'The Grey’ Director Joe Carnahan Talks About His Ill-Fated Adaptation Of Marvel Comics’ ‘Daredevil!’ Promises ‘Relentless Violence’ With His Adaptation Of ‘Kick-Ass’ Writer Mark Millar’s ‘Nemesis!'

What would have the Daredevil movie been like if it were in the hands of The Grey director Joe Carnahan? With the ill-fated Daredevil project behind him, Carnahan looks ahead with a lineup of possible projects, including an adaptation of the popular comic book, Nemesis.

In an interview with MoviePilot, Carnahan speaks freely about what he planned to do in his Daredevil movie if it had come to fruition. The filmmaker also delves into his latest projects, including his adaptation of Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's Nemesis. From Icon Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics, Nemesis asks the question, "What if Batman was really the Joker?"

Carnahan discusses how he became involved with the Daredevil project and how it all went wrong from there, "What people don't realize about the DD project is that the producers of the film, got to me very late. They had a script that I read and I thought that while the action was wonderful, the story didn't really have any additional bite. There was nothing I suggested a trilogy as follows, ‘Daredevil ‘73' ‘Daredevil ‘79' and ‘Daredevil ‘85' where I was going to do a kind of ‘cultural libretto' and make the music of those eras a kind of thematic arc . So the first one would be 'Classic Rock,' the second one would be ‘Punk Rock' and the third film would be ‘New Wave.' The problem was, the option was almost set to lapse so we made an eleventh hour bid to Marvel to retain the rights for a bit longer so I could rework the script. Unfortunately, it just didn't happen. Marvel wanted the rights back. I don't blame them."

As reported here, Marvel Entertainment's Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada is hoping to keep a ‘street-level, noir' style to Netflix's Daredevil. Readers don't you think Carnahan should at least be given a shot to direct an episode of the Netflix series?

Carnahan looks ahead with his adaptation of Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's Nemesis, "My brother and I took our real inspiration from Nemesis in the fact that only one character, the bad guy, wore a costume. From there, it deviates from the source material in a number of ways but what remains alive and well is Millar's simmering disdain for the status quo and the relentless violence that characterizes the graphic novel."

Would you have gone to the theaters if director Joe Carnahan (Narc) had made a Daredevil movie? Let's hope nothing stops Carnahan from making his Nemesis movie.