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Raph's Girl
10-31-2007, 12:47 PM
http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/31/screen-bites-mandrake-and-spider-man-4/

Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors) will star in Omega Entertainment and Baldwin Entertainment Group’s Mandrake, based on the comic strip created by Lee Falk.

Chuck Russell (The Scorpion King, The Mask) will direct the film, which is set to shoot next year in China and the United States. Criss Angel reportedly has a role in the picture.

Mandrake the Magician debuted in newspapers 1934, and stars a tuxedo-clad stage illusionist who battles crime with his hypnotic abilities. The strip spawned comic books, radio and movie serials, a TV movie, and a co-starring role in an animated series.

A Mandrake movie?! WTF? I SOO didn't see that coming. รด,0 Chris Angel has the title role BTW. What's next? A Defenders of the Earth movie?!
Mr._Mutant_Man
10-31-2007, 01:33 PM
Chris Angel? Well, at least it isn't that freak Mystery.
Spitfire
10-31-2007, 02:28 PM
*Waits for news of a movie being made that isn't based off a comic book, TV series, video game, or isn't a remake*

What happened to making original ideas?
Mr._Mutant_Man
10-31-2007, 03:27 PM
*Waits for news of a movie being made that isn't based off a comic book, TV series, video game, or isn't a remake*

What happened to making original ideas?

What the heck hasn't been done?

How about a movie about...a kid...whose birthday cake is stolen by robots...and then he teams up with his babysitter and friends to get it back from their base that's located in the lost world...and then it turns out the robots were built by his parents to steal sweets and thus curb the obesity epidemic?
The Stryker
10-31-2007, 03:48 PM
What the heck hasn't been done?

How about a movie about...a kid...whose birthday cake is stolen by robots...and then he teams up with his babysitter and friends to get it back from their base that's located in the lost world...and then it turns out the robots were built by his parents to steal sweets and thus curb the obesity epidemic?

How about a robot driving instructor who travels back in time for some reason. Oh, and his best friend is a pie.

Edit: A Talking Pie.
ZariusTwo
11-03-2007, 02:08 PM
Yeah, funny that they dont name the series which arguably gave Mandrake his most memorable role.
DrSpengler
11-03-2007, 02:45 PM
Here's hoping it's nothing like the Flash Gordon TV series. Can you imagine what that might be like?

Mandrake is a 12 year old girl living in the hood who shoots lightning out of her fingers. What? Magic? Nahhhh. Just like Flash Gordon has never been about spaceships, Mandrake has never been about magic.

Yeah, I'm bitter.

Hey, maybe it'll be as good as the Phantom movie with Billy Zane!

Yeah, I'm really bitter.