I can’t help but feel like David Goyer is a bit like me. If I had the opportunity, I would sign up to do a Magneto flick, I would sign up to do The Flash (which he eventually had to pull out of), I wouldn’t want to remake Scanners out of respect for Cronenberg but I can see why his love for the film would make him want to do so.
He wrote the screenplay for Batman Begins too. Imagine writing a Batman movie where you are given the reigns to totally re-invent the character?
The only problem with Goyer is that his directing skills aren’t quite there. He can tell a story on a page… but not on film yet. It’s ok to make two duds when your just starting out but if you fail on the third attempt… people start asking questions.
Variety are reporting that Goyer is writing and will direct a new take on THE INVISIBLE MAN!!
Man I love The Invisible Man. Especially Claude Rain’s take on the character in the 1930’s. If I was in Hollywood, The Invisible Man really would be one of the first projects I would probably try and get made.
Conceived as a sequel to Wells’ original tale, the story centers on a British nephew of the original Invisible Man. Once he discovers his uncle’s formula for achieving invisibility, he is recruited by British intelligence agency MI5 during WWII.
Don’t know why they aren’t going the remake route but I guess they should at least be commended for trying something a little different. Love the HG Wells story, don’t mess this one up Mr. Goyer!
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For years we have paid attention to the aspects of an invisible man in films but rarely and I do mean rarely has anyone even considered to look into the other side of the equation by considering a really well made invisible woman movie (And yes I know it has been done yet not nearly as much as the invisible men have).
I should not even have to begin to illustrate here how intriguing that would be (To have an invisible woman movie) and the many ways it can be done but I think it is about time that someone stepped up to the plate and not rework something that has already been recycled to death and instead give this a whole new fresh direction by bringing in the female factor here.
Hollywood has been stagnant enough with overused ideas and so on…let’s give this some thought at least and see if anyone else agrees on this subject.
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[...] June 24th 2007 was the day that David Goyer (The Invisible, Blade Trinity) was announced as the writer/director on a new movie based on H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi novel The Invisible Man at Universal but since then there has been little progress on the movie as Goyer has been busy directing Unborn – his possession horror movie which looks like his version of movies like The Exorcist with the great Gary Oldman starring. [...]