A few months back Mark Millar, the man behind Supercrooks, revealed that Ryan Reynolds or Bradley Cooper would be his ideal choice for the role of Johnny Bolt in Nacho Vigalondo’s upcoming big screen adaptation. Earlier this evening on the Millarworld Forums Mark Millar confirmed that production on the film is moving ahead as well as that Millar would be contacting Cooper’s people tomorrow in order to begin talks. Even though this doesn’t mean that the actor will accept this does mean that this project IS indeed moving forward. Can we just go ahead and say “Hell yeah!” right now?

“We’ve got a great director, a great screenplay and as of Christmas we’ll have time to start prepping this sucker. Who we gonna call? Bradley Cooper. I am literally calling up his guys tomorrow and want to secure him as Johnny Bolt. It’s about TIME he did a super-movie and having him as a likeable super-villain in a super-heist flick sounds about perfect. He’s our ideal choice and we’re going to pursue this tomorrow.”

Millar also confirmed that there is another Millarworld film that will be going into production in the spring and we should expect an announcement in the next few weeks.

Director Nacho Vigalondo (Timecrimes) is already attached to bring a big screen adaptation of Supercrooks sometime next year and that is definitely some time away and we shouldn’t expect any casting news soon. However, Mark Millar last night tweeted an idea on who he thinks should play Johnny Bolt in the upcoming adaptation.

 

 

Personally I would lean more towards Reynolds for this one. I could definitely see him playing Johnny Bolt even though he does have a bad track record with comic book adaptations. But honestly i’ll be happy with either choice as long as the adaptation sticks to the series and we get the lazer room scene. If you haven’t read the series, and you definitely should read it, you have no idea what I am talking about but it’s one of the best scenes in any recent comic. Trust me. Seriously, go to your comic shop now and pick up the four issue series. Sound off below and let us know who you guys think would be a good pick for Johnny Bolt in the Supercrooks movie.

Here’s a lettered preview of Millar & Yu’s SUPERCROOKS #3 hitting shelves soon. If you haven’t been reading this book or heard of it yet I highly recommend it. Imagine Oceans Eleven… but with super villains. And well… in the style of Millar.

Source: Comics Continuum