OT: The Goon CGI Movie

[Jake Capps]

If the rights just got optioned this movie is years away.

THEGOON.COM is proud to announce that The Goon has been optioned by acclaimed director and producer David Fincher and Academy-Award nominated Blur Studio with Dark Horse Entertainment to develop as a CG animated feature film.

The story link-
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37318

The link to the films of director David Fincher-
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000399/

He seems like a pretty heavy hitter!

[Ambassador Curt]

Jake... you sir... have made my day.

[Pangaea]

I don't know how I feel about this.

I love The Goon, and it will take a lot to live up to the comic.

[Angilas-Man]

F*** YEAH!!!

:biggrin:
I remember a few years ago, when I was in high school, buying up a dozen copies of The Goon 25 cent issue and giving 'em away. Good times.

[Angilas-Man]

....wait, the guy who directed Fight Club and Se7en?!?!


*has heart attack*

[Ambassador Curt]

I don't know how I feel about this.

I love The Goon, and it will take a lot to live up to the comic.

If it gets even close to as good as the comic, it will be a huge success in my book. I'm pretty stoked for it.

[pimpernel]

Oh this is fantasitc news! I love Goon. I love Fincher. Win/win. :biggrin:

[Mack]

* faints *

[Pumpkin King]

Awesome news!

[Jankenstein]

....wait, the guy who directed Fight Club and Se7en?!?!

And Alien 3. :rolleyes:


I'm one of very few people that really doesn't like Fight Club.

[Zombie!!]

not sure how I feel about this. since it's cgi makes me feel tad bit better about it, but i'll hold my judgement.

[InAdia]

Meh, I'd rather see a live action semi-stylized feature, ala Sin City meets Speed Racer, Meets the Spirit. I for one am hoping this project doesn't get off the ground.

The Real Inadia

[MaskedMan]

if there are zombie guts everywhere and knives to the eyes of there enemies i think i will be pleased.

[Todd H]

Meh, I'd rather see a live action semi-stylized feature, ala Sin City meets Speed Racer, Meets the Spirit. I for one am hoping this project doesn't get off the ground.

The Real Inadia

Yeah let's destroy it ala Frank Miller and "The Sinful Spirits City"! Wooohoooo!

Now who to cast for Franky's voice. Danny Devito or Joe Peschi?

[Agent Helix]

Spectacular.

[InAdia]

Yeah let's destroy it ala Frank Miller and "The Sinful Spirits City"! Wooohoooo!

Say what you will but Sin City was more true to the source material than any comic or graphic novel adaptation to date. The Goon is as much about deep interpersonal relationships as it is action and guts. I can't fathom a CGI film being able to replicate the emotional content found in works like Chinatown and The Origin Story unless the CG is top notch, which it most likely won't be (small property = less money thrown in on it). In the end I just don't see how an R- rated, most likely PG-13 version of Monster House is going to convey the complexity of Goon's world.

I will reserve judgment, but when this movie flops it will 86 any chance of ever getting a live action version of The Goon.

Sorry to be a pisser, but that is just how I feel.

The Real Inadia

[Ken O]

Yeah let's destroy it ala Frank Miller and "The Sinful Spirits City"! Wooohoooo!


This made me laugh, but it also makes me very sad.

[Angilas-Man]

Since The Goon is basically Evil Dead meets Popeye the Sailor I think animation is the most natural way to do a movie version.

[patrick r]

Ha, that's great. They can certainly go a couple of ways with this one especially depending on what rating they want on the film.

[gdeo]

this cool news!!!:biggrin:

[InAdia]

Since The Goon is basically Evil Dead meets Popeye the Sailor I think animation is the most natural way to do a movie version.

Thats all fine and good but how many CGI driven films have been made that are Evil Dead at spirit? Last time I checked CGI spells PG-13/Family to the Hollywood execs, who will ultimately decide the fate of the film; and "kiddy" to the general movie going public. We saw what happened with TMNT, how it started off as being a project that would hold true to the tone of the 1980's comics, of which the original fan-base is now all adult, but was ultimately watered down to sell tickets.

