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Ready for this GOON fans? Eric Powell's comic book optioned... by someone really cool...
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I was turned onto Eric Powell's THE GOON early last year and have been keeping up with it regularly. It's a twisted and fucking hilarious series following a deformed hard case as he deals with the undead, Lovecraftian creatures and gypsy curses. Think a depression-era Hellboy with an even more twisted sense of humor.
Now it looks like it has been optioned to be made into a CG animated feature by noneother than David Fincher. That is at once both amazing and scary. Amazing because Fincher is a perfect tie for this material, even if he only ends up producing it, and scary because Fincher seems to like to collect comic books and keep them in development for years and years (see TORSO).
But I think if Fincher can bring in a smart, like-minded director and kind of Tim Burton/A NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS The Goon... I think that's the best case scenario for us. That way we keep getting Fincher live-action films and we also get a real lovingly crafted Goon animated movie.
This could be awesome, guys. Now they just gotta keep Frankie's eyes pupil-free... Head over to Eric Powell's page to read the announcement by clicking the piece of art below!
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That's all I got.
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This never happens. Based on my recent review of cool news from the AICN archives.
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so this too must rock
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christ almighty...whats the fuckin holdup???
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CGI is so slick looking, no matter how hard the try. The Goon should look more like a Bakshi cartoon. Not necessarily rotoscoped, but... I dunno... It's a tough one.
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I think the style would lend itself really well to CGI...could be whole lot of fun me thinks!
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gotta give it a read, looks good.
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am i the only person here whos never even heard of this thing before...that said the art looks nice
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I'm there with bells on - psst - I hate the Dallas Airport
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That could be Chunk. That would rock! Chunk growing up to be some tough MF fighting the undead and shit... How awesome could that be, huh? <p> Not awesome at all, I know. I'm sorry. Carry on.
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Dunno if it's just me but when I'm reading the comic I imagine Mickey Rourke's Marv voice for The Goon and Jason Alexander for Frankie.
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from the first Burton Batman movie.
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The Goon is hands down one of the funniest comics out there right now. This could make for a really fun movie. I 2nd the idea of Mickey Rourke voicing the Goon.
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as much as I love the Goon (it may be my all time favorite book on the shelves) I just can't see it working in anything but the comic form. The timing is everything.
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that wouldn't be bad...Ron Pearlman maybe?...I'm sure Mark Hammil could probably do something cool for Franki?
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although I'm not real stoked about the CG bit, even though there's really no other way to do a Goon movie. As long as it's still an adult movie, not toned down for the kiddies, I'm on board.
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as long as he's not TOO over the top.
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I'd be very happy if Ron Pearlman did the voice of The Goon. And yeah, Mark Hamill could probably conjur up something unique for Frankie. Anyone think of any others?
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...No one else can be cast as the Goon but Bruce Willis. F*cker even looks like the Goon.
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Michael Clarke Duncan, might be a good heavy sounding voice for him too.
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..."CG Animated" feature. Would've loved to see it live-action, but oh well...
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If Fincher ever gets the damn thing made it would be tits. Of course, it would be nice to see TORSO while I still have control of my bladder. I hate the way he hoards a project on some Smegal shit.
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Everyone here knows that it's 'peeling' and not 'pealing', right? Seeing it in something that supposedly had a writer AND an editor before it was actually printed and spelled wrong more than once begins to make me lose what hope I had left in our education system...
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My first thought for The Goon is John DiMaggio (aka Bender), but again he would be too recognizable. For Franky it can only be Steve Buscemi, now that Burgess Meredith has passed on.
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WTF?
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...there would be only one man who could play The Goon, either animated or live action: Marion Robert Morrison (who also would have been the perfect Judge Dredd, but again I'm dreaming.
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Yeah, but if Tom Cruise played James Bond, it would make people think of Mission Impossible. My point is that The Goon is so close to Hellboy (they even costarred in one comic) that it would just confuse people.
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...should sound like Curly from the Three Stooges. The Goon should be someone who sounds kind of like Ron Perlman, but isn't. The Zombie Priest should be the mean old doctor from Scrubs whose name I can't remember.
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it wouldn't be Pearlman in makeup again...it would just be his voice, right?...and I missing something?
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George C Scott. The guy from Scrubs is a good choice, actually. But I still think that Powell was thinking of Burgess Meredith in Of Mice And Men when he drew Frankie.
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You miss my point. Perlman is now known mostly as Hellboy. (he does the voice in the cartoon too). It would be far too distracting, like Christian Bale playing Superman. Maybe Patrick Warburton?
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yeah..I hear ya. Patrick Warburton would be cool...I really like him...but he's kinda of that guy you always recognize...which might have the same effect as Perlman, yes?
