Into an already crowded 2015 superhero landscape will storm / fly / be-delivered-in-a-crate none other than Bananaman, the vintage children's TV crusader. He's the latest kids-telly-to-big-screen transfer and has a new teaser poster to flaunt the fact, courtesy of production house Elstree Studio. Click on the image for a closer look. Created by John Geering 35 years ago, the man-of-peel has had a home in both The Beano and The Dandy. He is, of course, ordinary schoolboy Eric Wimp who, in a fond pastiche of Marvel heroes, is transformed into a yellow-clad, flying, super-strong ("twenty men... twenty big men") ubermensch by the merest nibble of the yellow, bendy stuff. Details of the movie are still under wraps, despite the presence of a website, but will hopefully be less under-wraps soon. There's no word from the studio on director, voice cast or story line, but possible villains for our yellow hero include such scoundrels as General Blight,...
- 5/27/2014
- EmpireOnline
We’ve seen countless superheroes make their way to the big screen, but I doubt anyone expected Bananaman to be one of them. However, the popular British comic strip character is defying the odds and getting a blockbuster of his own, though we know almost nothing about it.
What we do know is that the film is expected to arrive in 2015, from the rights holder DC Thompson and Elstree Studio Productions. The rest of the banana-flavored details are a mystery. We do have our first official glimpse at the film today though, in the form of an epic teaser poster that promises giant banana-sized adventure.
For those of us who didn’t grow up in Britain or Ireland in the 1980s, Bananaman is the heroic alter-ego of a young boy named Eric, who turns into an adult superhero when he eats a banana. The original strip, by John Geering, Steve Bright,...
What we do know is that the film is expected to arrive in 2015, from the rights holder DC Thompson and Elstree Studio Productions. The rest of the banana-flavored details are a mystery. We do have our first official glimpse at the film today though, in the form of an epic teaser poster that promises giant banana-sized adventure.
For those of us who didn’t grow up in Britain or Ireland in the 1980s, Bananaman is the heroic alter-ego of a young boy named Eric, who turns into an adult superhero when he eats a banana. The original strip, by John Geering, Steve Bright,...
- 5/27/2014
- by James Garcia
- We Got This Covered
Bananaman - a young boy named Eric who turns into an adult superhero when he eats a banana! Bananamanmovie.com, a new teaser website says very little besides the promise of a 2015 release date and that its being produced by Elstree Studio Productions, which is based in the UK. According to the Elstree Studios' website, "Some of the most famous feature films have been produced at Elstree over the years which include the Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies, Superman, Moby Dick, The Dam Busters, The Shining, Ice Cold in Alex, and Labyrinth. Over 800 feature films, and similar numbers of television programmes, have been produced at Elstree Studios." (Link below). The original strip, originated by Dave Donaldson and Steve Bright, written and developed by the latter, and mostly drawn by John Geering until his death in 1999, is essentially a parody of Superman and Batman with shades of Captain Marvel and...
- 5/10/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
Anything Superman can do, Bananaman can do too – only with more potassium. And a crow. The smoothie-flavoured superhero could be – ye gads – the latest kids’ animation to soar into production as a movie. Those sharp-eyed types at Den Of Geek have spotted a new website, Bananamanmovie.com, newly launched and promising three things: a 2015 release date, an Elstree Studio base and some terrible puns. And as you know, we like a terrible pun around here. “Peel the Power!”Created by John Geering 35 years ago, the man-of-peel has had a home in both The Beano and The Dandy. He is, of course, ordinary schoolboy Eric Wimp who, in a fond pastiche of Marvel heroes, is transformed into a yellow-clad flying, super-strength ubermensch by the merest nibble of one of his five a day.If this website does signal a movie in the works – and it's still an 'if' – the filmmakers could...
- 3/18/2014
- EmpireOnline
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