# Which comic book character will hit the big screen next? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663 "2005-03-22T01:03:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/1 "2005-03-22T01:03:50Z")
I doubt **Groo The Wanderer** will make the cut, so I have no others to suggest. I will leave it up to you experts. [this](http://www.bigdancelist.com/list2-a.html) might spark your memory if need be. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Gutgore_Blooddrink)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/2 "2005-03-22T01:14:09Z")
It would be nice if Mr. Burton helmed a JTHM movie, but I doubt that will ever happen. The Preacher movie seems bleak, and even if they do make it, they’ll probably try to squeeze every single bit into a 2-hour schlock fest. Truthfully, if I had my choice, I would want to see a Bone movie. However, as far as most likely that hasn’t been announced…I can see them trying to make a The Maxx movie. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/3 "2005-03-22T01:49:21Z")
[Ghost Rider](http://imdb.com/title/tt0259324/) Starring Nick Cage as Johnny Blaze. It was my favorite comic of the time period. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/4 "2005-03-22T02:03:31Z")
I just want to see Nick Cage riding the motorcycle with his head on fire. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/5 "2005-03-22T02:30:23Z")
I’d like to see Silver Surfer, Galactus or Tanos if anybody is listening. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/6 "2005-03-22T02:31:32Z")
Thanos would be good too. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/7 "2005-03-22T11:10:29Z")
Sooner or later there’s bound to be a Plastic Man movie. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/8 "2005-03-22T11:25:27Z")
Sandman would be cool ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/9 "2005-03-22T12:10:10Z")
I Thought Fantastic Four was next up… > **[Fantastic Four (2005) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120667/)** > > Fantastic Four: Directed by Tim Story. With Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis. A group of astronauts gain superpowers after a cosmic radiation exposure and must use them to oppose the plans of their enemy, Doctor Victor Von... ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/10 "2005-03-22T12:40:26Z")
And wonder woman’s in the planning stages, with Joss Whedon to direct. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/11 "2005-03-22T12:53:40Z")
Many, many Marvel characters are licensed – Ghost Rider, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Namor, and (I think) Silver Surfer, plus others. (And Man-Thing is premiering on Sci-Fi later this year – it was originally planned as a theatrical release, but I guess they changed their minds.) –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/12 "2005-03-22T13:02:39Z")
Deathlok. I read a few film industry magazines a while ago. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/13 "2005-03-22T13:10:56Z")
Technically, Sin City will be hitting the big screen next, opening April 1st. Batman Begins and Fantastic Four are coming out this summer, and Man-Thing will go directly to television. After that, Warner/DC has Bryan Singer working on Superman, the Wachowskis and Joel Silver behind V For Vendetta (with Natalie Portman), and Joss Whedon signed on to do Wonder Woman. Marvel always has tons of media projects in the works, and there have been strong rumors that Robert Rodriguez’s next film after Sin City will be Mike Allred’s Madman. ---
**Author:** ![Kaspar\_Hauser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kaspar\_Hauser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaspar_Hauser)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/14 "2005-03-22T16:20:34Z")
I was kind of disappointed when Christian Bale signed on for Batman, because I always thought he’d make the perfect Sub-Mariner. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/15 "2005-03-22T16:23:32Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > Deathlok. > > I read a few film industry magazines a while ago. They already did **Deathlok**. It was called **Robocop**. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/16 "2005-03-22T16:49:02Z")
Yes, but everyone has been waiting to see: Robocop IIII, Deatlok, the Black Robocop. A [review of the script](http://www.filmjerk.com/new/article898.html) ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/17 "2005-03-22T17:35:17Z")
**The Maxx**? Well, a man can dream… sigh… ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/18 "2005-03-22T17:37:58Z")
Comic book movies I’d LIKE to see: Starman Sleeper Grendel Madman Wildcats ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/19 "2005-03-22T17:53:42Z")
Grendel has been optioned: Wells books Wagner comic ‘Grendel’ Warner Bros. Pictures-based John Wells Prods. has optioned the graphic novel “Grendel” from its creator, Matt Wagner, in association with Dark Horse Entertainment and Arsenal Entertainment. Scribe Carl Lund is attached to adapt the project through his blind script deal with JWP. An award-winning comic creation, “Grendel” spans several decades with its story encompassing various generations of characters. Lund’s script will focus on the story line of Christine Spar, the adopted granddaughter of the notoriously sadistic yet rich and graceful Hunter Rose – aka the original Grendel. Spar was the focus of Wagner’s book “Grendel: Devil’s Legacy.” (Chris Gardner) ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/20 "2005-03-22T17:57:08Z")
That’s the first I’ve heard about it, but I would have preferred a movie about Hunter Rose. Oh well, hopefully they can do a good job of it, kabuki vampires and all! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663.md?page=2)