Also, in this day and age comic book films go live action, that is what audiences are accustomed to. Do you think that Hellboy would have made the breakthrough that it did had it been entirely CG? Or how about Sin City? 300: anyone? Honestly think about that. The Goon is one of the best unknown comic properties out there and I would rather they go with a style that demonstrates the unique nature of the book (as seen in 300), and thusly creating a unique theater-going experience. I firmly believe that doing something off kilter is the route for them to travel. CGI ends up just being CGI all the way through, which can be boring, bland, generic;same goes for live action; but find a way to meld the two; with a distinct art style on their side; and The Goon will get the public introduction it deserves.


The Real Inadia

[Todd H]

Say what you will but Sin City was more true to the source material than any comic or graphic novel adaptation to date.


Oh no.. Sin City as a movie was great. Sin City as a comic was great. Unfortunately Frank Miller is a one trick pony and that one trick is...Sin City. Whether it's his upcoming butchering of The Spirit or Bat-marv I cringe whevener I hear his name attached to something.

The Goon likely will flop but I don't think it'll be due to the animation. It's just a small property and I'm sure whoever's putting it out won't promote it very well. I hope I'm wrong and it's a huge success.

I'd like to see a live action Goon shot like Sky Captain or even King Kong. Give it that 40's pulpy feel. This way it's got style...but it's not terribly over the top style.

[Kees_L]

Confession: (steady my son)
Have only familiarised ms a little with Eric Powells' Goon. Yet. (I'm not your son, not even your nephew)
But I feel it to be great stuff already and would like the prospect of a good CG movie.

Confession: I wager CG means computer generated?

I'm one of very few people that really doesn't like Fight Club.
'Cause you find the book is way better and one of your faves at that?

Meh, I'd rather see a live action semi-stylized feature, ala Sin City meets Speed Racer, Meets the Spirit. I for one am hoping this project doesn't get off the ground.
1 Confession: I haven't dared watch Sin City yet 'though think the world of mr. Miller (especially for art & feel)
2: Is there a less than real / opposite to real Inadia?

[InAdia]

I'd like to see a live action Goon shot like Sky Captain or even King Kong. Give it that 40's pulpy feel. This way it's got style...but it's not terribly over the top style.

Capital idea.

The Real Inadia

[InAdia]

2: Is there a less than real / opposite to real Inadia?


I have people, on message boards, committing grave acts in my name. The tag differentiates myself from the not to genuine article.

The Real Inadia

[Pangaea]

I don't want this to be CGI at all.

If it was any sort of animation, I'd rather it be stop-motion or claymation, which is beginning to be a lost art.

But I would rather it be live action above all else, pehaps with CGI and weird claymation elements; or as a stylized pulp as in InAdia's example.

It needs to be wacky, Adam's Family cooky, it also needs to be stylish, Stooge's slapstick, violent and filled with "mature content". Their target audience needs to be adults, college students, teens, and the Adult Swim crowd.

[Kees_L]

I have people, on message boards, committing grave acts in my name. The tag differentiates myself from the not to genuine article.

The Real Inadia

If you have them do that as in AI bots with their own avatars though twinned to yours then I am in awe.

If not and you mean annoying bastardy types who you may have trusted, then I ask: are they banned now? Or is it like computerized post-hogging or something? You see I'm like if I'd see such pass by I'd wanna get unfriendly with such, preferably without compromising my member status of course, but still: one should play nice, not? (my interest is genuine and not for vile amusement.)

Anyways pissers are needed, when the day is through and fire needs putting out :wink:.

On Sin City I cannot comment and the Goon I know only for its spectacularly spiffy imagery. And I don't know what CGI will necessarily stand for production-wise. I guess everything could be good both as potentially turn out as crap. But the internet and good promotion (or what I will call fan-participatively design) will have films be getting better and better. So budget cannot say all, can it? And I will now can it :tongue:.

[hellboyone]

You'll at least know that it'll look sensational. Blur does amazing work.

[grizzlelee]

I'm still waiting for someone to make a Hellboy movie that doesn't completely jettison everything that made the comics so damn cool. Let's start with some freakin' atmosphere!

[Kees_L]

I'm still waiting for someone to make a Hellboy movie that doesn't completely jettison everything that made the comics so damn cool. Let's start with some freakin' atmosphere!

Are you really? Well I cannot say that I am. Nope.
Del Toro, who has a new one coming up in two months time already:eek: . I saw some swell cartoons too - with just the right feel for me.

