David Goyer Taps 22 Year-Old Newcomer To Write 'Super Max'
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Let this be an inspiration to all you aspiring screenwriters out there. 22 year-old newcomer Justin Marks has been selected by writer/director/producer David Goyer to write the screenplay for Goyer's proposed Green Arrow movie, Super Max. (Erik brought you news of the project here and here). Marks has never had a feature film produced before, but has recently been linked to Voltron. "I love finding new people out of nowhere. I love working with young talent, whether it be actors or writers," says Goyer. The script will center on DC Comics hero Green Arrow, who is wrongly placed in a maximum security prison for supervillains, including villains he previously put there. So now he doesn't only have to worry about taking showers and getting stabbed with toothbrushes, he's got laser-eyes and world domination schemes to contend with.
Goyer is probably best known for writing Batman Begins, and he also did some work on the upcoming sequel, The Dark Knight (he's not saying whether Two-Face will be one of the villains). Goyer does have some non-superhero projects in the works as well. He co-wrote the script for Doug Liman's upcoming Jumper, which will star Hayden Christensen and Samuel L. Jackson. He is overseeing the script for Here, There Be Dragons, an adaptation of James A. Owens' book, which imagines authors J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S Lewis, and Charles Williams taking a journey together. He is also working on a remake of David Cronenberg's mind-blowing (literally!) horror classic Scanners, which he is considering directing, as he did the "teen supernatural thriller" The Invisible, which will be in theaters next Friday.
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4-20-2007 @ 2:49PM
The Jeremy said...
And continuing with the "brilliance" of Warner Bros. Pictures and their refusal to take advantage of synergy with Warner Bros. Television, they will probably cast a different actor to play the Green Arrow over the one who portrays him on *Smallville* and thus alienate that particular fanbase into not seeing the flick.
They'll probably also fail in securing Christian Bale a cameo appearance on *Smallville* next season (if it is still on) - which would be a natural synergetic promotion like Harrison Ford putting in a cameo on *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles* - in order to not hurt the feelings of Bryan Singer and Jon Peters and their persistent attempt at securing a sequel to their magnus opus *Scrawnyman Returns* which will probably be given away on HD DVD free along with a Slurpee purchase at the local 7-Eleven soon.
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