Two Writers For The Boys The adaptation of the Garth Ennis comic Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Good news for fans of Garth Ennis’ ultra-violent and exceedingly funny new comic book, The Boys: the planned film adaptation has found two writers.
Potentially bad news for fans of Garth Ennis’ ultra-violent and exceedingly funny new comic book, The Boys: The two writers who are adapting it for the big screen wrote Aeon Flux.
Still, everyone’s gotta start somewhere right? And we’re sure that Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi are perfect matches for The Boys, a brutally funny tale of hard-as-nails CIA agents whose mission is to keep an eye on the activities of superheroes and, if necessary, terminate with extreme prejudice.
The Wildstorm comic, which is drawn by Darick Robertson, is not even a third of the way through its run, but it’s already a bit of a fan favourite. And Empire is keen to see how Hay and Manfredi will handle the, ahem, fruitier elements of the source material.
Will they include the storyline where Tek-Knight can’t stop himself from, well, shagging everything that moves (and some things that don’t?) Will Butcher, the lead character, say the ‘C’ word with as much gleeful regularity? Will Wee Hughie, the innocent Scottish Simon Pegg-a-like who is our eyes and ears in the world of The Boys, split with his girlfriend in such memorably violent fashion?
All these questions and more will hopefully be revealed soon. The hiring of Hay and Manfredi is a sure sign that producer Neal H. Moritz and Columbia Pictures are keen to get this one before the cameras asap – perhaps they’ve been galvanised by the success of the similarly risky Wanted.
But we can’t help but be a little cautious by the hiring of Hay and Manfredi. We’re sure that the finished version of Aeon Flux bore scant resemblance to their initial script, but still… that’s a doozy to have on your CV. In their defence, though, they also wrote the decent teen drama, Crazy/Beautiful.
No director has yet been hired, but that can only be a matter of time. Watch this space.
I tmay be only a third of the way through it's run but already it is starting to run out of steam, using shock tactics in the place of character and plot development. ... Read More
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And Hughie reminds me of Simon Pegg everytime i see him... If Pegg can pull of the scottish accent they should hire him!
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You do know that Wee Hughie is supposed to be like Pegg, don't you? Even down to using a promo image of Pegg as the image for one of Hughie's first appearances in Issue 1? It's no conicidence that Pegg wrote the foreword to the first issue published by Dynamite after Wildstorm/DC got cold feet and dropped the title!
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Well, as long as it doesn't end up being Simon Pegg revisiting his incarnation of Scottie, but in a Wee-Hughie costume.
"We cannae do it Billy, they dinnae ha superpowers!" ... Read More
It gives a taste of what Superheroes would probably actually be like if they existed.. arrogant, smarmy bastards who abuse their power etc, make money off it. I hope they keep all the hardcore stuff from it, don't think it'd be the same if not.
And Hughie reminds me of Simon Pegg everytime i see him... If Pegg can pull of the scottish accent they should hire him! ... Read More
Started reading The Boys not so long ago, and love it to pieces. Can't wait to see it on the big screen as the perfect antidote to the superhero glut of the last decade or so.
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It'll only work if it remains true to the irreverent nature of the original material. A tamed-down version to get the younger, cash bearing populace into the cinema just wouldn't cut it. Could you imagine a 15-rated, or god forbid a 12A attempt at Little Nina, or Love Sausage?? ... Read More
so they aren't getting Ennis to write the screen play why? Seriously, of all the people they could get to write the script they choose the people behind Aeon Flux? Really? ... Read More
