When the Watchers returned to Prosilicus, the survivors blamed them for causing the catastrophe by giving the Prosilicans nuclear technology before they were ready for it. This policy of total non-interference came into existence due to a former, well-meant attempt by the Watchers to bestow advanced knowledge on the Prosilicans, who used the nuclear technology gained to create weapons and destroy themselves. The Watchers are one of the oldest species in the multiverse and are committed to observing and compiling knowledge on all aspects of the universe. 2 (2017) a Watcher (voiced by Jeffrey Wright) has a main role in the Disney+ series, What If.? (2021). In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), they first appeared in the film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. The Watchers, have been featured in several forms of media outside of comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the first Watcher to appear in the comics-named Uatu-debuted in Fantastic Four #13 (April 1963). They are commonly depicted as all-powerful beings who watch over the fictional multiverses and the stories take place in them, and are not allowed to interact with other characters, though they have done so on several occasions, when the situation demanded it. The Watchers are a race of fictional extraterrestrials appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Superhuman strength, intellect, stamina, durability and longevity This according to Verbinski back in 2017.Watchers depicted in artwork for the cover of Original Sin # 8 (September 2014, Marvel Comics). Verbinski’s plan was to make a rated “R” adaptation of the game, but at the time, Universal wasn’t too keen on spending so much money on an “R”-rated movie. Roy Lee’s Vertigo Entertainment and Take Two will produce Netflix’s BioShock.Īs you may recall, Gore Verbinski had been attached to bring the BioShock video game to the big screen back in 2008, just one year after the game was released. The award-winning franchise first introduced by 2K in 2007 has sold more than 39 million copies worldwide across the original releases of titles including BioShock, BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite, as well as multiple rereleases, remastered editions and bundled collections.”
#Red state watcher series#
Netflix has joined forces with Take-Two Interactive on the BioShock movie, with plans to develop “a potential cinematic universe” based around the popular video game franchise.ĭeadline recaps, “Set across multiple dystopian and visionary landscapes gone wrong, the BioShock video game series has blended sci-fi and horror to pose unique existential and societal questions reshaping how game stories are told-all amidst pulse-pounding action gameplay that rewards sharp shooting, clever planning and lethal improvisation.
#Red state watcher movie#
Netflix‘s BioShock movie is finally on the way, with Deadline reporting this afternoon that Francis Lawrence ( I Am Legend, Constantine) has come on board to direct the film.Īdditionally, Michael Green will be writing the screenplay. RED STATE is a horror film in which a group of misfits encounter fundamentalism gone to the extreme in Middle America. Trying my hand at another genre that’s 180 degrees away from anything else I’ve ever done might finally answer the question (for me) of whether or not I truly am a filmmaker, or just the guy who makes the dick and fart jokes movies. Part of the reason is that I never really feel like a filmmaker most days more of a writer who gets to direct his own flicks. The question, then, would be “Why bother?” For some reason, I feel like I’ve gotta make this flick. So when you go down the checklist (overtly bleak, unlikeable characters making horrible decisions, unhappy ending in which everyone dies, a director of questionable talent who’s never worked in this genre before), you can see why folks aren’t whipping out their check books. The only chance it’ll have at the box office would be if it caught a water cooler-kinda buzz out of a film festival. The commercial prospects for Red State are not good. Sadly, while the flick’s bleaker than Dark Knight, it’s also not nearly as good as Dark Knight. Remember how bleak Dark Knight was? This flick makes the bleakness level in that flick seem Beverly Hills Chihuahua bleak. “ I’m still trying to find money for Red State, though, admittedly, I haven’t been looking that hard yet, since it’s not something I’m gonna get to ’til March the earliest. Inside you can read the latest from an interview over at AICN. The good news is that Smith is apparently dying to make the movie, the bad news is that nobody will let him. While Kevin Smith’s out and about promoting his latest dick and fart joke comedy, ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO, he has also been chit-chatting about his long-gestured horror-thriller RED STATE.
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