Wednesday, January 14

• No Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury?

  With a cameo at the end of Iron Man, Samuel L. Jackson spread joy across the fanboy universe by appearing as Nick Fury, a character designed in his likelihood in the Ultimate line of Marvel comic books. Now, it appears that Jackson likely won't reprise his role as Nick Fury.

  "There was a huge kind of negotiation that broke down. I don't know. Maybe I won't be Nick Fury," Jackson told the LA Times, "There seems to be an economic crisis in the Marvel Comics world so [they're saying to me], 'We're not making that deal.'"

  Jackson, as Fury, could potentially appear in 3 of the upcoming Marvel movies: Iron Man 2, First Avenger: Captain America and The Avengers. According to Jackson, he would have at least appeared in Iron Man 2. "I saw [Iron Man 2 director] Jon Favreau at the Scream Awards and we had a conversation. He said, 'I hope things are working out for you because we're writing stuff for you.' Then all of a sudden last week I talked to my agents and manager and things aren't really working that well."

  While Marvel will only offer that they are in "active negotiations," but Jackson is not sold. "Maybe somebody else will be Nick Fury or maybe Nick Fury won't be in it."

  But who else could play a role fashioned after Jackson himself? Maybe it's time to call David Hasselhoff, who already played Fury in a 1998 TV movie written by Unborn director and Batman writer David S. Goyer.

  
  

  Posted 01/14/2009 by Ryan

  Related: David Hasselhoff | Jon Favreau | Samuel L. Jackson | David S. Goyer | First Avenger: Captain America | Iron Man | Iron Man 2 | The Avengers

Tuesday, December 30

• Y: The Last Man Having Script Trouble

  It's been awhile since there's been much to report about the big screen adaptation of Brian K. Vaughn's hit comic about an apocalyptic plague that kills all but one male, until director D. J. Caruso (Eagle Eye, Disturbia) finally told to ComingSoon what's been keeping the movie from getting off the ground.

  "I think it's one of those that the source material is fantastic stuff, it's great, but it's a tough one to lick into getting into a screenplay," said Caruso, who has been working with screenwriters Carl Ellsworth and David Goyer as well as Vaughn on the project for a few years now to create a trilogy of Y movies, "When you're telling the story -- yes, the fanboys and all the people who love it will go and see it -- but if you're just seeing the movie from a filmgoers' perspective and you're not familiar with the source material, you have to make sure you make the movie that they understand and they love, too. And we're almost there."

  Caruso has a familiar choice in mind to play Yorick, the last man on earth: Shia LaBeouf. After making two movies together, Caruso clearly is a fan of LaBeouf. "I would like him to do it if our schedules work out," Caruso told SciFi Wire that LaBeouf is interested, and will be shown the script once LaBeouf is done taking time off after finishing Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

  
  

  Posted 12/30/2008 by reelz

  Related: D.J. Caruso | David S. Goyer | Y: The Last Man | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Monday, July 28

• Goyer: Warner Bros. "Reevaluating" Green Arrow Movie

  

  With Batman currently the box office's reigning comic book hero, thoughts turn to the big screen prospects of other titles in the DC Comics library. One character eagerly awaiting his shot is Green Arrow, the acerbic Robin Hood of the DC universe, whose vehicle Super Max is one of Hollywood's longer-gestating projects.

  Pressed for an update on the film at Comic-Con, Super Max writer/director David Goyer, who was in San Diego to promote his upcoming horror flick Unborn, stated that Warner Bros. is now "reevaluating" the project. Iron Man and The Dark Knight have "changed the landscape" of superhero movies, he noted, and now Warner Bros. is re-thinking how they approach the DC-based titles in their stable of upcoming flicks.

  Of course, "reevaluating" could mean anything from simply re-tooling the script to shelving the project entirely. In this case, it's more likely the former, as Goyer remains hopeful that the project will move forward within a year.

  
  

  Posted 07/28/2008 by reelz

  Related: David S. Goyer | Super Max

Thursday, June 14

• Goyer Gives Invisible a Second Chance

  Some people may be confused when reading this morning's Variety headline "Goyer eyes U's new 'Invisible' film?"

  'Didn't David Goyer just direct a movie called Invisible?' you might ask. Of course, that would be assuming that you are amongst the few people that saw The Invisible, which released in late April to a disappointing worldwide gross of only $23 million to date, according to Box Office Mojo.

  No, this Invisible is a new take on Universal's beloved 1933 monster movie classic, The Invisible Man, which starred Claude Rains as the titular character and was directed by the legendary James Whale. It was based on the novel by H.G. Wells.

  This has all been a long-winded way of saying that David Goyer has been officially announced as writer/director on the new project, which is being conceived as a sequel to the original novel.

  According to Variety, "the story centers on a British nephew of the original Invisible Man. Once he discovers his uncle's formula for achieving invisibility, he is recruited by British intelligence agency MI5 during WWII."

  The project may be a ways off, however, since Goyer is currently prepping the X-Men spinoff, Magneto, for Fox.

  
  

  Posted 06/14/2007 by reelz

  Related: David S. Goyer | Magneto | Invisible Man Sequel

Friday, April 27

• Goyer on board for Magneto spin-off

  Variety reports that Fox has finally given the go-ahead to the long-awaited X-Men spinoff Magneto, with David Goyer attached to direct. The movie will be a prequel of sorts, dealing with the origins of villain depicted in the X-Men films by Ian McKellen.

  One of the industry's most sought-after screenwriters, Goyer's directorial efforts to date have underwhelmed critics. His latest film, The Invisible, opens today.

  Things are mighty busy over at Marvel these days. Another X-Men spin-off, Wolverine, is also moving forward, with Hugh Jackman set to star.

  
  

  Posted 04/27/2007 by reelz

  Related: Hugh Jackman | Ian McKellen | David S. Goyer | X-Men: The Last Stand | X2: X-Men United | X-Men