we get [bad] signal!

[rone]

Via Warren Ellis's Bad Signal mailing list, he's let us know that Tilda Swinton will be playing the archangel Gabriel, and Rachel Weisz will play Constantine's partner, in the upcoming Hellblazer abomi^Wmovie. These actually sound like saving graces.

Ellis also says that Keanu is an underrated actor. I think he's just messing with us.

Comments

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

Swinton and Weisz, hooray.

Keanu requires precise casting and careful direction. When those things are present, he's fine. If not, well, the eminient dr_memory has spoken.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Right, but also given Hollywood's horrible track record with graphic novel movies, the odds are already against the project.

As we're speaking of Hellblazer and Ellis, i'd like to point out that Ellis's Hellblazer arc, Haunted (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1563898136), is really very, very good and you should go check it out now.