Sunday
01Nov2009
'Wanted,' 'Kick-Ass' Writer Millar To Direct Movie
Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 10:03PM
Mark Millar's work is already well-known to a lot of movie fans. Last year, his graphic novel Wanted stromed the summer box office. His 2010 comic adaptation, Kick-Ass, looks like next year's Zombieland, and possibly even more fun if you can imagine that. And now, Millar says he's going to direct a superhero flick.
Reader Comments (6)
And we all know how well Frank Millers solo debut went... Plus Wanted was Shite.
Nobody, you are quite wrong..frank millers first directors job was a smash "Sin City" which was a HUGE hit and an extremely good film.
Please for the sake of your own stupidity...check your facts before commenting.
Wanted was also a good film...too far fetched for some..but its still a great film. If it was'nt such a great film..dont you think it would've bombed at the box office?
Anyway I hope mark millar gets his shot and gives it a go...if his films are as good as his comics..then ill be very happy
He's from Coatbridge, so I'm sure he'll be able to handle directing, nae bother!
FishFish if you could read you would see how I said SOLO debut. Sin City was his first shot at co-directing sure but The Spirit was his SOLO debut. An overacted, overwritten and stylistic carbon copy of the much better sin city. It was just plain BAD.
Wanted had some cool moments, I'll give you that but as a whole it was shite. Not to say that was MIllar's fault cause I'm sure that it worked on the page as a graphic novel but on film it didn't. Im not against the guy getting a shot but I am wary because not all crossovers pan out.
And to make some kind of connection between Box Office and Quality shows how stupid you really are, if anyone saw the amazing piece of garbage that was Transformers 2 . Good points though, way to go...
I must be one of the few people alive who really enjoyed Wanted, for as wholly silly as it was. And I couldn't agree with you more, Anybody, on the regression from Frank Miller working with an accomplished director to getting to make all the decisions. Kick-Ass</I> being self-financed by Matthew Vaughn should show - if it's as fun as the trailers and clips make it appear - that you don't need to pump $100 million into every last one of them to get something compelling in return.
I am stoked to see Matt Vaughans Kick Ass... for somebody who started out as a producer I never had high hoped for his transition but after two solid efforts he's really proven himself.