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Is 'The Goon' Dead?
It's been a long, strange road for 'The Goon.' The animated big screen adaptation of Eric Powell's comic book series was at one time in the hands of director David Fincher ('Fight Club,' 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'), and set to feature the voice talents of Clancy Brown ('The Shawshank Redemption,' 'Cowboys & Aliens') as The Goon and Paul Giamatti ('Sideways,' 'The Ides of March') as his pal Franky. The project got so far along as to prepare a teaser/proof of concept trailer for Comic Con 2010. But then, all seemed to go silent. We didn't hear anything more about production nor did was a release date settled upon. What happened? Well, Giamatti himself may have helped us solve that mystery in an interview with IFC conducted during Sundance. When asked about the project, he had this to say...
“I have no idea what the hell happened, I asked and no one knows. I guess they just ran out of money.”
I can't say that I'm a longtime fan of 'The Goon' comic book because, well, I have never read it. I was however hooked by the proof of concept trailer that played during Comic Con. I loved the weird, wonderful style of the animation (which I assume is a callback to the art of the comics) and the mix of violence, zombies, and hedonism. It seems strange to me that a film like this, with a director as prominent as Fincher on board, could just suddenly run out of money and derail. Not that it isn't possible of course, no one is above budgetary woes, but I wonder if maybe Giamatti is misinformed or simply not privy to the real answer. There's no note of certainty in what he says, in fact he admits that he has no idea what actually happened. There could be any number of things that could have caused a delay in production. My hope is that it is in fact just a delay and not a complete shutdown as I would very much love to see this movie. It can't however be taken as a good omen that one of the stars of the film is completely out of the loop as to its future.
What do you guys think? Will we see 'The Goon' in theaters? Are you interested in a film adaptation?
Source: IFC
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Comment by Valo Palomares on January 31, 2012 at 12:06am -
If Fincher does it. I'll of course be flagrantly gay for it.
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Comment by Charles Foster on January 30, 2012 at 6:50am -
Oops, I meant Columbia not Fox...
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Comment by K.I.P. on January 29, 2012 at 10:39am -
Man, I really hope this film gets made, it has cult classic written all over it. Plus I loved Brown and Giamatti in the trailer, and I was really interested to see what other characters they included, and how they cast them, such as the Zombie Priest or Jimmy the Ball. I needed a strong reason to return to the theater other than Nolan's Batman, so please Hollywood please, don't let me down on this one. Peace!!
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Comment by PirateLordBush on January 29, 2012 at 7:33am -
Really? Really Hollywood? What a waste of fucking potential. Why can't you just use the money you earn from those shitty Paranormal Activity movies, to make a good movie for once? Jesus H. Christ
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Comment by Exploding Knees on January 28, 2012 at 10:49am -
But... I wanted to see this...
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Comment by Charles Foster on January 28, 2012 at 5:03am
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Dear Mr Fincher.
It has come to my attention that you are juggling several projects after The Girl With The Dragoon Tattoo and time has become an issue. I would like to say a few words on this if I may. Please do The Goon first. I understand that Fox may well want to push ahead with The Girl Who Played With Fire and I admit that I have no idea about your involvement with that project but if you are then crazy as it sounds The Goon could help The Girl Who Played With Fire.
1) It is Original. People (not me, I'm waiting for Man of Steel) are getting tired of remakes and reboots. The Goon would boost you as a director in their eyes going into The Girl Who Played With Fire whether they see The Goon or not. (weird but true)
2) It is different. One of the problems with The Girl With The Dragoon Tattoo (and probably the "American Millennium" as a whole) is how closely it sticks to the original. Having films in between that are as different as can be refreshes the audience.
It may well be Fox has some marketing issues with The Goon. I'll address that in the open letter below.
Thank you for your time.
Charles Foster.
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Dear Fox.
In addition to the letter above allow me to address a marketing issue inherent to The Goon. Being CG animated, people would think it's a family movie when it's... Not. My personal solution? Take it and run with it. In place of regular trailers and posters put PSA's (as only Mr Fincher knows how) that inform the audience in no uncertain terms of what The Goon is.
Thank you for your time.
Charles Foster.
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Comment by KarthXLR on January 28, 2012 at 12:24am -
I've seen the clips on youtube and I got really interested in it. Hope everything's ok in the studio.
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Comment by Joshua Balcombe on January 27, 2012 at 8:18pm -
The Goon's funny as fuck
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Comment by Cranky Old Dude on January 27, 2012 at 7:19pm -
Seems to me I read some where in last month or two (during the press tours for Dragoon Tattoo?) that Fincher is still interested, but that he does have several projects he is juggling and finding time is an issue?? But yeah, I loved that trailer also.perhaps we should start circulating it around again....
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Comment by Mr. Plainview on January 27, 2012 at 6:26pm -
Dammit I wanted a Goon movie.
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