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20th Century Fox has acquired screen rights to the Mark Millar/Steven McNiven graphic novel Nemesis. Tony Scott is attached to direct and Scott Free will produce. The graphic novel was written by Millar, whose Wanted and Kick-Ass creations were turned into films, and whose Marvel Comics titles include the revamped X-Men, the Avengers series The Ultimates, and Civil War, the latter of which is DC Comics Superman: Red Son. Nemesis was published in March by Marvel’s Icon Comics imprint. McNiven is the artist behind Civil War and other collaborations with Millar. (The website Bleeding Cool had the Scott news first.)
Nemesis focuses on Matt Anderson, a billionaire genius who’s the world’s greatest fighter. bent on avenging the death of his beloved parents. The twist is, they were villains and he is also a bad guy, a costumed vigilante who travels the world, picking off top cops. He returns to D.C. to launch a campaign of terror against Blake Morrow, the police chief who captured the caped vigilante’s parents.
Scott Free will set a writer and work on the adaptation. Deal comes as Scott preps the release of the Denzel Washington-Chris Pine drama Unstoppable. He is deciding on his next project, between Potzdamer Platz, Hell’s Angels and The Associate. Mickey Rourke is attached to both Potzdamer Platz and Hell’s Angels, while Shia LaBeouf is attached to The Associate and is the choice to join Rourke in Hell’s Angels. The property was repped by CAA and Harris Miller.
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More comic book development that will never lead to a film. Tony is attached to ten million projects. He would have to live to 167 to make them all. All this does is make the uniquely untalented Millar fill the internet with more boasts and bravado. Thanks for nothing Tony, no cigar for you!
Awesome! Depending on who stars at Matt Anderson, I’d go see it. That Skaarsgaard guy on True Blood would be great in the role and Tony Scott is a good director. Definitely interesting undertaking here. Keep us informed on casting.
So nice to see Hollywood finally tackling the comic book genre.
Mark Millar posted on his message board a few weeks ago that he thought Denzel Washington would be a good choice to play Blake Morrow in a film adaptation of “Nemesis” (even though Morrow is White in the comic). With Tony Scott’s connection to this film, perhaps Washington is more likely to get that role now.
Is this going to be like STAR TREK NEMISIS ??
and now it’s official: anyone can wipe their butt with a comic book and sell it to hollywood. this is pure crap and millar is the crap king.
Nemesis is hilariously awful comics. Probably will stuck in development hell for eternity.
Thank heavens that Hollywood keeps buying these comic book properties otherwise how else would comic companies continue to be able to afford to flood the market with all these titles that nobody really cares about.
Kick Ass is a very underrated movie. Very true to the comic. Too bad it didn’t do that well cause it was so different from comic movies we’ve seen before. Maybe cause it was ahead of the curve when it comes to grounding the hero in reality. Which is what the amazing Mark Millar has been known for years in comics. If you have the chance read the book Wanted. After reading it you will be filled with anger on how the studio raped the story of it’s coolness. I’m praying Nemesis (which I’m currently reading) is translated to film as well as Kick Ass was. Here’s hoping Tony Scott follows Mathew Vaughn and not the studio’s handling of Mark Millar’s brilliant work.
If the movie slavishly followed the book, the book must be dogshit, because the movie sucked ass. Thanks to God that I saw it for free… (though clearly there is no free movie)…
So am I suppose to root for the costumed guy, the police chief or both?
Mark Millar sucks! He is repeating the old same formula over and over again: tits + gore + offensive language x spandex = shitty comics and huge amounts of money. He is like a Frank Miller clon, but without talent.
Yep! I co-sign your thoughts on Millar.
“Nemesis” is an awful comic.
Really, do we need another ultra-violent film? Why? Whose the audience for this? How is this any different than “Law Abiding Citizen”?
Thank the Lords of Kobol, Great Rao of Krypton, and whatever comic book gods out there that Warner and D.C. weren’t suckered into letting Millar the hack anywhere near Superman! He’d pull a John Peters and slice and dice all goodness and light out of Superman. He’d have Superman driving a car instead of flying and burning up his enemies with his heat vision.
For all that is holy, please, please, please Hollywood, accept that Millar is a hack. He deserves no love or money.
Jeez, you have to thought that after Pelham and what seems to be trainwrecking Movie-about-train-that-ran-into-things Tony will use his head to chose next project. When I was reading Nemesis #1 the only thought I had is “Is it written by 13 year old retard sociopath who obsessed with badassery and have nada originality or creativity?”.
Mark Millar is the most shamelessly pandering hack in comics.
No wonder Hollywood loves him.