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July 2, 2008, 3:50 p.m. CST
but other than the Tick, Warburton isn't associated with a comic
by wookie1972
... whereas Perlman IS Hellboy. If Hellboy hadn't been a hit, or was released awhile ago, it would have been different. I'd say the same about Michael Chiklis (after all, The Goon is very similar to Ben Grimm).
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...he has a good deep voice that doesn't just sound, well, black.
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to say Warburton is associated with the Tick is a stretch...nobody saw that show, lol, which is too bad, it was hilarious (one of my fav DVD's). I will say that I suck at casting calls...everytime I think someone is perfect/wrong for a roll...I seem to proven wrong..haha
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Eric Powell, the creator of the Goon comic, lives in Lebanon, Tennessee, which is about 35 miles away from where I live in Nashville. He was recently scheduled to appear for an autograph session at a local library. After fans gathered there and waited patiently for two hours, a library employee appeared and said Powell was a no-show. A few days later Powell allegedly apologized for standing his fans up and re-scheduled his comic book signing for another date. Guess what? Once again, he stood up the 50 fans or so who waited several long hours to meet their little hero. To say they were disappointed would be an understatement. They were livid. A large contingent of the crowd traveled more than 100 miles to be there. I’m no Goon fan. I was there as a reporter to cover his book signing for the lifestyles section of the paper. When that SOB stood me up twice, I swore never to again cover another book signing. I had more important things to do anyway rather than waste my time in some library, taking pictures of some nobody who draws funny papers.
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anyway, I throw Vin Diesel's name into the ring.
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just curious
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This Goes the Way of the big movies of 1999 according to AICN: The Hobbit, Superman Lives, and Starblazers. Shaping up to be a hell of a year, 1999.
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That I might believe.
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I'd rather see some real animation, not all this slick computer generated garbage. When will it end?
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So I assume if he pisses you off you'll never cover movies in the Savvy Shopper again?
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This could look amazing in CG if it's how I imagine it'll look. I'm just hoping it has plenty of Dr. Alloy.
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He should have the same conceited voice as Inignok from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
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I've never met John Cusack.
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all of this "that guy is a dick" talk. If you piss off Russell Crowe, you're gonna end up with a Telephone down your throat, but his movies are good. I don't wanna be friends with these people...I want good entertainment...that's all.
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Warburton isn't nearly as associated with The Tick as Perlman is with Hellboy, which will only increase if Golden Army is a hit, which certainly looks like a possibility. Besides, if they were smart they would have a Hellboy cameo like they did in The Goon comic. Vin Diesel would actually not be bad either.
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the point is that just because Powell stood you up, you're saying screw you to all other book signings? Seems extremely petty.
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Maybe Stephen Colbert as Dr. Alloy?
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"David Fincher and CGI adaptations do NOT mix. Who else remembers the Rendezvous with Rama hype fiasco a few years ago that went NOwhere." You're critisizing a non existent movie? One of the reasons Rama isn't getting off the ground is that it's still too expensive to do it Fincher's way. The studio isn't willing to pony up $150,000,000+ unless they jazz the story up in the worst way possible. Now if Benjamin Button makes a shedload of cash that might change. Anyway, I don't think Fincher options graphic fiction because he's immediately planning on filming it. He likely only optioned Black Hole to keep Alex Aja away from it.
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He has animated character voice over experience as well.
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Now that's a handsome fuckin' cocksucker. If I do say so myself.
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I think you're right...I don't want it to seem like I'm arguing...I enjoy a a civil talkback
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neither of us have degenerated into swearing or calling each other's names, so let's keep it up.
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Wait'll you meet Mr. Powell.
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I'm just throwing names out here. Doubt he'd ever do it.
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...was in mystery men...so I wouldn't count him out...haha. Jack Black as Frankie maybe?
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..for Frankie. I don't know, I just saw it the first time I read it.
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Great news.I see Michael Rooker when i look at the Goon? I still aint read the chinatown book,need to get that bugger soon as i heard its the best Goon story yet.
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TodBrowning - Chinatown's an absolute belter! It's a lot more serious than the previous books and answers some questions regarding Goon's past. If you've got the money then go get it as soon as you can. If you ain't got the money then I would never, ever recommend that you use a bit torrent service to download it and then buy it later. No sir, I would never recommend that.
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I have mysteriously returned home sometimes to find that someone hijacked my computer to download comics.When i get my hands on them!!!Concerning The Goon i told myself *ahem* i mean i left a note for the mysterious downloader to tell them not to touch Eric Powells work as some titles are just worth owning and reading in the proper format. Trust me the temptation is always there,its a monkey on my back the size of King Kong.
