Alien Vs Predator
The upgrade of risible Holy Scripture blockbuster may be a late phenomenon , with moving picture studio everywhere now ascertain that sequels are n’t the real money - maker - but shared universesfullof heroes and oddball character too unusual for the literal world . Whether it ’s Marvel’sAvengers , Fox’sX - Men , or DC’sJustice Leaguestars , comic adaptations are quickly becoming Hollywood ’s heavy striker . But that is n’t the whole storey .
There ’s a reason that cartoon strip have persisted this foresighted , and while the most patriotic , cinematic or action at law - pack tales may be adapted for the mainstream fame they ’re likely to win , lesser - known titles ( to the human beings at turgid ) likeCowboy Ninja Viking , Chrononauts , Sex CriminalsandPreachershow comedian are a vast , varied metier - but however suitable to live - action . The medium is so varied , in fact , many moviegoers may not even realize that some of their most dear characters and stories originated in comic form .
Here is our list of20 Movies You May Not Know Were Based on Comics .
Oldboy (2013)
motion picture fanatics had the chance to show off their worldwide motion-picture show wisdom when Spike Lee’sOldboyhit North American shores - a remake of South Korean filmmaker Chan - wook Park ’s film of the same name . Substituting westerly actor into the central roles did n’t help the remake gain the same levels of cultus fame as its forerunner , but fans of the original moving-picture show may not eff that the story hails from a 1996 Japanese manga , " Old Boy . "
Annie (1982)
It ’s nigh impossible these days to remain ignorant to the ginger orphanAnnie , or her steadfast belief in just what " Tomorrow " may bring . Most forward-looking moviegoers may have more personal experience with the recentAnnieremake placing Quvenzhane Wallis in the title role , with the birdcall scatter throughout reminding viewers that the film is an adaptation of the musical - establish on Harold Gray ’s " Little Orphan Annie " comic comic strip -itselfloosely based upon the 1885 verse form " Little Orphant Annie " by James Whitcomb Riley .
2 Guns (2013)
Given the late film selection of Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg , it made sense to see the two military action star get together forces for2 Guns , a story in whichbothmen were secretly working undercover for political science office - Washington ’s ' Trench ' a DEA Agent , and Wahlberg ’s ' Stigman ' workings for Naval Intelligence . The picture show itself wasa amazingly fulfil shoot - em - up , but fan may be even more surprised to know that the floor was based on a pictorial novel of the same name by Steven Grant and Mat Santolouco . Noteverycomic adaptation must be a blockbuster .
Men in Black (1997)
TheMen in Blackseries is advantageously known for helping propel Will Smith into Hollywood superstardom , pairing him with Tommy Lee Jones as members of a shadowy system tasked with monitoring ( and , if demand , eliminating ) alien activity on Earth . The original comic make by Lowell Cunningham was nowhere well-nigh as successful , running for just ten issues - under three different publishers ( including Marvel ) . Unlike the motion picture , the original comic ’s ' man in black ' were tasked with allparanormalsupervision : including devil , zombie , mutants , and other mythological creatures .
The Addams Family (1991)
No movie sports fan who hold up through the nineties could have miss the sudden success ofThe Addams Family , an uneven , comedic look at a macabre - but loving - American kinfolk . Old audiences recollect the sept ’s debut in a 1964 video show , as well as legion live - action and animated specials , child ’s series , and books . But it all got its starting signal in Charles ' Addams ' individual - panel comic strip - implying a " Family Circus " metier plosion should be coming any day now .
Road to Perdition (2002)
The Prohibition - era circumstance ofRoad to Perditionis familiar to classical mobster film , but the themes of paternity , family , and payback steal the show . Director Sam Mendes ( Skyfall ) has claimed he was looking for a story that said more with images than words - making the graphic novel by author Max Allan Collins and artist Richard Piers Rayner a coherent choice . The story was just one chapter in Collins ' big story , and itself an take homage to the Nipponese manga " Lone Wolf and Cub " by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima .
A History of Violence (2005)
The David Cronenberg drama / mystery / suspense taleA History of Violenceis notable not only for being the last major film released on VHS , but as the first comic book from John Wagner accommodate to film sinceJudge Dredd(1995 ) . The fact that the level owed its origins to the comical book page was n’t grasped by most audiences - apparently including Cronenberg , who would later on saycomic book movie were " incredibly limited creatively . "
The Mask (1994)
There was a time when Jim Carrey ’s most freaky humor and behavior went altogether unchecked , to the delectation of audiences - with no better example thanThe Mask(1994 ) . A magical masquerade party that heightened the trait of its subject field ( and rendered them unbeatable ) was really the idea of Mike Richardson , eventual founder of Dark Horse Comics . The conception would be refined into a standalone risible series , with the mask itself passed around to multiple DC Comics character - including The Joker .
The Crow (1994)
Alex Proyas’The Crowis remember for a number of grounds : the everlasting timing of an improper revenge fib and an undercurrent of ' emo ' or ' goth ' subculture , or the inadvertent death of star Brandon Lee just as the moving-picture show was completing production . The film would go on to become a furore hit , but has since bring in even mainstream acknowledgment . However , many will still be surprised to regain that the film ’s dark twist on a laughable book vigilante tale in reality began in the comics , as the work of James O’Barr .
Wanted (2008)
Some casual moviegoers might have looked atWanted- a film in which James McAvoy is enter by Angelina Jolie to join a cryptic order of assassinator - and simply assumed its plot could only be daydream up in a funny book . Unfortunately , the picture assume fiddling resemblance to Mark Millar ’s ( Kick - Ass , Kingsman ) original series . In the comic edition , the ' hero ' Wesley discovered laughable Holy Scripture superheroes had once been real , before their villains joined forces and wipe them off the planet - with his don among them . nod to a defeat Superman and Batman threw winks to readers , but all pic audiences have were inexplicably curve bullets .
