V for Vendetta Going to Hollywood

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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You KNOW Hollywood Will Screw It Up

[Cr0w T. Trollbot]

Instead of a masked, classical-allusion-spouting antihero, it will star Vin Diesel cracking one-liners while shooting people.

The real challange is to see which sucks more, this or the movie version of Watchman.

- Crow T. Trollbot

Evey = Mathilda

[Malfourmed]

Natalie Portman is Evey is unexpected but perfect casting.

She actually played a similar role in her first movie, the brilliant Leon (aka The Professional). Both Evey in V and Mathilda in Leon are young girls forced to grow up before their time by the harsh world they live in, and who form an intimate relationship with a cold blooded but sympathetic killer.

Yet another Moore book turned B movie

[Rolman]

The problem I see with this movie is that the original storyline may not seem particularly amusing for the current political and moral environment.

Right now the preview says: "a mysterious man in a white porcelain mask who fights political oppressors through terrorism and seemingly absurd acts", but this description doesn't fit the darker spirit of the original.

While the description does mention terrorism, V is much more complex than that, as described in several reviews and analysis, like this one. Thus I'm expecting that along the road, V will be transformed into some kind of "masked avenger" or Batman-like superhero, better suited for the post-9/11 era.

I don't expect the movie to portrait V blowing up government buildings, killing policemen and a priest, questioning Justice and promoting Anarchy, like in the original. So, what's the point of adapting it? If these Wachowski guys want some story about oppression, they'd be better off adapting Cinderella for that matter.

If it's changed in such a way, it will be ironic that a story that shows a world of totalitarianism and lack of freedom won't be translated verbatim into another medium because of issues with "political correctness".