David Goyer Explains What Happened With The GREEN ARROW SUPERMAX Movie

David Goyer Explains What Happened With The GREEN ARROW SUPERMAX Movie

Suicide Squad will be with us next year, but at one time Warner Bros. was planning another supervillain-themed movie: Green Arrow: Escape From Supermax. Obviously that never happened, and you can find out why from the screenwriter, David S. Goyer, after the jump...

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By MarkCassidy - Oct 16, 2015 04:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Green Arrow
Source: Den Of Geek

David Ayer will unleash the Suicide Squad on the world next year, but at one time Warner Bros. were a bit more cagey about the projects they put into production, and it's highly unlikely a movie focused on a bunch of villains would ever have seen the light of day a few years ago.

Take Green Arrow: Escape From Supermax, for example.

Fans have often wondered what went wrong with that movie, which would have seen Oliver Queen falsely accused of murder and locked away with some of DC's worst and darkest, such as The Joker, Lex Luthor, and The Riddler. David Goyer penned the script with Justin Marks back in 2000, and in a new interview with Den Of Geek he explains how the studio's mindset at the time prevented Supermax from going into production.

"I think if that script had come over the transom a couple of years later… it was completely ahead of its time. Everything I see about Suicide Squad looks fantastic and it’s a different story. But [ours] was absolutely ahead of its time. You know, Marvel was considering doing the Sinister Six and at the time, God, I think this was eight or nine years ago that we wrote a couple of drafts, but it certainly was like this oddball project at Warner Bros at the time, they were like - even though the script was good - 'why would we make a movie about a bunch of villains? That makes no sense.'"


Goyer goes on to say that, back then, the WB higher-ups simply didn't see the point in focusing on lesser-known characters, and just wanted to "make Batman and Superman movies." Fans will be most pleased that they seem to have broadened their horizons since. Goyer also confirmed to DOG that he won't be directing any of the movie's on the current DCEU slate.

Suicide Squad will be released on August 5, 2016.
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LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 10/15/2015, 3:54 PM
His Green Arrow script is really the only idea of his I wouldn't mind made into a film. Definitely not his Flash script. That was terrible.

Then again Supermax is just a film version of Batman: Arkham Asylum (video game not the comic) but with Green Arrow instead of Batman.

Still glad Goyer wouldn't be involved anymore in the DCCU. Shit writer.
MrJillyMcBeam
MrJillyMcBeam - 10/15/2015, 3:59 PM
"Then again Supermax is just a film version of Batman: Arkham Asylum (video game not the comic) but with Green Arrow instead of Batman."

Kind of like the show!
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 10/15/2015, 4:19 PM
I really hope we get The Green Arrow in the DCEU..........to me he is important character.
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 10/15/2015, 4:23 PM
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 10/15/2015, 4:23 PM
@JoeMomma29

I really hope we get The Green Arrow in the DCEU..........to me he is important character.

Um...........
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 10/15/2015, 4:28 PM
@Levi

LOL! There are many important characters that needs some love..........
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 10/15/2015, 4:29 PM
@JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 10/15/2015, 4:32 PM
@Levi

Let me help you with your eyesight problem........
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 10/15/2015, 4:34 PM
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 10/15/2015, 4:35 PM
@JoeMomma29

Thanks for the glasses but it's ok. I found my monocle.
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 10/15/2015, 4:40 PM
@levi
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 10/16/2015, 4:44 AM
@0megaDaGr0dd
Hehehe. Goyer.

+1
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 10/16/2015, 4:55 AM
Someone should ask him why he was pulled from scripts in the DCCU......

N/M, he would just say it was because he was too awesome or something.......hate this guy, lol
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 10/16/2015, 4:57 AM
Supermax. Hnh. Blast from the past.

This was by far the coolest idea, at the time. And, were it still to be on the cards today, I would probably still be really psyched for it. But there are much more exciting things happening in this day and age. Suicide Squad being one of them.
I mean, it was a neat and original idea. It would've been like an original graphic novel, but as a film first. And, of course, the potential for b-lister villain cameos was endless. But compared to Joker, HarleyQuinn, Deadshot et. al.? No contest. Cmpared to Dark Universe? Not nearly as exciting.

