Green Arrow banged up

David Goyer is writing a prison-set script for the superhero entitled 'Super Max'.

Apr 10 2007

Having recently dropped out of the forthcoming film version of 'The Flash', David Goyer is tackling another superhero screen adaptation in the shape of The Green Arrow.

The 'Batman Begins' writer is about to start scripting 'Super Max', an action pic in which the Arrow is convicted of a crime that he didn't commit and incarcerated in a super maximum security prison full of criminals he has put away.

Speaking to wizarduniverse.com, Goyer explained that it will be a very different kind of superhero movie. 'He's Green Arrow for the first ten minutes of the movie, and then he's arrested and his secret identity is revealed. They shave his goatee and they take his costume and send him to prison for life, and he has to escape. It's like Alcatraz, and he has to team up with, in some cases, some of the very same villains he is responsible for incarcerating in order to get out and clear his name.

'Of course, tons of people try to kill him while he's in there. We've populated the prison with all sorts of B and C villains from the DC universe. For the fans, there will be all sorts of characters the hardcore comic book junkies will know, but they're all going to be there under their human names and no one is wearing a costume, but there will be a lot of characters with powers and things like that.'

Goyer is also planning to write a graphic novel or miniseries to tie in with the film.

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