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 Post subject: Irredeemable (Film) (201?)
PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2016 4:15 pm 
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20th Century Fox Taps BOOM! Superhero Tale ‘Irredeemable’; Adam McKay Helms, Tommy Wirkola Scripting

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Move over, X-Men and Deadpool. 20th Century Fox has tapped into an entirely new superhero universe. The studio has acquired Irredeemable, a Boom! Comics comic book that will be adapted by Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters writer-director Tommy Wirkola as a directing vehicle for Adam McKay. McKay, who with Charles Randolph just won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for The Big Short, is a big comic book fan who co-wrote Marvel’s Ant-Man and wrote with Paul Rudd the story for the sequel. Now, McKay has a fresh hero universe, this one the kind of edgy terrain that Deadpool tapped into. Boom! Studios’ Ross Richie and Stephen Christy are producing with Gary Sanchez’s McKay and Kevin Messick. Adam Yoelin is co-producer for BOOM!

In the Mark Waid-created comic book that debuted in 2009 and lasted 36 issues, the central figure is the Plutonian, the world’s greatest superhero until he began heartlessly slaughtering the population of Earth, at least those who defy him. It falls to a superhero group known as the Paradigm to stop his rampage. They were former colleagues of the Plutonian, they’ve all got problems of their own, and none of them is nearly as powerful as the mass-murdering maniac holding the world hostage. In Clarice-Hannibal Lecter fashion, the Paradigm in desperation turns to a famous supervillain for help; it might be the only way to stop the carnage.

The intriguing thing with starting from scratch on a superhero saga like this one is that some of these superheroes die, unlike the branded films being made by Marvel and DC. This is the 7th property BOOM! has set up at Fox — where BOOM! has its first look deal — in the last two years, and that includes the horror title The Empty Man. BOOM! controls the largest library of comic book IP outside of Marvel and DC. Irredeemable, which was illustrated by Peter Krause, won Waid the Eisner Award for Best Writer. The comic has sold more than a million copies.

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This, and the spin-off Incorruptible, were excellent. Mark Waid is awesome.


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It was pretty darn good.


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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2016 5:33 pm 
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I read the first trade and need to continue.

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I like the idea of studios expanding beyond Marvel and DC, especially with superheroes. A lot of the more interesting stories are being done there.

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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2016 9:15 pm 
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It would be hugely ironic if the studio known for releasing (at best) flawed adaptations of Marvel's First Family does a better job filming a movie based on a character closely based on Superman than Warner Brothers has done recently in trying to make a Superman film themselves.


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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2016 9:26 pm 
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And I'm sure it will have less murder than Batman v Superman.

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