So what was that announcement a couple of years back that Steven Spielberg was interested in helming a Blackhawk movie? Maybe is was just a passing whim, because I never heard any more about it beyond the original headline. I'd be shocked if interest in the making the film has remained throughout all of the still-ongoing changes at Warner Bros. It's too bad, because I'm betting that Spielberg could have done something really special with the property.
Well, irregardless of that, my main concern this morning is...did Blackhawk just strafe/dive-bomb/photo-recon a protectorate of Atlantis?
ReplyDeleteI suspect photo-reconnaissance. Probably to confirm, once and for all, whether or not Black Adam is hiding out on that island.*
ReplyDelete*See STF #534 re: why.
Spielberg's Blackhawk is said to still be a possibility. We shouldn't hold our breath, but I read very recently that Spielberg's option to produce a Blackhawk film remains active.
ReplyDeleteAs far as I'm concerned, anything announced by Warner/DC is just chatter until filming commences. James Gunn might be able to fix things and actually bring the DC films into something that can be respected, but there's a lot there to fix; Ezra Miller and She Who Must Not Be Named (Mera) are only the most public of the problems.
ReplyDeleteGunn could start with the New Frontier and work it from there.
ReplyDeleteNaturally, we now need a sequel someday, where the two Golden Age heroes (plus Blackhawk's comrades-in-arms) team up against whatever Golden Age villain tricked them into fighting each other. ^_^
ReplyDeleteSpielberg expressing interest in Blackhawk back in 1982 is why we got the Evanier/Spiegle edition of Blackhawk.
ReplyDeleteGiven this scenario's oceeanic aspect, my money would be on Killer Shark. Maybe that island houses his current stronghold?
ReplyDelete@Simreeve: if so, the only reason I can think of for the Submariner's
ReplyDeleteprotecting it is that Herr Haifisch must be holding one of Namor's friends or relatives hostage. Like, say, Namora or Betty Dean.
I'm kind of inclined to put the blame on some island nation in the Pacific, such as Genosha.
ReplyDelete@Bob: or maybe even "Krakoa The Living Dinosaur Island!"
ReplyDeleteCorrection: Atlantic, not Pacific. Atlantis is in the Atlantic (hence the name).
ReplyDeleteBut, an Atlantean _colony_ wouldn't necessarily have to be in the Atlantic Ocean! Before independence, post-WWII, Indonesia was known as "the Dutch East Indies."
ReplyDeleteWhat Anon826 said.
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