Now for a little holiday, all up north in the cozy town-like state I have for a country :smile:.

[Pangaea]

I'm still waiting for someone to make a Hellboy movie that doesn't completely jettison everything that made the comics so damn cool. Let's start with some freakin' atmosphere!

Numer one, if you say GDT and his team can't create an atmosphere, you my friend are blind. GDT is, if not one of THE best director's on the planet right now.

Number two, I think the film(s) on the Hellboy side of things are working out great. Granted it can't be exactly like the comics or it would be,well, the comic. However, I think it is enough like the comics; the imagery, the characters, the scope, the jargon, etc. to make it the best adaptation of a comic this side of the first Spider Man film. If the Goon film does half as good of a job at GDT's take at Hellboy, I'll be happy.

[grizzlelee]

I know Del Toro is the "hot" guy right now, but I personally don't care for his style of filmmaking. Whatever magic he has just doesn't come through in Hellboy. I also don't care for his "take" on the character (urbanized/modernized/ostracized). Sure, it's a movie and not the comic, but as proven with Sin City, translating the look and the feel of a comic can be done.

Having watched "The Others" last week, I can't help but wonder what a bit of its atmosphere would look like in a Hellboy movie.

[mattmanw54301]

Voice casting should be as follows:
Mickey Rourke as the Goon
Steve Buschemi as Frankie
Lance Henriksen as the Zombie Priest
Seth MacFarlane as Dr. Hieronimous Alloy

[Kees_L]

I know Del Toro is the "hot" guy right now, but I personally don't care for his style of filmmaking. Whatever magic he has just doesn't come through in Hellboy. I also don't care for his "take" on the character (urbanized/modernized/ostracized). Sure, it's a movie and not the comic, but as proven with Sin City, translating the look and the feel of a comic can be done.

Having watched "The Others" last week, I can't help but wonder what a bit of its atmosphere would look like in a Hellboy movie.

Ah, so you like "The Others". That is more positive than explaining how you not like Del Toro (all his movies or just HB). This in a thread on a possible Goon movie, in a thread where there possibly will be some Del Toro tree-huggers (dead ones - the trees I mean!)
Negative can of course be good (better than polaroids) but it sort of reads like 'let's cause a little stirr here with some juicy statementing'.

I watched the neighbour (like 73) mow the lawn one time. I mentioned to her she mowed 'like crap'. She undisturbedly ended the gardening chore without any apparent need for further conversation.
This not to be taken for a juicy statement. It is a porky :smile:.

[grizzlelee]

Sorry if my post came off as a Del Toro hater or a pot stirrer. I was just trying to say that a direct comic to movie translation (as with Sin City) is possible and I would have liked to see that with Hellboy. Guillermo and Mignola thought otherwise.

[Kees_L]

Sorry if my post came off as a Del Toro hater or a pot stirrer. I was just trying to say that a direct comic to movie translation (as with Sin City) is possible and I would have liked to see that with Hellboy. Guillermo and Mignola thought otherwise.

Thanks for posting this grizzlelee, meaning that all is good and thanks for understanding. :smile:

[Pangaea]

Sorry if my post came off as a Del Toro hater or a pot stirrer. I was just trying to say that a direct comic to movie translation (as with Sin City) is possible and I would have liked to see that with Hellboy. Guillermo and Mignola thought otherwise.

You also have to take into consideration; the comic jumps and leaps around. One issue Hellboy is underwater for two years, the other he is in Africa. This really wouldn't translate well to screen, and the american viewing audience is too dumb and won't pay attention if a movie jumps around too much. The reason the comic works is all this history and backstory that a movie only has time to barely touch on, so it must rely on a Cliff's Note re-hashing, imagery, atmosphere, dialogue and action. So when GDT had to make this movie, he needed to adapt it to the screen in the best way he could to stay true to a comic that he actually reads, and to make it palpable to a dumbass zombie american consumerist society.

I'm sorry, but a movie "true" to the comic would be a movie where Prof. Bruttenholm dies in the first thirty minutes, Hellboy goes to four different continents to fight a big monster in each one, multiple cameos by characters unknown to the public repetively calling Hellboy "the beast of the apocalypse", and *no love connection between Liz would not be any sort of success nor well-received.



