ROTTEN TOMATOES: Goyer Talks Magneto, Super Max, and Others

Goyer Talks Magneto, Super Max, and Others

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by Jeff Giles | August 30, 2007

Some of his projects have been more warmly received than others (The Invisible, anyone?), but there's no arguing the fact that David S. Goyer is a person of great interest to the fanboy faithful, which is why we just know you're going to want to read his exclusive interview with Wizard!

Goyer's got a number of interesting projects in the pipeline, including the upcoming X-Men spinoff Magneto, the adaptation of Steven Gould's book Jumper, a sequel to The Invisible Man, possibly directing an episode of Heroes: Origins, the much-discussed Green Arrow movie Super Max, and a potential return to comics.

It's Magneto and Super Max that fans probably want to know about the most, and they'll be happy to hear that development is moving along on both fronts. Goyer tells Wizard he's "scouting and budgeting" for Magneto now, that the production is "sort of halfway crewed up," and that most of the film will take place in Europe and Argentina. The main question surrounding the project, according to Goyer, is whether the filmmakers and the studio can agree on a budget.

As far as Super Max goes, Goyer says Justin Marks' screenplay hasn't been officially delivered yet, but he does reveal that the script -- which will find Green Arrow wrongfully sent to a prison for supervillains -- will include a lot of what he refers to as "third-tier DC villains," including Icicle. After promising that "people will recognize most of them," he tells Wizard:

What we did was present to DC a list of people we wanted, and then they went through it on a case-by-case basis and told us whether we could have them or not.

Tucked into all this news of comic-derived projects was a question about Goyer's planned Invisible Man sequel -- and his response contains a bit of information that should make some movie buffs cautiously optimistic:

I just spent about four hours typing out this idea and I had no idea if there was any project. So I had my agent inquire if Universal Studios was doing anything with it and it turned out they've been trying to develop an 'Invisible Man' thing for the last 10 years. They're trying to redo some of their monster franchises like 'The Creature From the Black Lagoon' and 'Wolfman' and things like that. They just couldn't figure it out, and everyone said -- without giving away the whole concept -- 'Wow, why didn't we think about that?'

A Universal monster-movie revival is something that's been proposed by some of our fellow Vine residents, and if -- if -- it's done right, it could be an extremely cool idea. To read the rest of what Goyer had to say, click on through to the link below!

Source: Wizard

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asilentmovie writes:
on Aug 30 2007 07:42 AM

Ugh. The Green Arrow movie idea is so terrible. Why can't we at least get a real Green Arrow movie first?

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blank blank writes:
on Aug 30 2007 08:27 AM

a real green arrow movie would be incredibly lame i think (especially if made by some hack like the guy who did daredevil/ghost rider). it just doesnt translate well onto the big screen, in my opinion. (unless they made it a period piece back in the 50s or something with some communist stuff thrown in). i think supermax is a good compromise, and sounds like a cool idea.

but thats just me

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positive hearts writes:
on Aug 30 2007 08:34 AM

Green Arrow always struck me as lame in general. However, the Magneto movie should be totally awesome.

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dracus writes:
on Aug 30 2007 10:29 AM

I just don't get Hollywood. They remake Porky's but decide to do a sequel a 1933 movie that could really use an update. Why don't they just remake The Invisible Man, skip the sequel and toss the Porky's remake into the garbage bin where it belongs?

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BUCK69 writes:
on Aug 30 2007 10:38 AM

I like the idea of Supermax too. The seeming glut of superhero movies are begining to follow the same origin formula. This takes a different direction and the Green Arrow is a good fit. On another note, anyone heard the rumors about the Superman Returns sequel? From what I've read, someone [Braniac maybe?] followed Superman back to Earth after his vist to the remains of what was Krypton. This someone teams up with Lex Luthor to take- down the Man of Steel once and for all.

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Drunken Mastermind writes:
on Aug 30 2007 10:54 AM

The Idea of SuperMax sounds awesome,and could be good but,but why if called Super Max? Does that stand for Super maximum security prison for something like that?

The only thing I truly know is that the Magneto is going to big kickass.

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anakin316 writes:
on Aug 30 2007 12:58 PM

I wonder if the green arrow movie will have any visits from different DC heroes? They are all susposedly have each others backs right?

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cgcbooks writes:
on Aug 30 2007 03:58 PM

Magneto is one of the lamest characters ever. Very hokey. Do something else please.

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cgcbooks writes:
on Aug 30 2007 04:04 PM

The original Invisible Man is a classic. There would be no need to do a remake. James Whale and Claude Raines rule. A sequel would be fine though.

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damvbat writes:
on Aug 30 2007 04:24 PM

no more remakes

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Shadowflare writes:
on Aug 31 2007 06:20 AM

In reply to this comment (#1086190)
Magneto is one of the deepest and most developed supervillians of all time with a compelling backstory. How is he 'hokey' at all?

I have mixed feelings on the Green Arrow. If they give us a character similar to the one in JLU, it could be good. The premise sounds interesting though.

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