John Woo slated to direct “Caliber”
Radical Comics has a comic out called “Caliber” which sets the legend of King Arthur in the American Old West. From the Radical Comics website:
The Knights of the Round Table are all gunslingers bound by a code of honor to protect the weak and defend the innocent until they are undone from within by their own moral corruption. In this tale, Caliber itself is a tattooed six-gun, given to Arthur by the Indians and imbued with supernatural power. The secret of the gun is that it is never loaded with bullets, but when a man with Justice on his side is holding it, it can fire. When it does, it fires Thunder itself and never misses.
Variety Asia reports John Woo, in a partnership with Johnny Depp’s company, will direct the movie adaptation of “Caliber”. Cool. So, more slo-mo bullets from Woo. Some sort of major announcement will be made at next week’s Comic Con 2008, the largest comics convention. Maybe Johnny Depp as the lead? That would be out of this world. Hopefully, it’ll turn out better than Face/Off.