*In addition to the American public being dumb, we are all also very homophobic; any male character, especially main, that is attached to a female in a movie, it needs to be shown, at the very least, that he is interested in some way or the audience sub-consciously labels him a homosexual and won't like the character or will fail to make a connection with him.

[InAdia]

You also have to take into consideration; the comic jumps and leaps around. One issue Hellboy is underwater for two years, the other he is in Africa. This really wouldn't translate well to screen, and the american viewing audience is too dumb and won't pay attention if a movie jumps around too much. The reason the comic works is all this history and backstory that a movie only has time to barely touch on, so it must rely on a Cliff's Note re-hashing, imagery, atmosphere, dialogue and action. So when GDT had to make this movie, he needed to adapt it to the screen in the best way he could to stay true to a comic that he actually reads, and to make it palpable to a dumbass zombie american consumerist society.

I'm sorry, but a movie "true" to the comic would be a movie where Prof. Bruttenholm dies in the first thirty minutes, Hellboy goes to four different continents to fight a big monster in each one, multiple cameos by characters unknown to the public repetively calling Hellboy "the beast of the apocalypse", and *no love connection between Liz would not be any sort of success nor well-received.



*In addition to the American public being dumb, we are all also very homophobic; any male character, especially main, that is attached to a female in a movie, it needs to be shown, at the very least, that he is interested in some way or the audience sub-consciously labels him a homosexual and won't like the character or will fail to make a connection with him.


All too true. I pray that I don't get a semi-brain dead crowd next week....at any of the showings I go to.


On a side note:

The first Hellboy film had plenty of atmosphere, it was simply a different tone; and since I enjoy both Hellboy and Prague it was a match made in heaven for me. The first 20 and last 30 minutes of the picture were very much true to the comic which in my summation is about half the feature. I can understand the need for direct translation on something like Sin City but Hellboy's world is so rich and bountiful, I wouldn't want the films to dwell on events in his life that have already been told in another medium.

The Real Inadia

[Pangaea]

All too true. I pray that I don't get a semi-brain dead crowd next week....at any of the showings I go to.


Yeah, I hope Hellboy is really well-received and lots of people go see it. However, I fear that a movie like Hancock will be more sucessful than Hellboy. I'm just glad that Hellboy comes out a week before The Dark Knight or NO ONE would see Hellboy, especially on opening night.

[InAdia]

Yeah, I hope Hellboy is really well-received and lots of people go see it. However, I fear that a movie like Hancock will be more sucessful than Hellboy. I'm just glad that Hellboy comes out a week before The Dark Knight or NO ONE would see Hellboy, especially on opening night.

I'm not worried so much about box office as whether or not the film turns out to be good. If it is grand then it will make back its budget and then some. My only worry, if you can call it one, is that the film may be too engaging for the general public who just want to see flicks like Iron Man and the Hulk (short on plot, big on action). Hellboy is about story and character and not so much huge special effects romps which seems to be all that this summer's movie audience cares about.

The Real Inadia

[hellboyone]

Sorry if my post came off as a Del Toro hater or a pot stirrer. I was just trying to say that a direct comic to movie translation (as with Sin City) is possible and I would have liked to see that with Hellboy. Guillermo and Mignola thought otherwise.

I find that direct translations are just...well, boring and unimaginative. Granted, since Sin City was partially directed by Frank Miller, it's fine that it looks so much like the comic book. But any artist, if they have an ounce of creativity in them, will put their own spin on things. If I want to see Hellboy as he is in the comics, I'll read the comics.

And I don't know what movies you've been watching, but Del Toro's movies are dripping with atmosphere. Unless you're being literal, then The Others does have a lot of atmosphere...if you consider atmosphere to be endless amounts of fog. ;)

[Kees_L]

Well Pangaea & Inadia, on American audiences being dumb + homophobic (one tends to result into the other - yelp for that 'unintended' pun; I must be a numbskull too :eek:!):
I don't get that vibe (of the public) on this Board luckily. Same could go for the general CBR forums too I guess, although one would have to read past the more juvenile "I'm way 16+: I f#ck and manage motor vehicles (though not simultaneously)!" posts.
And (remaining dumb myself some more:redface: ) I found myself thinking U.S. citizens - and maybe even Canadian ones - to NEVER cook but for burnt stuff on Thanksgiving... Then I found the beautiful HB recipe thread.
When you're not American it can be good to (re-)acknowledge the fact that dumbness both as any form of (nasty) -phobia can be found anywhere. And with that also 'that what / those who' may oppose to it. So thanks, for making me re-acknowledge once again.