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I get the same problem. I'd blame my kids if I had any. Why, just minutes ago issue 50 of The Walking Dead 'appeared' on my hard drive, (bloody good it was too). Now there's something I don't ever want t.v or film to touch.
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with one including popeye...and good comes from the word "gooney", but it was popularized by thimble theater
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Will Cyndi Lauper be involved again?
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fincher licks ballsack <P> goon sucks donkey diarrhea
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Get back under your bridge ya warty bitch! We's civilized folk in here!
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Reading the first issue of The Goon I thought "Too bad Perlman played Hellboy, because he'd be a perfect Goon." But you know what? Fuck it, the man can play two different comic characters - who cares? I also agree on Buscemi as Frankie. Them's my picks, and I'm stickin' to 'em.
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Would prefer live action.
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Am I the only one who thought the title of this suggested news on the Peter Sellers/Spike Milligan/Harry Secombe radio show? On the other hand, I don't want anyone screwing that up, so perhaps this is best.
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I agree with previous comments. It is a little known fact that an apocryphal papyrus of the Book of Revelation described misspelling of kitchen activities as the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse. This movie will bring destruction on us all. Pray for Fincher to leave this one in development hell, for the sake of us, our children, and our children's children, and their pets.
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ive stated repeatedly in here that "the goon" would make a good comic to film project - most recently in the "jonah hex/tom jane" thread - i called it, been calling it - now its happening - i hope they dont fuck this up - the goon is one of the best comics out now - pearlman would be great as the voice of the goon, but he is already too recognized as hb - even in the animated hb movies
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He was the really tall brother on Everybody Loves Raymond. His deep baritone voice would be great for the Goon.
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You KNOW it to be true!
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One said Jason Alexander as Frankie (The_Inside_Joke) and another said Stephen Colbert as Dr. Alloy (wookie1972) Get these guys on the production team!! Excellent casting!!! <br><br>For the Goon, some of you are casting visually for a CG movie. Just cause a guy might look the part, doesn't mean the voice acting will be the best. (Tim Curry as The Joker in BTAS?) Throw it to Mark Hamil, that dude is a hell of a voice actor... I love The Goon!!
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He was the greatest, unsung Goon. Ironic, cos he had a wonderful, rich timbre to his sonorous tenor voice. All this excitement about Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers..and did any of THEM host Songs of Praise? No. Didn't think so. <p> <p> Don't remember them ever hanging out with the undead, mind. But it MUST be the same Goons. I mean, HOW MANY GOONS CAN THERE BEEEEEEEEE???!!???!!??!!
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I agree, I love Ron Perlman. I was just poking fun at another thread where people went off way too long on the Perlster. Seriously though, this Goon creator is know for being a dick. He has a great comic though.
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... is that an Arrested Development reference? If you're trying to suggest that Will Arnett should be involved in this project then I'm in complete agreement. Dunno who he could play though, don't think he's right for The Goon but they should definitely get him in there somewhere. And, cheers for the kind words Redbox. Jason Alexander is the voice I hear when I'm reading it, imagine him saying 'Knife to the eye!' in full-on George mode. Although I agree that Steve Buscemi could be a good fit.
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You are a great success. I am such a big fan of you since last year. Wish everything goes well for you, Eric. Can you do me one favor? just tell me is it you on wealthybeauty.com? I love that photo you without... there.
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Or Thomas Haden Church
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I love THE GOON. Only, I'm not sold on the whole CG thing. Why can't they do it live action. I wouldn't even mind a SIN CITY, 300, THE SPIRIT style take on it. But you can do this live action. Del Toro, Peter Jackson or even Terry Gilliam could do justice to this. Someone with sick, twisted sense of humor but with a good eye for camera and style. CGI still isn't right yet. It's fine for cartoony things like SHREK and WALL-E, but for live action stuff ... like BEOWULF ... everything still looks too rubbery and 2 dimentional. Give Goon something real to pummel. And who wants to CGI zombies. Not me. I want to see ooze and rot dripping from open soars and exposed bone. It's not as effective when it's done through a computer.
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Four words into the headline and I was hoping this was about The Goon Show,<p>Oh well, another comic book movie is good too, I suppose...
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and Jessica Alba as Frankie.
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Only way to do this cool book justice.
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I love this book/Powell's art. About time for this...as long as it doesn't get homogenized into somethin it's not (for kids). I have a feeling that won't happen though. It's just too twisted all the way down to it's core. My pick for the Goon's voice: Vin Diesel. Anyone mentioned him yet?
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ne'er!
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Y'know what? I just can't get angry at someone who employs such marvelous use of an apostrophe. Hat's off to you sir!
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created the Goons....
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