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Caliber - The Wild West King Arthur tale probably won't star Johnny Depp

Caliber sounds like my kind of comic book. Published by Radical Comics and written by Sam Sarkar it is a retelling of the legend of King Arthur set in America’s Wild West era. Ex'Caliber' has been turned into a gun (love the use of Caliber). Sadly I've not been able to get hold of a copy to have a read, but the artwork by Garrie Gastonny looks stunning.

A while back it was announced that Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil production company (where Sarkar serves as head of development) came onboard and have fast tracked the comic for the big screen with John Woo rumoured to be attached to direct it. Recently Pam, the intrepid reporter, sent me an update on it. Thanks Pam

MTV caught up with Sarkar and asked him how it was progressing.

“I just finished the adaptation of the screenplay. Between now and the Cannes Film Festival we’re setting it up.”

However, the question on most people’s minds are, first, since Depp will be producing, will he also star in the adaptation? And secondly, what’s the status on Woo’s involvement with the film?
“Johnny [Depp] will be a producer on the project, and certainly if he ever wanted to show up, shoot somebody and walk off for a day, he can do anything he wants on a movie of ours,” laughed Sarkar. “But it was never intended as a vehicle for him. ‘Caliber’ is one he doesn’t have to do.”

And as far as Woo?

“He just finished the international release of ‘Red Cliff,’ so he’s back in China,” said Sarkar. “He’s reading and we’ll see what his reaction is. We’re waiting to hear from him.”

Have you read the comic? Is it as good as the concept and artwork suggest? Will it make a good film and should Depp star in it?
Source: MTV Splashpage

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Depp is going all Western - The Lone Ranger shooting soon and Caliber comic book continues

The Midland Reporter-Telegram out of Midland Texas reported on 2-8-09 that the Texas State Railroad's new owner, the American Heritage Railway, said part of the Johnny Depp movie The Lone Ranger will be filmed on the railway in the coming months.

It's still not clear who will be playing the Lone Ranger opposite Depp's Tonto.

It was also recently announced at the New York Comic Con that Sam Sarkar’s Caliber, which along with Hercules was one of Radical Publishing’s debut books, will continue. Sarkar described the series as “King Arthur as a Western.” There is also a movie in the works, with Johnny Depp’s company producing and John Woo slated to direct.

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Red Cliff 2 - Trailer for John Woo's epic sequel

In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd PRIME MINISTER CAO CAO convinced the fickle EMPEROR HAN the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale, led by the Prime Minister, himself. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance. Numerous battles of strength and wit ensued, both on land and on water, eventually culminating in the battle of Red Cliff. During the battle, two thousand ships were burned, and the course of Chinese history was changed forever.

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Concept art for John Woo's Red Cliff

Saw these over on Twitch and had to share. They are amazingly detailed and if they can get half of that on the big screen it should be visually satisfying. Trailer for the first one is below.
The first part has been out in China and done really well and the second part is due out soon.

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Red Cliff- Trailer for John Woo's latest

In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale, led by the Prime Minister, himself. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance. Numerous battles of strength and wit ensued, both on land and on water, eventually culminating in the battle of Red Cliff. During the battle, two thousand ships were burned, and the course of Chinese history was changed forever.

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