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Marvel is planning small budgeted films based on third tier characters.

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JGS said:
I always thought a Cloak & Dagger movie would be good, based on their mini-series. But it would probably need to be R.
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And risk people confusing it for a remake of that amazing 1984 film?

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Agency-X. Add taskmaster and hitman monkey and have them go after black swan. Hell, you could have deadpool, or mr spector show up for fan service
 
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this news; imagine marvel taking risks (a la kickass)- getting up and coming directors, making movies that don't have to appeal to a huge audience to recoup their budgets, and getting good - but relatively unknown- actors instead of something like Channing Tatum


great news
 
peterb0y said:
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this news; imagine marvel taking risks (a la kickass)- getting up and coming directors, making movies that don't have to appeal to a huge audience to recoup their budgets, and getting good - but relatively unknown- actors instead of something like Channing Tatum


great news
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WTF? This is the exact oposition. The whole point of this is to minimize risk. They also won't touch anything "R" rated like Kick-Ass.

I don't really see the point of watch low budget versions of the same things they've been producing for years now.
 
DrForester said:
And risk people confusing it for a remake of that amazing 1984 film?

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Whoa, this is one of the very few movies I saw in the theater as a kid (we didn't have money for stuff like that). Totally forgot it existed until now. Should I try to netflix it?
 
neoanarch said:
Runaways. Its been in development limbo so hopefully this jump starts it.
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Really? I thought Vaughan said this film was on a faster track than any of the other adaptions of his comics even though it started later.
 
Decado said:
WTF? This is the exact oposition. The whole point of this is to minimize risk. They also won't touch anything "R" rated like Kick-Ass.

I don't really see the point of watch low budget versions of the same things they've been producing for years now.
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The point is we will never see movies with more obscure characters like Nova or Cloak and Dagger without doing this. Also if the movie succeeds they can use it's success to propel big budget movies for those characters. There really is no downside to this.
 
Decado said:
WTF? This is the exact oposition. The whole point of this is to minimize risk. They also won't touch anything "R" rated like Kick-Ass.

I don't really see the point of watch low budget versions of the same things they've been producing for years now.
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I completely disagree, but I'll guess we'll see eventually
 
leroy hacker said:
Really? I thought Vaughan said this film was on a faster track than any of the other adaptions of his comics even though it started later.
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We know that he's writing (if he hasn't already finished) the screenplay.
 
So does Fox have the rights to all Marvel mutants, because the article says that Dazzler is a possibility, and I thought she was a mutant.
 
Wormdundee said:
I'll know them, and that's all that matters.
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but most of the public wont, if you are going to try and do it with characters that most dont know then you have to really pimp it out with the budget to get people excited.
 
Kowak said:
but most of the public wont, if you are going to try and do it with characters that most dont know then you have to really pimp it out with the budget to get people excited.
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Or not... Some characters could absolutely make due with a smaller budget, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, even Hawkeye. They may not be knowledgeable with the mainstream audiences, but if they make the movie good, as Marvel has been doing, then it will get people into the theatres.

Even though not COMPLETELY related, look at The Hangover. It didn't exactly have a lot of A-list celebrities, which are obviously known, and it did well. Why? Because it was a good movie. People do tend to seek out good movies nowadays.
 
If this will bring me one step closer to realizing my fantasy of a Shia LeBeouf + Zack Efron + Elijah Wood superpal buddy flick, I heartily approve.
 
Jet Grind Radio! said:
Or not... Some characters could absolutely make due with a smaller budget, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, even Hawkeye. They may not be knowledgeable with the mainstream audiences, but if they make the movie good, as Marvel has been doing, then it will get people into the theatres.

Even though not COMPLETELY related, look at The Hangover. It didn't exactly have a lot of A-list celebrities, which are obviously known, and it did well. Why? Because it was a good movie. People do tend to seek out good movies nowadays.
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I would agree with that in general, but when it comes to comic book films then people want big effects. Spiderman wouldnt have done anywhere near as well if it was just on a cheap budget that skimpered on effects.
 
Kowak said:
I would agree with that in general, but when it comes to comic book films then people want big effects. Spiderman wouldnt have done anywhere near as well if it was just on a cheap budget that skimpered on effects.
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Um, not necessarily. Some Marvel characters don't have anything that would NEED special effects, first of all. Secondly, it was all about action. Not so much the effects. Plus, again, a good story. The effects are very secondary to the most of the stuff that happened in Spider-man 1, for instance. They obviously used that kinda stuff for Spider-man 2 and 3 because there were characters that had to have something like that done.
 
Arment said:
Gambit movie, Josh Holloway, do it.
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IIRC he was actually offered the role of gambit in x-men origins. But he refused the offer because the role was to similar to his own role in LOST.
 
parrotbeak said:
Whoa, this is one of the very few movies I saw in the theater as a kid (we didn't have money for stuff like that). Totally forgot it existed until now. Should I try to netflix it?
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Just buy the most amazing double-feature DVD pack ever.

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DrForester said:
And risk people confusing it for a remake of that amazing 1984 film?

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I don't think they have to worry.:lol

I remember liking this film when it came out though.
 
Hold on guys, 20-40 mio. $ isn't that of a low budget.
Children of Men was shot to with a budget like that and its effects turned out just fine
 
Sobriquet said:
How about Galactus, but not as a cloud?

Unless they're actually considering another Fantastic 4 movie. :/


Good points all around. I didn't realize he was short, but that's OK, as most actors are. I was thinking in terms of physique, athleticism (he's a biathlete), and that he can pull off a convincing Louisiana accent (he's Australian).

Then again, I think he may be too young.
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Galactus and low budget don't really work.
 
Jacobi said:
Hold on guys, 20-40 mio. $ isn't that of a low budget.
Children of Men was shot to with a budget like that and its effects turned out just fine
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District 9's budget was only 30 million
 
Jacobi said:
Hold on guys, 20-40 mio. $ isn't that of a low budget.
Children of Men was shot to with a budget like that and its effects turned out just fine
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Children of Men also had talented and creative makers with ambition.

You think all those one hundred "______"-Man movies will :b
 
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