Joe Quesada Wants A Killraven Movie Or TV Show!

Joe Quesada Wants A Killraven Movie Or TV Show!

The Marvel Editor-in-Chief has revealed that he'd love to see the lesser-known martian fighting character get his own movie or TV show! Hit the jump for the details...

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By JoshWilding - Sep 02, 2010 08:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics
Source: MTV Splash Page

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Created by Roy Thomas and Neal Adams in a 1973 issue of "Amazing Adventures," Jonathan Raven earned the nickname Killraven as a human gladiator forced to do battle with other humans by the alien race that conquered an alternate Earth. In the Marvel universe, Killraven's adventures occurred on an alternate version of Earth dubbed "Earth-691," and his adventures unfolded in a timeline that stretched from a Martian invasion in the year 2001 through a final gambit in the year 2020.*



"Not necessarily in the television world, but one of the characters I love that I think as a film would be just amazing...is Killraven," Quesada told MTV News in a recent interview.

"Maybe if you were feeling adventurous and could make it budgetarily work for television, it could be possible there as well."

"Killraven to me, is such a great concept. You take the idea of Spartacus, except instead of it being Romans, it's Martians. You're on Mars, and it's a new race, and you're a human gladiator on Mars. That, to me, is epic. It's the coolest idea imaginable...and probably a $200 million movie."

"People don't think of Killraven right away as a Marvel character, because he's not necessarily a superhero. He is a hero, though.!

"I love ideas that take a classic construct, like Spartacus, and then twist it and add something a little special to it. That whole alien world thing is very, very cool."

*Thanks to MTV Splash Page for the info on the character!



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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/2/2010, 8:35 AM
KILLRAVEN would be cool!

Can only remember reading one comic book of it tho!
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/2/2010, 8:46 AM
planet hulk would be better,a hulk movie like gladiator would be epic.

i want hulk sequel,marvel.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 9/2/2010, 8:53 AM
I've not read a lot of the characters adventures, but I'd love to see a Killraven TV show! (even if there are a fair few characters more deserving!) His recent cameo in The Avengers #4 was great and it'd be interesting to see something from Marvel that's a little diiferent from the norm!

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6of13
6of13 - 9/2/2010, 9:04 AM
You beat me to it Josh.
ShadowMan
ShadowMan - 9/2/2010, 9:48 AM
No to Killraven, yes to Ka-zar, Shanna and the Savage Land.
Wiredwizard
Wiredwizard - 9/2/2010, 12:15 PM
Never heard of it before. Still don't care.
Triptheorist
Triptheorist - 9/2/2010, 2:03 PM
There are a multitude characters more worthy of film and television, but I do agree that maybe they should travel off the path in terms of who they pick for their next venture.

I'm still waiting on my Moon Knight t.v. series. C'mon, heavy-weight boxer turned marine, turned CIA agent, turned supernatural vigilante!
RedDevil
RedDevil - 9/2/2010, 2:32 PM
WTF! It's a cross between He-Man and John Carter of Mars.
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 9/2/2010, 3:00 PM
Im heard of it, but never readed it!
gunner
gunner - 9/2/2010, 5:42 PM
Yes , Yes , Yes !!!
This was one of the best Comics in the seventies , It would be perfect for TV , Go back and read these , they were truly special.
Great storyline , and for the time pretty original.
TheDarqueOne
TheDarqueOne - 9/2/2010, 7:52 PM
Killraven was something a bit special I agree. I remember I was really fond of it. Even after a decade of reading almost everything DC & Marvel put out somehow Killraven stood out.



Betty
Betty - 9/3/2010, 9:41 AM
Sounds like a soon to be dead scyfy series.
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