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Warner Bros. Hires Writer For Sam Raimi’s DC Comics Movie!!
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Brad Ingelsby (Ridley Scott’s upcoming “Low Dweller”) will script Warner Bros.’ big-screen version of Ed Brubaker’s DC/Wildstorm graphic novel “Sleeper.”
Variety describes the Sam Raimi-produced project:
The comic, written by Ed Brubaker, centers on an operative whose fusion with an alien artifact makes him impervious to pain and allows him to pass the ability on to others through skin contact.
Find all of Variety’s story on the project here.
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ha ha
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...again.
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the dude along with Geoff Johns is the best writer in comics. Captain America, Daredevil, Immortal Iron Fist, Criminal. That's 4 of the best 10 books out. Green Lantern probably takes the top prize.
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Raimi obviously doesn't know what to do with it anymore.
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Or son, wife, daughter, hot chick....I can see the ending already....Fuck this stinks
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I can't be less interested on this...
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i love pain. as long as it doesnt hurt
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It ain't happening. As for Spider-Man 4 & 5 (assuming he is doing them back to back, I think that's the plan), I have total faith in him. Just finished watching Spidey 2 on nifty blu-ray, not 10 minutes ago. He nailed that in everyway possible. And we all no the problems with part 3 were because of those meddlesome producers. He'll knock the next two outta the park. Just watch. As for Sleeper. Colour me curious.
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It misses the most important fucking thing the story is about, that the character is undercover in a supervillian organisation! How do you not include that in the synopsis!
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Anyone got an idea as to whether the story will be split in two "seasons" as the books were? Personally I'm stoked to see this - I loved Sleeper. The origin-telling game should be cool be see, they could use different styles for each one.
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the anti-hero protagonist is sent deep within an evil organization of super powered influence peddlers led by the scientifically created smartest man in the world, a being known only as Tao. When the only man on the planet that knows he is really a good guy goes into a coma, the operative finds himself playing both ends against the middle to preserve cover and try to come back in from the cold. Maintaining the ruse forces him to kill government sanctioned operatives and play cat and mouse with Tao. Lost, abandoned and desperately trying to maintain what passes for his moral center while the line blurs more and mroe by the day, the Sleeper has to find a way out.
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Jeez.
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That's a great Brubaker comic. I hope someone has that in the pipeline already...
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...the same way they did with WANTED. Prepare to be disappointed.
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started by aint it cool...I could've sworn i read an article on this site saying that he was attached to this project. I need enlightenment.
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Is this similar to the Guyver? Maybe thats wishful thinking
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OMG THAT ONE SENTENCE SUMMARY IS TERRIBLE FIRE EVERYONE REAAAAGE!
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... why did you have to bring-up the single cheesiest genre movie of my childhood? :-) Even still, the scenes featuring stop-motion animated aliens made it worth watching...
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That was an interesting character. I don't know what the hell this is.
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He's a rechargeable pain battery essentially. Any normal pain stimulus is stored and he can cause others to feel the pain he has stored.
This really needs to be a sequence of movies. And I hope they do Miss Misery justice. -
Every good hero/comic book movie needs good action sequences, and I just can't imagine this having them. I understand they kinda fucked up the description of his power, but won't that just leave us with a bunch of scenes of his enemies wincing in pain?
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One of my favorites. Could make for a pretty good movie; I'm assuming it'll be dumbed down and have nothing at all to do with the graphic series, though.
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...Don't know much about Sleeper other that it was well received and well regarded by the comic book crowd. Raimi has proven that he can do comic books, so it probably won't be a turd.
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Oct 16, 2008 2:08:57 PM CDT
Uhm is that it? He doesn't feel pain? I can do that with booze.
by damien chowder
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no homo in this one...i better not see some fuck walking around with hair in his face and doin a jazz jig...grr spidy 3
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I loved this book. It's "The Sopranos/The Departed" set in a superhero universe. Ed Brubaker is a great writer. His "Gotham Central" was a fanatctic mash-up of the best stuff from "Homicide: Life On The Streets", "The Wire", "The Shield", "NYPD Blue", "Law And Order:SVU", and "CSI:(las vegas)."Ok, so someone is getting a paycheck to adapt "Sleeper." That's just the first step. We will have to keep our eyes on this one.-----later-----m
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That's the sort of guy who turns up at your house in a Buick and kicks in your door just because he needed a light for his cigar.
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How many times will the lead in this movie cry?
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Sad for DC that you have to say that to know it's a DC prop. You say Thor, Cap America, Avengers, you know it's Marvel. DC is so overrated. All they got is Batman and a gay Superman.
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But I suppose that's asking for too much.
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... well, I'm normally not an MST3K fan, but followed your advice. To be honest, I think that movie simply *begs* to be lampooned, and it was only a matter of who got to it first. :-)
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That's the rumor.
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