There are like 50 comic book movies
that are coming to our local cinemas between now and 2020. Which some could
argue is way too much and is over saturating the market. I am not one of those
people. Instead I ask “what about these awesome characters that are being
overlooked?” This is the top 5 Comic Book characters that I want to see in
stand alone films:
5. Zatanna
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| Not going to lie, I have a weird crush on this character |
Zatanna is somebody is a strange
one. Most people of heard of her because she’s a background character in a lot
of TV shows (Smallville, Batman TAS) and has a role in Young Justice but I doubt
many people would put her forward to star in her own movie. To all those
nay-sayers I say “read Seven Soldiers”. Zatanna is an interesting character because
she does not have a secret identity and is entirely Magic based. We know that
the DC cinematic universe has magic because Enchantress is in the Suicide Squad
(well I suppose we don’t know, they could change the character) so there’s a
basis for that sort of power. I’d love a movie based on Seven Soldiers which is
dimension hopper that pushes her to the limits. Lacey Chabert voices her in
Young Justice and in reality is 32 so could play an adult Zatanna and is
already familiar with the character. In fantasy land I’d love Natalie Portman
to play her but she’s already tied up as Jane Foster with Marvel.
4. Ms Marvel
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| If you've not read her current run, I'd strongly recommend it. |
We’re already getting a Captain
Marvel film but I’m talking about Carol Danvers, I would love to see a film for
Kamala Kahn. She’s a relatively new superhero who is a Muslim
Pakistani-American. Thematically the theme of the story is about identity,
coming from a mixed background she struggles with her heritage and growing up
in a western country. She is a polymorph with a healing factor. Similarly to
Antman she’d be a lesser known hero (most people think of Danvers when you say
Ms Marvel) and I’d like it to be much of a ground level film, where it’s a
personal battle rather than the end of the world. I honestly have no idea who
you’d cast in this role but I’m sure Marvel could pull it out of the bag. She would
add some much needed diversity to the MCU and would be a different kind of
character than they already have on the roster.
3. Nightwing
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| I would put a Dick joke here, but I'm totally above that. |
This is probably the most
clamoured for movie on the list and I’ve even done a blog on it previously.
Although that blog focused on a Nightwing blog in the Nolanverse, this one is
about a film in the new DC cinematic universe so hopefully I won’t be repeating
myself. Dick Grayson is an acrobat trained by Batman so a street-level martial
arts based film, similar to the Netflix Daredevil show. Except instead of the
serious Matt Murdoch you get the wise cracking Dick Grayson, in the right hands
it could be a good, funny and gritty action film. With Jason Todd assumed dead
based on the Batman vs Superman trailers it is fair to assume that NIghtwing
has taken his place as the guardian of Bludhaven and there’s a good chance he’ll
appear in the cinematic universe anyway, but a solo film based in Bludhaven
without Batman drawing centre stage would be something different than what is
likely to come with the current run of films. Casting wise there is a lot of
articles out there speculating on who they want as Nightwing, I would
personally like somebody who can do his own stunts so you don’t have to rely on
wide shots or stun doubles or (god forbid) CGI.
2. Martian Manhunter
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| He's a mean, green, super-powered machine (he's not really that mean, nor is he a machine) |
Definitely the weirdest sell in
this list and probably the biggest risk as it could be fairly difficult to get
a mainstream audience on board with this one (probably the reason DC do not
have them in their current crop). Due to the nature of the character you’d
probably have to do an origin story (because we don’t have enough of those)
because Martian Manhunter is somebody you really have to explain “he’s an alien
that can transform into everything, can fly and is quick and is super strong…
also he’s green and really doesn’t like fire”. Difficult concept to grasp
quickly. The Manhunter would expand the cosmic in the DC Universe and show
audiences that “wait not all good aliens look like us”. This movie would be
heavily reliant on CGI so an amazing special effects team would be key.
1. The Punisher
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| A guy...with a gun.... who punishes people... |
This is a property that has been
done over and over again and has been done wrong every. Single. Time. But then
there was a fan film that was awesome (which you should all watch by the way).
In reality this is the simplest product you could ever make. Cast a bad arse, give
him a bad arse gun and let him shoot at stuff and take down The Kingpin. The
problem with the films we’ve had is they try to focus on a love story too much,
which is completely unnecessary. The
Daredevil TV show has cast Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead) as the Punisher and
honestly I haven’t watched enough of The Walking Dead to know if he’s a good
actor. Maybe that will be really good and he could possibly get a spin off show
if the role is popular (similar to The Flash on CW) but I would still like to
see a rated R violent Punisher movie (we’re getting a rated R Deadpool but this
would be completely different).
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