Jul 15, 2008 by The MovieWeb Team

Is Keanu Reeves Going to Be Plastic Man?

Take this one with a grain of salt folks, but it seems that Keanu Reeves may be reteaming with the Wachowski brothers to bring an unlikely DC Comic's hero to the screen - none other than the incredibly oddball Plastic Man. A scooper told CHUD that Joel Silver was on a German radio broadcast promoting Ninja Assassin when he said that the Wachowski's will direct Plastic Man next.

According to the report, the Wachowskis wrote a proposed Plastic Man script before they created The Matrix. Furthermore, the report claims that they are aiming for a release date of the end of 2009, and that Keanu Reeves will be playing the role of Eel O'Brien/Plastic Man in the film.

Like we said, take this one with a grain of salt. It all could be true, but at the same time the idea of the Wachowski brothers following up their less-than-well-received Speed Racer with one of the stranger characters out of the DC Comics line-up may or may not be exactly what DC Comics and Warner Brothers had in mind for how to re-approach adapting their superheroes to the screen.

Stay with SuperheroFlix and MovieWeb for more news about this story as it develops.


Sources: CHUD

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Comments (33)

  1. They call me ITCHY BALLS

    Go eat a doo-doo frosted butt cake.

    4 years agoby @danbrchFlag

  2. Radimus-83

    ah-ha... so this is where it all happens! lol

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  3. T.Clark

    Dude, what is ur f*cking problem. Get over the fact that i'm better than u, then maybe u wouldn't find the urge to insult me when ur just a dick

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  4. They call me ITCHY BALLS

    You ARE a joke, thevisionary.

    4 years agoby @danbrchFlag

  5. T.Clark

    I try to include jokes in my insults ha

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  6. Solar XI

    lmao, nice Visionary... But thats just gay...

    4 years agoby @solarxiFlag

  7. T.Clark

    F*ck u civil. I bet ur a f*cking fatass who's sitting at home jerking off to the thought of seeing keanu "stretch" himself. Get off this f*cking site

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  8. Radimus-83

    if it's a comic book movie, i'm there!! after that.... who knows?

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  9. They call me ITCHY BALLS

    I believe it makes YOU feel good when I leave my cool comments. Don't it Smitty-boy, don't it?

    4 years agoby @danbrchFlag

  10. They call me ITCHY BALLS

    What?!? Aren't you that guy who gives out free t-shirts and hats to people who asks you stupid questions through a newspaper article? Atlanta Journal-Constitution, am I right? Douchebag.

    4 years agoby @danbrchFlag

  11. The Narrator: The Better Man

    Speed racer was a good fun film, made for the family. Not their best, but still cool.
    Can't wait to see what they can do with this. i also at first thought Jim Carrey, but Kean is a good actor, so he can do it.

    4 years agoby @narratorFlag

  12. Alan_Smithy

    Perfect casting really. When I heard that he was in The Day the Earth Stood Still. I thought, "Is he going to be Gort"?
    As Kevin Smith once said, "In Hollywood you fail upwards."
    Oh and by the way Civil Cowboy. Speed Racer was fun it's not going to change the world, but I still enjoyed it.
    If you like you can leave your usual juvenile comments above my comment. What ever makes you feel good.

    4 years agoby @alan-smithyFlag

  13. Solar XI

    Wow, I would've said Jim Carrey... wow Keanu... thats just weird.Im going to see it anyway

    4 years agoby @solarxiFlag

  14. They call me ITCHY BALLS

    This story is just as funny as Matthew McConaughey being first pick for Captain America.

    4 years agoby @danbrchFlag

  15. They call me ITCHY BALLS

    Visionary, you're a geek who's doomed to be a virgin for life.

    4 years agoby @danbrchFlag

  16. Saquin Turok 'X'

    Thanks Visionary, saved me the job of looking on Wiki. But you usually have more in-depth info anyway. Btw TDK, not sure what your comment means.

    4 years agoby @teesterxFlag

  17. Shadow Of The Day

    OK.

    4 years agoby @asifFlag

  18. T.Clark

    SHUT UP, IT'S A GIFT!!...and i read some of it on wikipedia b4 commenting, BUT IT'S STILL A GIFT! lol

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  19. Radimus-83

    jesus christ Travis.... your such a f*cking geek! lmao

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  20. The Dark Knight

    Hey isn't in the original The day the earth stood still they have that robot in plastic hu...

    4 years agoby @thedarkknight23Flag

  21. T.Clark

    Have no fear turok, the visionary is here! lol Plastic Man a.k.a Patrick "Eel" O'brian is a superhero with the power to stretch his body into fantastic shapes, much like Mr. Fantastic, minus the smarts. He was created by Jack Cole in 1941, meaning he was part of the Golden Age of comics along with the likes of Superman and Batman. He's not as popular, but he's def. been around as long. As mentioned, he has the powers of mr. fantastic, but his personality is far more comedic. He used to be a criminal until a cop shot him, causing Eel to fall into a barrel of radioactive waste that seeped into the wound, giving him his powers. He doesn not, however, have the power to change color, even though he'd like it for when he changes shape

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  22. Saquin Turok 'X'

    Never even heard of Plastic Man, though this sounds like it's really scraping the bottom of the barrel for superhero films. Will have to get the lowdown of Plastic Man from The Visionary I think.

    4 years agoby @teesterxFlag

  23. Nyfresh

    why does hollywood do this, the grab something and play it out so f*ckin much that no one even wants to see it, first it was the UNNECESARY SEQUELS i mean everything had a sequel damn and now they wanna play out the whole superhero thing, i just think they should allways b doin different things that way we can enjoy all types of films, these motherf*ckers got superhero movie for 2012, its 2008 HELLO!!!!

    4 years agoby @leo16Flag

  24. Phatlightning

    this won't happen.

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  25. CelluloidDreams

    I'm not a big fan of Reeves and I don't think he has the personality to play someone like Plastic Man, but maybe he'll have fun with it, we'll have fun with it and they'll make seven sequels

    4 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

  26. cnote

    Damm Super hero overload!!!!
    No intrest

    4 years agoby @cnoteFlag

  27. T.Clark

    Keanu reeves? I like keanu, but jim carrey was BORN to play plastic man. The wachowskis could make it cool, but...like u guys said, this prolly isn't real

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  28. Nanea

    You shouldn't only take this with a grain of salt but with a whole salt mine. Joel Silver did that interview in Berlin on April 28. Had he said anything relating to Plastic Man, I'm pretty sure it would have come out a tad earlier. It's not that they don't have an internet in Germany. *rolls eyes*

    4 years agoby @naneaFlag

  29. Err

    yawn.

    4 years agoby @err2005Flag

  30. Nyfresh

    stupid they must be!

    4 years agoby @leo16Flag

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