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.
