http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/03/14/hollywood-looks-to-mandrake-for-magic/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:50:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/03/14/hollywood-looks-to-mandrake-for-magic/comment-page-1/#comment-730626 BeyondTheBeyond Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:08:06 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=31396#comment-730626 Mandrake was featured in Indrajal Comics published in India up until 1990. I am sure folks who grew up reading these comics would be interested. Hopefully Hollywood doesn't dumb this down too much. Would be interesting if they brought in a bit of Dr. Strange-style mysticism into the mix as well. Mandrake was featured in Indrajal Comics published in India up until 1990. I am sure folks who grew up reading these comics would be interested.
Hopefully Hollywood doesn’t dumb this down too much. Would be interesting if they brought in a bit of Dr. Strange-style mysticism into the mix as well.

]]> http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/03/14/hollywood-looks-to-mandrake-for-magic/comment-page-1/#comment-727103 davesnothereman Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:47:10 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=31396#comment-727103 I'm a firm believer that execution is everything. you get the right script, stars, director and so on, it's possible you could have a hit with anything. you could also have all those things and still have a bomb. however, all things being equal, i think the only people who would be excited to hear this is in development (without anyone attached) are septuagenarians and above. i mean, sherlock holmes is one of the most recognizable popculture figures on the planet (mickey mouse, superman, sherlock was on a list i read long ago.) mandrake, not so much. I’m a firm believer that execution is everything. you get the right script, stars, director and so on, it’s possible you could have a hit with anything. you could also have all those things and still have a bomb. however, all things being equal, i think the only people who would be excited to hear this is in development (without anyone attached) are septuagenarians and above. i mean, sherlock holmes is one of the most recognizable popculture figures on the planet (mickey mouse, superman, sherlock was on a list i read long ago.) mandrake, not so much.

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