John Woo to Direct & Produce HE-MAN

[Paragon]

Um, okay...:shrug:

http://superherohype.com/news.php?id=2063

Variety reports that Fox 2000 has set John Woo ("Paycheck") to direct and produce He-Man, a live-action film based on the characters in Mattel's "Masters of the Universe" line of action figures. Adam Rifkin will adapt the screenplay.

Originally made into an animated series in 1983, the property was also adapted into a live-action film in 1987 called Masters of the Universe, which starred Dolph Lundgren as the hero and Frank Langella as Skeletor.

He-Man began life as Prince Adam, the hybrid of an Earthling and an Eternian. At the age of 18, he was taken to Castle Grayskull, where Adam received super powers. He-Man has a sidekick in the form of a tiger, Battle Cat, and a deadly enemy, Skeletor.

Woo is also attached to direct The Rock in the video game adaptation "Spy-Hunter" for Universal Pictures.

[Wat_Tyler]

1. Can we just destroy the earth and start again eleswhere, please?

[Maine-i-acs]

2. Gonna be hard to follow up Dolph Lundgren's masterful adaptation.

Plus the original had Billy Barty in a rubber gnome mask. Let's see ya top that, John Woo!

[Beware the Beast Man]

3. This just in: Quentin Tarentino to direct "Smurfs" film

I heard on the IMDB boards that there is a scene where Vanity, Brainy and Handy tie up Gargamel and cut off his ear.

[Wat_Tyler]

5. Jim Jarmusch to direct Top Cat movie.

Top Cat and his friends sit around in a smoky cafe. Top Cat, jittery from his eighteen coffees a day discusses with Benny his life as a nighttime cab-driver and his obsession with jazz. Meanwhile, Choo-Choo must go on a long journey deep into the heart of Blackhawk territory to contemplate the nature of existence. Tom Waits is a hired assassin on his trail.

[ET Awful]

4. I was hoping for a live action Thundercats movie instead :)

Snarf snarf!

Thundercats! Hooooooooooooooooo

[CatWoman]

6. So, will Skeletor finally come out of the closet?