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Invisibles movie [from Darkhorizons]

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e-n

10:11 / 04.06.02

well this is what they say:
"The Invisibles: The upcoming book "Anarchy for the Masses" (Madyak Press) has revealed that the upcoming film adaptation of Grant Morrison's comic will be based on the second half of the comic volumes which is set in America in order to avoid "The Matrix" comparisons."

I would have thought that the american storyline would promote MORE comparisons to the matrix?

Margin Walker

11:06 / 04.06.02

Yo e-n, welcome back! Where ya been, man?

gridley

12:09 / 04.06.02

nah, they'll just focus on the 1st Dulce mission. Maybe they'll do the torture of King Mob in flashback?

Plus, doing it in America means they can swipe away any Matrix comparisons by having Mason voice them before the critics can....

e-n

12:53 / 04.06.02

Margin:
I've mostly been in the comics.....and working.No time these days.
Gridley:
Yeah that would be cool, if they just start the movie on the matrix bandwagon and subvert the meme back to where it came from?

Rage

13:10 / 04.06.02

Hey yo, dis movies sposed to be like Tha Matrix. Dat movie wuz phat, yo. Cool blasting kung fuuuuuuu! Let's go see it ya!!!!!

H3ct0r L1m4

19:01 / 04.06.02

The Invisibles would work better as a TV series, but a lot of stuff would not be permitted (language, content) unless it was on cable, which would have budgetary restrictions, then a movie is better anyway. I'm volatile today.

Mesmer

19:43 / 04.06.02

I'm just rereading some of them now.

One thing I've always felt, as a man of limited memory retention, is that Morrison is much more digestible when the issues are read back to back. I would tend to forget the minutae of the last issue by the time I read the next, especially with Invisibles but even with his xmen run. Like I said, limited memory retention. So for me at least, a movie will be a better medium than a series.

As much as I'd love to see the whole thing played out in painstaking detail. It would have to be on HBO or Showtime anyway . . . too much boobage for prime time.

Mr Tricks

19:49 / 04.06.02

An HBO INVISIBLES series could be great!!! or NOT...

Same with a Movie I suppose...

What will the cast be like now?

Elijah, Freelance Rabbi

13:03 / 05.06.02

i will play everyone, it wont matter that i cant act and stutter, since it will be so tru to the comic i will have speach balloons!!!

(must drink less energy liquid with breakfast)

MJ-12

13:17 / 05.06.02

Well, obviously King Mob wll be played by Nicolas Cage.

Stone Mirror

13:54 / 05.06.02

Really?

Me, I'd have thought Jason Statham...

rizla mission

14:16 / 05.06.02

[adopts down-to-earth Yorkshire accent] Invisibles movie, my arse. I'll believe it when it's showing down the Roxy..

Elijah, Freelance Rabbi

17:41 / 05.06.02

ROT jason stratham is credited as playing HIMSELF in THE ONE, as is the rest of the cast, was this a docudrama and i somehow missed it?

The Return Of Rothkoid

19:01 / 05.06.02

While I don't think it's in the timeframe necessary for the film mentioned, I think that Jeremy Beadle as Quimper would be perfect.

Mr Tricks

19:29 / 05.06.02

KING MOB: how about a bald Daniel Day Lewis... or better yet, Julian Sands... he's certainly in need of a comeback

And for Robin?

Nikole Kidman or Jennifer Jason Leigh???

lentil

07:56 / 06.06.02

Ohhh, I think it's such a bad idea. Even if it does get made (and right now I'm standing outside the Roxy with Rizla looking skeptical) it won't be even one little smidgen as good as the comic. Have you learnt nothing from From Hell? A piece of crap that infuriates fans of the source material by skimming over all of the ideas that made it interesting and in no way succeeds in "spreading the word" (the reaction of most ordinary punters being "Oh really? Is there a comic version of that?"). And why the hell does a great comic need to be validated by being adapted for the cinema anyway?

Mystery Gypt

08:36 / 06.06.02

elijah, you clicked on "Jet Li is The One" at imdb, the docu that comes on the dvd; it's listed seperately on the actors' pages and has that disorienting effect...

Elijah, Freelance Rabbi

13:27 / 06.06.02

he he, oh

Tamayyurt

15:00 / 06.06.02

I think the Invisibles would translate a lot better to film than say, From Hell, but I don't think they should retell a story from the comic. The Invisible are much more flexible than that. Why not write an original script wholly for the movies.

If it's half as good as Donnie Darko I'll be happy.

