Marvel's Man-Thing goes straight to cable....then video

*cqb101* · 01-26-2005, 07:03 PM

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Fangoria has learned that Lions Gate Films and Marvel Studios' Man-Thing, directed by Brett Leonard, will indeed by-pass theaters and will air on Sci Fi Channel in April. The movie will then come to DVD on June 14.

Well, this blows.

*DrSpengler* · 01-26-2005, 07:11 PM

Heard about it a month or so ago. Even then I wasn't all that surprised. I mean, Man-Thing? He doesn't really have the box office draw of, say, Spider-Man.

I'm sure Man-Thing fans are just happy a movie is being made, period. However, from what I've read in Fangoria and at Superhero Hype, Man-Thing won't be appearing until the very end of the movie. This is gonna be a horror movie, not a comic book movie.

Think The Alligator People with Boris Karloff. The giant alligator monster (a guy with a mask on that looks like an alligator) doesn't appear until the last 5 minutes of the movie and quickly gets swallowed up by quicksand. That was the big "shock".

I'm assuming it'll be the same with Man-Thing. You won't get a good look at him until the very end. If only they'd done that with those God-awful Swamp Thing movies...

*Brodie* · 01-26-2005, 07:17 PM

Yeah I read about this in Wizard, whats funnier is the fact that the movie cost 30 million to make. And they're sending it straight to cable. Ha. Well, I had heard that it was to be rated R, I figure they just think it'll find a better audience on DVD, since no one really knows Man-Thing.

It'll be a good rental.

*cqb101* · 01-26-2005, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Brodie

Yeah I read about this in Wizard, whats funnier is the fact that the movie cost 30 million to make. And they're sending it straight to cable. Ha. Well, I had heard that it was to be rated R, I figure they just think it'll find a better audience on DVD, since no one really knows Man-Thing.

It'll be a good rental.

$30 million is considered low budget nowadays.

*DrSpengler* · 01-26-2005, 07:20 PM

Still, without a theatrical release, $30 mil is gonna be hard to make back.

*KROW* · 01-27-2005, 12:13 AM

It might not be so bad. It could be a cult hit, like Weekend at Bernie's.

01-26-2005, 07:17 PM	#3
Brodie Certified Teacher Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bizarro Metropolis Posts: 6,495	Yeah I read about this in Wizard, whats funnier is the fact that the movie cost 30 million to make. And they're sending it straight to cable. Ha. Well, I had heard that it was to be rated R, I figure they just think it'll find a better audience on DVD, since no one really knows Man-Thing. It'll be a good rental. __________________ Stupendous Monster

01-27-2005, 12:13 AM	#6
KROW Meat-n-Potatoes Man Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: State's Anus, NY Posts: 6,472	It might not be so bad. It could be a cult hit, like Weekend at Bernie's. __________________ - Optimus Acid Trip - Cult of a Half-Shell - Raiden's Bitter Tongue - *I don't try to be funny; I fail at it naturally.*

01-26-2005, 07:11 PM	#2
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	Heard about it a month or so ago. Even then I wasn't all that surprised. I mean, Man-Thing? He doesn't really have the box office draw of, say, Spider-Man. I'm sure Man-Thing fans are just happy a movie is being made, period. However, from what I've read in Fangoria and at Superhero Hype, Man-Thing won't be appearing until the very end of the movie. This is gonna be a horror movie, not a comic book movie. Think The Alligator People with Boris Karloff. The giant alligator monster (a guy with a mask on that looks like an alligator) doesn't appear until the last 5 minutes of the movie and quickly gets swallowed up by quicksand. That was the big "shock". I'm assuming it'll be the same with Man-Thing. You won't get a good look at him until the very end. If only they'd done that with those God-awful Swamp Thing movies...

01-26-2005, 07:20 PM	#5
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	Still, without a theatrical release, $30 mil is gonna be hard to make back.