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Will Captain Boomerang Make It To The Big Screen Before The Flash?? Warner Moving Ahead With DC Comics’ SUICIDE SQUAD!!
I am – Hercules!!
DC Comics’ Suicide Squad, a supersecret government agency that used DC supervillains to carry out missions deemed too dangerous for non-scumbags, is in the works at Warner Bros.
No definitive word on which supervillians will be utilized for the movie, but those serving on the squad in the funnybooks include Batman enemies Penguin, Poison Ivy and Deadshot, Flash enemies Captain Boomerang and Captain Cold, Green Arrow enemy Count Vertigo, Atom enemy Chronos, Justice League enemy Doctor Light, and Superman enemy Parasite.
How cool would be a movie teaming the DC Universe's greatest villains? My suspicion? Very. We can only hope that Warner Bros. gives the filmmakers the freedom to use any of DC's A-list ne'er-do-wells.
Justin Marks, whose super-prison screenplay “Supermax” utilized wrongly accused DC icon Green Arrow as well as its own giant cast of established DC supervillainy, is scripting “Suicide Squad.”
I’m guessing Warner is moving ahead with this because of the strong early reviews for “Watchmen,” which also deals with unsavory superpeople.
Read all of the Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.
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that's a good idea right? :(
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I am all in favor of mining a different side of superheroes rather than vomit up more sugar (SUPERMAN) or emo-rotica (SPIDERMAN).
So give us bad dudes who love being bad and enjoy the hell out of their super powers and who wreak destruction. No more pulled punches! This could be the superpowered DIRTY DOZEN. I love the idea.
Also, I am hoping SUPERMAX comes together - love that idea, as well. -
let's hope for the best
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just like the comics industry did after watchmen and tdkr came out its about creativity, not doing the same shit over and over again
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"Suicide SQUAD! Attack!"
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hope this doesn't get stuck in development hell like Supermax...
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That would be a good jump off point. Take some of the bad asses that Green Arrow has to deal with and set up a sequel of sorts. Just make more DC stuff already, fuck man. All we have gotten from DC is Batman (awesome) and Superman (needs a kick ass sequel) and there is so much more that can be done.
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I just hope they pick some great villains for it. This is how I would open the film: A group of great super heroes who protect the Earth, are targeted and killed by a certain "big bad". Without the defense of the heroes, the world powers are at the mercy of this shadowy new threat. Enter the U.S. Government which forces a group of captured super villains to lead a Suicide Squad to stop this common threat...in exchange for freedom, or face death themselves, via execution. Now they have to do the job the heroes could not do...and are authorized to complete their mission by any means necessary. That would be a movie worth filming!!! Think of it as the villainous version of Watchmen.I'm willing to sell my idea to Warner, if they like it.
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God dammit we cant turn to laymen for good comic film material and we cant turn to fanboys either. You want to see Green Arrow in a film, make a film Green Arrow film using the core elements of the character to define him. Not some silly fanboy adventure of the week story. You people do realize movies arent serialized like comics are. You can get away with "The Green Arrow fights every villain ever!" in comics only because one comes out a month. With a film you want to utilize the best stories that really shine a light on who these characters are and clearly define the world around them in the essence and spirit of the character as a whole. Supermax is like making the next Batman movie Batman vs. the Predator. Perspective people, Jesus Christ. Pick your fuckin battles with these movies. Use only the best stories.
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Seriously, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, there are rumors about big screen adaptions about them for years. And nothing happens at all. At least Marvel seem to have a plan and a direction they want to go with their property, something DC is seriously lacking!
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http://tinyurl.com/a9vyub
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Guess I was wrong.
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I can't wait to stare at the first promo image group shot of six people in black leather and try to figure out who's supposed to be who.
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That Heath Ledger is fantastic!
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Do you think he is lobbying for this roll? i think he would be a great fit for barry allen...
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come either BEFORE of AFTER supermax (which I think sounds neat-o) and would tie in nicely to it. Let's see DEADSHOT!!! PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE!!! No joker EVER. Gorilla Grodd would kick ass. I think I may be the only one who likes him.
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Feb 26, 2009 8:23:18 AM CST
My Squad: The Wall, Boomerbutt, Deadshot, Bronze Tiger, Nemesis.
by spyguy
...and Nightshade. Throw in some red-shirt expendables like Slipknot and Mindboggler and you've got yourself a tasty flick.
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The first studio exec to even consider Queen Latifah gets dropped out a 20-story window.
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Oprah!
If Oprah's won't do it, Tyler Perry can fill in. -
Ha! Sad but funny at the same time.
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What is Suicide Squad without pies in the face.
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No one else will do.That stated, can you BELIEVE they're talking about taking the squid out of this one? I mean, it's called SUICIDE SQUID for Christ's sake!!!
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mine everything! hell, stripmine til the genre is a bloody stump. seriously. the more comic movies the merrier.
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pOw!!! ZOp!!! wHAm!!!
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Boy his career is going to plumett once everyone sees how shitty the new Street Fighter is.
