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David Fincher Updates Both ‘The Goon’ and ‘Black Hole’ Adaptations
Superherohype sat down with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo director David Fincher who updated them on two forthcoming adaptations that have been in development hell for a few years now. First up is Fincher, Blur Studios and Dark Horse Entertainment’s The Goon, based on the Dark Horse Comic’s series by Eric Powell, and set to feature the voices of Clancy Brown and Paul Giamatti. The story follows Goon, a muscle-bound brawler, and his sidekick Franky who claim to be the primary enforcers for the feared mobster Labrazio.
“[Creator] Eric [Powell]’s been working on it and Tim’s been working on it, and Jeff (Fowler),” he tells the site. “People continue to work on it and refine stuff, but it’s hard for me because I’m in Sweden, so I can’t really make many production meetings, but the attempt is to in January really go out and try and figure out a price that makes sense.”
He also briefly talks about his adaptation of Charles Burns’ award-winning graphic novel Black Hole, which was originally penned by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avery.
“It’s a really great script by Dante Harper, so the hope is that will win out,” he explained. “It’s so weird. It’s so great, because it would be great to see. It’s a very tough… there’s make-up FX and digital FX that are expensive and to do it right, you gotta do it just right, because it has to challenge your idea of the human body.”
The story follows a group of high school students whose lives are altered drastically when they come in contact with a sexually transmitted disease called the “teen plague” or “the bug.”
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‘Medium Rare’ – Curry Barker’s Dad Jeff Barker Directing His Own Horror Short Starring Dane Cook
Curry Barker’s career is exploding with possibility in the wake of Obsession‘s box office success, but Curry Barker isn’t the only one in the Barker family making horror movies.
The Hollywood Reporter informs us this afternoon that Curry Barker’s father Jeff Barker is going to be writing and directing a horror short starring comedian Dane Cook!
The short is titled Medium Rare, and Lesley Ann Warren will also star.
THR details, “The film follows a man trapped inside a bar, where reality begins to unravel in increasingly disturbing ways. Production is expected to begin in Los Angeles later this summer.”
“Medium Rare is a short story I wrote eight years ago. I’m honored by the team of people helping me bring this project to life,” Jeff Barker said in a statement shared by the outlet.
Jeff Barker is a screenwriter in his own right, credited as the script consultant for Obsession. He even wrote the Hansel & Gretel monologue memorably delivered by Inde Navarrette.