‘The Human Fly’ To Get His Own Movie!

Deadline is reporting that The Human Fly movie is in development.

Now, I’ll be honest with you on this one…up until last night (literally) I had no idea who The Human Fly was. I was having dinner with some friends and they mentioned an issue of Spider-Man where he fought The Human Fly, to which I replied “huh, who?” Of course this naturally led to me being schooled in who The Human Fly was, which I will now share with you.

There have actually been two Human Fly’s in Marvel. One was a super-villain, the one that fought Spidey, and the other one was a hero, he’s the one who’s getting the movie. Now, the heroic Human Fly was based on real-life stuntman Joe Ramacieri and he was the world’s first real-life super hero! Let me clarify that a little, he really wasn’t a super hero, he was a dude that dressed up as a super hero in the 70’s and did insane stunts like ride on the back of jet planes and such. Here check this video out:

Okay, so he wasn’t a good stuntman! But apparently he was popular enough for him to become a charcter in Marvel Comics and to get his own series. From 1977-1979 The Human Fly, dubbed  “The Wildest Super-Hero Ever — Because He’s Real!” ran for 19 issues.

The movie isn’t associated with Marvel and is being executed produced by Eisenberg-Fisher Productions, which is based on the Paramount lot. It will be directed by Steven Goldman. Tony Babinski, Cirque Du Soleil’s in-house historian, wrote the Montreal-based screenplay. So, what do you guys think? Will see a Human Fly movie? I know I will…but only if he’s a terrible stuntman in the movie, like Rod Kimble in Hot Rod.