Big Furry Bear

15:26 / 06.06.02

On the topic of 'who should play King Mob?' how about Robert Carlyle, who is actually a good actor and Scottish (which I've always assumed KM was).

cusm

16:40 / 06.06.02

Personally, I'd have focused the movie on Jack's story arc throughout vol 1, ending with the banishment of the King of All Tears and the dark hints that they really accomplished nothing. Its a great place to end off to tease for sequals

Stone Mirror

16:57 / 06.06.02

And for Robin? Nikole Kidman or Jennifer Jason Leigh???

Y' know, I'd been thinking of Nicole Kidman, but decided she was on the skinny, intense side.... I likewise think Julian Sands is a little too ferret-ish to play KM.

(Kidman would make a kickass Miss Dwyer, though!)

Carlyle was terrific in Ravenous, but he didn't strike me as being physically...imposing, I guess.

Tamayyurt

17:44 / 06.06.02

Carlyle was terrific in Ravenous, but he didn't strike me as being physically...imposing, I guess.

Nothing an intense workout regime can't fix.

How about Lord Fanny and Jack (He needs to be able to pull off "fucking moron" without coming across as annoying as Anikin. There needs to be an endearing quality about him... I mean he is the Buddha.)

cusm

19:04 / 06.06.02

No, he's the fucking Buddah. Can't forget that.

Murray Hamhandler

19:22 / 06.06.02

Someone a long time ago suggested Jude Law as KM. I kind of like that one.

Mr Tricks

19:36 / 06.06.02

Ever see TrainSpotting?
how about that kid "sickboy" as Jack... Charismatic???

No Clue as to who would make a good Fanny??? off the cuff thought would be the actor from the Crying Game

I'm sure there better.

Ever see Passion in the Desert? how about that dude for KM.. though I can sort of See Carlyle as well...

Still wondering on the Ideal ROBIN...

and what about Jim Crow?

The Strobe

22:47 / 06.06.02

Jim Crow???

Easy, IMHO.

Luis Guzman.

Trust me. Not so sure about Jaye Davidson as Fanny, though....

Trijhaos

22:57 / 06.06.02

Live-action?

Pffbbbt. Animation is the way to go. Then there wouldn't be any worries in trying to find actors that look like the comic characters. You'd just need to find voices to fit the characters.

Hieronymus

07:59 / 07.06.02

Guzman? Bah. I want to see either Busta Rhymes or Jeffery Wright play Jim Crow. Jeffery needs a breakout role.

Big Furry Bear

08:20 / 07.06.02

I'd definitely go for John Leguizamo (sp) for Lord Fanny, maybe Jada Pinkett for Boy and, for those UK soapheads out there, how about Tinhead from Brookside as Jack?

Re: Robert Carlyle - he can certainly do imposing (see Begbie in Trainspotting, Reynard in that Bond flick.)

Elijah, Freelance Rabbi

11:37 / 07.06.02

sickboy/Zero cool from Hackers would make a pretty good jack i think, dont know what he looks like now..oh wait, he was in drac 2000, yeah, he could still pull it off.

Leguizamo as fanny could work, they would need a way to make him taller though...

Sir Miles?--one of the conspiracy people from the XFILES movie and TV, the old guys who cant decide whether to kill mulder or not.

KM is a hard one though...

gridley

15:43 / 07.06.02

bear, we are soooo on the same page. Leguizamo as Fanny. Pinkett as boy.

Now, everyone's mentioning Trainspotting, but why not Ewan McGreggor as King Mob. I've always thought that he would be perfect at it. He's Gideon, Kirk, and King. He's multidimensional.

Anyone currently acting is probably already too old for Dane. He should be an unknown.

Whoever plays Robin has to be able to pull of the line: "Hi, I'm Ragged Robin. I'm nuts." And that's no small order.

Jack Fear

16:02 / 07.06.02

Anyone currently acting is probably already too old for Dane. He should be an unknown.

Jamie Bell, from BILLY ELLIOT. Skeevely-looking working-class ratboy who can dance like a motherfucker: that's our Dane.

Stone Mirror

19:01 / 07.06.02

It had occurred to me that if Ewan Macgregor were still the age he was when "Trainspotting" came out, he'd make a good Dane...

some guy

00:30 / 08.06.02

King Mob: Daniel Day-Lewis*
Jack: Charlie Hunnam
Boy: Alfre Woodard
Robin: Dina Meyer*
Fanny: John Leguizamo

If they make a movie it should be an all-new story.
What did people think of the TV scripts?

* These are GM's choices according to "Anarchy for the Masses"

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