Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2017 6:51:21 GMT
It is official. There is a new 'Sheena: Queen of the Jungle' movie on the way.
Sheena: Queen Of The Jungle Film Reboot In Development
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle will once again be coming to cinemas, as a new film focused on the comic book hero is currently in development. Success often breeds imitation. And when it comes to 2017, it’s hard not to notice a few movies that stuck out. Logan‘s success will continue the push for R-rated superhero movies, Beauty and the Beast‘s box office power will ensure Disney keeps making live-action versions of their films — which others will imitate — and then there’s Wonder Woman.
While the past few decades have seen plenty of successful female-led action films, Wonder Woman‘s continued box office dominance may finally prove to open the floodgates for female genre films. Raking in more and more money each weekend, Wonder Woman is now three months out from its release and has just cracked the top 5 superhero movie list. Though it’s not likely to make much more money, its accolades so far have been impressive. As such, now is the perfect time to strike for similar film properties.
Deadline is reporting that Millennium Films will next attempt to emulate the success of Wonder Woman with a cinematic reboot of Sheena: Queen of the Jungle. While no other information regarding the project is known, the film may actually stand a chance at box office success. Sheena has some name recognition, both from the comics and multiple TV shows and one previous film. If Millennium films can capitalize on that and get a solid creative team and cast in place, they may have a hit.
Sheena Queen of the Jungle Movie Sheena: Queen Of The Jungle Film Reboot In Development
Beating Wonder Woman by several years, Sheena was the first female comic character to headline her own series. Though not the first female superhero, her exploits in 1937 quickly led to her own title and decades of popularity. Both the ’50s and the year 2000 saw a TV series based on the character. She also had a film in 1984 starring Tanya Roberts (That ’70s Show), which was made into a comic by Marvel. There have even been a few Bollywood films focusing on the character, potentially increasing her global audience.
Similar to Tarzan, Sheena finds herself orphaned in the jungle as a child. There, she learns to fight, survive, and communicate with animals. Though not a household name, Sheena is far from the most obscure comic character to jump to the big screen. With the success of relatively unknown properties like Kingsman proving to be sleeper hits at the box office, it’s not hard to see Sheena: Queen of the Jungle following Wonder Woman and posting big numbers when it eventually hits theaters.
screenrant.com/sheena-queen-jungle-movie-development/
This is awesome news. I am looking forward to seeing this. It comes at a time when when the character has just got a new series by Dynamite Entertainment which recently made headlines for racking up over 100,000 pre-orders. Hopefully it is more like the comic book series this time than the awful 80s movie with Tanya Roberts which was nothing like a lot of the 'Sheena: Queen of the Jungle' comic book series I have read. The ‘Sheena: Queen of the Jungle’ comic books were more violent than the movie even the older ones from the 30s and Sheena was a far better fighter and she could pick up guys by the throat above her head and throw them around like they were nothing and she liked to punch people all the time too including people who were helping her. It was kinda like a running gag in the series.
We didn't get to see that at all in the 80s movie and I think part of that was ‘cause Tanya Roberts was a horrible choice who was only picked on her looks and wasn’t good at fighting and the company who made it didn’t want to spend the money or time to train her to be a good fighter for the movie. The TV series was an improvement and I liked the addition of Sheena's powers where she could shapeshift into animals and hope they keep that for this movie but it was still nothing we have seen on screen so far has had Sheena as strong or on the same level as a fighter that she was in the comic books. I'd like to see Sheena played by a far better actress this time and I think Teresa Palmer would be a good choice for the role.
If ‘Sheena: Queen of the Jungle’ succeeds this time we could actually see the jungle girl genre could catch on like it did in comic books and finally get movies of ‘Shanna the She Devil’, ‘Jungle Girl’, 'Jana the Jungle Girl' and another movie of the original, ‘Rima the Jungle Girl’ who was the inspiration for Sheena: Queen of the Jungle, Shana the She Devil, Tarzan, Ka‑Zar, Rulah, Jungle Goddess. We haven’t Rima on screen since she was played by Audrey Hepburn in ‘Green Mansions’ alongside Anthony Perkins (from the 'Psycho' series) unless you count the Hannah-Barbara cartoons Rima appeared in during the 70s and I could be mistaken but I believe she is partially owned by DC now.
