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Francis Lawrence Is Big On IN THE SMALL!!
Merrick here...
Francis Lawrence is like a cinematic barnacle - he's apparently attaching himself to nearly any project that comes his way. And now, THIS report at Pajiba says the I AM LEGEND director is looking to take on an adaptation of IN THE SMALL.
Pajiba says:
In the Small, which is based on a Michael Hague graphic novel, concerns a strange explosion that leaves all humans six inches tall, yet nothing else is affected. Those who survive the transition are forced to create a new social order and adjust in a world where man is no longer at the top of the food chain. As they attempt to find out what happened, humanity is faced with a new and existential threat.
"...a new and existential threat". See? I TOLD YOU cats were nothing but trouble, and this movie's gonna prove it. And owls would suck, too, if all people were miniaturized. That's the movie I want to see: the itty bitty human race pursued by Harryhausen-like cats and owls. I'm sure that's not what this story is about, but it should be.
IN THE SMALL can be found in Graphic Novel form HERE
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CONSTANTINE was ok, (even though it was kinda Constantine in name only). The only reason I saw I AM LEGEND was because of the imax THE DARK KNIGHT bank robbery.
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at first, anyway. I hate it when clothes are mysteriously shrinked along with their owners. Teleported, too. Would the guy designing the instant teleportation machine really hold off releasing it until he perfected transporting sneakers and tank tops?
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Nov 25, 2009 12:30:08 PM CST
so this movie is like The Dark Knight meets Honey I Shrunk The K
by meadowe
Out there concept with real life implications? I'd like to see if he pulls it off.
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...seriously. Though to do, since the visual is automatically a bit ridiculous, but if you could get past the Honey I Shrunk The Human Race factor it's a cool concept.
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I mean, all praise aside, it didn't feature a near-apocalyptic event necessating quick thinking on humanity's part to stay alive. Or did I miss something there?
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...instead? Or small vampires? I hear there's a market for that sort of thing.
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...the old social order. It would just be smaller.
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lame.
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because it's a concept (Batman universe) that was done in a matter that doesn't take itself too seriously, yet was given a more realistic take within the last few years. Obviously the shrinking people concept has been done as comedy in Honey I Shrunk The Kids and scifi via Innerspace, this sounds more real world, what with there being a lot more people being shrunk making actual communities.
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Everyone WILL be naked. House cats will rule the world, as God intended. But on the plus-side, one kosher hot dog can now feed a village- world hunger ends.
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...that would disrupt quite a few things. Basketball players would be unemployed, angry about it, and lacking the skills to find new employment. Jet Li would be an unstoppable force if he was as tall as everyone else...
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Here we're dealing with the entire genre of movies with small people - from The Incredible Shrinking Man to the Honey films to countless episodes of Twilight Zone. If it was Honey I Shrunk Humanity and Got Testicular Cancer we'd be closer, but I think this is more along the lines of Jurassic Park in a back yard.
Btw, how will we figure out what "humanity" is up to? Did something shrink cell phones too, or are people hopping around on keyboards? -
Isn't being six-inches tall enough of a high concept plot device to hang a story on or does it have to be Camus' "The Stranger" too?
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trust me...or google it.
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I've been a champion of his ever since his music video days in the late 90's. I always thought he make a good feature director, glad he's proven me right. Lords knows I've been wrong though, Hype Williams, Paul Hunter and Joseph Kahn, whom I thought all stood a good chance of translating well on the feature side all really stunk up the joint something foul.
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Constantine was the biggest piece of shit I ever saw.
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Too bad he's attached to everything right now and probably won't do this.
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Nov 25, 2009 2:22:00 PM CST
Sideshow Collectible's 12" Renee Belloq would RULE THE WORLD!
by yackbacker
Fuck this site and it's wacky interface.
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...shield/prophylactic/snap on cover type device to help prevent incomplete posts. Or maybe an "enter" key desensitizing cream of some sort.I'm adamantly against an edit function, but Overeager Right Pinky Finger Syndrome sucks.