So, yeah, I think the time has passed on that one.
Peel
Peel - 10/16/2015, 5:00 AM
Goyer is an unwanted hack who would destroy everything each DC character are just to make a quick buck. Once Dawn of Justice premieres and everyone sees the great jump in improvement of dialogue and story between him and Chris Terrio, Goyer will finally just fade back into the background again.
Ghostpointzero
Ghostpointzero - 10/16/2015, 5:02 AM
If Arrow can manage to be good again they should adapt this story to the show or make it animated movie.
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 10/16/2015, 5:15 AM


AreTudaEDub
AreTudaEDub - 10/16/2015, 5:18 AM
First off, [frick] everyone on here really hating on Goyer for having a disposition on a character interpretation and reinventing Superman to make him interesting. Some of you are made at him for doing things that we as fans do all the time (fan fiction and bashing comic runs). I would have loved to see supermax but as he said people we,re scared to take a chance. Also believe it or not when all you guys start sucking Batman v Superman dick just know that it was Goyer/ Snyder took a chance by being innovative.

I have so much respect for Goyer as he has been involved with some off the best comic book action movies. And I don't know how people cause praise Greg Berlanti and the CW freaking much and just shit on Goyer. I like flash and all but Green Lantern was a poor film it's no true motivation and Arrow is like a faux dark power rangers with no real purpose other than to mimic Marvel to appease fan crying about DC making "Dark / Jessica Jones / Daredevil " material.
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 10/16/2015, 5:26 AM
Trollem calling others trolls, nice. Goyer was pulled from BvS because he was just too talented
BackwardGalaxy
BackwardGalaxy - 10/16/2015, 5:28 AM
Goyer didn't "reinvent" Superman. Man of Steel is just the Jesus story regurgitated into a modern-day special effects extravaganza. Jor-El is the Father, Kal-El is the son, Jor-El-o-gram is the Holy Spirit. Zod is Satan. Superman killing Zod is Jesus taking sin onto himself. Superman telling the General at the end to go to the capitol and spread his message before he flies away is Jesus telling his disciples to spread Christianity to Jerusalem before he returns to Heaven. There's the scene in the Church. There's the scene where man delivers Jesus/Superman over. There's even a scene where Clark ends up all wet for his metaphorical baptism. If anything, all Goyer did was ripoff the Bible.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 10/16/2015, 5:37 AM
I always thought that this was a great premise and sounded interesting.
Maybe the idea can be re-done in a few years for one of the sequels.
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 10/16/2015, 5:40 AM
Sounds lik its a good script. Anyone have source on it?
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 10/16/2015, 5:41 AM
Also just finished watching Tombstone, somebody give Kurt Russell a comic book role.

*Cough* Commissioner Gordon * Cough*
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 10/16/2015, 5:41 AM
Remember when he said that She-Hulk is a slutty version of Hulk that wants to [frick] her cousin? Ya.....
Earthbound
Earthbound - 10/16/2015, 5:46 AM
I still don't see why they couldn't do a similar movie now? Green Arrow still has yet to be introduced into the DCEU. They could just mix up the villains a little bit. Probably not add the Joker or Lex Luthor.
Earthbound
Earthbound - 10/16/2015, 5:46 AM
...or Riddler.
AgeofApocalypse
AgeofApocalypse - 10/16/2015, 5:46 AM
Goyer usually has pretty good ideas for story, but his dialogue is often forced and unnatural. Here's to hoping he just pitches ideas and lets someone else write it.
TheAcuario
TheAcuario - 10/16/2015, 5:47 AM
For the DCEU I'd like to see The Martian Manhunter, GA, Katana (hopefully she's confirmed for JLD)

@Jollem for the film GA I'd like Brad Bitt, Matthew McConaughey
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