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Columbia Cancels Adam McKay's 'The Boys'
Last summer, it was announced that director Adam McKay ('Anchorman,' 'The Other Guys') would be helming a film adaptation of the comic book 'The Boys' by Darick Robertson and Garth Ennis. The comic book was based in a world wherein superheroes and supervillains not only exist, but are regulated by a special branch of the CIA. The project had been in development since 2009 with Matt Manfredi, Phil Hay, and even Seth Rogen, having worked on the screenplay within that time. But now it seems Columbia Pictures has decided to ditch 'The Boys,' having just put the film into turnaround. The movie's producers will now shop it around to other companies.
Seriously, what is going on in Hollywood? It seems like we can't go a day anymore without the news that a major film project has gotten the axe. Alex Proyas' 'Paradise Lost' was lost to budgetary concerns late last week and the controversial 'Akira' remake was killed a few weeks ago. To be fair, I haven't read Garth Ennis' 'The Boys,' but the concept sounds interesting and could have provided for a creative deconstruction of, or at least clever take on, the superhero film. My one problem with this project in the first place is that it seems to me that Adam McKay's sensibilities would be wrong for this kind of story. The titular CIA team, from the synopsis of the comic, is tasked with monitoring superhero/villain activity and, when necessary, killing those who pose a threat. It strikes me as being much darker than the material McKay is used to handling. I can almost guarantee that Will Ferrell would have cropped up somewhere in 'The Boys' under McKay's direction. But again, I haven't read the comic so I'm going to need some insight from my trusty Spillios.
Are you disappointed that 'The Boys' has been canceled? What was the prevailing tone of the comic? Would Adam McKay have made a suitable director?
Source: THR
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Comment by Wolf Soldier13 on February 14, 2012 at 12:36pm -
The comic is Preacher with Super hero/ assassin to me. Writing and art is Garth to his best. I like the first hard back but can't say much about the rest of the books
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Comment by William D White on February 14, 2012 at 11:52am -
John C Reilley could bring alot since he started out in serious roles and stills does them from time to time. Will Ferrel wouldn't be bad in a darkly humorous role.
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Comment by Arsène Lupin the Third on February 14, 2012 at 11:26am -
John lemus the thing is neither party has ever done anything like this so it actually had a possible chance
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Comment by John Lemus on February 14, 2012 at 9:52am -
Adam McKay is awful so I'm glad that he he's not doing get his hands on this property.
I'm not familiar with the comic but I am pretty sure that Will Ferrel and John C Reilley would not have been the best cast choices for the property.
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Comment by William D White on February 14, 2012 at 8:10am
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Will I ever get to see a tiny asian girl rip a Nazi's eye out? Or an english man blow up a whole warehouse full of supes then hum Ode to Joy?..... someday, in time.
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Comment by Chris Bartel on February 14, 2012 at 5:48am
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while i don't picture them being able to do a "the boys" movie with everything in the comics, there is no reason they couldn't make a "R" rated movie that captures all the violence (because violence is ok, it's sex and language that's bad and must be censored) while leaving the sex to people's imaginations You can't tell me they can't make a movie with a heavy dose of rape implication without actually showing it.
although "girl with the dragon tattoo" shows that rape can be shown in "R" rated movies to such a degree that you can't feel comfortable watching it, so why not "the boys"?
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Comment by Arsène Lupin the Third on February 14, 2012 at 3:04am
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As someone who's read every issue I'm slightly disappointed to see a film shit canned but at the same time as fungus comment pointed the film would fail to capture Ennis' work. Not due to the teenage demo but due to the fact no script would be able to capture the material, which includes rape with both male("good soldier") and female and murder as well as a horrifyingly dark take on 9/11 where the supposed heroes are shown to be uncaring. The only reason I disagree with you on the teen demographic because every teen male who plays a violent FPS would kill to see this movie done right.
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Comment by Arsène Lupin the Third on February 14, 2012 at 2:53am
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TERROR FUCK IT! *points at Columbia*
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Staff Comment by Fungusmonkey on February 14, 2012 at 2:47am -
The Boys is a brilliant deconstruction of classic superhero mythos. Yes, it's rude. Yes, it's violent. However, it also is a commentary on how idealized the general concept of heroes is - if people actually had these powers, they would most likely fall into the hands of some truly horrific people. The Boys exist solely to keep those kind of people in line. Add into that basic concept the running subtext of political scheming, secret government projects, a revised history, and some seriously dark plot twists... it's a hell of a comic.
While I would *LOVE* to see them make a great adaptation of the series, there's just no way a major studio would fund it without fundamentally changing the contents. It's the kind of film that should (and could) only be attempted by an independent studio - a studio that doesn't care about mass market appeal or appeasing a teenage demographic.
This is like trying to adapt something like Wanted (a similarly violent and dark take on superheroes). You either do it right and take the risk and maybe come out with something no one has ever seen before... or you completely ignore everything about it and end up with some ridiculously trite piece of public appealing garbage (like Wanted the film). I'm glad they killed this project off - wrong studio, wrong people in charge of it, wrong direction for the adaptation.
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Comment by darth geekboy on February 14, 2012 at 1:20am -
sounds like MiB, but with superheroes.
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