Post by politicidal on Jul 24, 2021 14:56:41 GMT
Bring back Stephen Norrington to direct it.
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What’s one comic book character you’ve always wanted to adapt but haven’t?
There are things I’ve written that never made it to screen. I did an early draft of Doctor Strange about 18 years ago. I would love to write The Hulk — he was my favorite character as a kid.
-The Hulk has been considered a tough one to crack. What is a take on the character that you feel hasn’t really been done in recent years?
I love the Jekyll and Hyde aspects that [comic creators] Peter David and Bruce Jones have done. The current run right now, The Immortal Hulk, I think is fantastic. I think it’d be better on TV. I like leaning into the psychological horror and Hulk’s rage as an expression of Banner, his suppressed id.
Comics beta test all these ideas. When you have characters that have been around for 30, 40, 50 or 60 years, and you’ve seen certain storylines bubble to the top again and again — that should tell you something. I call it Story Darwinism. Those are ideas or themes that are sticky, that are consistent because for whatever reason, from decade to decade to decade, they keep working — even though some of the elements around them change. So anytime I adapt something, I always say, “Can we identify the 10 core elements that make Superman, Superman? Or make Blade, Blade?” Before we even come up with a story, let’s just sit down and come up what 10 things we can all agree on. Then let’s make sure that we don’t break those commandments.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/david-s-goyer-interview-1234983774/
TEXT:
What’s one comic book character you’ve always wanted to adapt but haven’t?
There are things I’ve written that never made it to screen. I did an early draft of Doctor Strange about 18 years ago. I would love to write The Hulk — he was my favorite character as a kid.
-The Hulk has been considered a tough one to crack. What is a take on the character that you feel hasn’t really been done in recent years?
I love the Jekyll and Hyde aspects that [comic creators] Peter David and Bruce Jones have done. The current run right now, The Immortal Hulk, I think is fantastic. I think it’d be better on TV. I like leaning into the psychological horror and Hulk’s rage as an expression of Banner, his suppressed id.
Comics beta test all these ideas. When you have characters that have been around for 30, 40, 50 or 60 years, and you’ve seen certain storylines bubble to the top again and again — that should tell you something. I call it Story Darwinism. Those are ideas or themes that are sticky, that are consistent because for whatever reason, from decade to decade to decade, they keep working — even though some of the elements around them change. So anytime I adapt something, I always say, “Can we identify the 10 core elements that make Superman, Superman? Or make Blade, Blade?” Before we even come up with a story, let’s just sit down and come up what 10 things we can all agree on. Then let’s make sure that we don’t break those commandments.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/david-s-goyer-interview-1234983774/