So, it’s like What If Batman Was Evil. Seems Hollywood has run out of good ideas once again.
If the plot of Nemesis compares favourably with KickAss and if Tony Scott’s direction is as clean and fresh then I think we’re in for a cool ride! Must admit, I’m already intrigued as to who will play the two lead roles – Matt Anderson and Blake Morrow!!!
LOL @ the level of Millar hate. Just because nobody is buying YOUR shitty comic/treatment. Give it a rest. Not the hugest Millar fan, but I liked “Wanted” (the comic not the movie) and “Kick-Ass.” I quit buying comics a few years back so this is the 1st I’ve heard of Nemesis. Although it sounds like a Batman annual from years back that was drawn by Mike Golden, where Batman met an opposite version of himself whose parents were killed by cops rather than Joe Chill. This same doppleganger also appeared in the animated “The Batman” with an opposite Robin. Can’t remember the name of the character, though. Anyway “Nemesis” sounds like a post-modern ripoff of that character without the Batman connection.
The Wrath! I’d forgotten all about that character. His criminal parents were killed by rookie cop Jim Gordon, so he trained himself to get revenge one day.
Yeah, according to wiki there were two versions – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrath_(comics). I just love to see Warners sue Fox to prevent movie from realise in revenge for Watchmen.
They really need to chill out with these comic books. Saturation has already hit. The marketplace can only take so much. You got a three Marvel film assault starting with Thor and Captain America and ending with the Avengers in 2012. Iron Man 3 coming right after. Spiderman reboot: 2012. X-Men First Class: 2011. Wolverine 2. Deadpool. Reboot of Fantastic Four. Batman 3: 2012. Superman reboot: Christmas 2012. Green Lantern: 2011. Flash: 2012 I’m sure I’m missing a couple, but you get the point. With this economy no one in their right mind is going to pay for something that they are not familiar with in some fashion.
Yes that’s right, chill with these comic book movies because I wanna see another “I wanna bang the hot guy/girl but I am actually in love with my best (guy/girl) friend and will end up living happy with him or her” You fucking dolt. These are the stories that people want to hear becasue their life sucks. As far as the economy goes, your right again, as none of these movies has made any money right? Dumbass!!
Kick Ass will be a cult classic on the level of Fight Club. Its too good to be ignored.
Tom Hardy nuff said
Mark Millar is a hack. He basically gets to do whatever he wants at Marvel and it became a disaster. Look at the SPider-man books. ALl the talk on the boards are about how awful the books are. I mean, they are really bad and much of has to do with that terrible series he wrote. He can’t write a decent plot without leaving out essential details and he shouldn’t of been writing the big game-changing series. The whole Marvel universe is a mess, now. Tony Stark is good or bad, they can’t seem to decide or give an explanation.
I hope the IRS pays a visit to him.
Nemesis is a blatant ripoff of DC Comics character Prometheus, the reverse Batman (look it up). This just goes to show how much of a hack Millar is. His ideas have become so unoriginal since his work on Wanted. Not only that, he completely rapes his own ideas when translating them to film. I read the first two issues of Nemesis and lost all respect for Millar. He should just fade into obscurity along with his ideas.
Wow. Nemesis #1 is good –but a movie?! No. The overall theme is “played out.” The Art is very good in Nemesis #1. The train panel was shocking big time. I just don’t see how Nemesis got a deal. Crazy. I’m not hating on Mark, it’s just not much–what I’ve seen so far in Nemesis to warrant a move.
Oh yeah, Prometheus, the “reverse Batman.” How silly of me to have forgotten that one.
Mark Millar is a hack alright. He wrote this big thing for Marvel that was so bad I was shocked Marvel actually put it out on the stands… oh and McNiven drew it. There’s nothing a souless stare that implies no emotion. That’s basically how he draws people. Millar just changed all the characters personality fit his idea and now you can’t tell who anyone is anymore.
Marvel Comics is a big mess right now because of it.
Scott could choose the Hells Angels project, not the one about Barger, but the more interesting and more nuanced story focusing on Jay Dobyns’ book NO ANGEL about his adventures as an undercover ATF agent who infiltrated the Angels, deserted his family, almost lost his mind by becoming engrossed in the outlaw life and then was scapegoated by ATF when their case failed in court. Dobyns then lived on the run once his cover was blown and lost his home to an arsonists blaze, and was thought to be a suspect in the fire.
This is a much more nuanced story about the good/evil in the conflict between the law and the Hells Angels, and certainly as action packed as anything they could do with Barger. Barger might be a legend… but not one worth glorifying.
It would be great for Hollywood to make a movie about the ups/downs and redemption of the good guy (Dobyns)…even if in the end the good guy lost…