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What do you guys think? Personally, I think this idea is just too weird, and I don't see this movie actually getting made. If Goyer couldn't get a mainstream superhero movie like the Flash off the ground, then I doubt he's going to do it with a second-stringer like Green Arrow, while only actually having the main character in costume for ten minutes. I don't think the movie would appeal that much to audiences who aren't familiar with Green Arrow or these obscure villains, either.Goyer to Tackle a "Green Arrow" Movie?
Posted by Scott Weinberg on Monday, Apr. 09, 2007, 01:27 AM
Scott Weinberg writes: "Lots of us were pretty disappointed when we heard that writer/director David Goyer was leaving the "Flash" project, but now he seems to have snagged an even juicier assignment: A DC Comics-inspired piece that will feature Green Arrow, a "Super Max" prison, and a whole bunch of comic book villains!
Now this sounds like a pretty cool idea: Green Arrow gets sent to a prison stuffed with DC villains, several of whom he helped to apprehend. To hear Mr. Goyer describe the project, it sounds like a potentially hard-edged prison thriller / action movie, only infused with that wonderful air of comic book geekiness:
"He’s Green Arrow for the first 10 minutes of the movie, and then he’s arrested and his secret identity is revealed ... They shave his goatee and they take his costume and send him to prison for life, and he has to escape. ... We’ve populated the prison with all sorts of B and C villains from the DC Universe."