Attention fanboys: Director Adam McKay may, in fact, be the guy for the adaptation of Garth Ennis’s comic book series The Boys. Sources tell EW.com that McKay, who is set to release his latest Will Ferrell-starrer The Other Guys in August, is in talks to direct the extremely violent superhero flick for Sony Pictures. Collider.com first reported this news yesterday, and sources close to the project are confirming it today. Sony hasn’t returned calls seeking comment.
The Boys would mark a departure for McKay, who has also worked with Ferrell on the features Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and Step Brothers and collaborated with him on FunnyorDie.com. It would be great to see Sony give him a chance on a series that can’t be easy to adapt due to its super-violent and highly sexualized content. Ennis, who also wrote the comic series Preacher, centers The Boys on a contemporary world where a bunch of people have superpowers. ‘The Boys’ is the informal name for a super-powered CIA squad whose primary job is to keep watch on the superheroes, and, if necessary, intimidate or kill them.
Is this kind of like The Watchmen?
think NC-17 rated X-men.
We want Anchorman 2.
This sounds cool, but we still want Anchorman 2.
Naturally…I hope they cast Simon Pegg as Hugie….as he is who the character was based on.
The comic book is absolute crap.
And what would you consider to be high art? Just curious. And as to your opinion, look up the word “satire” in the dictionary.
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The book is ok, but it’s not worth making a feature film out of it.. kick-ass, the losers and jonah hex have all flopped. Expect this one to follow the same path if it gets made….
‘Kick-Ass’ flopped? A $47 million domestic gross, with another $47 million international, for a $30 million production? Hollywood would love to have more flops like that.
I think it underperformed more than it flopped. People were expecting it to do MUCH better in the US…lots of people were projecting it to do at least $60 million. It was supposed to be a smash hit…not quite. Maybe we need to lower our expectations of how much these movies are expected to make?
Given how recent comic book adaptions that aren’t A-list Marvel or DC characters (ie, Kick-Ass, Losers) have underperformed at the box office recently, it’ll be interesting to see how this one will do.
This is my favorite comic and will make a great movie if Hollywood leaves it alone (otherwise, it will be the next LOEG).
Any casting ideas? Wee Hughie is a slamdunk.
Terrible, terrible idea. Some comics are just not right for a big screen adaptation. I really hope this movie is good, but realistically see it being a train wreck.
I think this is a fantastic idea. The book is great, and absolutely could be made into a film. This will be a way for McKay to stretch and I totally think he’s up to it.