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V for Vendetta Going to Hollywood

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nothing-creapy-in-that-book dept.

gludington writes "Alan Moore's "other" early masterpiece, V for Vendetta, is in early pre-production. Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers will produce for Warner Brothers, and Natalie Portman will play Evey Hammond. The rest of the movie is as yet uncast (and unwritten), so release dates on the article and the imdb entry should be taken with a sizable grain of salt."

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  1. Google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Google Search results for V for Vendetaa.

  2. Re:What is Vendetta? by KillerDeathRobot · · Score: 1, Informative

    V for Vendetta is a very well known and acclaimed graphic novel (that's geekspeak for big comic book). P.S. You're stupid. (You asked for it ;))

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    Thinkin' Lincoln - a web comic of presidential proportions
  3. We cross our fingers by mkro · · Score: 2, Informative

    I was just reading through V for Vendetta again yesterday, and fear that they will mess this one up quite bad. "From Hell" didn't go particulary well, but it has a quite complex storyline and many characters, and in the movie some characters were merged in to one, trying to be less confusing.
    V might have a simpler story line, but the mood the drawings set is so much more important. Have a look at some of the panels to see what I mean.

    But oh, it would be nice if they could pull it off, though.

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    I shall go and tell the indestructible man that someone plans to murder him.
  4. Re: Crosses Fingers by mkro · · Score: 2, Informative
    Mr Jones, are these your knockers? Oh dear, your mellons have spilled out!
    The old "the more obscure the reference, the more smart the moderator feels by spotting it"-trick? ;) For those of you who wonder, this is from a government-run sitcom shown in the background in one or two panels in "V for Vendetta". Can't get more obscure than that.
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    I shall go and tell the indestructible man that someone plans to murder him.
  5. Re:Terrorist as the lead? Not in Hollywood by medge_42 · · Score: 2, Informative

    A terrorist is someone who uses terror to influence others. The plot to blow up Hitler wasn't a terrorist thing, they just wanted Hitler dead. Lee Harvery Oswald wasn't a terrorist.

    By the strict definition V isn't a terrorist as he aims to destroy the regime not terrorise it until it gives up. He does, however, use terrorist techniques and does scare the people in power, but his main aim is to pull the common people out of their complacency by using shock tactics.