Comic Book Films & TV

[DMN in the House]

Welp, there's my day ruined by the knowledge that, as of this moment, I'll never get to see more of that.

[zero]

That is fantastic, but that's the Ryan Reynolds Curse for ya.

[GoGo Yubari]

Man, I'm totally sick of Deadpool and even I enjoyed that.

[Gabriel]

I still don't understand the hesitance to just do Deadpool. That footage was amazing. The movie doesn't need the budget of X-Men. Do it right with a low budget, and it will succeed.

[TKz]

It's a comic book film with adult humor based around an X-Men character not named Wolverine.

As far as most business types would be concerned (and probably rightly so), there's no market for that kind of film.

Sure, it'd probably make some cash, but let's face it, a big portion of that Marvel money comes from kids.

It sucks, but it's not hard to see why it won't happen. If Ryan Reynolds was an actual name any more, he might've managed to make it happen. But I'm not sure anyone's taking his word for anything after Green Lantern.

[Avenged Probably]

Make it low budget and straight to DVD, or a limited cinema release...

Deadpool has enough of a following to make that profitable surely?

[apsham]

I feel like a Deadpool movie requires a bigger budget than returns would warrant.

Hell, that was basically the plot of Deadpool: The Game and I'd say that's pretty much as close to any of us will see Deadpool starring in his own media outside of comics.

[Maxx]

Just make it a cartoon on FX

[Gabriel]

Am I just remembering through rose-tinted glasses, or did Blade actually do well financially? I feel like if Blade could be a success, that Deadpool sure as hell could be too, especially now with the superhero boom in full force.

[TKz]

A guy that looks like this, in the 90's, in a gritty action film...

Is forever a much easier sell than a guy that looks like this, in an R-Rated comedy film, ever

It's just a different time. Even the darker comic films like Man of Steel are still made with PG in mind. No one wants to make an R-Rated comedy superhero film. Because why bother when you could make a PG one that'd make 10x as much money.

EDIT: Man, I've really turned this into the "TKz shits on your optimism" topic, huh? >_>

[livid]

They did alright because they didn't cost a lot (45M, 55M, 65M respectively) but not well enough that Fox would want to do it, especially since they'd want to tie it in with the rest of their cinematic universe.

[GoGo Yubari]

Also real talk, I didn't realize Blade was a superhero comics character until like 2004 when I seriously got into comics.

[livid]

I was aware because I'm a huge fan of the series but I didn't know it was a Marvel comic until a couple of years ago when it was becoming clear Marvel would get the rights back.

[Jimmy]

I knew because he'd turn up in the 90's Spiderman cartoon every now and again to hunt Morbius. Man, that cartoon was the shit.

[KAMALARAMBO]

I knew because he'd turn up in the 90's Spiderman cartoon every now and again to hunt Morbius. Man, that cartoon was the shit.

Also a cool (if dated) theme song.

[Johnny Latino Heat]

I knew because he'd turn up in the 90's Spiderman cartoon every now and again to hunt Morbius. Man, that cartoon was the shit.

Also a cool (if dated) theme song.

True, but it doesn't hold a candle to X-Men's theme.

Also, I'd kill for that Deadpool movie. Or at least write very angrily on the internet about it.

[Monkey D. Lars]

I'm at season 4 now from the 90s Spiderman cartoon. Still as awesome as it was back in the day!

[tristy]

god bless certain websites and their cache of 90s Marvel cartoons. I think the Spider-Man and X-Men series from back then are better than the movies.

[Jimmy]

Fuck, that leaked Deadpool footage is amazing.

[apsham]

Bought my tickets for Guardians this Friday - this is one of the only times I've agreed to go to a movie that is likely to have a packed opening night.