CBR: John Carpenter To Direct "Darkchylde"

[CBR News]

Horror legend John Carpenter has been officially named as the director of "Darkchylde," the live-action adaptation of the popular comic created by writer/artist Randy Queen.


Full article here.

[tridon]

I've never read any Darkchylde material before nor have I really been interested in doing so but with the inclusion of John Carpenter on the live-action film, I'm totally there for that. He's the f*#king master!!

[Kid Kyoto]

Sounds cool, I'm interested but...

"Offering a stark contrast to super hero comics, Darkchylde was a breakout sensation of the late 90’s and early 2000’s, garnering immediate acclaim, and an unusually large female fanbase. The property went on to outsell Spider-Man, Superman, and Batman in both domestic and foreign audiences"

Um what?

Can anyone verify that claim at all?

[mailedbypostman1]

Sounds cool, I'm interested but...

"Offering a stark contrast to super hero comics, Darkchylde was a breakout sensation of the late 90’s and early 2000’s, garnering immediate acclaim, and an unusually large female fanbase. The property went on to outsell Spider-Man, Superman, and Batman in both domestic and foreign audiences"

Um what?

Can anyone verify that claim at all?

Yeah, that sounds a bit...out there.

[Monty_Cristo]

John Carpenter's a very hit or miss director. he's responsible for my favorite movie. but he's churned out his share of crap. and that's with good ideas. Darkchylde sounds like a bad idea. even the spelling of the name makes it seem unmarketable, to me. this has about as much potential as Ultraviolet.

[Arvandor]

There's a lot of skepticism that Carpenter really will make this (justified, considering his record), and it's been a long time since he's made anything good.

But Darkchylde really was a great series, with lots of potential to make a fantastic film. And if Weta remain involved (as they were a year or so ago, even making test footage), then there is real possibility of there being a good film out of this.

[DonC]

There's a lot of skepticism that Carpenter really will make this (justified, considering his record), and it's been a long time since he's made anything good.

Carpenter's problem, in my opinion, is that he got too popular. The movies he made cheap were good. But once he got real money to make his films, they turned to crap.

So, hopefully this movie will have a small budget.

[alexforever]

I only bought an issue or two of the series. It seems like it was popular for a short time and then (predictably) its creator burnt out.

[kalorama]

Poster looks kinda cool. Other than that . . .

[The Black Guardian]

Sounds cool, I'm interested but...

"Offering a stark contrast to super hero comics, Darkchylde was a breakout sensation of the late 90’s and early 2000’s, garnering immediate acclaim, and an unusually large female fanbase. The property went on to outsell Spider-Man, Superman, and Batman in both domestic and foreign audiences"

Um what?

Can anyone verify that claim at all?

Yeah, that sounds a bit...out there.

Briefly outsold Superman, but I'm very skeptical of Batman and Spidey. The figures from 1996-1997 (pretty sure that's when Darkchylde sold the most) that I see have Batman selling 5-10k more and Spidey selling 30k more.