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Ron Howard on his first comic-book film project: 'This is new territory for me'

source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/09/ron-howard-on-his-first-comicbook-film-t...

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After releasing two films this year, Ron Howard is planning his next move, and this week he sounded most excited about directing a big-budget adaptation of "The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft," based on the Image Comics series.

"It very cleverly uses H.P. Lovecraft in a fictional way, but there's some loose biographical elements. But it certainly has the flavor and the tone of Lovecraft," Howard told me during an interview for an upcoming story on a different topic. "The character is a very young Lovecraft."

I told the two-time Oscar winner that I had already seen the comics (conceived by Mac Carter with Adam Byrne as producer and cover artist) and liked them, and he got excited. "Oh you did! Oh, good, good. I haven't talked to that many people that have seen it so it's good to get that feedback."

"Look, it's challenging, but if we get it right, it could be really original and psychologically interesting and scary in a great way. And it's a graphic novel, this is new territory for me." (more @ link)

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2 comments // Ron Howard on his first comic-book film project: 'This is new territory for me'

  • idealist
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      idealist  

    • h.p. lovecraft did a really great zombie book as well. it was all based around the realism of how many of "them" v.s. how many shots you have. :)

    • 2 years ago
  • Paul_Kanter
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      Paul_Kanter  

    • This sounds great. Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons were kind of comic book material, in a good way. So now for Mr. Howard it'll just be a small transition from the Illuminati to Age Old Evils like Cthulhu and unspeakable nightmarish Evils that lurk deep within the Earth and in the Human Imagination.

      Go for broke with this one. Lovecraft is the Shakespeare of horror. He's the Homer, the Dickens, the Tolstoy of horror. Do him proud, Mr. Howard, even if the final product is not a "Ron Howard film." Diversify your work. This has to be Hitchcockian, Kafkaesque, Dan Brownish, John Carpenteresque, masterpiece of of the macabre and fantasticly dark.

      It has to be darker than dark. It has to be scarier than scary. It has to be more suspenseful than suspense has ever been. It has to be the embodiment, the image of true, real nightmares and horror. It has to have the appearance of reality, 100% and more so. It has to remind the audience of every scary dream they've ever sweated through, unable to wake up from.

      Best of luck, Mr. Howard and crew!!! You all can do it!!! Crank it up to 11!! Make one disturbing HELL of a film!

    • 2 years ago
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