I think actors are leaning toward kids movies because there's a lot more money in it. A kid movie will have a much larger and longer release.
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > Haven't heard a thing on it, though Johnson's seeming turn toward > kiddie-fare may have sunk it. And I personally don't see him as Captain > Marvel. The Big Red Cheese is also as White as Wonder Bread. Johnson's > note-perfect as Black Adam, though, and the role could even be tweaked to > reflect the heroic turn the character took in "52", if the bad-guy image > troubles Johnson. > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: hellomahog...@gmail.com > Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:30:29 -0800 > Subject: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Shazam! The movie > > > I wrote this almost 2 years ago. Does anyone know what happened to his > movie? > > > Dwayne Johnson, who you will all remember as The Rock, is up for the title > role in *Shazam!* It is expected that Rocky will play Captain Marvel, the > outpouring of Billy Batson's superego, who appears when the teenager shouts > out 'Shazam!' Johnson confirmed that he's been approached by Peter Segal, > the film's director, about playing the part, and he's very interested in > doing it. We can see it now. The thunderclap, the smoke clears, and The Rock > is standing there, clad in red and gold, cape blowing in the breeze. He > cocks the famous eyebrow, and bellows, 'Finally...the Captain Marvel has > come back from the negative zone!' And then he rock bottoms some villain. > It'll be awesome. > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > ------------------------------ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. Sign up > now. <http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469229/direct/01/> > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
