After years of rumour, bad scripts that really messed up the concepts and having to wait for the fallout of 9/11 to pass, this is finally going to happen. At first I was sceptical that the themes of identity and anarchy would not equal box office success, so there would be little point in getting my hopes up for this. Adding the involvement of the Wachowski brothers made me envisage a slicker, action based film that would be miles away from it's gritty almost Film Noir stylings. Although they polished up/ripped off another comic book so well for The Matrix (see Grant Morrison's "The Invisibles") it seemed that it could go either way.
So now the new version is here and if rumours are to be believed, it has a vastly altered plot from the original graphic novel, and will probably not feature any of the brilliance that made the book into such a classic. As a huge fan of the original I'm not holding out much hope. At least the costume should look nice. You can read about it here:
And see a teaser poster here:
Natalie Portman is playing the Evey role, although there is no word on V yet. I would like a kind of Darth Vader deal for this role, with Ian Mckellen providing V's voice and a nobody/stunt man doing the action stuff. Any one else have any idea on who could play V ? I'm at a loss to think of a modern actor that could have the gravitas needed for the role.
And I bet we get to see V's real face in the film too.
So now the new version is here and if rumours are to be believed, it has a vastly altered plot from the original graphic novel, and will probably not feature any of the brilliance that made the book into such a classic. As a huge fan of the original I'm not holding out much hope. At least the costume should look nice. You can read about it here:
And see a teaser poster here:
Natalie Portman is playing the Evey role, although there is no word on V yet. I would like a kind of Darth Vader deal for this role, with Ian Mckellen providing V's voice and a nobody/stunt man doing the action stuff. Any one else have any idea on who could play V ? I'm at a loss to think of a modern actor that could have the gravitas needed for the role.
And I bet we get to see V's real face in the film too.
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