James Gunn Makes Rainn Wilson 'Super'

by Monika Bartyzel Sep 11th 2009 // 2:15PM

Filed under: Comedy, Casting, Deals, Scripts, Comic/Superhero/Geek

Imagine taking the writer of the classic Troma flick Tromeo and Juliet, the Zack Snyder Dawn of the Dead remake, and the web series PG , and giving him a superhero to work with. What could possibly be the result? A trusty wrench-swinging super power-free hero called the Crimson Bolt in the shape of Rainn Wilson.

Variety reports that Wilson, Ellen Page, and Liv Tyler will star in James Gunn's comedy Super -- which has got to be the "f'd up low-rent Watchmen piece" being shopped to indie outlets back in March. Zeroing in on the superhero genre, the flick will focus on an average guy who finds his "pseudo-superhero alter ego" after seeing that his wife (Tyler) is falling for a charming drug dealer. There's no mention of who Page will play in this story, but it would make for quite an interesting twist if she's the one doling out the drugs.

Okay... So this isn't the first time Gunn has tackled the superhero genre. In 2000, he wrote The Specials -- a film I hunted for for about 5 years before giving up finding it anywhere (although now I think I know just where to find it). One can only hope this will do better. And with Wilson's early description of the project, it'll probably be a whole lot better than those Scooby Doo flicks.

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Tags: CInematical, Ellen Page, EllenPage, James Gunn, JamesGunn, Liv Tyler, LivTyler, Rainn WIlson, RainnWilson, Super

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9-11-2009 @ 3:54PM

MCW said...

Until then, you might as well watch a movie with a similar plot description, but that I can easily presume is infinitely better than how well "Super" will turn out... called "Special":

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Special/70042683

This is James Gunn we're talking about here... I've seen nothing but the signs of a one-hit wonder from Gunn.

9-12-2009 @ 6:04PM

OdinsRaven said...

So I looked that movie up and I found it on Amazon. Here's the link:

http://www.amazon.com/Specials-Jamie-Kennedy/dp/B0001ZX0HY

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