[Pangaea]

Just for the record, I am indeed American, but I am not proud of it, as you could probably tell from my observations.

[InAdia]

Hancock made 185 million this weekend. Colored me worried for The Golden Army.

The Real Inadia

[Kees_L]

... but I am not proud of it, ...
Yes I could tell. And I replied by stating to think that both the (really) jerky as the (injustly) underappreciated will be found anywhere. (An easy answer since it'll be self-fulfilling - like: the bigger the fun, the bigger the spoiling. Still, I think it.

Hancock made 185 million this weekend.

The Real Inadia

Must be the gripping title... :eek: /:tongue:

[Angilas-Man]

Tom Waits for the voice of Buzzard!

[Kees_L]

I find that direct translations are just...well, boring and unimaginative. Granted, since Sin City was partially directed by Frank Miller, it's fine that it looks so much like the comic book. But any artist, if they have an ounce of creativity in them, will put their own spin on things. If I want to see Hellboy as he is in the comics, I'll read the comics.

For comic book movies I tend to think the Batman movie (with Jack Nicholson as the J) may serve as a blueprint, to say that with the rightly distilled / translated comic parts may prove a movie hit-formula.
To which Frank Miller has added by means of 300 especially - that a cool comic feel should be added into key scenes, by having them start of from emphasizedly well-compostitioned points.
If the above makes any or some sense, I might add to say I think GDT put the two together with HB, or his Hellboy trilogy to be precise.

[Jake Capps]

Well we now get our first look at images from The Goon movie.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40432

I know it's too soon to say for sure, but this looks like a great take on the material. One can only wonder what a Hellboy movie done in this fashion would look like?

[Mack]

Well we now get our first look at images from The Goon movie.

Looks fuggen great!!!! I love the Goon!!! Wish I could have gone to the 10th Anniversary Party last night in Nashville :redface:

[Kees_L]

I know it's too soon to say for sure, but this looks like a great take on the material. One can only wonder what a Hellboy movie done in this fashion would look like?

Fully agreed, on both points. Looks enticing.

Would it not be a cool dvd feature: a Hellboy: Conqueror Worm clip (wìth Roger in there!), to celebrate how Goon & Hellboy *readers* seem so of kindred spirit? After seeking and being given mr. Mike's approval of course...

[SpydaWeb]

I think superrune (http://www.superrune.com/gallery_3d/2003_hellboy.php)has already given us a good idea of what an animated Hellboy would be like. If he knows what's good for him he'll put something more substantial together and pitch an OVA to Universal.

[The Lobster]

I remember hearing about this but wasn't sure if it was legit or not. Thanks for the info!

[Angilas-Man]

Looks fantastic! (and I've always prefered The Goon in his striped shirts)

[SpydaWeb]

Tom Waits for the voice of Buzzard!

I don't know, but I hear Henriksen for the Buzzard.

[InAdia]

I wonder if the film would be a straight R, or if they will compromise and make it PG-13. I am glad a movie is being made, but so many things about this project worries me, I have a bad feeling that will not go away until I am fresh off of seeing the picture.

The Real Inadia

[mattmanw54301]

I think it will be what it is. Powell doesn't seem like the type to tone down his stuff. Obviously, it's not going to be too explicit. We won't see anything as out there as The Goon: Satan's Sodomy Baby, but even with the regular amount of violence and awesomeness, this one might be an R. I doubt Fincher would put any pressure to have it cut. He's got enough clout after Benjamin Button to get away with some shenanigans.

[gdeo]

I don't know, but I hear Henriksen for the Buzzard.

i hear mila kunis as the buzzard:tongue:

[InAdia]

I think it will be what it is. Powell doesn't seem like the type to tone down his stuff. Obviously, it's not going to be too explicit. We won't see anything as out there as The Goon: Satan's Sodomy Baby, but even with the regular amount of violence and awesomeness, this one might be an R. I doubt Fincher would put any pressure to have it cut. He's got enough clout after Benjamin Button to get away with some shenanigans.


