Buttonman the Movie - update

[PreacherCain]

That's right. Nicholad!

[JOE SOAP]

If Strontium Dog is announced for adaptation, that's four by Wagner.

Pat Mills needs a bit of filmic love about now.

[dweezil2]

If Strontium Dog is announced for adaptation, that's four by Wagner.

Pat Mills needs a bit of filmic love about now.

Come on! Someone's got to pick up The ABC Warriors once those shit Transformer movies have died a death? Shirley?

[Emperor]

Yeah I'd be up for that if the script is strong.

[Roger Godpleton]

DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT EMPEROR

[Emperor]

DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT EMPEROR

I do hope you weren't referring to merging the two threads.

[Colin YNWA]

Yeah this news first surfaced a week or so ago, some discussion here.

http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,29065.0.html

[opaque]

Nice. It's an easy enough one to make as a film compared to most of 2000ad's back stories.

[mygrimmbrother]

Tuly hope this one comes to fruition. Refn, Gosling (if cast), Wagner = great combo. Nice to think that Wagner's star is finally in the ascendant, movie-wise.

[IndigoPrime]

Button Man looks pretty screenplay-like but, it does have one major problem in terms of an adaptation, in that you [spoiler]can't hear the voice's, er, voice in the comic. So that aspect would have to be changed (perhaps using a voice scrambler).[/spoiler] Otherwise, it's good to go. But I'll bet any adaptation moves from the UK to the USA, thereby [spoiler]screwing up the sequel if they used the original stories[/spoiler].

As for Mills, a Sláine trilogy: Berserker, King, Horned God. ABC Warriors could work, too, but I think it'd make a better cartoon for kids than big-screen movie.

[radiator]

Yep, Gosling would make a great Harry Exton - wouldn't bother me in the slightest if they relocate the story to America. Would be cool - though not essential - to do it as a period piece though - stick to the early 1990s setting.

I'll repeat what I said in the Button Man movie thread - that I think Refn is a great choice - if he can keep his excesses reigned in.

A tense, taut thriller that sticks roughly to the plot of the comic - perhaps a blend of elements of BM 1&2 (a straight adap of book one wouldn't work for a modern cinema audience imo, would seem a bit contrived and predictable) - could be excellent. I have both liked and hated what I've seen of Refn's films - but they're all great-looking and great-sounding movies that's for sure.

Nice to think that Wagner's star is finally in the ascendant, movie-wise.

I've long maintained that Wagner is a criminally underrated writer and his work will one day get the recognition and audience it deserves - hope that is coming to pass.

[mygrimmbrother]

I think Refn is a great choice for precisely that reason - he's so idiosyncratic that if given a free reign he could well come up with something special as opposed to playing it safe. It's a gamble though, I agree, but I'd rather the choice for director was an auteur like Refn than a pedestrian tried-and-tested one.

Now we just need to secure Duncan Jones for Strontium Dog 

[Link Prime]

I think Refn is a great choice for precisely that reason - he's so idiosyncratic that if given a free reign he could well come up with something special as opposed to playing it safe.

Amen (m.g.) brother

[Goaty]

JW just post this in his Facebook;

News on Button Man: Nicolas Winding Refn in talks with Dreamworks to direct. Haven't seen Drive yet - just got the DVD - but I'm told he's a very good choice.

[CYCLOPZ]

Judging by the quality and style of the Drive movie, he's the  perfect choice to direct Button Man.