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Hourman is very interesting, given the rather tragic slant that came into the comics over time with him becoming addicted to the Miraclo pills that gave him his powers, and the idea that he very much wants to be a hero but he can't do it without physically destroying himself. Without that, the concept is rather "eh"... like "A guy who can only be 'super' for an hour at a time" honestly sounds kind of silly on its own. Once they had him develop non-addictive Miraclo, he wasn't really very interesting anymore; he was just a guy with a rather lame gimmick/restriction on his powers.
I kinda doubt they'll actually explore the addiction angle, because it's "too dark" for a comic book movie. But if they DID... then there's actually something interesting to work with, there. Otherwise, I don't know.
I like Hourman, generally-speaking, but I think it takes a very specific set of circumstances in order to make the character "work".
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