Timecop (1994)
Timecopmay seem like a predictable sci - fi adventure for Jean - Claude Van Damme , fusing the soldierly arts and gunfight of the nineties with a skill fable story of ' time enforcement police officer , ' but it actually begin its living two years before the film , as a story told in the pages of Dark Horse Comics . Focusing instead on a runaway robot wreak mayhem in clock time , it spawned the film , additional tie - in cartoon strip , a TV show and a video recording game .
Oblivion (2013)
The adjustment from comic Holy Scripture or vivid novel to live - action film is n’t always a predictable one - a fact proven by Joseph Kosinski ( TRON Legacy ) as he worked to build his original storyOblivioninto a lineament film . As the theater director start developing a breathless ' lifelike novel ' with Radical Comics base on his story pitch , it became unclouded there was something odd about the labor - something Kosinski clarify toEmpireonce the film was released :
" The writers ’ strike occurred in 2007 so I had a treatment for a film but I had no mode to in reality write it . It could n’t be written by anyone in the guild so the partnership with Radical Comics leave me to go on working on the story by develop a serial of image and carry on to refine the tarradiddle more over a period of years . Then I basically used all that development as a pitch kit to the studio apartment . So even though we really never relinquish it as an illustrated novel the story is being told as a film , which was always the aim . "
Art School Confidential (2006)
The small pick of films targeted squarely at jejune angst and confusion do n’t change much over the years -Ghost World , Donnie Darko , Wristcutters- but the vehemence on actual animation and nontextual matter inArt School Confidentialmake an adaption from a comedian seem almost too on - the - nose to be true . But the film proves that comic Holy Scripture tarradiddle can be small , way-out , and critically divisive on the page as well as the screen .
Snowpiercer (2013)
The English - language unveiling of South Korean director Bong Joon - ho may have hada rocky road to North American release , butSnowpiercer ’s minimalist tone at the repulsion and compromises of a post - apocalyptic societystruck a chord with scientific discipline fiction fans- if for no other reason than its originality . Much of that originality is due to the creators of " Transperceneige , " the French graphic novel upon which the picture show is based .
Weird Science (1985)
Again , no other inspiration seems needed for the premise ofWeird Science : two high school nipper put their knowledge of computers ( and some serious teenage phantasy ) into the creation of the woman of their dreams , Lisa ( play by Kelly LeBrock ) . But the motion-picture show draw its origins from the original " Weird Science " amusing serial publication , specifically , a story contained within Issue # 5 ( 1951 ) titled ' Made of the Future ! '
The Fountain (2006)
One of the few films on this listing that could actually makemoresense as a graphic novel , Darren Aronofsky’sThe Fountainis nothing if not challenging . Too challenging , it turned out , as his original plans for the sweeping three - narrative heroic poem ( with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in the booster cable roles ) prove too costly for the studio . Aronofksy did the next best thing , get together strength with amusing artist Kent Williams to develop and complete the storey . The film would finally be made , but Aronofsky ’s foray into comics distinctly go out a mark , later calling on creative person like Jim Lee and Dave Gibbons to offer their own interpretation of the screenplay for display on the movie ’s website .
Mystery Men (1999)
TheMystery Menmay be fondly remembered as a send - up of the comic record book superhero , concentrate on a band of wannabe offence - fighter aircraft and superheroes with pretty … unconventional power . Even so , the squad of misfits is still based on a mirthful itself , issue in the pages of Flaming Carrot Comics . The team debut in Issue # 16 , and while the springy - military action Mystery Men do n’t include the Flaming Carrot , the likes of The Shoveler ( William H. Macy ) , Mr. Furious ( Ben Stiller ) and even Doc Heller ( Tom Waits ) are present .
The Smurfs (2011)
It ’s dependable to adopt that everyone reading this has at leastheardofThe Smurfs , even if their animated adventures on the big or small silver screen were less than a bang with certain demographic . The worldwide ubiquitousness of the minuscule , gloomy - skinned creatures make it hard to conceive they began their lifetime as ' Les Schtroumpfs , ' a world of the Belgian mirthful artist Peyo . According to Peyo , their name and language was the result of his friend forgetting the French word for ' salinity ' at dejeuner , bespeak he ' pass the … schtroumpf . " Peyo respond : " Here ’s the Schtroumpf — when you ’re done schtroumpfing , schtroumpf it back , " and the remainder is history .
Creepshow (1982)
There are n’t many anthology flick released these days - photographic film containing several short , often unconnected tarradiddle - but they were a hotbed for firmly - dispatch and distorted horror in ten past . Few have reach the rage position of George A. Romero’sCreepshow , with a script provided by fabled horror writer Stephen King . While not a unmediated adaptation , all imply openly confirm their influence from the pages of EC Comics ' repugnance titles ( which sell well as titles like " Weird Science " spit out ) . The film would even breed its own laughable serial , completing the lap of homages and tribute .
Alien vs Predator (2004)
Some might have rolled their eyes at the notion of combining the titular villains of theAlienandPredatorfilm series , but the comic crossover upon which the film ( now filmseries ) handled both wight ' mythology astonishingly well . The big screen adaptation turned out to be a predictable B - motion-picture show , but the laughable go under the events clearly in the world of Ridley Scott’sAlien , follow a new human colony on an alien planet . When Xenomorph eggs arrive to supply a hunt for the Predator clans , only one human ends up exist , be on the major planet alone , eagerly await the restoration of their Predator kin - and the start of the next hunt .
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