Michael B. Jordan may not have gotten away as clean from the disaster of FANTASTIC FOUR as Chris Evans did in the Tim Story flicks, but he still shows no sign of slowing down. He’s got CREED coming up, which is getting folks excited left and right, and now he’s lined up for a genre character that’s not a superhero, for once: one of the hominis nocturna.
Jordan will be playing one of the two central characters in BLOOD BROTHERS, based on the Dark Horse graphic novel by Mike Gagerman and Andrew Waller. The comic itself was based on a screenplay by TROPIC THUNDER/IDIOCRACY writer Etan Coen, but it’s uncertain whether he’s going to be the guy to go in and polish it off for production.
And in anticipation of the race-related horseshit about to transpire below, yes, one of the two protagonists, Tree, is black. So you got nothing to whine about. So don’t.
Check out the official synopsis of #1 over at Dark Horse:
Nick and Tree have smoked opium with Genghis Khan, had orgies in Michelangelo’s studio, and even fronted a death metal band. But after a century of friendship, these inseparable vampire buddies are on the verge of splitting up. Terrible timing, as an apocalypse-obsessed villain is plotting an end to humanity.
Best friends . . . forever.
You had me at “Nick and Tree have smoked opium with Genghis Khan.”
It’s interesting that Jordan, a vet of THE WIRE, FRUITVALE STATION, and soon CREED, still seems very much down to continue starring in movies like this and FF. It seems like any day now he’s going to break through as a heavy-hitter dramatic actor (if he hasn’t already), and yet he’s not afraid of looking silly while cracking jokes and doing action poses. Sure, you can say he’s just being smart and career-savvy, but this doesn’t have the kind of built-in fanbase of his last franchise wannabe, and the role definitely looks like it could be a blast-and-a-half for him.
Now, I’m just curious who they get to direct this horror-action-comedy. Hopefully a guy/gal with some balls (in the figurative sense, of course).
