Guillermo del Toro and Nikolaj Arcel Adapting DC’s Deadman
Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro is a man who seems to do only two things: start up new movie projects and dominate the hotel buffet. Yes, he certainly is a man who likes to eat, but let’s put that aside for now and focus on the other thing he does oh so well: starting up new projects.
Del Toro has signed on to adapt DC Comics’ Deadman into a live-action film with him acting as a producer for the project, and while I had no idea about the existence of this Deadman comic until now, I am very excited about this news since apparently a fellow countryman of mine, the Danish director Nikolaj Arcel, is going to direct the flick. Huzzah!
Deadman will be a Crow-esque thriller centering around a circus tightrope walker who gets murdered only to return as a ghost having the ability to inhabit the bodies of others in order to find his killer. Arcel, who will direct, has previously made the Danish fantasy film Island of Lost Souls which starred Lars Mikkelsen, the lesser known brother of Casino Royale star Mads Mikkelsen.
Comments (7)
Lord knows I love comic books but Deadman has to be one of the lamest characters ever. EVER.
Guillermo can probably make it decent, but I’d rather see him do something with more teeth and without the need to develop a traditional, awful, comic-hero backstory… something like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles… sigh…
Posted by Shut-Up Ed on September 1st, 2009De Toro can do whatever the Hell he want’s , so eat a Dick anyone who think’s otherwise.(i’m talk’in to you Shut-up Ed!)
Posted by jaime on September 1st, 2009So hard to stop at just one…
Posted by Shut-Up Ed on September 1st, 2009Nikolaj Arcel is the new Renny Harlin. He belongs in America, doing these films.
Posted by Henrik on September 1st, 2009this sounds really lame but Im up for anything del toro does..
Posted by Niklas on September 2nd, 2009“De Toro can do whatever the Hell he want’s” – except write/direct a decent 3rd act..he’s a glorified art director.
Posted by rus in chicago on September 2nd, 2009Deadman is a great concept for a movie.
And if anything The Crow is Deadman-esque, not the other way around.
Posted by Wintle on September 2nd, 2009Leave a Reply