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iggy101us
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 Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:55 pm Post subject: What ever happened to the Shadowman movie with Ice Cube? |
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At the very bottom (Feb 7, 2000): http://www.reallyscary.com/news020700.asp
| reallyscary.com wrote: | Ice Cube Joins Shadowman
Comics 2 Film reports Ice Cube has joined New Line and Takoma Entertainment Group for the movie Shadowman, based on the voodoo/mystical dude comic book. "We're really excited about doing Shadowman with Ice Cube, especially given the reception Next Friday got," Dave Elliot, VP of Development at Takoma Entertainment Group told Comics 2 Film. Elliot expects the latest draft of the Shadowman screenplay to be turned in soon. The production team has been cleared by New Line to begin looking for a director. |
Obviously the movie never got made. How come it was never made? Was it due to Acclaim's financial problems? Did they even start shooting? I googled and could not find much information.
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iggy101us
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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I found another piece from MTV (Feb 23, 1999): http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430221/19990223/ice_cube.jhtml
| mtv wrote: | | Amongst the film projects, Cube is slated to star in the picture "Shadow Man," adapted from the Akklaim comic book series he developed, which he also intends to turn into a video game. |
Really? Ice Cube developed the Shadowman comics??? |
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dhudson1
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:01 pm Post subject: Re: What ever happened to the Shadowman movie with Ice Cube? |
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| iggy101us wrote: | At the very bottom (Feb 7, 2000): http://www.reallyscary.com/news020700.asp
| reallyscary.com wrote: | Ice Cube Joins Shadowman
Comics 2 Film reports Ice Cube has joined New Line and Takoma Entertainment Group for the movie Shadowman, based on the voodoo/mystical dude comic book. "We're really excited about doing Shadowman with Ice Cube, especially given the reception Next Friday got," Dave Elliot, VP of Development at Takoma Entertainment Group told Comics 2 Film. Elliot expects the latest draft of the Shadowman screenplay to be turned in soon. The production team has been cleared by New Line to begin looking for a director. |
Obviously the movie never got made. How come it was never made? Was it due to Acclaim's financial problems? Did they even start shooting? I googled and could not find much information. |
Glad they didn't make it, would have been horrible |
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iggy101us
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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 I agree. |
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Daniel Jackson
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Hmm...first I've heard of that. |
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iggy101us
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Daniel Jackson
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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Somehow I just can't picture Ice Cube in the role of Shadowman. |
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iggy101us
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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So you don't think Ice Cube looks like Jack Boniface? 
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Mike J
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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I don't see it happening  
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tmcneil82
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| Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:51 am Post subject: |
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| Mike J wrote: | I don't see it happening
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Wow! I thought it was the real shadowman for a minute!
I'm kidding, of course. They probably ran into problems when the script had to continuously be rewritten to rack up a bigger body count for cops. Actually, the movie was likely still made, just named something else.
Ghosts of Mars came out around that time. Maybe that was their "adaption"? |
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| This film would have been as good as... if not better than... Steel with Shaq... |
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tmcneil82
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| Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:21 am Post subject: |
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| ian_house wrote: | | This film would have been as good as... if not better than... Steel with Shaq... |
Those are strong words |
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Daniel Jackson
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| Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:32 am Post subject: |
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| Mike J wrote: | I don't see it happening
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Hahaha...that's great. |
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iggy101us
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| Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 10:36 am Post subject: |
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| Mike J wrote: | | I don't see it happening |
Love the Shadowman logo on the shirt pocket. |
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| iggy101us wrote: | I found another piece from MTV (Feb 23, 1999): http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430221/19990223/ice_cube.jhtml
| mtv wrote: | | Amongst the film projects, Cube is slated to star in the picture "Shadow Man," adapted from the Akklaim comic book series he developed, which he also intends to turn into a video game. |
Really? Ice Cube developed the Shadowman comics??? |
He obviously modeled the character after himself.
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robb77
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| dhudson1 wrote: | | iggy101us wrote: | I found another piece from MTV (Feb 23, 1999): http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430221/19990223/ice_cube.jhtml
| mtv wrote: | | Amongst the film projects, Cube is slated to star in the picture "Shadow Man," adapted from the Akklaim comic book series he developed, which he also intends to turn into a video game. |
Really? Ice Cube developed the Shadowman comics??? |
He obviously modeled the character after himself.
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iggy101us
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:45 am Post subject: |
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Just a short follow-up on something else I found on this topic from newsarama.
http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=89095
| newsarama on 10/27/2006 wrote: |
Producer Barry Levine: Yeah, pretty much. It was quite an education working on the set. The second picture I sold to New Line and Mike DeLucca was also a comic book. Shadowman from Acclaim. That was my real first comic book adaptation.
Newsarama: What happened to it?
Producer Barry Levine: A script was written but New Line just couldn't make the deal with Acclaim. Eventually it ended up over at Dimension. After so many years of development, we ended up with a great script but no studio. After the Weinsteins left, the project has just sat there. |
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OmenSpirits.com
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:11 am Post subject: |
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| Remember, it wouldn't have been Jack, but the guy from ACCLAIM'S version of Shadowman which I thought...sucked. |
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iggy101us
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| OmenSpirits.com wrote: | | Remember, it wouldn't have been Jack, but the guy from ACCLAIM'S version of Shadowman which I thought...sucked. |
I think it could be good if it's the v3 Shadowman, but Ice Cube was the wrong guy for the role. |
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Heath
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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There's only one Shadowman.
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Daniel Jackson
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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| iggy101us wrote: | | OmenSpirits.com wrote: | | Remember, it wouldn't have been Jack, but the guy from ACCLAIM'S version of Shadowman which I thought...sucked. |
I think it could be good if it's the v3 Shadowman, but Ice Cube was the wrong guy for the role. |
Mike LeRoi and the Deadside premise were great. If done right, I think it would translate well into a movie. |
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OmenSpirits.com
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Heath wrote: | There's only one Shadowman.
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love that pic! |
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lorddunlow
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| I think Ice-T would be better for the role. |
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dave
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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Better than?
Who Brian? |
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Heath
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:52 am Post subject: |
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| dave wrote: | Better than?
Who Brian? |
Steven Seagal?
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iggy101us
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:04 am Post subject: |
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| Heath wrote: | | dave wrote: | Better than?
Who Brian? |
Steven Seagal?
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Steven Seagal did make a movie called "Shadow Man" in 2006 . . .
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Heath
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:42 am Post subject: |
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Anyone else experiencing deja vu?
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Daniel Jackson
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:48 am Post subject: |
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Hahaha....I think you may be right.
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Dr. Solar
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:41 am Post subject: |
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Well, you all saw the Bloodshot movie, right?
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iggy101us
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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Don't forget Jean-Claude Van Damme in HARD Corps.
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Heath
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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And Christopher Lambert in Eternal Warrior
Oh, wait.... |
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comicsyte95
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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and Bloodshot..
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