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Added by Babs on Sept. 25, 2009
It seems that Hollywood simply can not get enough of comic books! If you are a big fan of the H.P. Lovecraft then you'll be pleased to know that popular movie director Ron Howard will be behind the film adaptation of Image Comics' 'The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft.' Lucky for us, the L.A. Times caught up with the renowned director to discuss the project!
"Look, it's challenging, but if we get it right, it could be really original and psychologically interesting and scary in a great way. And it's a graphic novel, this is new territory for me." Regarding the story elements of Lovecraft, Howard went on to say:
"It very cleverly uses H.P. Lovecraft in a fictional way, but there's some loose biographical elements. But it certainly has the flavor and the tone of Lovecraft. The character is a very young Lovecraft."
"I've got literally half-a-dozen projects where essentially I'm waiting for [script] drafts to come in, and there's something I love about all of these ideas. We'll just have to wait to see what comes to fruition. You just never know."
I think that a live-action film adaptation of the graphic novel, if done correctly, could amount to being a huge success. I personally think this is fantastic news and it will be great to see this as an upcoming film. What do you think? Are you looking forward to seeing this play out on the big screen?
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I just have never understood the appeal of anything pertaining to H.P. Lovecraft. I know this is a twist and all but I still don't get it.
Maybe Ron Howard can do something to make it appealing, I don't know.
I have been waiting for a big-budget Lovecraft ANYTHING. The best I've been able to get is Full Moon Entertainement's films starring Jeffrey Combs and the giant monster in Hellboy which was Cthulu - ish.
Done well, this should be awesome. I hope Mr. Howard can find inspiration matching WIllow to make this a great movie.
I am of two minds on this, love H.P. Lovecraft, can't stand the films of Ron Howard.
This has great potential. I see it transitioning to the big screen nicely.
@Gambler said:
yes.
"This has great potential. I see it transitioning to the big screen nicely. "
yes.
Guillermo Del Toro is working on At The Mountains of Madness right now, I think it'd be cool to see this. I've been a fan of Lovecraft since I was 10 so this is exciting.
I just have never understood the appeal of anything pertaining to H.P. Lovecraft. I know this is a twist and all but I still don't get it.
Maybe Ron Howard can do something to make it appealing, I don't know.
I have been waiting for a big-budget Lovecraft ANYTHING. The best I've been able to get is Full Moon Entertainement's films starring Jeffrey Combs and the giant monster in Hellboy which was Cthulu - ish.
Done well, this should be awesome. I hope Mr. Howard can find inspiration matching WIllow to make this a great movie.
Yes, i think an adaptation of Lovecraft from Vertigo would be pretty cool as well
I've never read anything by Lovecraft, surprisingly. But this all sounds very interesting...
I really think this will transition well, ive always loved anything Lovecraft so i cant wait for this
Speaking quite frankly, most movies base on comics would probably do far better then they have if they had been handled correctly. I've never quite understood how movie makers think you can base a movie off a comic and the first thing you do is warp the story your built in fan base would in joy. All for a bunch of pother people who are probably not going to see the movie in the fist place or have the level of appreciation to the story.
I really do like that image.
I really do like that image.
I'm worried, but a little excited. I hope they can get the tone and mood right, but even then, outside of his original literature I don't think Lovecraft translates so well. The man had such an artistic way with words. To tell the truth I think even the comics ruin the stories. I was always better able to conjure up frightening images of the Great Old Ones using my own imagination, I find others' interpretation's more of a hindrance to that than anything else.
...For some odd reason, that picture matched with "American Badass"...
I Twitter'd this to you fools yesterday!!! = (
Anyways, I haven't read any of the graphic novels, but I'm interested as it sounds like a very interesting premise for a story. As for Ron Howard directing a movie of it...no thank you. While Frost/Nixon and Apollo 13 were awesome...I remember how boredom-inducing A Beautiful Mind was and how bad of a movie The Da Vinci Code was.
Anyways, I haven't read any of the graphic novels, but I'm interested as it sounds like a very interesting premise for a story. As for Ron Howard directing a movie of it...no thank you. While Frost/Nixon and Apollo 13 were awesome...I remember how boredom-inducing A Beautiful Mind was and how bad of a movie The Da Vinci Code was.
I am of two minds on this, love H.P. Lovecraft, can't stand the films of Ron Howard.
Sounds interesting at the very least. The writing of Lovecraft is something I've come to love in the past few years (and now I have a dislike of the sea... really I do. I mean, the darkness and mystery of it)
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