Universal & Millar Plans for WANTED 2

The owner of the local comic shop I go to told me Wanted's movie adaptation is only true to the comic for the first 20 minutes, after that it is completely fabricated. Mainly in the fact that the main characters in the comic are villains if at best anti-heroes, not as this article describes them 'unparalleled enforcers of justice.' I'm sure the movie will be decent, but my point is how can Millar be excited about a SEQUEL if his work is going to be routinely put through the ringer and changed, unless he is just a sell-out who is only excited for the money? Frank Miller wouldn't stand for anything but the closest adaptation of his graphic novels, I guess MM doesn't have the same rep.

mortellan - The article clearly points only to Wes being an 'unparalleled enforcer of justice'. He will come to realize that they aren't what they seem to be.

when I first read the TP a few years back, I thought, "wow, this has a lot of honesty about people." The last page was pretty awesome.

hearing about the movie, I'm not sure how it's really based on the book. I don't recall the guy having any special powers in the book. It was more just about getting rid of his inhibitions and being a member of a club that's allowed to do anything. That was a really cool concept to explore. The idea of someone realizing they have super-powers, using/mastering said super-powers, and then fighting his former friends (as james mcavoy will probably be fighting morgan freeman and anelina jolie by the films end) isn't nearly as interesting of a concept.

Well, its been pointed out in quite a few articles that this movie is pretty much completely different to the source material. Wanted was highly violent and graphic with some really fucked up scenes. The plot of this movie is totally different. And if I remember correctly in the graphic novel, he did have the same powers. The big difference in the story is that from jump, the group he joins are super-villains who secretly rule the world and the main character basically becomes this crazed, sadistic killing machine with no remorse or conscience, who does whatever he wants, including rape and murder. Somehow, I don`t think a faithful adaptation of the book could ever be made. It would end up NC-17.

I had no idea this was based on a comic. From what you guys are saying, I think I might have to pick it up. Sounds pretty cool.
As for the movie, I'm expecting it to be on par with Bourne Identity. Good action scenes, basic plot, good eye candy popcorn movie. Nothing to tax the brain. And of course Angelina. Her alone is worth the price of admission.

This guy sold out his soul.

chocobar, "Wanted" is one of the best graphic novels ever created. It is one hell of a sadistic ride. The movie will never be able to match it's intensity. Do yourself a favor and go pick the book up immediately.

I'm looking forward to wanted, but I say hold those ponies. Let's wait and see if this movies good first.

It's my understanding that the reason the movie is so different from the comic, is because the rights to the movie were sold before the comic was even done. Basically, they bought the concept without there even being a story.

So, based on that on concept, the movie's plot took one direction, and the graphic novel took another.

I read the comic book. It had it's moments, that's for sure, and could have been GREAT but it lost a lot of my interest when it veered into gangwar territory. The movie looks completely different but could be fun.

Others who have read the comic, though, a question: WTF is so great about the last page? It came off as pretentious at best, and juvenile at worst (especially the further away I am from it).