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What Is Guillermo del Toro's Rumored DC Project?
Time and time again, the we remark on the bizarre nature of internet speculation. There tend to be three possible fates for an online movie-related rumor: it can be confirmed, it can be ruled out as completely unfounded conjecture, or it can refer to something true that then falls apart before it is realized. I can't tell you how much I desperately hope the latter two categories do not apply to this story. It seems Guillermo del Toro's 'Pacific Rim' is testing so well that he has become a highly coveted commodity at Warner Brothers. They've already offered him the film version of 'V' and the sequel to 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'...both of which he turned down. Now it appears he is in talks to direct a massive collaboration of DC comic characters. No, not Justice League. Well, not exactly. It would be a team-up of some of the darker, supernatural characters in DC's arsenal. The lineup so far appears to include: Deadman, The Spectre, Swamp Thing, Constantine Hellblazer, Phantom Stranger, Zatanna, Zatara, and Sargon. Etrigan the Demon is also in the mix. While the project would not go into production anytime soon, it has been said that WB's lawyers have already begun working furious to clear the rights to these characters.
So basically, with a few roster changes, he's putting together Justice League Dark? Hell. Yes. My excitement for this project is uninfluenced by nostalgia for, or even deep knowledge of, any of these individual characters. I've read some great Swamp Thing stuff from Alan Moore and the New 52 introduced me to Deadman. Oh, and we had that decent enough Constantine movie a few years ago. Instead, what has me so jazzed about the potential of this project is the idea of an uber dark superhero team-up. Nothing against 'The Avengers,' I love the hell out of that movie, but I am chomping at the bit to see a collection of supernatural and, in some cases, pseudo-horror personalities having to band together to save the world. Now THAT'S a dangerous character dynamic. Plus, as much as I enjoyed the first Hellboy movie, I'd like to see del Toro have another crack at directing another superhero movie, and this sounds like precisely the right project for his fantastically nightmarish sensibilities. Now the big question, do we believe this is really in the works?
Well do you believe? Could you see it happening? Are you amped or apprehensive about this possible dark hero collaboration?
Source: Latino Review
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Comment by Gift of the Magi on November 5, 2012 at 7:24pm -
Brian, it is your lack of knowledge that is the reason why you do not see how horrible an idea this is. I must insist you read up on these character right away. Almost NONE of them work as a team project. Hells, a few of them aren't even in the same DC universe and one of them is bound to its location.
I can see del Toro doing Hellblazier or Swamp Thing....maybe Deadman alone. But Justice League Dark? No, this is going to be a disaster.
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Comment by Mr Sunday to Sunday on November 5, 2012 at 12:14am
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This would be phenomenal.
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Comment by SpillGamerMike on November 4, 2012 at 10:27am -
I hope they don't until they establish a DC cinematic universe. Besides it's Del Toro... at this point he could be directing anything, even my Yard Sale.
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Comment by CreepyGene on November 4, 2012 at 2:33am -
o.o here i thought i was the only one reading JL Dark
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Comment by King Badass on November 3, 2012 at 7:22pm -
So wait: I'm finally going to see a Black Orchid in a movie!?
FUCK. YES.
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Comment by Robert Wild on November 3, 2012 at 11:55am -
Also, for anyone who hasn't heard of characters like the Phantom stranger or the Spectre, watch an episode of Batman: The brave and the Bold titled "Chill of the night" which has Kevin Conroy as the voice actor for Phantom Stranger and Mark Hamill as the Spectre. It's a really good episode.
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Comment by Robert Wild on November 3, 2012 at 11:50am
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@Beefcake
I respect your opinion, but I disagree with you 100 percent. As great as these characters are, it only takes 5 minutes to explain their origins. Also, movies starrring these characters individually could very easily bomb. Look at Green Lantern, he is one of DC's biggest characters, yet the film somehow barely managed to make the money it needed, it didn't really do well at all. I couldn't imagine solo superhero movies for characters that alot of audiences never heard of ACTUALLY do well. BUT, for an ensemble film, the amount of solo characters in it would be enough to get plenty of comic book fans to see it. Spectre fans would see it for Spectre, Zatanna fans would see it for Zatanna, and Deadman fans would see it for Deadman, see? And the darker edge could easily get a few regular audiences. Point being, the marketing for this film would have to suck for it to not make it's money.
I won't get my hopes up, since when it comes to DC, there is a 90 percent chance this project won't happen. BUT, it would still be awesome if it did! I love characters like the Spectre, Phantom Stranger, and Zatanna. A dark film with these charcters would be awesome!
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Comment by Afro Heisenberg on November 3, 2012 at 9:06am -
I guess I'm gonna have to be 'that guy'.
As much as this idea might sound good on paper, I feel these characters work 10x better left on their own. I don't mind an acknowledgment that they exist in the same universe, but these guys aren't superheroes and shouldn't be treated as such. Case in point, the 'Justice League Dark' book itself has been fairly awful since it came out last year, whereas most of the characters mentioned are best remembered for their own iconic, individual runs. As much as I too would love to see a darker group of superheroes contrast to the Avengers, the X-Men or the Justice League, I don't think this is it.
That being said, I do feel that Guillermo del Toro would be a perfect fit for 'Swamp Thing' (which would eventually feature Constantine anyway), so if that's what this rumour turns into then great.
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Comment by Constable Bryce on November 3, 2012 at 8:51am -
@Beefcake~ I think they may take the opposite approach and introduce them in this movie and flesh them out through individual tales. I'd love to see Deadman and Zatanna's movies.
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Comment by Beefcake on November 3, 2012 at 7:53am -
Wait their not going to introduce any of these characters to film before they throw them all together in one movie? Big Mistake. Deadman,The Spectre, Swamp Thing and Hellblazer all are big enough characters for their own movies. Also these characters weren't teamed up until very recently. Why not do Doom Patrol? They started out as a team.
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