# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/21 "2005-03-22T20:58:57Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > I just want to see Nick Cage riding the motorcycle with his head on fire. And I want to see [Slapstick](http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/slapstick.htm) dump a bucket of water on his head for it. 😃 (per _Slapstick #4_) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/22 "2005-03-22T23:36:07Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Joel Silver behind V For Vendetta (with Natalie Portman) Wow! I hadn’t heard about this. V For Vendetta was one of the first limited series I read when I was first collecting comics, and is still one of the best. I just didn’t realize it was popular enough to make a movie out of it. I’ll definitely be in line to see this one. [sub]Now I’m off to dig my copies out of the box to read them again…[/sub] ---
**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 23, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/23 "2005-03-23T00:16:07Z")
> [@Phase42](#): > > I just didn’t realize it was popular enough to make a movie out of it. I’ll Popular, nothing. In Hollywood, it’s all about what would make a better story. :dubious: Re:Slapstick; Ghosty: I am the Spirt of Vengance! I am– Slapsick: Oh my gOD, YOUR HEAD IS ON FIRE! ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/24 "2005-03-23T00:35:32Z")
I always thought Gaiman’s **Death…The High cost of Living.** Would make a good movie too. I picture Wednesday playing the part of death. ---
**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 23, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/25 "2005-03-23T01:18:01Z")
You mean Christina Ricci? I always imagined Rachael Leigh Cook for Gaiman and Bachalo’s super-cute Death, myself. ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/26 "2005-03-23T02:00:57Z")
[Death: The High Cost of Living](http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-07/27/12.00.film)? Funny you should mention that…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/27 "2005-03-23T02:21:53Z")
> [@EmeraldGrue](#): > > [Death: The High Cost of Living](http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-07/27/12.00.film)? Funny you should mention that…🙂 I’m guessing Wednesday won’t play the lead huh…🙂 I will watch for it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/28 "2005-03-23T03:12:45Z")
Myself, I’m surprised we haven’t seen a Captain America movie yet. He’s certainly more well-known than Daredevil, the Punisher, or Hellboy, and with all of the flag-waving lately, it should go over well. ---
**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 23, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/29 "2005-03-23T03:49:14Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Myself, I’m surprised we haven’t seen a Captain America movie yet. He’s certainly more well-known than Daredevil, the Punisher, or Hellboy, and with all of the flag-waving lately, it should go over well. I hate to do this to you, but… [http://www.imdb.com/find?q=captain%20america;tt=on;nm=on;mx=20](http://www.imdb.com/find?q=captain%20america;tt=on;nm=on;mx=20) The 1991 movie is just _sad_. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/30 "2005-03-23T04:03:27Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Myself, I’m surprised we haven’t seen a Captain America movie yet. He’s certainly more well-known than Daredevil, the Punisher, or Hellboy, and with all of the flag-waving lately, it should go over well. With the public yes…with Hollywood, no. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663/31 "2005-03-23T05:38:23Z")
> [@](#): > > I hate to do this to you, but… [http://www.imdb.com/find?q=captain%](http://www.imdb.com/find?q=captain%25)…=on;nm=on;mx=20 I mean in the recent string of other (largely good) Marvel movies. But I hadn’t realized there was one as recent as '91. Probably for the best that I hadn’t. And it was my impression that anything that sells a lot of tickets goes over well with Hollywood. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-will-hit-the-big-screen-next/295663.md?page=1)