and rejected and rejected. I suppose someone finally got tired of saying, "No."
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His time at Marvel was a low point for the company (although I'm sure he made them a lot of money). What an asshole...
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It was a pretty good comic, I guess, but I can't imagine it having a lot of drive behind it (or at a place like ComicCon) but then, who knows?
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Literal corporate warfare, with superpowers!
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I just ran into my complete run of Harbinger a while back. I think I'll pull it for a re-read, although thinking back the Valiant stuff was only a bit better than the crap that Marvel and Image were putting out in the early 90s. In fact I think the "Deathmate" crossover pretty much killed the company. X-O Manowar and Harbinger were my favourites from the Valiant universe.
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Where's the Magnus, Robot Fighter movie? Too bad the Wachowskis already did the Matrix or they could do it. I think, done right, it could be one of the all-time sci-fi film classics. First requirement: minimal use of CGI.
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shooter is a master of manipulation and pr...the comix themselves werent all that good, but he knew how to play into the speculator market...i have a feeling the project will die in development tho
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It seems to me that this proposed movie will possibly be a NBC Heroes clone. One of the main characters is very very Sylar like, in that he can take over peoples abilities. Like Harbinger. There is also possible similarites to the 1970's Kirk Douglas movie "The Fury". Generic, formulaic, right up Brett "i am shit Ratner's street to be honest.
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Every valiant fan knows that loeb (heard writer of heroes) ripped off a ton of harbinger ideas. Harbinger did them better though imho
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didnt aicn have a full issue preview of harbinger 0 a while back? would be a good idea to link it...cant find it on the broken search bar
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He can't take over people's abilities. All he can do is activate them - other than that he is a powerful telepath/telekinetic.
He was also bisexual, a fact Jim Shooter only hinted at before being fired. -
Kurt Russell as Gunslinger and Barbara Hershey as Hotshot!
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So glad he's leaving the Samurai Jack property on his shelf...
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