Writer Andy Diggle On Green Arrow Smallville Spinoff And Supermax

Writer Andy Diggle On Green Arrow Smallville Spinoff And Supermax

Andy Diggle had some interesting things to say concerning Green Arrow.

By Hawksblueyes - Apr 26, 2010 01:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Green Arrow
Source: Hero Complex



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.

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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 4/26/2010, 2:17 PM
SUPER MAX A MUST!!!!




Great stuff @ HAWKS!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 4/26/2010, 2:20 PM
Oh and a HELL YES to a GREEN ARROW TV SPIN OFF!!!!!!!!!!

Click click click! =

GREEN ARROW: SUPER MAX MOVIE

GREEN ARROW: YEAR ONE MOVIE

GREEN ARROW: THE SERIES SPIN OFF TV SHOW

: P
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 4/26/2010, 2:28 PM
Multi: I haven't read much of the recent GA stuff. As a kid I read a bunch of the GL/GA comics. I loved them together.

Are the recent runs pretty good?
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 4/26/2010, 2:28 PM
Well, a spinoff of sh*t could only be an anal bead, so I'm not too interested in a Green Arrow spinoff show.

However, a big budget film about the character could really work. As soon as Green Lantern hits big at the box office next year, WB will definitely be thinking about the next set of superhero films that they want to make, and I'm sure that Green Arrow will be on that list.

But only time can tell
PWhite
PWhite - 4/26/2010, 2:31 PM
Bring on a green arrow movie!
SupermanReturns2006
SupermanReturns2006 - 4/26/2010, 2:41 PM
Bradley Cooper can make an awesome Green Arrow in a live action movie. First he was casted to play Green Lantern and I think it's time for the director to cast him to play "The Archer of Star City"
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 4/26/2010, 2:46 PM
SuperManReturns @ How about not lol.

BRADLEY COOPER is da perfect GUY GARDNER i tell ya!!! : P


LOL @ TEA! : D
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 4/26/2010, 2:54 PM
@Bman

When the movie does get made, we can all look back and say "Thank you Green Lantern the Movie"

@Superman

Bradley Cooper aint too bad of a choice. I wouldn't mind John Hamm either.

InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 4/26/2010, 3:10 PM
Go with Year One, then Supermax as a sequel. Or perhaps you can even combine the two and have an already established GA in SM, but he has flashbacks to his origin that help him survive and escape the prison. No need for a GA spin off show. Just let the Smallville universe die with Season 10.

Holloway :)
jazzman
jazzman - 4/26/2010, 3:14 PM
@BmanHall

nah Jon Hamm is Superman

Gerard Butler is Punisher

@InTylerWeTrust

did not like Green Arrow: Supermax idea at all. anyway they might do a Supermax movie but its going to be supernatural movie.
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 4/26/2010, 3:20 PM
@Bman

I'd be happy if a GOOD punisher film actually ever gets made. I suppose Hamm could be a good punisher
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 4/26/2010, 3:32 PM
Interesting stuff HAWKS! :)

Talking of Andy Diggle...

Guys, check out my EXCLUSIVE interview with his DD co-writer, Antony Johnston!!! Just click the link!
longbowhunter
longbowhunter - 4/26/2010, 3:36 PM
I've always sorta' opposed the Supermax thing. It seems like it would showcase villians more than Ollie. I thought Year One was really good and would work perfectly as a movie. I believe Green Arrow could be a very easy character to market. He has so much untapped potential.
odie00
odie00 - 4/26/2010, 3:54 PM
yeah i heard about the supermax thing a long time ago and it sounded interested but why green arrow? shouldnt he get his own movie or appear in one of the comic movies. like perhaps in green lantern or one of the sequals cause they do become best friends.
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 4/26/2010, 4:09 PM
Charlie Hunnam for Green Arrow!:) Cooper could work too as Green A.
Set2Fallfirst
Set2Fallfirst - 4/26/2010, 6:43 PM
U guys already know I want GREEN ARROW! and who may u ask well u know that too JON EFFING HAMM
warhatchet
warhatchet - 4/26/2010, 7:29 PM
Jon Hamm for everything...Frack give it a rest.
Tc
Tc - 4/26/2010, 10:45 PM
Green Arrow Spin off show!!!!!! And Several Movies are a must!!!!
AxlKomix
AxlKomix - 4/27/2010, 7:00 AM
A Green Arrow movie can't be made soon enough. (Is that a compliment or an insult? It was intended as a compliment.) Anyway, I'd love to see GA on the silver screen. I think Kevin Smith needs to get involved in a GA film. Smith needs something to break him out of the comedy genre that his films are trapped in.
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