With his musical drama series Viva Laughlin going great guns on CBS, it appears that Hugh Jackman is preparing to conquer yet another medium: comic books (or, as Grandma Smith used to call ’em, “Illustrated Prurience”). And if you’re thinking he already left his mighty mushroom bruise on those colorful, corrupting tomes with his indelible portrayal of Wolverine in the X-Men movies, well, this just confirms my suspicion that you’re don’t know shit about shit.
While I’m sure Jackman really loves graphic novels and has dreamt of creating his very own superhero since he was a kid memorizing the Peter Allen songbook… the premise of Nowhere Man, which he’ll flesh out with Flash scribe Marc Guggenheim, sounds awfully uninspired. According to Variety, “the concept is a futuristic world where mankind has traded privacy for safety, freedom for servitude and Chris Paul for the Memphis Grizzlies’ 2019 first round draft pick.” Where the hell did that fence board come from, and why did it just hit me in the ass?
If Nowhere Man sounds derivative, that’s because it is: Jackman’s production partner, John Palermo, claims their protagonist will be very similar to Will Smith’s character in I Am Legend (I don’t recall the right to privacy factoring into that film’s narrative, but whatever). Of course, the creation of Nowhere Man is but prelude to the inevitable big-screen adaptation, which, I’m guessing, probably won’t require Jackman to smoke cheap cigars for months and grow his hair all funny (though he’s just got to belt out “I Go to Rio” at least once).
Nowhere Man will be published by Virgin Comics.
8 comments
Meh! The whole Big Brother/Fahrenheit allegory has been done to death. Aren't there any other visions of the future that don't rip on this idea
nowhere man? am i the only one who immediately thinks of the bruce greenwood tv show from the mid 90's?
bizarre choice of title. why not…Quantum Leap? or Wings? maybe something subtle ala Herman's Head?
He's a real nowhere man,
sitting in his nowhere land,
making all his nowhere plans
for nobody.
Doesn't have a point of view,
knows not where he's going to,
isn't he a bit like you and me?
Nowhere man, please listen,
you don't know what you're missing,
nowhere man, the world is at your command.
I go to Rio made my day thanks Jeremy
Yes, atomo is right. I hate to sound like a post-modern asshole, but the dystopian facist plot thing is boring and cliche at this point. So fuck you Ultraviolet and Dark Shitty.
she's got a ticket to ride…and the bitch don't care
the idea kinda reminds me of The Giver
Dark City came out like ten years ago while you were still in diapers faggot.
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