{"id":488,"date":"2008-05-12T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-12T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=488"},"modified":"2012-11-14T14:44:45","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T18:44:45","slug":"sgt-rock-close-to-getting-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/12\/sgt-rock-close-to-getting-director\/","title":{"rendered":"SGT. ROCK Close To Getting Director"},"content":{"rendered":"

If the box office returns on Iron Man<\/strong> aren’t enough to convince you, you’ll just have to take our word for it that comic book films are a hot ticket right now. (Just look at the number of stories<\/a> we’ve run over the past several months.)<\/p>\n

But not every comic book adaptation will feature a hero armed with fantastic powers or gadgets or clad in spandex or armor. One upcoming film will feature a group of heroes dressed in camouflage greens- Sgt. Rock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Based on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock And Easy Company, who appeared in various DC war comics since their creation in 1959, producer Joel Silver is hoping to bring the World War Two-era characters to the big screen. It is a project that Silver has been developing for almost two decades, with both Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis having been attached to it at various points. Now it appears as if he may have a director lined up for the film.<\/p>\n

In an interview<\/a> with AintItCool\u2019s Moriarty that published this morning, Silver stated that he is close to getting British director Guy Ritchie to helm the film.<\/p>\n

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So, you know, this ROCKNROLLA movie I just did with Guy Ritchie is fantastic. It is raw, it is funny, it is dark, it is great. It is great. And I liked his first movie, LOCK STOCK, and I liked SNATCH, and I think it\u2019s the best movie he\u2019s ever made. I\u2019ve always wanted to do a movie with him. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Silver didn\u2019t elaborate further on the specifics of the film, presumably as they would be up to the vision that Ritchie, or whomever else who may eventually be brought onboard, may have for it. With the exception of a few stories, DC kept Sgt Rock and his crew isolated from their superhero line, even though there were superheroes active during World War Two in their universe\u2019s fictional history. It should be interesting to see if Ritchie brings the highly stylized look of his British crime thrillers to this project or if opts to good with the look of a more traditional war film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If the box office returns on Iron Man aren’t enough to convince you, you’ll just have to take our word for it that comic book films are a hot ticket right now. (Just look at [click for more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[31,57,22],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-488","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-comics-and-film","8":"tag-directors","9":"tag-in-development"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t