Rappy Veteran Posted March 19, 2013 Veteran Share Posted March 19, 2013 The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that David Goyer has signed to direct an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic revenge tale for Constantin Films. Word isd that Goyer's work on Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy and the upcoming Man Of Steel helped him land the gig, as word is that Constantin?s approach for Monte Cristo will be something like Warner Bros. take on not only their Sherlock Holmes movies, but its DC characters also, with a source telling THR that a buzz phrase for Monte Cristo is ?19th century Dark Knight.? http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/notyetamovie/news/?a=75991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Outstanding! (Y) Quite a few masked avenger story writers credit Count of Monte Cristo as an inspiration for their works. Could well work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted March 19, 2013 Global Moderator Share Posted March 19, 2013 I liked the one movie they did about this, from the 90s iirc? *edit* Make that from 2002. Dick Montage, mudslag and Skin 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommcg Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Getting fed up of films being described in terms of the Dark Knight. Dick Montage 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Agreed. It's basically a very typical action film, with bits of noir thrown in. Not knocking it but it hardly defines a style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 wasn't antonio banderas in the original one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted March 20, 2013 Member Share Posted March 20, 2013 Hopefully this version will be a winner, unlike some versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DClark Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 All I know about Alexandre Dumas is that a character from The Shawshank Redemption named Tommy Williams pronounced his name "dumb ass." That is my contribution to this thread. Stoffel 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommcg Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 wasn't antonio banderas in the original one? No, that's just Jim Caviezel doing his best impression of him in the poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 The original-original was 1934 - directed by Rowland V. Lee, and starred Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern and Sidney Blackmer. You should remember it as the film V showed Evey in V For Vendetta. There was slso a 1998 French miniseries starting G?rard Depardieu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted March 20, 2013 Global Moderator Share Posted March 20, 2013 I had time so I reached the 2002 movie over, still good but one thing I noticed this time compared to before is that it's short/quick paced. I think it could have easily been 20-30mins longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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