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Warner Bros. Hires Writer For Sam Raimi’s DC Comics Movie!!

first! by BatPsycho	Oct 16th, 2008 01:06:43 AM
ha ha
no evil dead four... by menstrual_blitz	Oct 16th, 2008 01:10:00 AM
...again.
FUCK THIS.....EVIL DEAD 4 PLEASE... by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD	Oct 16th, 2008 01:11:12 AM

Pfft just hire Brubaker by most excellent ninja	Oct 16th, 2008 01:12:31 AM
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.
Save Spider-man 4 for a hungry director by Nerd Rage	Oct 16th, 2008 01:19:45 AM
Raimi obviously doesn't know what to do with it anymore.
& Passes The Gift On When His Woman Is Dying... by Frodo T. Baggins	Oct 16th, 2008 01:27:41 AM
Or son, wife, daughter, hot chick....I can see the ending already....Fuck this stinks
first? prob not by wbrownley	Oct 16th, 2008 02:00:41 AM

Sleeper? Yawn! by Zardoz	Oct 16th, 2008 03:23:03 AM
I can't be less interested on this...
Painkiller Jane..only contagious? Sound Gay. by BYOBkenobi	Oct 16th, 2008 04:19:19 AM
Yep
could be cool... by TheDudeintheShadows	Oct 16th, 2008 04:43:17 AM
i love pain. as long as it doesnt hurt
Let Evil Dead 4 go, people. by deanbarry	Oct 16th, 2008 04:51:34 AM
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.
terrible synopsis, misses the point by lex romero	Oct 16th, 2008 06:24:51 AM
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!
Is this planned as one film for the whole story? by ian216a	Oct 16th, 2008 06:54:26 AM
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.
For those who don't know by toxicbuddha	Oct 16th, 2008 07:32:44 AM
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.
He Passes On The PAIN, Not The Power. by CHEWBLACCA	Oct 16th, 2008 08:08:57 AM
Jeez.
How About Criminal? by Goldfingah	Oct 16th, 2008 08:25:37 AM
That's a great Brubaker comic. I hope someone has that in the pipeline already...
How did they miss the supervillian angle? by rgatz	Oct 16th, 2008 08:58:55 AM
...the same way they did with WANTED. Prepare to be disappointed.
Was that Tom Cruise rumor by T 1000 xp professional	Oct 16th, 2008 09:11:34 AM
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.
Guyver? by ltgalloway	Oct 16th, 2008 09:31:50 AM
Is this similar to the Guyver? Maybe thats wishful thinking
HATE HATE HATE, I HATE THIS, I HATE EVERYTHING by dr sauch	Oct 16th, 2008 10:13:11 AM
OMG THAT ONE SENTENCE SUMMARY IS TERRIBLE FIRE EVERYONE REAAAAGE!
JoeElliott... by DeeJay	Oct 16th, 2008 10:50:05 AM
... 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...
I always liked The Sleeper in the Wild Cards books... by tonagan	Oct 16th, 2008 11:32:42 AM
That was an interesting character. I don't know what the hell this is.
That's not really a great description of his ability. by hst666	Oct 16th, 2008 11:53:40 AM
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.
Action sequences by frozen01	Oct 16th, 2008 12:29:03 PM
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? I'm sure the comic is good, but there are some things that just don't translate to the screen well.
"Sleeper" was a terrific series by Drunken Rage	Oct 16th, 2008 01:13:25 PM
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.
I'm interested... by LastDragon	Oct 16th, 2008 01:28:30 PM
...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.
Uhm is that it? He doesn't feel pain? I can do that with booze. by Damien Chowder	Oct 16th, 2008 02:08:57 PM

i call... by mattforce7	Oct 16th, 2008 02:09:41 PM
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
"Sleeper??" No Fucking Way!!! by MGTHEDJ	Oct 16th, 2008 02:56:24 PM
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
Anyone else think "Ed Brubaker" is a fuckin badass name? by crayon	Oct 16th, 2008 04:43:25 PM
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.
FUCK EVIL DEAD 4...RETIRE SAM RAIMI PLEASE by BauerJackBauer	Oct 16th, 2008 04:55:10 PM

Great, an EMO who can't feel pain. True torture! So... by RetroActive	Oct 16th, 2008 06:30:45 PM
How many times will the lead in this movie cry?
DC comic movie by Dazzler69	Oct 16th, 2008 07:51:32 PM
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.
I'm up for Marvel Zombies... by ZeroCorpse	Oct 16th, 2008 07:56:53 PM
But I suppose that's asking for too much.
JoeElliott... by DeeJay	Oct 16th, 2008 08:55:07 PM
... 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. :-)
Tom Cruise might star in it by Ted Striker	Oct 17th, 2008 01:10:49 AM
That's the rumor.

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