Updates on BLEECH, THE FLASH and JONNY QUEST

Movie The Flash by Joey Paur

Dan Mazeau, the screenwriter of film adaptations of Bleech, The Flash and Johnny Quest recently recently did an interview with IFC in which he gave a little update on each of these projects. He starts off with his current project Bleech

I love ‘Bleach!’ ‘Bleach’ is awesome. It’s been a long process getting to write the script. Getting the rights from the Japanese company that owned them was a complicated process. But early on we set down with Tite Kubo the creator and the publisher of the series, and we had a long meeting, making sure we’re respectful to the property. Nobody wants to, well… Let’s just say that if you enjoyed [the live-action] ‘Dragonball Z’ movie, that’s great, but I thought it was a noble effort that ultimately didn’t succeed. That’s what we’re trying to avoid. We want to make sure this movie lives up to what the manga is.

I’m currently working on ‘Bleach’ and the idea is to set it in Japan and really be respectful to the source material,” he added. “It’s an amazing story. I’ve been shorthanding it as an ‘action-adventure Sixth Sense,’ but obviously on a bigger canvas than that. So I’m incredibly excited about that. It’s a good one.

I really hope it turns out as good as he says it will! This has the potential to be an incredible movie. As for The Flash and Jonny Quest the scripts are done and are just in the process of bringing together the talent to get it up on the big screen. Who knows how long that will take though. Mazeau briefly describes the Flash saying

It’s a matter of a lot of things coming together — the right story and the right filmmaker and the right sort of visual approach to Flash, because he can’t just be a guy who runs fast. That was important to me while I was writing my script. Fingers crossed, though — hopefully there will be some news soon.

Then he goes on to talk about Jonny Quest, which is currently in the process of trying to find a young actor to take on the role, of the classic adventurous Hanna-Barbara character. They obviously need someone who can handle the action-packed aspect of the film as well as the drama. What they need is a young Harrison Ford. Mazeau had this to say about his script,

It’s difficult for a movie to come together. You have to get the right pieces. One of the challenges with ‘Jonny Quest’ is that you have a lead who’s a young kid. The movie stars that are young kids are few and far between, but Dan Lin and the guys over at his production company are working on it and hopefully there will be something soon.

It’s a cool one, though. I think it’s something that could make for a real amazing movie if done right. ‘Jonny Quest’ combines all this amazing wish fulfillment as a kid, but also there’s real danger to it. There’s real weight to it. People die in the ‘Jonny Quest’ cartoons. I think ‘Spy Kids’ was fun, but it’s lighter than what ‘Jonny Quest’ would be. Making sure it has a little edge to it was important to me, and I know it was to Dan and the other producers, too.

Jonny Quest could turn out to be a really awesome movie. It sounds like it will end up being a fun adventure to bring to life on thebig screen. What do you think about what Mazeau had to say about these projects, and which one are you most excited for?

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