That's all well and good, but the film still is a CGI feature, which carries a certain stigma, that Hollywood, and the general movie going public, carries with them. I'm just afraid the movie will tank. The Goon is by far one of the best comics out there and I feel that a CGI movie is just cheapening the character out of the proper cinematic experience that it deserves.


I would have loved to have seen something along the lines of Speed Racer meets Sky Captain, with a splash of Sin City. The only thing I can be hopeful for is that The Goon changes how people view CGI films, which will only happen if they stick to their guns and get an R. But chances are they will concede and the flick will be pg - 13, which doesn't do anything to distinguish The Goon from the rest of the lame comic films that have been plaguing cinemas.

The Real Inadia

[Jackson Brody]

Movies and comics are different mediums. A straight adaptation of the material (a la Sin City) isn't the best idea in the world.

First of all, you're going from one person creating a world (Like Mignola and Eric Powell), to a crew of hundreds bringing something to life. There are aspects unique to comics that can't be translated to screen. That's why they're different mediums... they emphasize different qualities.

I'm glad the Hellboy movies aren't a direct translation of the comics; it's what makes them special. Mignola didn't want them to be. If you want a good director for a movie, you're going to want someone with a distinct artistic vision. And whether they intend to or not, they're going to put their own stamp on the material, which is the case with Del Toro. I like Mignola's world better, but Del Toro's pretty dang good in its own right.

As for the Goon movie, I'd prefer to see a live action take on the material, but at the end of the day, I just want Eric Powell to make a boatload of money, and for wider exposure to the comic.

Also, Frank Miller is a misogynistic hack. I like his '80s Batman stuff, but that's about it. Every story in the Sin City movie is exactly the same. Noble yet savage amoral killer takes down unnoble even amoral-er killers. Also, all women are bad ass hookers in revealing leather outfits. The end.

[kidfromhell]

Thats true... but the spirit of the comic must be in the movie. It doesnt need to be a story from the comic.
In my oppinion the Hellboy movies ar wayy to diferent from the comic...things like hellboy and Liz, abe being completly diferent ... thats what makes the movie look like crap...

And im dont think the hellboy movies are crap as movies ... they just arent a good adaptation...

For the goon movie... its great if they do a new story, but change basic things like in the hellboy movie will make it a bad movie imo
Imagine Buzzard is Goon's grampa adn things like that...
it would ruin the movie ... Thats why its great Powell is doing the script!

[The Lobster]

I'm really hoping for Buzzard. Will this be released in the theatre? Any one else hoping for the Hobo God from issue 32!?:tongue:

[mattmanw54301]

I'm really hoping for Buzzard. Will this be released in the theatre? Any one else hoping for the Hobo God from issue 32!?

I am hoping for the Hobo God, Labrazio, Fishy Pete, and Mr. Wicker. And El Lagarto Hombre. I am hoping that HB makes it into the movie somehow, not an actual appearance per se, but maybe have Frankie reading a HB comic.

[jimm]

Bottom line...can't wait! Oh yeah, Ian McShane for Buzzard!

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[mattmanw54301]

hey jimm, do you post on Benevolent Street? If so, I am the guy what sold you the Hitchhiker.

[Syntheticgerbil]

I think the Goon movie is looking great, but I need to come in here and correct some people.

David Fincher IS NOT DIRECTING this movie. He is a Producer. He does not have say in a final cut, unless specifically requested to, which I doubt. He is not designing this movie, writing it, or coming up with concept. He is a producer, meaning he liked the idea and put money up for it. This will having nothing to do with Benjamin Button's success (or box office failure) or any other things like that.

He is the biggest name attached to this project, so people are marketing it as such, which is problematic. Whenever a producer is more well known than a director or writer of a movie, they use the producer's name, and although many fanboys insist differently, a producer is not the major creative force in a movie. Yes they can ask for certain things since they are putting up the money, but more often than not a good producer will put up the money and have faith in the creators.