Sheena: Queen Of The Jungle Film Reboot In Development
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle will once again be coming to cinemas, as a new film focused on the comic book hero is currently in development. Success often breeds imitation. And when it comes to 2017, it’s hard not to notice a few movies that stuck out. Logan‘s success will continue the push for R-rated superhero movies, Beauty and the Beast‘s box office power will ensure Disney keeps making live-action versions of their films — which others will imitate — and then there’s Wonder Woman.
While the past few decades have seen plenty of successful female-led action films, Wonder Woman‘s continued box office dominance may finally prove to open the floodgates for female genre films. Raking in more and more money each weekend, Wonder Woman is now three months out from its release and has just cracked the top 5 superhero movie list. Though it’s not likely to make much more money, its accolades so far have been impressive. As such, now is the perfect time to strike for similar film properties.
Deadline is reporting that Millennium Films will next attempt to emulate the success of Wonder Woman with a cinematic reboot of Sheena: Queen of the Jungle. While no other information regarding the project is known, the film may actually stand a chance at box office success. Sheena has some name recognition, both from the comics and multiple TV shows and one previous film. If Millennium films can capitalize on that and get a solid creative team and cast in place, they may have a hit.
Sheena Queen of the Jungle Movie Sheena: Queen Of The Jungle Film Reboot In Development
Beating Wonder Woman by several years, Sheena was the first female comic character to headline her own series. Though not the first female superhero, her exploits in 1937 quickly led to her own title and decades of popularity. Both the ’50s and the year 2000 saw a TV series based on the character. She also had a film in 1984 starring Tanya Roberts (That ’70s Show), which was made into a comic by Marvel. There have even been a few Bollywood films focusing on the character, potentially increasing her global audience.
Similar to Tarzan, Sheena finds herself orphaned in the jungle as a child. There, she learns to fight, survive, and communicate with animals. Though not a household name, Sheena is far from the most obscure comic character to jump to the big screen. With the success of relatively unknown properties like Kingsman proving to be sleeper hits at the box office, it’s not hard to see Sheena: Queen of the Jungle following Wonder Woman and posting big numbers when it eventually hits theaters.
screenrant.com/sheena-queen-jungle-movie-development/
This is awesome news. I am looking forward to seeing this. It comes at a time when when the character has just got a new series by Dynamite Entertainment which recently made headlines for racking up over 100,000 pre-orders. Hopefully it is more like the comic book series this time than the awful 80s movie with Tanya Roberts which was nothing like a lot of the 'Sheena: Queen of the Jungle' comic book series I have read. The ‘Sheena: Queen of the Jungle’ comic books were more violent than the movie even the older ones from the 30s and Sheena was a far better fighter and she could pick up guys by the throat above her head and throw them around like they were nothing and she liked to punch people all the time too including people who were helping her. It was kinda like a running gag in the series.
We didn't get to see that at all in the 80s movie and I think part of that was ‘cause Tanya Roberts was a horrible choice who was only picked on her looks and wasn’t good at fighting and the company who made it didn’t want to spend the money or time to train her to be a good fighter for the movie. The TV series was an improvement and I liked the addition of Sheena's powers where she could shapeshift into animals and hope they keep that for this movie but it was still nothing we have seen on screen so far has had Sheena as strong or on the same level as a fighter that she was in the comic books. I'd like to see Sheena played by a far better actress this time and I think Teresa Palmer would be a good choice for the role.If ‘Sheena: Queen of the Jungle’ succeeds this time we could actually see the jungle girl genre could catch on like it did in comic books and finally get movies of ‘Shanna the She Devil’, ‘Jungle Girl’, 'Jana the Jungle Girl' and another movie of the original, ‘Rima the Jungle Girl’ who was the inspiration for Sheena: Queen of the Jungle, Shana the She Devil, Tarzan, Ka‑Zar, Rulah, Jungle Goddess. We haven’t Rima on screen since she was played by Audrey Hepburn in ‘Green Mansions’ alongside Anthony Perkins (from the 'Psycho' series) unless you count the Hannah-Barbara cartoons Rima appeared in during the 70s and I could be mistaken but I believe she is partially owned by DC now.
