We’ve seen countless superheroes make their way to the big screen, but I doubt anyone expected Bananaman to be one of them. However, the popular British comic strip character is defying the odds and getting a blockbuster of his own, though we know almost nothing about it.
What we do know is that the film is expected to arrive in 2015, from the rights holder DC Thompson and Elstree Studio Productions. The rest of the banana-flavored details are a mystery. We do have our first official glimpse at the film today though, in the form of an epic teaser poster that promises giant banana-sized adventure.
For those of us who didn’t grow up in Britain or Ireland in the 1980s, Bananaman is the heroic alter-ego of a young boy named Eric, who turns into an adult superhero when he eats a banana. The original strip, by John Geering, Steve Bright,...
What we do know is that the film is expected to arrive in 2015, from the rights holder DC Thompson and Elstree Studio Productions. The rest of the banana-flavored details are a mystery. We do have our first official glimpse at the film today though, in the form of an epic teaser poster that promises giant banana-sized adventure.
For those of us who didn’t grow up in Britain or Ireland in the 1980s, Bananaman is the heroic alter-ego of a young boy named Eric, who turns into an adult superhero when he eats a banana. The original strip, by John Geering, Steve Bright,...
- 5/27/2014
- by James Garcia
- We Got This Covered
Okay, bear with me here, because I seriously couldn’t make this stuff up even if I tried. News has hit the web today that Swedish publishing company DC Thomson, in conjunction with Elstree Studio Productions, is bringing the British superhero Bananaman to the big screen.
If you’ve never even heard of Bananaman, you aren’t alone. Created by Steve Bright and Dave Donaldson in 1980, he is a parody of Superman and Batman, with some shades of Captain Marvel thrown in, mixed with slapstick and eccentric British humor.
The comic tells the story of Eric Wimp, a seemingly ordinary schoolboy from Nuttytown who eats a banana to transform into Bananaman, an adult superhero with the abilities of flight, the strength of “twenty men… twenty big men,” and invulnerability. If he needs extra power, he just eats more bananas, which are provided by his faithful crow.
But wait, that’s not all!
If you’ve never even heard of Bananaman, you aren’t alone. Created by Steve Bright and Dave Donaldson in 1980, he is a parody of Superman and Batman, with some shades of Captain Marvel thrown in, mixed with slapstick and eccentric British humor.
The comic tells the story of Eric Wimp, a seemingly ordinary schoolboy from Nuttytown who eats a banana to transform into Bananaman, an adult superhero with the abilities of flight, the strength of “twenty men… twenty big men,” and invulnerability. If he needs extra power, he just eats more bananas, which are provided by his faithful crow.
But wait, that’s not all!
- 5/10/2014
- by James Garcia
- We Got This Covered
Bananaman - a young boy named Eric who turns into an adult superhero when he eats a banana! Bananamanmovie.com, a new teaser website says very little besides the promise of a 2015 release date and that its being produced by Elstree Studio Productions, which is based in the UK. According to the Elstree Studios' website, "Some of the most famous feature films have been produced at Elstree over the years which include the Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies, Superman, Moby Dick, The Dam Busters, The Shining, Ice Cold in Alex, and Labyrinth. Over 800 feature films, and similar numbers of television programmes, have been produced at Elstree Studios." (Link below). The original strip, originated by Dave Donaldson and Steve Bright, written and developed by the latter, and mostly drawn by John Geering until his death in 1999, is essentially a parody of Superman and Batman with shades of Captain Marvel and...
- 5/10/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
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