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Chris Morgan Writing Wanted 2
The Wanted sequel will be written by the screenwirter Chris Morgan and not the authors of the origonal graphic novel. We get wind of this writing news thanks to our friends at MTV:
When “Wanted” screenwriter Chris Morgan first helped bring to life the ultra-violent story about a world where supervillains had kicked out the good guys, he had some pretty impressive source material in Mark Millar and J.G. Jones’ critically praised graphic novel. While there won’t be the same ready-made reference for “Wanted 2,” the writer told MTV that shouldn’t be cause for concern among fans. And he should know, since he’s the one writing it.
“Yes, I will be writing it,” confirmed Morgan. “I’m actually leaving this conversation with you to go to a meeting with the director, Timur [Bekmambetov], and we’re talking about the story.”
Wanted was well received around these parts, Campea loved it and the sentiment was shared by many on the boards.
I have yet to see the film, and/or read the graphic novel. I am curious to see what those of you who are fans of both the printed story and the fort film think about this news. Will Wanted 2 interest you if Mark Millar and J.G. Jones are not involved? Are you pissed that they are not involved, or did Morgan do a good enough job with the first Wanted that you trust his judgement?
Share your thoughts!
NO.
Now, i saw this flick in theatres expecting some pretty awesome shit to go down. and for the most part, i had a pretty fun time (aside from the sometimes pretty bad looking CG sequences, but it was cool).
So i thought woah, this movie is pretty sweet…
But then i read the comic.
Holy shit. if you LOVED the movie. do not read the comic. it will make you HATE the movie. its just weird that the comic is SO much better than the movie.
The plot revolves basically around a secret organization of supervillains which wesley becomes a part of, and he KNOWS they are villains. The book is SO fucking violent (doesnt hold any punches back) and just on another level of brilliance story-wise. He loves being a badguy, and for any comic book fan, this is the ultimate. The homages and parodies of the classic heroes, villains etc are just genius.
anyway, if mark millar is NOWHERE involved, i am NOT wanting to see this.
(story by millar is beyond spectacular and the “production”/character/costume design is spot on classical by JG jones. if they arent involved, its not worth it at all)
thank you Chris Morgan for raping the amazingness that COULD have been…
PS,
doug, do yourself the biggest favor you can, pick up this book and prepare to have your brain demolished! seriously…. this will blow you straight out of the water.
……and also the new JOKER hardcover
the blood and insanity is overpowering in it: (here’s a preview)
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=92159514&blogID=440757461
woah woah woah “pretty bad CGI sequences”?
they were awesome!
remember when he goes throw the window in the first few minutes? pure awesomeness. i cant wait for wanted 2
when the train at the end is falling and jolie is like CLIMBING on teh side of it? this sleek metal train.. i’m not saying its horrible and yeah, suspension of disbelief, but it was rickety and not flowing right.
now, its better than any of us could do sure, but it was a just lackluster for some scenes
PS.
…and the only real improvement to the story that this movie had, was the scene where wesley quits. in the book its like two panels
I must agree with Taylordubose on this.
I saw the movie first, and then picked up the comic. I seriously do not understand why they didn’t just go with the comic version–the ending is…hilarious.
I’ll watch the sequel only if Shit-head is in it :D
I found the first film overrated, and over praised. I thought the entire story was flimsy. I probably would have had more respect if they didn’t overdo it. There was one major plot device which wan’t really working until when the train sequence happened, it made sense.
Way I understood it, a person’s name comes up in the threads. (If the name is “John Smith”, or using an alias, there’s a problem) and the organization then kills that person before they can cause, or indirectly cause, acts of terror and mayhem. When the protagonist’s name appears, and the shootout on the train happens, it’s reasonable. A lot of people died and/or were injured on the train. Thus he had to killed before he made this mistake.
But no. That angle is never brought up, and we get a lame conspiracy story instead. Yawn.
Is there potential for a sequel? The first made money, it has to be on the docket. Am I looking forward to it? No.
i read the books first and was kinda irritated with how they changed the plot…..to be honest if it had another name….”the killers club” or something it would be a decent franchise without the wanted name…..unfortunately everything that made the book so hardcore and cool was taken out, storywise and character wise….tell me the fox in the book didnt look like halle berry..lol
hey im not saying it was flawless. i actually didnt like the story too much.
the effects were enough to make up for it though
Do we really need another Wanted?
I enjoyed the movie when I watched it, but didn’t it really say all there was to say already?
I don’t want to spoil the ending or anything, but how the heck could they make a part two?
Please tell me how does a movie you think was good suddenly go bad if you read a comic? If you don’t like a movie thats fine, but if you thought a movie was good,,reading a comic doesn’t change the movie not one bit.
To put it blunt. The film is crap. The main villain in the comic was reduced to a dead body on a bed cameo in the film. And a mere mentioning of his name was just as insulting.
Other villians from the comic were ommitted and if they stayed close to the source material I would have enjoyed it. But this film is drivel and not worthy of a sequel. Buts that just my opinion.
After reading John’s review I was so looking forward to the movie. But man was it a piece of crap! I don’t know what John was thinking and I really can’t find anything redeeming about this movie other than Jolie’s ass!
But I am really interested in the graphic novel after reading taylordubose’s review. I was so turned off by the movie I just had no interest in picking up the graphic novel. But now it seems like the book was way better than the movie so I might pick it up after all.
As for the sequel you can count me out for that. Not wasting what is now 12.00 bucks a shot in NY.
Unexcited. Wanted had a great chance at being an awesome action movie. The concept was compelling, the cast was extremely talented. But unfortunately, none of that matters when you have cars that drive along buildings, jumping over a bus, etc. It totally deflated my movie boner. And that hurts whoever-made-that-creative-decision.
I realize that I’m probably in the minority with my complaint. But thats my opinion, and the reason Wanted wont be finding its way into my Bluray collection (or DVD collection)(or VHS collection)(…etc)
Millar has said he’ll be involved in any sequels to Wanted, so his involvement isn’t an issue. The first movie was only loosely based on his graphic novel anyway, so it’s not a big deal that Millar never wrote a sequel for them to base a movie sequel off of.
I loved the first film. As good as anything in the Matrix series, and one of the best films of the year in my opinion. Can’t wait for a sequel.
how can they make part 2 with………….you know who dying in the first
I haven’t seen the first yet
hhhmmm this is quite interesting…
Screw you guys. A super villain is so gay. What message would that send? Oh being the bad guy is awesome. It’s just lame. You never hear about assassins anyways and the ending was brilliant.