Friday, July 25th, 2008
Lionsgate Boots Punisher Director
Pissed! This makes us pissed!
Earlier today when we gave you some of that good old Punisher ultra-violence via a very R-Rated clips filled with exploding heads, we talked about Lexi Alexander, the fairly green director who was given the large task of updating a franchise many thought dead after it’s initial John Travolta bumbling.
We made a point to mention that Lexi had been excited to show Punisher fans the R-rated stuff since that was such a big complaint with the PG-13 Thomas Jane Punisher. Apparently, when the footage debuted at Comic Con, the fans were told that Lexi wasn’t able to make it because she was on her honeymoon.
Which is a bold faced lie, says a source to AICN:
Lexi Alexander has been kicked to the curb - part of that treatment was her “honeymoon” from Comic Con. However, there’s more totally awesome wedding gifts that Lionsgate has given the blushing bride. She’s off the movie and wrapped up in a non-disclosure clause - so we won’t be hearing from her anytime soon, UNLESS THINGS CHANGE RADICALLY - but Lionsgate isn’t necessarily known for calming down. They’ve decided to market it HARD CORE - and they’ve decided to jettison the composer for the film in lieu of loud thrashing metal, because nothing says PUNISHER like raspy amps.
That’s right, Lionsgate not only pulled the director off her own project and told her to shut the hell up about it, but they plan to make a soundtrack album that they think will “sell” full of crappy metal songs to pair with exploding heads.
Damn!
That is some cold shit coming from Lionsgate, who used to be cool with their ultra-violent female directors. We’re speaking specifically about Lionsgate picking up distribution for American Psycho despite its subject manner, and that lead to the reintroduction of Christian Bale into the pop zingiest.
Horrible news for comic fans, and bad news for the last remaining Marvel film in a year filled with successful comic book movies. The Dark Knight raised the stakes and challenged audiences to find better comic fair, then Lionsgate blinks and plans to spoon feed us crap.
As further confirmation, Lexi’s blog has been updated with the See/Hear/Speak No Evil monkeys:
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July 25th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
thetyrantvirus said:
It looked like it was gonna be crap anyway. This makes me want to see it less, but I didn’t want to see it that much to begin with.
PS 2004’s Punisher was rated R. And it was awesome.