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Showrunner/Director: Martin Scorsese
Dominic West as John Constantine - Protagonist
Emilia Clarke as Isabelle Bracknell - Love Interest
Emmanuelle Riva as Clarice Sackville - Supporting Character
Ricky Gervais as Watford
Jude Law as Chas Chandler - Supporting Character
Dan Stevens as Joshua Wright - Antagonist
STORY: The horribly mutilated body of an old girlfriend sets John down a dark and winding path into London's occult scene. Can he track down her killer and lay her ghost to rest before he winds up the same way? The series will start by adapting the simpler Hellblazer stories like 'Haunted' and progress to telling more supernatural stories that Milligan spawned. With Marty overseeing things, the tone of the show will still feel personal and never afraid of pushing boundaries. A show that only HBO could handle.
Episode 1:
A seemingly innocuous mistake by Constantine's paperboy sets John on the trail of a murderer. Flicking through the pages of a tabloid paper mistakenly thrust through his letter box, John is shocked to find the news of an old friend's murder. Isabel Bracknell joins the list of the dead associated with John. Constantine calls in a favour from Watford, a cop on whom John has some dirt. Stopping only to keep an annual engagement with the aging Clarice, who warns him against using Isabel's death as a means to satisfying his need for excitement, John visits the murder scene.
Watford furnishes Constantine with the grisly details behind Isabel's murder. With Watford's horrific words running through his head, John leaves the scene of the crime and heads back onto the streets of London. Lost in thought, Constantine is stunned to spot the woman whose murder scene he has just departed before him.
Episode 2:
Face to face with Isabel's ghost, John realises that she'll be stuck haunting the place where they first met until he solves the mystery behind her murder. Retiring to a local watering hole, Constantine reads through a diary he stole from Isabel's flat during Watford's guided tour. He learns that Isabel had recently befriended another magician - Joshua Wright and John believes him to be responsible for Isabel's murder.
Setting our for revenge, Constantine travels deep into the Camden tube station in search of Map, a powerful magician who's shunned his complicated life in favour of a simple life as a tube worker. John tells him of Isabel's murder and of Joshua Wright, a magician he has marked as a Crowley wannabe. Eager for more information on his prey, John visits a crack using friend and a mage turned electrican with whom he arranges a later meeting.
Things take a turn for the worse when Constantine is stood up and confronted by two thugs who proceed to kick seven shades of shite out of him before warning him off Josh Wright's back.
Episode 3:
Beaten to a pulp by Wright's thugs, Constantine seeks help from Chas. Pausing only to contemplate the use of his crowbar on John's assailants, Chas bundles his beaten friend into his cab along with the contents of Constantine's house. Seeking to recover from his beating, John retreats to The Hotel Holt, in marked contrast to his current abode - the Hotel Holt is very much an uptown establishment. Constantine gleans some small comfort from the fact that Wright's thugs don't follow him.
After a quick visit from the hotel doctor and paying off Chas, Constantine stands alone in his hotel room. John confronts the fear and hate that hangs heavy in the London air and uses it to forge his revenge against his betrayer - Hawkstorm. John sends his spirit out on the night air and threatens Hawkstorm with dire consequences for his actions.
With petty revenge gained, and Josh Wright under the mistaken impression that John's run off with his tail between his legs, Constantine returns to his plan to avenge Isabel's death.
Episode 4:
Constantine ponders his own experiences on London's streets as Josh Wright's thugs take to the Underground in search of Map. Expecting to find a helpless man, Wright's men come face to face with the most powerful man in London and suffer a gruesome end beneath the wheels of a tube train. Back on the street, with the contents of Isabel's journal still fresh in his mind, John tracks down Darren and demands help from the crack using mage.
Pausing for a quick breather before setting the endgame in motion, John retires to a nearby pub and bumps into Haine, an aging Magus looking much the worse for ware. As Haine recounts his experiences in the 'field', John is confronted by Map, who's none to happy about his visit from Wight's thugs.
Josh Wright takes matters into his own hands, tracking down Hawkstorm and blaming him for the death of his men at Map's hands. Hawkstorm leaves the failed mage a mutilated corpse.
