Plastic Man Film In The Works

Plastic Man (comics)

by James White |
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Sometimes seen as a bit of a joke, Plastic Man is one of those superhero characters that defied the odds to become popular and even, to some degree, respected. While there have been rumblings of an adaptation in the past – most recently with Kevin Smith pitching an animated take – the stretchy one might finally get his big break as Warner Bros. and DC have put a comedic film based on the character into early development, with writer Amanda Idoko on board.

Launched in 1941 in Qual­ity Comics, Plas­tic Man owes his cre­ation to writer-artist Jack Cole. Patrick "Eel" O’Brien was a safe-crack­ing bur­glar shot while pulling a job with his gang at the Craw­ford Chem­i­cal Works and doused with the con­tents of a mys­te­ri­ous drum of liq­uid. Some­how es­cap­ing the cops, he ended up at a monastery where a monk cared for him and in­spired him to be­come a hero. He dis­cov­ered that he can now bend, twist and shape his body into any form. A stretchy su­per­hero was born! In 1956, Qual­ity Comics shut down and DC ac­quired many of its char­ac­ters, fold­ing the bendy bench­mark into its sta­ble.

Since then, he's acquired cult status, joined the Justice League and appeared in his own cartoon series. As we mentioned above, it's early days for this, with the script in the works and no director attached. But The Hollywood Reporter has heard that it'll be keeping to the light-hearted style of the character, with Warner Bros. no doubt aiming for something akin to Deadpool.

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