The Shadow Movie Has a New Home...FOX!

GRIF @ Lmao!! ; D

ACCESS @ Dude, your not the only one, i love the '94 movie, just like i loved THE ROCKETEER and THE PHANTOM, loved all them superhero pulp fims, pity they didn't catch on and spawn sequels, real shame that, and thanx man!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH [frick]!!!!!! This is one of my favorite characters EVER!!! He practically triple ties at #1 with Batman and Daredevil!!!! And now he gets FOXED?!?!?!?! GOD [frick]ING DAMN!!!!!! This ain't my day :((

rockingrich1webb- Well... we'll always have Alec... We'll always have Alec *snif* *sob* *tear* :((

But i'm still interested in seeing what Sam Raimi could do with it. He doesn't always shit out gold but i think this character could well suit his style of directing. Normally i would root for "a studio that knows what fans want" to impose their restrictions on their directors but... this is Fox we're talking about and Raimi is pretty much tried tested and true when it comes down to horror and suspense. I think i'll root for Raimi to establish his "his way or the highway" clause, this time around. If Fox gives Raimi as much liberty as they do Cameron, we could be in for a treat! I just hope it's edgy and gritty like it's supposed to be. After all, if Batman was DC's "Punisher", he'd be THE SHADOW!!! So... DO HIM RIGHT!!!

oh great,another franchise for fox to f*** up.

LEEE- Yeah the second one just got released in Canada so i bought it full price since i was a monumental fan of the first! But this second chapter, or "beginning" really, was out of this world. It took me for a ride i really wasn't expecting one bit!!! It went far above and beyond the first in EVERY way. I can't believe Tony Jaa filmed it all, WHAT A STELLAR DEBUT!!!

Ong Bak2, get it, watch it, LOVE IT!!! Forget the first! Well... not entirely i mean, it single handedly revolutionised martial arts films but... the second is such an epic to behold!!! And it almost has nothing to do with the first so you won't miss out on anything really :))

I'd have to go back on my earlier comparison a bit. I'd say it's definitely the Jungle Book mixed with Rambo4 but in the realm of freakin' Arnie's CONAN!!! ASTONISHING!!!

i luvd the first shadow movie
i cant wait for this one but i
hope thy dont make it stupid lyk
twilight if thy get this director....

.....one the the shadow knows...hahahahaha

Be afraid... be VERY AFRAID!!!! This Shadow moive needs to make 'Dark Knight' look like an episode of 'Reading Rainbow' in order to be effective! I don't think Fox and Raimi have the balls to pull this one off.

Nothing against Raimi at all, I think he would direct perfectly. But Fox being involved with any comicbook movie is a major NO NO. Unless of cource you want to make a steaming pile of crap, in that case go for it.

SHAT.

Good stuff Lee. Its nowhere near my top ten but I enjoyed the first movie but its been a while since I've seen it. Don't know if it would hold up to me seeing it now.

@thwhtguardian

absolutely! darkman was a total pulp/noir with added raimi kitsch and it was fantastic. THE SHADOW has to be one of my favorite folkloric protagonists of all time. I hope they do him justice.

I rewatched the Baldwin one. Less than fantastic. Plain goofy sometimes.

I actually liked the original Shadow movie with Baldwin, as cheesey as it was. I hope a remake will be even better, and I am sure it will so long as Slade leans towards his 30 Days of Night abilities and Raimi doesn't drag anything in from Spidey 3.

JerusalemJr- It was cheesy goodness, wasn't it LOL

Im a fan boy. Did this painting over a year ago.

Shaman - It was indeed, and there is definately a place for that kind of goodness. Plus Bladwin looked pretty cool in the Shadow getup.

McLovin - Fox isn't always bad, I liked the first two X-men movies. There is also Aliens, the original Star Wars trilogy, the Abyss and I believe the original Predator was a Fox movie. Granted they are older movies but they are good enough to not through Fox to the curb.

theartofoneness- AWESOME painting!!! :))

JerusalemJr- Well... i enjoyed Alec in the getup but not so much Daniel. As a kid, it's one of the biggest things i didn't like about the film. But as an adult, now i understand why the character did that. It's a great film IMO. The soundtrack was great, the atmosphere was palpable, i loved how crazy Tim Curry was in it and it's the first time i saw Ian McKellen in a film LOL. Penelope Ann Miller was very good as Margo Lane too :)) But John Lone was the only one that seemed to have a below par performance. He was decent but... shaky at times. Great effects though so all in all, a great film :)

Shaman - I agree on pretty much every point. They could have made the whole movie with him just in the Shadow gear kicking a$$ and I would have been fine with that, most of the fights were pretty cool from what I remember. As for Tim Curry, he rocks in pretty much anything he does and the boy knows him some crazy.

Speaking of Tim Curry and crazy, I just realized recently how much Tom Hanks looks like Dr. Frank-N-Furter when he is dressed up as a woman in Bosom Buddies.