The Losers comic book writer Andy Diggle recently talked with Jevon Phillips from Hero Complex. They covered everything
Losers related and then some.
What I found intersting was the portion of the article covering Green Arrow. There have been rumors of a Green Arrow
Smallville spinoff for ages. There has also been talk and speculation about a Green Arrow
Supermax film.
You did Green Arrow: Year One. There's been this talk about breaking the character out of "Smallville" and giving him his own show, or even a movie. What would your thoughts be on that happening?
AD: I don't really have any strong feelings about it. I don't really watch "Smallville" and hadn't picked up a lot of Green Arrow before I got the job. I obviously did some research. But I'd love to see a Green Arrow movie. I hear there's talk of this "Supermax" script that Justin Marks wrote to be turned into a film. I've read it, and it's really cool, but it's not really Green Arrow that you know. It could be any superhero, because once you get stuck in a prison, you don't have the bow and arrow, and that kind of defines him as a character. It doesn't surprise me that that never got green-lit. That one had a lot more interior monologue than most of my comics. It's a man alone, so you kind of needed to get inside his head. I didn't want to pull a Tom Hanks in "Cast Away" and have him talking to a beach ball or something like that.
Of the comics that you either have written or are currently writing, which one is ripe for a silver screen adaptation?
AD: If I was to write it? I'd love to write a Green Arrow movie. I'd love to adapt "Year One" into a film -- that'd translate really well. I think you could do a great Adam Strange movie.
For the rest of the interview follow the link below.