I guess one bad movie about The Shadow wasn’t enough for our lifetimes! According to Latino Review Fox has picked up The Shadow from producer Sam Raimi, and they’re looking to have David Slade, the guy who started so strongly with Hard Candy and just got kicked out of the editing room of Twilight: Eclipse, to potentially direct.
Alec Baldwin starred as the Shadow way back in the 90s, which was directed by Russell Mulcahey (who could well be the previous generation’s David Slade, by the way). Based on the classic pulp radio shows (whose ‘What evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!’ catchphrase was very popular once upon a time), the movie had the same superpower as the hero: it was invisible to all. I’m not sure why anyone thinks a new iteration of the character would be any better.
Especially at Fox, the studio best known for ruining everything good about life. They’ve apparently paid a cool million for the rights, which is probably more than they’ll spend marketing the finished film.
16 comments
Who asked for this???
Sam Raimi.
Slade got kicked out of ECLIPSE in post? Wow. I hope he at least made enough for a nice new home.
30 DAYS OF NIGHT was also great.
30 Days of Night was patchy, like Josh Hartnett's beard.
say waht you will, I kinda dug the Shadow when it came out. Now granted I was about 18 at the time, but I remember it being pulpy and full of interesting sets and having a nifty story. it probably is my 2nd favorite of the 90's pulpy movies, behind the rocketeer and ahead of the phantom (which i just got on blu-ray). I am looking forward to this if it gets made.
When I heard about the Eclipse cast getting pissed at Slade for making it too much of a horror movie – I knew I liked the guy.
This generation's Russell Mulcahey- ouch. Harsh. If I was him, I'd sue. Or challenge Devin to a duel. Demand satisfaction, Mr. Slade. 30 Days of Night was underwhelming, but he's not yet reached the "heights" of Highlander II. Or Highlander I, for that matter. Terrible.
A rolling atom bomb chase? An invisible building? A '90s classic.
Glad I'm not the only one baffled by the uniform hate handed out by bloggers for the Alec Baldwin movie. A great looking film with a really fun, unpretentious feel and a fantastic soundtrack. I do agree that Mulcahy has yet to live up to his '80s potential, which is a shame.
I say, bring it. Love The Shadow and enjoyed the first movie (though why 30's Pulp has to always be done with such camp is beyond me). Do the new one with less camp and more grit and it could be great.
was the 90s shadow good? no. can I over look that fact because of Jonathan Winters and Peter Boyle's one liners? yes.
Hard Candy was pretty shitty too.
Blah Blah Blah Devin Faraci's opinion who cares, hey what makes you basement dwellers "movie experts" anyway??
Hey now, Goldsmith's score was excellent, John Lone was great as the villain, the ending was cool, Penelope Ann Miller was gorgeous, Tim Curry stole his scenes, and it gave the character an interesting original backstory. Frankly, I love that movie.
Know who is getting cast as the Shadow? Its Adrian Brody. They want to save money on nose appliances so they are going for the most naturally Shadow-nosed actor in Hollywood.
I'd love to see if they could pull off a Shadow movie in the style of the old pulps. The central characters are the Shadow's agents and occasionally his criminal targets, while the Shadow himself is pulling the strings behind the scenes or showing up for action beats.
I love the Baldwin movie, but I've always felt the Shadow works better without an origin story, or trying to fit the mold of later superheroes who are based on him in the first place.
Comments are shown as archived from the original site; new comments are closed.