Tuesday, October 11, 2011

SPIDER-MAN - A Film By James Cameron

As promised, here is my entry for this week -


I chose to create a 90s style poster for the proposed SPIDER-MAN film James Cameron was set to direct (which you can read up on by clicking here).
James Cameron submitted an undated 47-page "scriptment" with an alternate story (the copyright registration was dated 1991), part screenplay, part narrative story outline.[4] The "scriptment" told the Spider-Man origin, but used variations on the comic book characters Electro and Sandman as villains. This "Electro" (named Carlton Strand, instead of Max Dillion) was a megalomaniacal parody of corrupt capitalists. Instead of Flint Marko's character, Cameron’s "Sandman" (simply named Boyd) is mutated by an accident involving Philadelphia Experiment-style bilocation and atom-mixing, in lieu of getting caught in a nuclear blast on a beach. The story climaxes with a battle atop the World Trade Center and had Peter Parker revealing his identity to Mary Jane Watson. In addition, the treatment was also heavy on profanity, and had Spider-Man and Mary Jane having sex.
James Cameron's alleged choice for the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man was Leonardo DiCaprio, whom he later cast in TITANIC.  I tried to do something simple with the poster and intentionally used some dated techniques in order to achieve something that looked similar to feature artwork released during the 90s.  The idea was to mimic the style of "alternative" comic book/pulp films like THE SHADOW.

Make sure to submit suggestions for future posters in the comment section below!

Next Poster Coming Soon... [HINT]

Got swamped with other work and wasn't able to get a poster done last week.  There WILL however be one added this week.  In the meantime, here's a hint at what it will be...

Friday, September 30, 2011

SCOOBY DOO - A Film By Christopher Nolan


For my first post I decided to do a "Nolanized" take on Scooby Doo.  Seemed like a good fit given the cartoon was all about solving mysteries.  There seems to be an obsession in Hollywood right now with doing "realistic" takes on everything, and I did this poster, in part, to show how ridiculous the concept is when applied to something that shouldn't be taken seriously.  On the other hand, this is a version of the movie I'd actually like to see.  Weird.

Make sure to comment on what you'd like to see me do for next week!