Episode 5:
Constantine stalks the streets of London, lost in thought and pondering the ghosts which seem to proliferate throughout his city. On his way to meet Chas, John stumbles across the police cleanup of Hawkstorm's murder by Wright. With his further plans for the dead man now pointless, Constantine steps up his endgame against Wright. Returning to Knightsbridge and the aging Clarice, Constantine is forced to explain his motives to the cynical woman before asking for an introduction to the ghost of Albert, court magician to the Kray twins.
As Josh Wright ponders his next move in the wake of John's recent actions, Constantine's plan swings into motion. Darren unleashes his crack magic, forcing Wright to experience a particularly nasty trip. As he flees his hourse, Josh stumbles in front of Chas's speeding cab and is sent stumbling to the ground. As he struggles against his crack inspired visions, Josh finds himself face to face with the grinning Watford who arrests him for Isabel's murder.
With Josh Wright safely secured by Watford, John Constantine sets about extracting revenge for Isabel's murder.
Tied to a chair in what appears to be a decrepit morgue, Josh receives a beating from Watford before Constantine forces a hit of acid into his throat. John tries to discern the reasons behind Wright's actions but quickly learns that Josh's motivations never stretched beyond his own evil attitude towards the more mundane members of society.
With satisfactory explanations received, Constantine reveals the final part of his plan, getting Watford to manhandle the bound Wright into a mortuary slab with the rotting corpse of Isabel as the acid starts to take effect on him.
As dawn breaks over London, a naked blood stained Josh Wright stumbles through the streets. John returns to the playground haunted by Isabel. It transpires that the death of Wright hasn't sent her on her way so John enlists the aid of Albert to ensure his old girlfriend makes it to whatever passes for the afterlife.
"My name's John Constantine. I'm not the nicest bloke you've ever met. But I do me best."
Episode 1:
A seemingly innocuous mistake by Constantine's paperboy sets John on the trail of a murderer. Flicking through the pages of a tabloid paper mistakenly thrust through his letter box, John is shocked to find the news of an old friend's murder. Isabel Bracknell joins the list of the dead associated with John. Constantine calls in a favour from Watford, a cop on whom John has some dirt. Stopping only to keep an annual engagement with the aging Clarice, who warns him against using Isabel's death as a means to satisfying his need for excitement, John visits the murder scene.
Watford furnishes Constantine with the grisly details behind Isabel's murder. With Watford's horrific words running through his head, John leaves the scene of the crime and heads back onto the streets of London. Lost in thought, Constantine is stunned to spot the woman whose murder scene he has just departed before him.
Episode 2:
Face to face with Isabel's ghost, John realises that she'll be stuck haunting the place where they first met until he solves the mystery behind her murder. Retiring to a local watering hole, Constantine reads through a diary he stole from Isabel's flat during Watford's guided tour. He learns that Isabel had recently befriended another magician - Joshua Wright and John believes him to be responsible for Isabel's murder.
Setting our for revenge, Constantine travels deep into the Camden tube station in search of Map, a powerful magician who's shunned his complicated life in favour of a simple life as a tube worker. John tells him of Isabel's murder and of Joshua Wright, a magician he has marked as a Crowley wannabe. Eager for more information on his prey, John visits a crack using friend and a mage turned electrican with whom he arranges a later meeting.
Things take a turn for the worse when Constantine is stood up and confronted by two thugs who proceed to kick seven shades of shite out of him before warning him off Josh Wright's back.
Episode 3:
Beaten to a pulp by Wright's thugs, Constantine seeks help from Chas. Pausing only to contemplate the use of his crowbar on John's assailants, Chas bundles his beaten friend into his cab along with the contents of Constantine's house. Seeking to recover from his beating, John retreats to The Hotel Holt, in marked contrast to his current abode - the Hotel Holt is very much an uptown establishment. Constantine gleans some small comfort from the fact that Wright's thugs don't follow him.
After a quick visit from the hotel doctor and paying off Chas, Constantine stands alone in his hotel room. John confronts the fear and hate that hangs heavy in the London air and uses it to forge his revenge against his betrayer - Hawkstorm. John sends his spirit out on the night air and threatens Hawkstorm with dire consequences for his actions.
With petty revenge gained, and Josh Wright under the mistaken impression that John's run off with his tail between his legs, Constantine returns to his plan to avenge Isabel's death.
