![]() ![]() ![]() It’d be grossly unfair to say the movie is destined to be a train wreck. Silver can be forgiven for sounding a bit anxious about the road ahead. We need people to understand what this movie is and what it’s trying to do. The producer spoke a bit more before the call came to an end. It’s about violence and society,” Silver said in a recent phone interview. If that fate befalls “Vendetta,” it would be bloody depressing for legions of fans who have been looking forward to seeing the beloved graphic novel elevated into a socially provocative film.Producer Joel Silver (“The Matrix,” “Lethal Weapon” franchises) acquired the rights to “V for Vendetta” in the late 1980s, at a time when the tale by writer Alan Moore and artist David Lloyd conjured up references of Margaret Thatcher and George Orwell - not Osama bin Laden. With so many travails, it’s not unreasonable to wonder if this capes-on-cobblestones movie will end up in the same commercial litter box as the studio’s “Catwoman,” a universally ridiculed masked mishap. ![]()
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