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Getting everyone small.
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...what if all humans are now six inches tall but their genitals remain normal size? That would impose a new social order AND an existential threat...
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Fucking people- THIS is the eyeball-fucking movie project!!!!! Not AVATAR!
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...and you thought the conversation about the accents of Iranians/Persians had grown stale.What could there possibly be left to say about AVATAR until the godforsaken thing comes out? What thought, opinion, inkling, hope, fear, misgiving, or blind, scalding hatred cold possible remain unexpressed at this point?
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I read the Graphic Novel a few years back. What surprised me is that it seemed to be targeted to young readers but was very dark and very graphic. Merrick is quite correct about Cats and Owls being dangerous - if you are only 6 inches tall pretty much everything will be out to eat you and this is portrayed all throughout the novel(don't think that your cat will not immediately consider you food the second it figures it can take you) - there is also implied rape and cannibalism as some members of society relish the fact that there is no longer any law and order and decide to do whatever they want. There is also a hint(if I understood it correctly) that there may be some external force guiding good an evil(ala The Stand) and the factions of good and evil start to join up. In fact it reminded me more of The Stand than anything else but it had enough original ideas that I would not in any way call it a ripoff, just some similar ideas. It might make a good movie except that it will likely be toned down for a PG-13 rating or else it will be changed into an R rated vehicle for an action star and lose the ensemble feel of the story.
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We ARE at the top, but it's not because of our SIZE. It's because of knives/swords/guns/nuclear bombs, etc.
Dealing with cats if we were 6" would be no more difficult than dealing with bears are for us now. The only crisis would be getting used to the new situation, and building cool new mini-weapons. -
And they all shrink by exactly the same proportions? There aren't some people who shrunk more than others? Bollocks.
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Nov 25, 2009 10:16:41 PM CST
I've read the book. Pretty but kind of lame story.
by johndillingers20inchseveredcock
The art is gorgeous. But the plot is full of holes. Mysterious explosion, random guy who has a history of just knowing the future... A Harryhausenesque take on it would be a good way to go in a perfect world.
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A V A T A R. Fucking your eyeballs in 21 days.
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At six inches tall, we won't have any usable weapons or the facilities to make them for quite a while. And a housecat would be closer to elephant size in comparison. Picture trying to fight off a carnivorous elephant with the speed, reflexes, claws and teeth of a cat; and without firearms.
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I agree with you Talandir. The one nagging thing I had after reading the book was that I had a hard time believing humans wouldn't be wiped out almost immediately. The reason small animals don't get wiped out now is that they reproduce rapidly and are adapted to their environment. A 6 inch tall human would be attacked by you name it - any bird of prey, cats, dogs, most bugs would also be a threat - in fact, just about anything your size or larger would be a problem and nothing you made would be usable at the moment - also, if you created firearms for 6 inch high people how much damage do you really think it would do to a cat or a dog? It would have to be at least a BB or pellet gun to even seriously deter them - which is probably bazooka size - and at least .22 to kill them, which I'm thinking is going to be a howitzer or bigger for a 6" person to shoot. It would take years to get this stuff built as you would pretty much have to start over. The novel has somewhat of an answer to some of this but I wasn't sure if that idea would really work.
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...shot with a rubber band. That's what I'd do. Rig the rubber band up like a cross bow, keep the poison toothpicks on your back, and you're ready to roll.
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this is actually a pretty cool premise, I can dig it
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remember those crappy Playstation 1 "Army Men" games? the games sucked, but the premise always fascinated me (little green plastic army men fight little tan plastic army men amidst house related environments), I'd love to see a war movie with plastic army men fighting in a house that seems to be a serious war movie, except they're all toys
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Nov 27, 2009 8:21:56 AM CST
They need to make that Mice as Jews in Nazi Germany comic instea
by dailysportspages
MAUS was a classic.
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