Keanu Reeves is an actor versed in fictional violence. The man has spent decades playing a wide variety of characters who know how to expertly and effectively kick an enemy’s ass, from his kung fu moves featured in the Matrix movies with deadly abilities featured in john wick series. One thing we’ve never seen him do is raise his fist backward and punch a guy in the chest … but this is obviously an image that fascinates him on some level because that was obviously the key to the idea that inspired his new hit comic. series BRZRKR (that an adaptation is currently in preparation on Netflix ).
Boom! Studios published the first issue of BRZRKR in March 2021, and it was such a success that the comic had the chance to host a special panel in Hall H today at San Diego Comic-Con with Keanu Reeves on stage. The actor / director / creator of the comic was asked by the moderator at the beginning of the event about what inspired the invention of the main character of the series first, and Reeves explained that he liked the idea of ​​such a strong protagonist. and unreal. power. . , but one who is also “cursed” for inflicting pain. He explained,
I had this idea of ​​wanting to play a character who could punch people in the chest and rip their arms out … And then this idea of ​​someone being cursed with violence and trying to figure out who he is and what he is. and how they got there. to be, and how to claim your humanity.
Of course, the idea came from an idea for a role Keanu Reeves could play in a movie or TV series, but support for the idea changed in 2017 when he met Boom. Studios – the American comic book publisher founded in 2005. He was asked if there was anything he was interested in developing and explained his graphic and violent idea of ​​him:
They said, ‘Do you have something?’ And I said, ‘Well, I have this idea of ​​punching people in the chest, and funny people were like,’ Oooh. Have you ever thought about doing a comic? And I was like, ‘No.’ And then I looked around the room and said, “There’s a lot of comics,” and then I said, “That sounds like a really good idea.” And then they kindly agreed to try and put this together.
From this concept a nugget was born BRZRKRwhich has been so exceptionally popular since its release that it is actually considered the most successful debut comic of the last 30 years . Keanu Reeves developed the idea with writer Matt Kindt, artist Ron Garney, and the editors and executives of Boom! Studios and the result were hundreds of thousands of copies flying off comic book shelves all over the place.
The “hero” of BRZRKR is a demigod / half mortal known as B. who has been on Earth for 80,000 years, but whose history is a mystery to him. Thanks to his extraordinary abilities and supernatural strength, he is enlisted by the United States government to undertake exceptionally dangerous missions that only he could survive, and in return he will learn not only his origins, but also how he can end his life. violent. .
The comic, which has yet to finish publishing its first 12-issue run, has been so popular it’s inspiring a major multimedia expansion. In addition to the aforementioned live action feature film that is in the works developed for Netflix (with screenwriter Mattson Tomlin writing the script ), it was also announced that there will be a novel published by Random House and an anime is currently in the works by Production IG, the animation studio known for making anime exceptionally popular. ghost in the shell series.
Currently, the BRZRKR the film is one of many Keanu Reeves upcoming projects , and it doesn’t have a set release date (since that’s not something Netflix usually does), but those who are excited about the project may start getting excited now that the comic series continues to release new episodes. The first nine issues are now available in stores and BRZRKR # 10 is, second Global insights which will be released in September.
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Source: Cinemablend
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