Luke Cage was a black comic book superhero codenamed Powerman from the early ’70s, created by the Archie Goodwin and first drawn by the legendary John Romita, Sr for the House of Ideas. Cage usually teamed up with another superhero called Iron Fist (basically a millionaire playboy, which struck a constrast with Cage’s “hood” creds) and “hired” themselves out as freelance superheroes to the downtrodden and poor. There have been rumblings for a while that Tyrese Gibson has wanted to bring Cage to the big screen, with John Singleton of “Boyz in the Hood” fame attached to direct. This would seem like a project right up Singleton’s alley, who has already proven that he’s kinda left that “Hood” stuff behind and embraced commercialism when he helmed the vacuous “2 Fast 2 Furious”.
So if this movie should get made, and there’s no reason why it shouldn’t, with comic book movies being as popular as they are, and considering the surprise mammoth success of the little-known Blade franchise (Blade himself being a black superhero from the ’70s), look for another surprise hit for whoever foots the bill.
In a recent interview, Gibson still says he’s interested in the project, and so is Singleton, but they still haven’t found a script that pleases them yet. But seriously, guys, you’re making a movie about a ghetto superhero with more bling than Mister T. Your idea of what constitutes a viable script should be just a tad lower, don’t you think? If they’re smart, they’ll get this movie made now, before the superhero craze dies. And don’t say it can’t die — remember the ’90s?
Tyrse Gibson as Luke Cage, Ghetto Asskicker for Hire?
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