Episode 4:
Constantine ponders his own experiences on London's streets as Josh Wright's thugs take to the Underground in search of Map. Expecting to find a helpless man, Wright's men come face to face with the most powerful man in London and suffer a gruesome end beneath the wheels of a tube train. Back on the street, with the contents of Isabel's journal still fresh in his mind, John tracks down Darren and demands help from the crack using mage.
Pausing for a quick breather before setting the endgame in motion, John retires to a nearby pub and bumps into Haine, an aging Magus looking much the worse for ware. As Haine recounts his experiences in the 'field', John is confronted by Map, who's none to happy about his visit from Wight's thugs.
Josh Wright takes matters into his own hands, tracking down Hawkstorm and blaming him for the death of his men at Map's hands. Hawkstorm leaves the failed mage a mutilated corpse.
Episode 5:
Constantine stalks the streets of London, lost in thought and pondering the ghosts which seem to proliferate throughout his city. On his way to meet Chas, John stumbles across the police cleanup of Hawkstorm's murder by Wright. With his further plans for the dead man now pointless, Constantine steps up his endgame against Wright. Returning to Knightsbridge and the aging Clarice, Constantine is forced to explain his motives to the cynical woman before asking for an introduction to the ghost of Albert, court magician to the Kray twins.
As Josh Wright ponders his next move in the wake of John's recent actions, Constantine's plan swings into motion. Darren unleashes his crack magic, forcing Wright to experience a particularly nasty trip. As he flees his hourse, Josh stumbles in front of Chas's speeding cab and is sent stumbling to the ground. As he struggles against his crack inspired visions, Josh finds himself face to face with the grinning Watford who arrests him for Isabel's murder.
With Josh Wright safely secured by Watford, John Constantine sets about extracting revenge for Isabel's murder.
Tied to a chair in what appears to be a decrepit morgue, Josh receives a beating from Watford before Constantine forces a hit of acid into his throat. John tries to discern the reasons behind Wright's actions but quickly learns that Josh's motivations never stretched beyond his own evil attitude towards the more mundane members of society.
With satisfactory explanations received, Constantine reveals the final part of his plan, getting Watford to manhandle the bound Wright into a mortuary slab with the rotting corpse of Isabel as the acid starts to take effect on him.
As dawn breaks over London, a naked blood stained Josh Wright stumbles through the streets. John returns to the playground haunted by Isabel. It transpires that the death of Wright hasn't sent her on her way so John enlists the aid of Albert to ensure his old girlfriend makes it to whatever passes for the afterlife.
"My name's John Constantine. I'm not the nicest bloke you've ever met. But I do me best."
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Directed by David Fincher
Starring
Joshua Jackson as Reed Richards aka Mr. Fantastic - Protaganist
Carey Mulligan as Sue Storm aka The Invisible Woman - Love Interest
Garrett Hedlund as Johnny Storm aka The Human Torch - Supporting Character
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Benjamin Grimm aka The Thing - Supporting Character
Bryan Cranston as Franz Stahl - Antagonist
Featuring
Jeff Daniels as Nathaniel Richards
David Strathairn as Franklin Storm
Jared Harris as Werner Von Doom
The Fantastic Four has always been about family relationships. This movie isn't just about showing off the fantastic things their powers enable them to do. Its about what kind of families these four people came from and how it shaped them and how they take that history and build a a better future from it.
Nathaniel Richards knows his son is just as smart as he is and knows he'll be smarter. But he also knows that he has his own crucial life to live. So while Reed his young, he instills it in him that education is important but nothing will ever quench his thirst for knowledge. Despite that, he must continue to explore. "The sky is not the limit, Reed." Not long after that, Nathaniel mysteriously disappears from the Richards home and is never seen again.
Dr. Franklin Storm is an excellent surgeon. Dr. Franklin Storm is an even better alcoholic. He drinks because his wife has died in a terrible car accident. An accident he could not save her from. Nothing makes him happy anymore. Not surgery, not memories of his wife. Even the mere sight of his two children, Jonathan and Susan, makes him miserable...thus the drinking.
College. NYU to be specific. Reed Richards is studying there when he meets football star Benjamin Grimm, who is pretty damn close to losing his scholarship. Ben talks Reed into being his tutor and a friendship is born. Ben constantly tries to get Reed to dumb it down while Reed recruits the football brute to assist on a side project of his...
