paperheart Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 Bad Bunny To Play Spider-Man Character El Muerto In Standalone Marvel Pic For Sony https://deadline.com/2022/04/bad-bunny-spider-man-el-muerto-sonys-marvel-pic-1235009269/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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paperheart Posted April 26 Author Share Posted April 26 On 4/25/2022 at 9:04 PM, Larryw7 said: El Muerto (Marcus Estrada de la García) (First and only known appearance; dies) Larryw7 and ▫️ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyTheAbyss Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 I honestly thought this was a joke. Not because of the character...but that Bad Bunny was going to play the role. ***Isn't this a Bane rip-off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
▫️ Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 On 4/26/2022 at 7:11 AM, paperheart said: El Muerto (Marcus Estrada de la García) (First and only known appearance; dies) Let’s hope the movie stays true to the source material. Larryw7, Point Five and paperheart 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatsby77 Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 (edited) The Deadline article author has mastered the fine art of understatement: "Though El Muerto isn't as popular as Venom or Kraven the Hunter..." Edited April 26 by Gatsby77 Point Five, Larryw7 and ▫️ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 What the Hel is Bad Bunny and who the Hel is El Muerto? Chaz G. and ▫️ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axelrod Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 I feel old. ▫️ and Chaz G. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatsby77 Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 On 4/26/2022 at 8:38 AM, Axelrod said: I feel old. Me too - especially when I realized his book is more than 16 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 Never heard of this character. But hopefully Sony has something logical planned here to make this worth expanding out the 900 characters it has movie rights to as part of the Spider-Verse. Good on them for at least taking a big risk. But only if they have the Spider juice to make it fit the overall Spider-Verse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted April 26 Author Share Posted April 26 El Muerto: The Musical directed by Lin Manuel Miranda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Point Five Posted April 26 Popular Post Share Posted April 26 On 4/26/2022 at 12:11 AM, paperheart said: El Muerto (Marcus Estrada de la García) (First and only known appearance; dies) You gotta admit, having the character's first appearance, only appearance ever *and* death all in the same issue is sure convenient for speculation. One-stop shopping! Bosco685, HouseofComics.Com, theCapraAegagrus and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzetta Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 And suddenly we have another $100-150 modern that was sitting in the dollar bin yesterday. I remember this book. I didn't care about El Muerto years ago and still don't care about it. However, I will say this. Bad Bunny is a draw. He is money. Bad Bunny Reclaims His Crown as the World’s Biggest Pop Star The above link to Bloomberg will shed some light on it. I also have to say that he did something that very much impressed me. When he was tasked to perform at Wrestlemania last year, he was all in. He wasn't going to be a celebrity that just showed up and made a hot tag to come in and do the staged punch and win the match. The guy did train for the event to learn how to do fight club ballet and take bumps. He took it very seriously. But one thing that was proven is that he has a fervent fan base that seems to follow the guy. Think of it like Phish. You don't hear them on the radio. The majority here would not be able to name five songs but Phish sells out MSG every time they come to New York. In fact last Friday tickets in the cheap seats were selling at around $450 on Stubhub just to walk through the door and hours before people bought the tickets for $750 each in the lower 200's (I was pricing them and thinking of going but couch toured instead.) The movie may be horrible. The character may be horrible. But... this might have a chance because Bad Bunny draws money. @jaybuck43 is going to make fun of me for saying this so he gets tagged. Bosco685, Point Five and Larryw7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybuck43 Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 On 4/26/2022 at 5:55 PM, Buzzetta said: And suddenly we have another $100-150 modern that was sitting in the dollar bin yesterday. I remember this book. I didn't care about El Muerto years ago and still don't care about it. However, I will say this. Bad Bunny is a draw. He is money. Bad Bunny Reclaims His Crown as the World’s Biggest Pop Star The above link to Bloomberg will shed some light on it. I also have to say that he did something that very much impressed me. When he was tasked to perform at Wrestlemania last year, he was all in. He wasn't going to be a celebrity that just showed up and made a hot tag to come in and do the staged punch and win the match. The guy did train for the event to learn how to do fight club ballet and take bumps. He took it very seriously. But one thing that was proven is that he has a fervent fan base that seems to follow the guy. Think of it like Phish. You don't hear them on the radio. The majority here would not be able to name five songs but Phish sells out MSG every time they come to New York. In fact last Friday tickets in the cheap seats were selling at around $450 on Stubhub just to walk through the door and hours before people bought the tickets for $750 each in the lower 200's (I was pricing them and thinking of going but couch toured instead.) The movie may be horrible. The character may be horrible. But... this might have a chance because Bad Bunny draws money. @jaybuck43 is going to make fun of me for saying this so he gets tagged. You posted what I was basically going to post. He’s not my cup of tea musically, but he gives 110% of himself and he has a VERY devoted fan base who will show up in droves to support him. It could work. Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Economy Joe Posted April 26 Popular Post Share Posted April 26 sony looks like it is doing what I always want marvel to do, make smaller movies with smaller stories because the mcu is so tight and controlled we will never see so many cool stories/moments Madame Web, El Muerto are odd choices but maybe that is the plan, make a smaller (but still superhero big) movie that pays off well if it hits like Venom did So Morbius may not be the bee's knees but they aren't hurt too badly and they don't hurt a franchise (e.g. DC) when one movie is a stinker MCU has no interest in making a Spidey-Torch teamup movie, or Beast Wonder-Man, or Havok & Wolverine, or X-Ladies go shopping movie but those would be so much fun. Maybe Sony can do something like that. Mighty Hal, Point Five, Bosco685 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 On 4/26/2022 at 6:57 PM, Bird said: sony looks like it is doing what I always want marvel to do, make smaller movies with smaller stories because the mcu is so tight and controlled we will never see so many cool stories/moments Madame Web, El Muerto are odd choices but maybe that is the plan, make a smaller (but still superhero big) movie that pays off well if it hits like Venom did So Morbius may not be the bee's knees but they aren't hurt too badly and they don't hurt a franchise (e.g. DC) when one movie is a stinker MCU has no interest in making a Spidey-Torch teamup movie, or Beast Wonder-Man, or Havok & Wolverine, or X-Ladies go shopping movie but those would be so much fun. Maybe Sony can do something like that. I really like your thinking here. Honestly, I've always liked Spidey as a title because it was full of smaller, somewhat-grounded-in-reality stories. (Homecoming and Far From Home are two recent movies that captured that dynamic on film very pleasingly.) I'd love to see more of those, from Sony or Marvel or whoever. Larryw7, Economy Joe and Bosco685 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 I may not like everything that Sony is doing, but I am glad that they are trying different things. I just hope that more of those different things end up being better in quality. Point Five, Buzzetta and Bosco685 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lpgk Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 I would rather follow Bad Bunny and El Muerto than Silver Sable, Nightwatch, Jackpot, Morbius and even Kraven. At least El Muerto is more or less a blank slate and they are free to do what they want with the property. Also, as a previous poster wrote, he was very impressive in WWE; the guy seriously trained for it and was all in. Buzzetta and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 On 4/27/2022 at 9:32 PM, Lpgk said: At least El Muerto is more or less a blank slate and they are free to do what they want with the property. That's the James Gunn model. Maybe not, "blank slate", rather relatively unknown to general audiences. If the director has chops, and the studio gives him/her laissez faire, it could very well be a recipe for success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