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The JLU animated series did "Task Force X", with a core team of Clock King (the cool Batman/Animated version), Deadshot, Boomerang, and Plastique. It's low-budget enough: Deadshot shoots guns, Boomerang throws boomerangs, Plastique blows things up. And it's certainly different then the other superhero movies out there. But it doesn't seem to work well unless it's part of a bigger DC universe, and since all the DC movie seem to be standalone without going the Marvel one--universe route...
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Like the riddler or Clayface or someone. I've never heard of suicide squad, and I don't really care about any of the names in the article above. But throw in the Penguin and I'd see what was happening.
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awesome. awesome. awesome. now lets get gail simone involved in this somehow and i'll be happy
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Invulnerable feminine hygiene product rocketed to earth when the planet Kotex exploded.
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Feb 26, 2009 12:22:57 PM CST
Hollywood Reporter loses major points for its Watchmen review
by burgundy82
I'm all for watching the Watchmen endure criticism and scrutiny, but not from a guy who decided beforehand that the subject matter itself was silly and not worth his time. Plus he doesn't even know which Jupiter he's referring to. Fucking fail.
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...in the context of the wider DC universe. Villians or hero/villians (like Hulk, Sub-Mariner or Punisher) can't support stories outside the context of the super-heroes universe. (See all the Hulk and Punisher movies as proof.)
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The Superboy story where he is forced to work with king shark to destroy an underwater base using Captain Boomerang and Bombshell amongst others.
This could be a very savvy franchise. Think of it has a superhero version of Mission Impossible. Each movie could use different characters who would be expendable. The core of the team would be Amanda Waller(agree with the CC Pounder casting. Watch here in The Shield) and Connor Kent/Superboy. -
So it is perfect casting.
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all your endings are belong to us.
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Feb 26, 2009 1:04:12 PM CST
"Only can only hope that Warner Bros. gives the filmmakers..."
by leafar the lost
Learn to fucking spell or proof read your work, Hercules!
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I thought that was a great idea and how about Justice League? George Miller denied that the project was cancelled.
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You could do a Mission: Impossible type movie. That's what they did during a lot of Ostrander's run. But without some name-brand recognition or snazzy costumes (Ostrander phased out the costumes during part of his tenure, they weren't used in the JLU episode either), it's just going to look like generic super-types fighting other generic types. And that's if they use Squad members with powers. You'd need a name-brand nemesis, and there aren't many of those. They could try the Kobra storyline where he was trying to bring forth the age of Chaos by inciting a Israeli super-computer to rebel and launch nuclear missiles. For a SSquad team, toss in... Bronze Tiger, Nightshade (one super-powered type), Captain Boomerang, and Deadshot. They fought some Israeli superheroes, one was a sorcerer, one was a ninja-type, one was Clayface-like. Kobra could provide them with enough name recognition to attract some audience. But like I said, although it sounds like a good idea, you'd need something strong to tie it to the DC universe.
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I think that this can be really good. A dirty dozen of super villans? What's not to love about it. But, would the WB be willing to put worthwhile villains in it?
Let's look at Deadshot. Batman villain and someone who is realistic enough to fit in Chris Nolan's Batman verse. Would Warner Bros put him in the movie?
Will we see villains we want to see? Would this be like the dead Justice League movie? Something like, yeah Batman and Superman are in it, but there not the Batman and Superman from Batman Begins or Superman Returns.
I can see this being in development hell. -
...Deadshot preparing to commit suicide, then changing his mind and walking off into a sunset. Just so's ya know.
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...will be the kick in the pants DC needs to get back in the superhero movie game. Outside of Batman, DC spends most of its time eating Marvel's dust.
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...yeah, geez, you'd think maybe the guy'd take a few notes, or look a few facts up, thumb through the GN, give a f**king shit... what a lousy, half-assed, lackadaisical "review"! Even Harry, on a bad day, on a project where the director has let him wander the set at will and delivered to him every tie-in item free-of-charge would post a more accurate review than this H/wood Non-Reporter waste of skin. Damn!
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So Shazam and Plastic Man are delayed indefinitely, but hey, let's fast-track a Capt. Boomerang movie
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The Kobra cult would be really cool, but thanks to G.I. JOE, there's probably no way they could use that name.
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I was just thinking... what the shit happened to Supermax??
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a Thunderbolts movie?
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Bryan really nailed Superman's coffin shut. Warners seem intent on doing everything BUT Supes since "Returns" bored moviegoers everywhere.
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i know he's never really been part of the SS, but he needs to be in this movie. i need to see a live action slade
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Super villains as a Dirty Dozen anti-hero group. (Sounds awesome, but who gets to be Lee Marvin?) Suicide Squad could really be a fun movie if done right. I'd love to see Stephen Soderbergh take a crack at this.
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He is a perfect foe, that one can take seriously.
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People need to start cross-pollinating genres. I was really exited when I first heard about Supermax, but I have heard little about that project since. This sounds like another great idea. A superhero jail film and a superhero dirty dozen are great, original ideas.
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Having that group show up, the movie wouldn't' survive the protests.
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