Ben talks Reed into hitting a party at a Frat. There he meets a struggling young actress and her wild brother, who's currently sober but jumping off the roof of the house into the pool...and of course soaking Ben in the process. Reed, being completely bored by the party, invites Sue to come view his rocket. Sue says she's heard worst pickup lines but follows him anyway. The two spend the night inside the rocket, bonding over the potential of tomorrow. Sue wanting for a chance to find something stable in her life, and Reed wanting for a chance to push beyond the sky's limitations.
As Reed, Sue and Johnny watch Ben dominate on the football field, Reed is informed that his project has been officially shut down. Reed flips out and storms off. Sue follows. Sue does a terrible job of calming him down and puts it in his head that he could just go and return without any notice. Reed ponders the idea. Back at the game, Johnny's excitement for Ben gets him in trouble in the stands. A fight breaks out and Johnny is getting his ass kicked. Ben jumps up from the field and into the stands. He starts pummeling the other guys and the home crowd roars in excitement.
Reed takes Sue into the rocket that night. Ben wants no part of it, but Johnny is all for it. Reed looks Ben into his eyes and says "I'm not going to do this without my best friend. Help me change the world Ben." And of course he joins.
You know the story from there. Cosmic radiation. Ben guides them back to earth safely....EXCEPT once they land, military officials are there in waiting.
The four are placed in separate cells at a secret government prison. Reed notices a seemingly normal man reading a book about the human brain in a cell across from him. Ben has completely trashed his cell. He hasn't stopped thrashing around since being brought in, he's fighting through tears. Reed sits in silence. Johnny has burnt through all his clothing with zero control of his abilities. Sue takes it upon herself to find a way out. She overhears a guard saying that Raymond Perry has been here ten years and his cosmic radiation poisoning has yet to wear off in the slightest.
In short, Raymond Perry explodes from his cell just as Sue gives up on getting a response out of Reed. Raymond Perry is not a big hulking man made out of what looks to be pure electricity. He's taking out guards left and right and destroying machinery all around him. Sue lets Johnny out and he gains some control over his abilities but his heat isn't doing much help. She then lets Ben out and he goes toe to toe against him. Reed sits. He looks across the hall to the cell. The door is open. When did that happen?
Reed jumps up. Stretches around Perry, absorbing the constant shocks as Ben pounds Perry to the ground. The Fantastic Four's first victory. The government then proceeds to shoot the downed electric beast of a man. One government official convinces Reed to keep their abilities secret and they'll be left to leave. Reed complies...until a volcanic eruption takes place and Reed's thirst to change the world a day at a time causes him to get his new family there to save the day.
Blah Blah Blah. One day, Reed's head is filled with images. Then a man appears. He's inside his own head talking to a mystery man. The man introduces himself as Dr. Franz Stahl. Franz admits to making Raymond Perry react and escape. He admits that he finds Reed's abilities second to his own but just as fascinating.
Time goes on. Fantastic Four gain a reputation within the public. Franz decides he's seen enough. Franz fucks with their minds so they see and hear the worst of their childhood all over again but these images are far worse as their parents constantly berate them. Franz pops in and out of the minds of the public and turn them against the FF. Eventually Reed comes up with a plan to keep Franz thinking about what Reed's plan could be, when he forgets to focus on Sue who places a force field around his head. Franz tries to fight through her, and she yells that he's only hurting himself. Franz' head grows and grows...until it bursts inside the force field bubble...
Epilogue: 20 years ago, Werner Von Doom is walking his son up a cold icy mountain. They huddle together against a rock and hope to wait the blizzard out. The young child falls asleep...When he awakes...
That's right. The sequel is loosely based on the series BOOKS OF DOOM by Ed Brubaker. That's where we'll compare the life of Victor to the enthusiasm of Reed Richards and the secret origin of The Thing!
Nathaniel Richards knows his son is just as smart as he is and knows he'll be smarter. But he also knows that he has his own crucial life to live. So while Reed his young, he instills it in him that education is important but nothing will ever quench his thirst for knowledge. Despite that, he must continue to explore. "The sky is not the limit, Reed." Not long after that, Nathaniel mysteriously disappears from the Richards home and is never seen again.
