Remember Supermax, David S.Goyer's Green Arrow movie? If you've forgotten, don't beat yourself up -- I think it has vanished off the radar for most people in the last year, simply because there are too many superheroes to keep track of.Goyer plans to break the superhero mold with his Green Arrow movie -- rather than the same old origin story, he intends to send the green-clad hero to prison after being framed for a crime. Stripped of his identity, he must team up with the supervillains he helped put away in order to regain his freedom. The Shawshank Redemption with superpowers! (Here's our original story if you want to read all the fine points.)
According to Latino Review, who read a copy of the script, the movie will be chock full of lesser DC Comics villains: Merlyn the archer, the Tattooed Man, the Aryan Nation (comprised of Iron Cross, Heatmonger and Backlash), Japanese assassin Shock Trauma, female shape-shifter Gemini, Icicle ... and a bunch more (get the full list over at LR).
But possibly, more intriguing than all the obscure characters is the possibility that Joker, Riddler and Lex Luthor are all inmates of the Supermax prison. All three appear in the script, but at this point are only cameos. I can't imagine all of these villains are going to appear on one screen, do you? And would that be the equivalent of superhero overdose?
There are loads of script details over at Latino if you're interested. As expected with a script review, it can be rather spoiler filled, so I will refrain from posting much here. There's really no in between with this storyline. It will either be the most fun a DC character has ever had at the movies, or it will be beyond awful. But considering Goyer was behind Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, we have to give him benefit of the doubt. Right?
1. I think it's kind of an interesting idea, actually. At least it's different. On the cameos: horrible idea. MAYBE Riddler as he's not currently being used in the other features. A Ledger-less Joker (unless they wait 5 years or so to make this) making a cameo is a beyond-bad idea.
Posted at 12:22PM on May 20th 2008 by Moo