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James Mangold Directing Cyclops
2008-03-19 00:16:00 James Mangold Directing CyclopsWalk The Line director adapting comicSource: Variety Sorry, this has absolutely nothing to do with the X-Men. James Mangold is directing an adaption of the comic book Cyclops, but Scott Summers does not figure.This Cyclops is actually based on Alexis Nolent's graphic novel about a group of mercenary soldiers who fight equipped with cyclops helmets that broadcast their battles live to both their commanders and people's living rooms. One of these soldiers slowly begins to realise that their fight is not for justice, but for commerce and viewing figures."It is an electrifying package you find in the best sci-fi: great action sequences combined with themes that are eminently foreseeable," Mangold told Variety.Sounds like strong, almost Running Man like premise to us. We consider that a good thing. Scott Summers was always a bit of a drip anyway.Source: EmpireOnline
James Mangold Sets His Sight on 'Cyclops'
2008-03-18 20:26:00 Admit it, the first thing you thought when you read that was "WHAT? A Cyclops spin-off? Will it never end?"But it's not that Cyclops -- it is the Alexis Nolent graphic novel. Variety reports that Warner Bros has optioned the rights to Nolent's novel, and James Mangold is set to direct. The story is set in the near future, where mercenary forces wear cameras in their helmets, broadcasting live to command centers and living rooms alike. One of the mercenaries is chosen to lead an elite squad -- but begins to discover he isn't fighting for freedom or justice, but commerce.Mangold is attracted to the novel's political relevancy. "It is an electrifying package you find in the best sci-fi: great action sequences combined with themes that are eminently foreseeable." Warner Bros is putting the project on the fast track, and expects to have it in the hands of screenwriters by next week. I imagine the title will be changed somewhere during production.This is the second Nolent novel to be ...
3:10 to Yuma - 2007
2008-02-14 18:46:00 3:10 Yuma Yön: James Mangold Yazar: Halsted Welles, Michael Brandt Süre: 117 dk. Ülke: ABD .
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