Dr. Franklin Storm is an excellent surgeon. Dr. Franklin Storm is an even better alcoholic. He drinks because his wife has died in a terrible car accident. An accident he could not save her from. Nothing makes him happy anymore. Not surgery, not memories of his wife. Even the mere sight of his two children, Jonathan and Susan, makes him miserable...thus the drinking.
College. NYU to be specific. Reed Richards is studying there when he meets football star Benjamin Grimm, who is pretty damn close to losing his scholarship. Ben talks Reed into being his tutor and a friendship is born. Ben constantly tries to get Reed to dumb it down while Reed recruits the football brute to assist on a side project of his...
Ben talks Reed into hitting a party at a Frat. There he meets a struggling young actress and her wild brother, who's currently sober but jumping off the roof of the house into the pool...and of course soaking Ben in the process. Reed, being completely bored by the party, invites Sue to come view his rocket. Sue says she's heard worst pickup lines but follows him anyway. The two spend the night inside the rocket, bonding over the potential of tomorrow. Sue wanting for a chance to find something stable in her life, and Reed wanting for a chance to push beyond the sky's limitations.
As Reed, Sue and Johnny watch Ben dominate on the football field, Reed is informed that his project has been officially shut down. Reed flips out and storms off. Sue follows. Sue does a terrible job of calming him down and puts it in his head that he could just go and return without any notice. Reed ponders the idea. Back at the game, Johnny's excitement for Ben gets him in trouble in the stands. A fight breaks out and Johnny is getting his ass kicked. Ben jumps up from the field and into the stands. He starts pummeling the other guys and the home crowd roars in excitement.
Reed takes Sue into the rocket that night. Ben wants no part of it, but Johnny is all for it. Reed looks Ben into his eyes and says "I'm not going to do this without my best friend. Help me change the world Ben." And of course he joins.
You know the story from there. Cosmic radiation. Ben guides them back to earth safely....EXCEPT once they land, military officials are there in waiting.
The four are placed in separate cells at a secret government prison. Reed notices a seemingly normal man reading a book about the human brain in a cell across from him. Ben has completely trashed his cell. He hasn't stopped thrashing around since being brought in, he's fighting through tears. Reed sits in silence. Johnny has burnt through all his clothing with zero control of his abilities. Sue takes it upon herself to find a way out. She overhears a guard saying that Raymond Perry has been here ten years and his cosmic radiation poisoning has yet to wear off in the slightest.
In short, Raymond Perry explodes from his cell just as Sue gives up on getting a response out of Reed. Raymond Perry is not a big hulking man made out of what looks to be pure electricity. He's taking out guards left and right and destroying machinery all around him. Sue lets Johnny out and he gains some control over his abilities but his heat isn't doing much help. She then lets Ben out and he goes toe to toe against him. Reed sits. He looks across the hall to the cell. The door is open. When did that happen?
Reed jumps up. Stretches around Perry, absorbing the constant shocks as Ben pounds Perry to the ground. The Fantastic Four's first victory. The government then proceeds to shoot the downed electric beast of a man. One government official convinces Reed to keep their abilities secret and they'll be left to leave. Reed complies...until a volcanic eruption takes place and Reed's thirst to change the world a day at a time causes him to get his new family there to save the day.
Blah Blah Blah. One day, Reed's head is filled with images. Then a man appears. He's inside his own head talking to a mystery man. The man introduces himself as Dr. Franz Stahl. Franz admits to making Raymond Perry react and escape. He admits that he finds Reed's abilities second to his own but just as fascinating.
Time goes on. Fantastic Four gain a reputation within the public. Franz decides he's seen enough. Franz fucks with their minds so they see and hear the worst of their childhood all over again but these images are far worse as their parents constantly berate them. Franz pops in and out of the minds of the public and turn them against the FF. Eventually Reed comes up with a plan to keep Franz thinking about what Reed's plan could be, when he forgets to focus on Sue who places a force field around his head. Franz tries to fight through her, and she yells that he's only hurting himself. Franz' head grows and grows...until it bursts inside the force field bubble...
Epilogue: 20 years ago, Werner Von Doom is walking his son up a cold icy mountain. They huddle together against a rock and hope to wait the blizzard out. The young child falls asleep...When he awakes...
That's right. The sequel is loosely based on the series BOOKS OF DOOM by Ed Brubaker. That's where we'll compare the life of Victor to the enthusiasm of Reed Richards and the secret origin of The Thing!
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