The Big Short’s Adam McKay is no stranger to superhero movies, having worked on the script for Ant-Man (a movie he was once in line to direct) and circled the adaption of gritty anti-hero adaption The Boys for number of years. But he hasn’t gotten the chance to direct his own comic book adaption yet. Until now. Revealed by Deadline, the director is following up his Oscar winning account of the housing crisis by teaming up with 20th Century Fox (branching out with a movie not starring the X-Men or Deadpool) with an adaption of Mark Waid and Peter Krouse’s astounding Boom! Studios series, Irredeemable.
First seeing the light of day in 2009, Irredeemable tells the tale of the Superman-like The Plutonian, the world’s greatest superhero. Well, that is until he snaps and kills millions, becoming the world’s greatest supervillain, and setting him on a collision course with his former allies, The Paradigm. Finding themselves outmatched with a man with immeasurable god-like powers, The Paradigm must join forces with their former enemies to free the world before its reduced to ash. Working from a script by Tommy Wirkola (Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Dead Snow), it’s a really fun premise that McKay will no doubt relish in bringing to the big screen, and the dark story telling of the source material will definitely please comic book movie fans looking for something with a harder edge.
First seeing the light of day in 2009, Irredeemable tells the tale of the Superman-like The Plutonian, the world’s greatest superhero. Well, that is until he snaps and kills millions, becoming the world’s greatest supervillain, and setting him on a collision course with his former allies, The Paradigm. Finding themselves outmatched with a man with immeasurable god-like powers, The Paradigm must join forces with their former enemies to free the world before its reduced to ash. Working from a script by Tommy Wirkola (Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Dead Snow), it’s a really fun premise that McKay will no doubt relish in bringing to the big screen, and the dark story telling of the source material will definitely please comic book movie fans looking for something with a harder edge.
