They are?: “WRESTLING greats John Cena and The Rock are set to go head-to-head in a battle to play SUPERMAN.”
Derf plays the ultimate Get Out Of Jury Duty Free card: The City cartoonist Derf recently got out of jury duty by answering a question regarding whether or not he’d ever committed a crime by mentioning he went to high school with Jeffrey Dahmer. Derf’s original blog post about the incident and another about the Plain Dealer column and the Associated Press piece about it can be found on his blog; of particular interest is the fact that Derf is apparently near the end of completing a 200-page graphic novel version of My Friend Dahmer, a 2002 comic book he made about the point where his life intersected with that of the future serial killer.
Well, that’s a strange way to boil Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World down into just five words: “Nerd takes on girlfriend’s exes”; being in a rock band, being able to constantly defeat your many foes in physical combat and having almost every pretty girl you meet fall madly in love with you is pretty much the exact opposite of being a nerd, isn’t it?
Speaking of Scott Pilgrim: The release of the DVD of the movie means another round of interviews with cartoonist Bryan Lee O’Malley. This is a neat one, which mentions Edgar Wright’s ”Amelie version of Toronto” as the setting.
Actually, none of these surprised me: “Movies based on comic books that may surprise you”
November 10th, 2010 at 10:49 am
What, you weren’t surprised to learn that the movie “American Splendor”, about a writer who creates a comic book called “American Splendor”, was based on a comic book? That’s just ’cause you’re a geek!
November 10th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
“being in a rock band, being able to constantly defeat your many foes in physical combat and having almost every pretty girl you meet fall madly in love with you is pretty much the exact opposite of being a nerd, isn’t it?”
Yes, but casting Michael Cera negates that. Cera in the title role changes the story completely, from “cool dude rocks out” to “improbable nerd fantasy”.
November 10th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
I call “bs” on the WWE rumor, not even a remote possibility of either man playing the lead.
November 11th, 2010 at 3:37 am
That AMELIE comparison might best describe why I absolutely adored the SCOTT PILGRIM movie.
November 13th, 2010 at 7:52 am
I’ve never understood people’s desire to see The Rock play Superman… Aside from having a great build, he looks NOTHING like Supes. He’s also a terrible actor. Worse still, can you imagine the dude playing Clark Kent?
That said, casting John Cena would be even worse. I caught him on an episode of Psych last year, and he’s a total buffoon.
I’d guess that Nolan’s involvement in the movie means neither of those guys will be cast.