Ron Howard To Helm Original Superhero Drama 364

Ron Howard To Helm Original Superhero Drama 364

Acclaimed director Ron Howard to direct an original addition to the superhero genre about a man who only has super powers one day out of the year.

By MarkJulian - Sep 09, 2011 12:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: Source:Deadline via SHH

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Seems ever since his ambitious attempt to jump start The Dark Tower franchise on the big and small screen was shot down, Ron Howard has wasted no time attaching his name to several other movie projects. The most recent comes in the form of 364, a film written by David Guggenheim. Not much is known at this point, other than the fact that the movie will follow a character who is only blessed with super powers one day out of the year. The title refers to the number of days a year he spends thinking about what heroic deeds he will perform when that day comes. Brian Grazer will produce and Erica Huggins will be executive producer. Guggenheim recently wrote the Denzel Washington/Ryan Reynolds drama Safe House.

Interesting enough, the movie is set up at Universal, the same movie studio that decided to pass on The Dark Tower. Howard is indeed extremely busy, directing the Formula One racing drama Rush, and is also attached to Spy vs. Spy and Under the Banner of Heaven. What Howard's suddenly jam packed schedule means for his involvement with securing financing for The Dark Tower is anyone's guess.



The Dark Tower fan poster courtesy of artist Glen Ostrander.



Ronald William "Ron" Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American actor, Academy Award-winning director and producer. He came to prominence as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later as the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years. He made film appearances such as in American Graffiti in 1973 and while starring in Happy Days he also made The Shootist in 1976, as well as making his directorial debut with the 1977 comedy film Grand Theft Auto. He left Happy Days in 1980 to focus on directing, and has since gone on to direct several films, including the Oscar winning Cocoon, Apollo 13, and A Beautiful Mind. In 2003, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. Asteroid 12561 Howard is named for him.

Howard is the co-chairman, with Brian Grazer, of Imagine Entertainment, a major film and television production company, which has produced notable projects like Friday Night Lights, 8 Mile, Inside Deep Throat, and the television series 24, Felicity and Arrested Development, which he also narrated.



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Triptheorist
Triptheorist - 9/9/2011, 1:21 AM
Shame about Dark Tower. I'm sure a studio will pick it up eventually. 364 sounds like an interesting concept.
DarrkEvil
DarrkEvil - 9/9/2011, 1:29 AM
unique concept for 364..like it !
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 9/9/2011, 2:17 AM
Sounds like a movie about Santa.
SkullFace616
SkullFace616 - 9/9/2011, 3:26 AM
@ScionStorm Hahaha! It does! Brilliant, your comment had me pmsl!!! :o)
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 9/9/2011, 4:33 AM
hmmmmmmmm, very interesting
MaddMonkk
MaddMonkk - 9/9/2011, 7:19 AM
I can't help it, but if I had powers only one day a year, I wouldn't be a super hero. Am I selfish? YEP
RobinNumbah6
RobinNumbah6 - 9/9/2011, 7:41 AM
unique concept, but it sounds more like a short film made by a college student.
thewolfx
thewolfx - 9/9/2011, 9:29 AM
interesting but that must suck if you have to fight supervillains cus ud get killed until its superhero time.
PeterDarker121
PeterDarker121 - 9/9/2011, 10:47 AM
LOVE this concept!!! @ScionStorm, yer on to something! lol

"...if we could be heroes...just for ONE day..."
-David Bowie
Bandrews1
Bandrews1 - 9/10/2011, 10:30 AM
This sounds interesting.
astromerc
astromerc - 11/8/2011, 7:21 PM
This sound alot like my idea for a comic book, I am already producing. http://astromerc.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d33r70d

Should I be worried?
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