‘Villains’ To Be ‘Fight Club’ Style Dark

Kofi Outlaw — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:11:18 +0000

We’ve only touched briefly on the big-screen adaptation of Viper Comics’ Villains which Universal Pictures has in the works, but today we’ve got a bit more on what can be expected of the movie.

Villains follow Nick Corrigan, 20-something dweeb who discovers his elderly neighbor used to be a major supervillain. When it comes time to ‘do the right thing’ and turn the bad guy in to police, Nick instead makes a darker choice, blackmailing the man into training him to become one of most badass supervillains the world has ever seen.

It’s quite an unusual take on the superhero/supervillain genre and (though I’ve never read the comic) it’s safe to say that a “protagonist” like Nick Corrigan is going to be hard for the average moviegoer to sympathize with. So which Hollywood filmmakers are good at ...

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Universal Bringing Villains To The Movies

Kofi Outlaw — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:50:52 +0000

Do not be alarmed! The third season of Heroes that everybody (but me) hates so much is NOT getting a feature film extension. Instead, Universal pictures has announced a movie adaptation of Viper Comics’ miniseries Villains, the tale of young kid who discovers his destiny is becoming a supervillain, rather than a superhero.

If that premise sounds too much like Wanted (the OK comic book, not the terrible movie), go ahead and start launching the cynical remarks. However, if Heroes and Wanted haven’t completely spoiled the idea of a villain-driven narrative for you yet, take a look at some of the details about the film adaptation of Villains and then see how you feel. The Villains comic book miniseries was launched in 2006 by indie publisher Viper Comics. It was written by Adam Cogan and ...

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‘Villains’ To Be ‘Fight Club’ Style Dark

Universal Bringing Villains To The Movies