The Goon to the screen
On his blog, GOON creator Eric Powell makes a simple announcement:
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 to develop as a CG animated feature film with Dark Horse Entertainment.
The Hollywood Reporter has a bit more:
No studio is yet attached, and deals are being negotiated. Dark Horse, which has a first-look deal with Universal, is aiming to develop the project in-house before setting it up.
Blur is best known for its shorts, including the Academy Award-nominated “Gopher Broke,” as well as its work in commercials and special effects. “Goon” be the company’s first feature.
After the success of SIN CITY and HELLBOY, this would seem a natural.
07/3/08 at 9:50 am
Awesome! Go Goon!
07/3/08 at 9:57 am
[…] July 3, 2008 in Comic Books, Movies Seriously. This makes my morning. David Fincher (one of my favorite modern directors) optioning the Goon (one of my favorite modern comics)? I don’t know if Fincher will also direct, he may be strictly acting as a producer…but his name being attached gives me hope. Apparently, it will be computer animated, which just might work for creating the right atmosphere for the film. Found via the Beat. […]
07/3/08 at 11:00 am
hopefully it will be true to the books and be rated NC 17. :>
07/3/08 at 11:18 am
I’ve not read Goon…but Blur is an awesome studio that’s been primed and ready to get their chance to do a feature film.
If for nothing else…I hope this works out for them.
07/3/08 at 12:01 pm
If only Sin City and Hellboy had gone the animated route.
07/3/08 at 12:31 pm
Mickey Rourke for the Goon?
07/3/08 at 2:32 pm
James, there are two animated Hellboy films.
07/3/08 at 4:00 pm
This should be awesome, Blur and Fincher together are a fantastic combo imo. I wonder if he’ll be directing or just producing.
07/3/08 at 7:24 pm
Personally, I would’ve liked to see the big screen debut as a live action. But they probably couldn’t get a studio to commit big money to it.
I still hope it’s good though!
07/3/08 at 8:56 pm
Dave Fincher doing the Goon could be the greatest thing ever.
07/4/08 at 2:32 am
[…] The Goon to the screen THE GOON has been optioned by acclaimed director and producer DAVID FINCHER and Academy-Award nominated BLUR STUDIO to develop as a CG animated feature film with Dark Horse Entertainment. (tags: comics movies) […]
07/4/08 at 4:58 am
Rich: Oh yeah! If only they’d looked like this: http://www.superrune.com/gallery_3d/2003_hellboy.php
07/4/08 at 10:51 am
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07/4/08 at 11:16 am
James,
That is a seriously great Hellboy -it would be really cool to see a whole cartoon in that style.
I also like his progress on adapting to animation Jason’s comics.
http://www.superrune.com/gallery_3d/2001_mjau.php
And back on topic: The Goon couldn’t be in better hands! Wow!
07/8/08 at 3:28 am
[…] Heidi MacDonald, reports on PW’s comics blog The Beat that Eric Powell’s comic The Goon (published by Dark Horse-see picture above) has just been optioned by David Fincher, the director of Fight Club. An option is a long way from a finished project, but even if the proposed CG animation feature goes straight to video, I suspect it will still be eminently watchable. […]