Work Underway On Nemesis Movie Screenplay By Joe And Matthew Michael Carnahan

[Brendon Connelly]

There's progress being made on the big screen adaptation of Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's comic series Nemesis, with Joe Carnahan yesterday tweeting:

My brother and I have begun 'Nemesis...' This script is gonna be a beast.

? Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) November 20, 2012

His brother is Matthew Michael Carnahan, the screenwriter of The Kingdom, State of Play and some of some iteration of World War Z. I like to think they'll be batting ideas for the Nemesis screenplay back and forth over their Turkey today. They certainly don't seem to be the shy kind, as you can tell from this subsequent tweet from Joe:

With 'Nemesis' Matt & I are gunning for TDK trilogy with the thought that, if you're going after the world record holder, what's the point?

? Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) November 21, 2012

Nemesis was the strip advertised with that 'What if Batman was the Joker?' line, and revolves around the murderous rampage of a 'supervillain' with an alter ego. Joe Carnahan has been attached to direct for a while, though the late Tony Scott was the first to take up the project.

Mark Millar, of course, made note of the new development on his own Twitter feed:

The bearded genius who shot Bin Laden AND made The Grey in the past 2 years has just started Nemesis movie. GO GO! @carnojoe!!!!! ? Mark Millar (@mrmarkmillar) November 20, 2012

And it was also the perfect opportunity to remind us that more movies are on the way:

Okay, you know Kick-Ass 2 wraps Sunday & the Carnahans are on Nemesis. But what are the 3 big Millarworld movies shooting after Easter?!

? Mark Millar (@mrmarkmillar) November 22, 2012

Matthew Vaughn's The Secret Service is one of them, but the other two? Superior? American Jesus? Wanted 2?

I don't think even Millar is holding out hope for anAmerican Jesusmovie any longer...

[Stephen Thompson]

You probably should have used an actual piece of Steve McNiven art to illustrate this article, rather than my piece of fan art. Or you could just credit me.

[BabooYagoo]

Ohhh snap!

In other news, this is not a movie I can really care about. The comic was pretty threadbare in terms of plot. Fight scenes by themselves aren't enough.

[Erik Ortega]

What about Nacho Vigalondo directing Supercrooks? Is that still happening?

[mckracken]

*le sigh*
I wish media people would lay off the cocaine when using twitter.

[Dave Wallace]

Interesting news. I thought Nemesis was pretty weak even as a comic, so I think it'll have to be reworked pretty drastically to make it fly as a movie (especially given the similar concepts used in stuff like "Law-Abiding Citizen", which did the whole long-term thinking-ahead uber-plan thing to death). Then again, maybe if they play on it being the dark mirror to Nolan's Batman trilogy they'll get some interest. Either way, I hope a lot of the story beats from the comic are done away with.

What about Nacho Vigalondo directing Supercrooks? Is that still happening?

Millar claims it's in the works, but it's not Vigalondo's next movie so who knows.

[The Xenos]

Funny... I remember it being moreso called "What if Batman was a cunt?"
Ah.. stay classy, Mark. Ya goat licking Scottish git.

What about Nacho Vigalondo directing Supercrooks? Is that still happening?

Hmmm.. speaking of class.. I know he is making Open Windows with pornstar turned srs actress and philosopher Sasha Grey. Wonder if there is a part for her in Super Co.. er.. Crooks.

[Dave Wallace]

Funny... I remember it being moreso called "What if Batman was a cunt?"

Yeah, I think "What if Batman was the Joker" was the PG version.

[Marine]

I'd rather Carnahan do his Taskmaster movie that he mentioned a couple of years ago

[Ian Coke]

If Nemesis gets filmed without major plot changes (i.e. there'd have to be one, as opposed to a series of 'Oh sh*t!' moments) I will buy myself a bowler hat, deep fry or casserole it, and then wash it down with a nice Chianti