Now I am a Fincher fan and think it's great he's providing funding for the Goon to be made, but I think credit needs to be put where credit is due. People are taking this out of hand, especially on the Aintitcool site. It just goes to show many people don't understand the difference between a director and producer. There was also a similar problem with Coraline lately being touted as "from the director of The Nightmare Before Christmas" because the Henry Selick did indeed direct that movie, yet people who don't understand cinema roles assumed Coraline was by Tim Burton and was angry to find out he had nothing to do with it.

So anyways, rant over. If you guys think Blur Studio doesn't have the capabilities to handle this movie and make it "mature" or more like the comic, you are wrong. While some of their shorts are kind of hokey and they have done mostly licensed work for video games, commercials, and movies, some of their work has been a little bit more rough and dark. If any watering down of The Goon movie is going to happen, it will simply be because of the United States bias towards any mature animated movie and what the PRODUCERS and distributer think will sell, and they will ask it to be watered down. David Fincher producing this makes it more promising. But the real question is, who else is producing with him?

Anyways, here's their website, explore at leisure:
http://www.blur.com/

Also to repost some important news from the bottom of the Aintitcool article.

"Tim Miller here (creative director at blur) chiming in as requested. The film is in early development- it has NOT been set up at a studio and isn't in production. Eric Powell is working on the script and we're doing visual development. It was our choice to get the film planned out before we try and get a studio involved. "Early Development" means concept art, some CG animation tests and the script. And Fincher is a producer--as is blur and Darkhorse-- not directing.

To set the record straight for Capt Cook--Blur has never said ANYWHERE or at ANYTIME that we are "making a movie" We avoid hype and ALWAYS speak the truth. There's a HUGE difference between an announcement that a film is being developed and the film ACTUALLY BEING MADE. And we are careful about the distinction. And to be extra-clear...we're not even putting out these (or any other) press releases....it's just media reporting. This went up because Eric was having a big 10th aniversary party and Darkhorse thought it'd be nice to give fans of the comic some eyecandy. I will say though that development is coming along GREAT and I think the Goon will make an awesome film should we be lucky enough to get a chance to make it."

[Jake Capps]

He is a Producer. He does not have say in a final cut, unless specifically requested to, which I doubt.

There's a phrase for a sentence like that...It's called "you don't know".

Yes they can ask for certain things since they are putting up the money, but more often than not a good producer will put up the money and have faith in the creators. Now I am a Fincher fan and think it's great he's providing funding for the Goon to be made, but I think credit needs to be put where credit is due.

Since when do excutive producers put up their own money to finance a film?

Also don't talk down to me, and call me a fanboy.

[Jake Capps]

Ok I went back through every entry of this thread, and found no mention of David Fincher directing the film. And that was the strongest point you wanted to get across. As a matter of fact if you read the first entry in the thread it clearly defines this project in its current shape.

If the rights just got optioned this movie is years away.

THEGOON.COM is proud to announce that The Goon has been optioned by acclaimed director and producer David Fincher and Academy-Award nominated Blur Studio with Dark Horse Entertainment to develop as a CG animated feature film.

[SpydaWeb]

You are a fanboy Jake.

[mattmanw54301]

I am a fanboy too. Jake, being a fanboy is not something bad. It's better than being a comic snob.

[InAdia]

I am a fanboy too. Jake, being a fanboy is not something bad. It's better than being a comic snob.

I think both have negative qualities, and in truth aren't that dissimilar from each other.

The Real Inadia

[Kees_L]

I am a fanboy too. Jake, being a fanboy is not something bad. It's better than being a comic snob.

Do you mind? :biggrin:
I'm a comic snob. Or snob anyways. It's why I run around yelling 'hogwash' all the time. So there :smile:.

And for in-crowd affiliation typecasts: try to not 'get down with the scene' too much. Rather 'keep up and running'. :cool:

[InAdia]

Do you mind? :biggrin:
I'm a comic snob. Or snob anyways. It's why I run around yelling 'hogwash' all the time. So there :smile:.

And for in-crowd affiliation typecasts: try to not 'get down with the scene' too much. Rather 'keep up and running'. :cool:

I get called a comic snob all the time, simply because I am outwardly against super hero books, and read a ton of indie and Dark Horse stuff.

The Real Inadia

[jimm]

hey jimm, do you post on Benevolent Street? If so, I am the guy what sold you the Hitchhiker.

yep Matt, if theres a jimm on a geek site its probably gonna be me :biggrin:

[Syntheticgerbil]

There's a phrase for a sentence like that...It's called "you don't know".

