More superhero movies! Yay! There aren't enough of those nowadays! Rainn Wilson(The Rocker) and Ellen Page(Juno) are reuniting to star in superhero comedy, Super, to be written and directed by James Gunn. Super is the story of a regular joe who, after watching his wife fall under the spell of a drug dealer, takes on the costumed mantle of The Crimson Bolt. The Crimson Bolt has no powers so he wields his trusty wrench as his weapon of choice. This won't be Ellen Page's first foray into the world of capes 'n cowls, as she starred as Kitty Pryde in the still hated X-men: The Last Stand.
Back in 2000, James Gunn wrote and produced a terrible superhero film called The Specials. It was lame attempt to spoof the genre, and featured the "talents" of Jamie Kennedy, Rob Lowe, and Jordan Ladd amongst others. The cast is actually pretty great, but the script is just totally laugh free. That movie never really caught on with...well, anybody, so I hope he doesn't try to sneak in any jokes from that film into this one.
