FIRST LOOK
First Look: David Fincher's Animated Version of The Goon
by Alex Billington
March 14, 2009
Source: Ain't It Cool News
Last year during Comic-Con we announced that Eric Powell's cult comic The Goon was being adapted into an animated feature film by none other than David Fincher. Although I've never personally read the comic, it seems like a pretty damn good cult comic, and I'm very interested in seeing how the movie will turn out. Well thanks to Quint at Ain't It Cool News, we've finally got a first look at the first few shots from The Goon movie and it looks much better than I was expecting. Blur Studios, also behind the upcoming Heavy Metal movie, is developing this, which is one of the first complete features they're entirely behind creating.
The Goon is a comic book series created by Eric Powell in 1999. The story is about the adventures of the Goon, a muscle-bound brawler who claims to be the primary enforcer for the feared mobster Labrazio. The Goon (and his sidekick Franky) often get tied up in other machinations, often in relation to the evil zombie gangs under the command of the Nameless Zombie Priest. The series has a distinctly paranormal slant, with the average story concerning ghosts, ghouls, skunk-apes, extra-dimensional aliens, and mad scientists. I really can't wait to see more from this soon, because it certainly looks awesome so far! Thoughts?
Reader Feedback - 17 Comments
1
You should read it, it's excellent!
Tony on Mar 14, 2009
2
I'm excited for this and Heavy Metal...the Aeon Flux segment in Heavy Metal sounds amazing... I hope a studio picks it up and they get it into production before the end of the year...
Christopher M on Mar 14, 2009
3
Gorillaz, much?
Trin on Mar 14, 2009
4
looks awesome. nothing to do with gorillaz at all
Dan W on Mar 14, 2009
5
The Goon will translate into this type of movie so well. The adherence to Eric Powell's art style looks great from those pics too. If anybody is looking for some comics to pick up, you'd be well served to pick up The Goon. The Goon/Hellboy crossover is worth reading too if you can find it. Not sure if it was released in tpb or not.
Chickenbone Robinson on Mar 14, 2009
6
Powell's run on superman/bizarro story was awesome and the goon is great. This should be fun and looks fantastic so far.
JNYCE on Mar 14, 2009
7
Trin, considering The Goon came out before Gorillaz, i'd shut your mouth. as cool as this is though....can't wait to see Heavy Metal!!
Frank on Mar 14, 2009
8
This looks cool as shit. Granted, only one picture, but it still looks very cool. Pretty stoked. I've been a big fan of Eric Powell for a long time so it's always good to see something come from him. Very excited
Clark M. Lamson on Mar 14, 2009
10
This looks pretty cool.
Timothy on Mar 14, 2009
11
Im stoked.
Johnny Crow on Mar 14, 2009
12
wonder whos voicing the goon
mos on Mar 15, 2009
13
Love the Goon, and I love what I am seeing
Ajax on Mar 15, 2009
14
Thoughts? For me? I think the idea of the move is different and new than the crap that we normally see in animated and 3D Movies If the movie is exactly like what you are saying Alex i think it will be amazing to watch something a little bit different from usual Animated movies i am excited about: 1-Monsters Vs. Aliens 2-The Goon 3-UP!
Fisherr on Mar 15, 2009
15
don't really no the comic,but i'm very intrested.is there any films coming out that aren't based on a comic or graphic novel ?
zetsu on Mar 15, 2009
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16, Inglourious Basterds! 😀 !
Al on Mar 16, 2009
17
The comic is great and I can't imagine anyone better than David Fincher to produce, especially if (as claimed) Eric Powell is writing the screenplay. This comic will translate really well to film. I'm happy...
Boggy on Mar 16, 2009
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