Since when do excutive producers put up their own money to finance a film?

Sorry, check out an article on exactly what a producer does, they organize, fund (or help find funds), and they supervise. Many producers do put up their own money, and so this entitles them to make suggestions, decisions, or ask certain things, but they aren't making the film either way. If you are independently wealthy, you can use your money to invest in a movie getting made. Some producers get a profit if the movie does well, in which you can invest in even more movies. That's how many people get jobs as producers, but anyone can be one with a load of cash and distribution connections. You don't necessarily have to work for the studio, but you aren't directly making the movie.

The producer does not usually get final cut, but not in every case, so of course I don't know, which is why I stated my uncertainty. It depends who's producing, and how many producers, and most importantly, if a big studio is who's going to be distributing it, they may ask for certain things to be put in or taken out. Final cut is usually left to the director in most cases, unless you are talking about basic Hollywood movies that get churned out.

So it's wrong to think Fincher is somehow at the helm of this movie. He is producing, meaning he is putting his faith in Blur studio (and Eric Powell, who is writing/wrote the script) to get the job done.

Ok I went back through every entry of this thread, and found no mention of David Fincher directing the film. And that was the strongest point you wanted to get across. As a matter of fact if you read the first entry in the thread it clearly defines this project in its current shape.

I didn't say he was, nor was I ever under the impression that he was directing. I was reminding people in this thread who were somehow counting on David Fincher and thinking his role more akin to a director. He isn't the director, this isn't his movie. He is producing it. A lot of people don't know the difference between a producer and a director and roles in movie production. Many movies are marketed like this, taking advantage of people's ignorance. That's why you hear with many movies "from the people that brought you..." or "from the people that made..." when really they may have no connection to the movie they are referring to, but have the same producers.

If you read the Aintitcool news article, the comments are even worse, with many people saying like, "Well Benjamin Button and Alien 3 sucked, so this may not be good." The Goon movie isn't going to be represented by David Fincher's success or failures (even though I love those two movies), because he's not directing, he's not an animator, he's not writing the script, he's not storyboarding or doing character design, and he doesn't work at Blur Studios.

And sorry for calling you a fanboy, I didn't really mean it directly. If anyone is a Fincher fanboy it's me I guess, since I embarassingly own Paula Abdul, Rick Springfield, and Madonna DVDs, simple because David Fincher did some of their music videos.

[Jake Capps]

Some maybe voice actor news...

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41830

[Mack]

The short video at the panel was freaking awesome!!! I think the choices for the voices is spot on. "Knife to the eye!!!!"

[MiracleMan]

Whats going on with The Goon movie? I havent heard anything about it since March when the teaser poster was revealed and 1 new image. But what has happened since? We havent gotten any casting, stills, a date, or anything.

Does anyone know whats going on about a film adaptation to one of the greatest comic books today?

[Jake Capps]

http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=228119

[MiracleMan]

The short video at the panel was freaking awesome!!! I think the choices for the voices is spot on. "Knife to the eye!!!!"

can you give a description?

[Todd H]

Also is it going to be "funny" Goon or "new not so funny" Goon?

[Syntheticgerbil]

Any way to see this clip?!

Sounds very exciting!

[MiracleMan]

I love the Goon man

[The Lobster]

Some language, but pretty funny...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkcsHURKQ7I&feature=channel_page

That CBLDF peice Eric did was awesome.

[MiracleMan]

He is the most underrated character ever, he needs more fame

[cantide]

Really really want those video clips :cool:

[The Lobster]

He is the most underrated character ever, he needs more fame

Really? I don't think The Goon is that underrated, the comic is about to spawn a movie, it had an action figure line, statues, busts, and the fact that it has more than 32 issues.

[MiracleMan]

Really? I don't think The Goon is that underrated, the comic is about to spawn a movie, it had an action figure line, statues, busts, and the fact that it has more than 32 issues.

well to me at first Hellboy was underrated until the movie made it recognizable to many more people than it originally had. I think the Goon will do this as well

[The Lobster]

well to me at first Hellboy was underrated until the movie made it recognizable to many more people than it originally had. I think the Goon will do this as well

Yah, you're right.