Guy Ritchie movies seem to be taking hold of Hollywood with his next follow-up to Sherlock Holmes being Lobo, which begins production early next year.
The character originated in 1983 in “Omega Men,” written by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen. Lobo has morphed into several comic personifications. In film comic book enthusiasts can recall him as a seven-foot tall, blue-skinned, indestructible and heavily muscled anti-hero who drives a supped upped motorcycle. He lands on Earth in search of four fugitives who are bent on causing nothing but havoc. But never fear! Lobo teams with a small town teenage girl to stop the creatures. Go Figure!
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A feature version of the comic book series “Paradox” is being developed by Arcana Studios. The story focuses on a police detective using unconventional approaches of investigation in a world powered by magic.
Christos Gage wrote Arcana Comics’ three-issue limited series and will write the script with Ruth Fletcher Gage.
The Gages previously wrote The Breed for Sony and worked on “Law and Order: SVU.” Christos Gage has also wrote comic books “Deadshot” for DC Comics and “Union Jack” and “Avengers: The Initiative” for Marvel.
Tom Cruise takes on yet another project, but this one he’s developing an interest in comic book movies.
Mutually with Spiderman’s Sam Raimi, Cruise is setting up Sleeper at Warner Bros. Cruise is loosely attached to star in the adaptation of the DC Comics/Wildstorm comic that Raimi would produce with his Star Road Entertainment partner Josh Donen.
Sleeper is written by Ed Brubaker with art by Sean Phillips, it ran from 2003-05. The plot focuses on an operative whose fusion with an alien artifact makes him impervious to pain and allows him to pass it on to others through skin contact. He is placed undercover in a villainous organization by an intelligence agency and falls for a member of the group, named Miss Misery.
Yes, Cruise is still the co-owner of United Artists — from which his longtime producing partner Paula Wagner resigned just last week — he’s not tied exclusively to that company.
Sleeper is the third project that Cruise has become involved with over the past two weeks –all three separate from his commitments at UA. His other projects of interest are Tourist and comedy Food Fight.
Cruise’s interest in Sleeper propels it forward even though there are complicated rights issues that must be sorted out.
Sleeper is a spin-off book from Wildstorm flagship title “WildC.A.T.s” and features characters from another spin-off book, “Gen 13.”
Here is yet another Red Sonja teaser poster. I like the first one I posted, though. This one seems more morbid with a touch of insanity, not adventurous as I think the story is told. Which poster do you like the best?.
Versatile actor Djimon Hounsou is set to star in and produce a feature film about immortal sor
cerer Thulsa Doom, a central figure in the “Conan the Barbarian and Kull” comic books.
Doom is set to be featured with his own comic book series.
The character first appeared in the Robert E. Howard pulp story “Delcardes’ Cat,” published in the 1930s.
Doom was portrayed by James Earl Jones in 1982’s Conan the Barbarian.
The film will focus on the origins of the flawed hero and depict how his road to hell was paved with good intentions.
The film is in development without a studio so far. Cross your fingers Thulsa Doom is a character not to scorn.
