Zac Efron is your next action hero? - Blu-ray Forum

WyldeMan45 · 01-28-2010, 08:03 PM

Zac Efron is set to headline Universal’s upcoming flick Fire, which will be adapted from Brian Michael Bendis’ graphic novel. The original property tells the tale of an ordinary college kid who’s recruited into a top-secret CIA training program that specializes in turning regular folks into superspies. In addition to starring, Efron will also exec produce alongside his manager, Jason Barret.

You heard right, people. Zac Efron is your next action hero. Stay tuned to Collider to find out which of the Four Horseman touches down on Earth first…my money’s on Pestilence. Joking aside, this is a natural next step for the High School Musical star. He got his first real taste of solo box office success with last spring’s 17 Again, a film that very much appealed to his HSM audience. Now it’s time to take away the safety net. It’s difficult to gauge just how willing the action crowd will be to embrace him. However, stepping into the role of an average guy who’s gradually transformed into an action hero throughout the course of a film is probably the best way possible to attempt the transition from singing-dancing tween pin-up to major-league ass-kicker. We’ll see if it’s enough. Source

Fighter · 01-28-2010, 08:05 PM

Sounds horrible

Batman1980 · 01-28-2010, 08:06 PM

Just say no to Hollywood's next attempt at making a "pretty boy" into an action star like they did with Orlando Bloom and Jude Law.

tommyboy81 · 01-28-2010, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolverine1980

Just say no to Hollywood's next attempt at making a "pretty boy" into an action star like they did with Orlando Bloom and Jude Law.

speaking of them. What's going on with them?

Rblu-Dblu · 01-28-2010, 08:08 PM

Sounds a lot like spykids only (insert teenage star).

WyldeMan45 · 01-28-2010, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by tommyboy81

speaking of them. What's going on with them?

Orlando Bloom still bats for the other team, and Jude Law is starring in the remake of Repo! The Genetic Opera

Grand Bob · 01-28-2010, 08:10 PM

I'm not convinced this isn't some kind of joke.

WyldeMan45 · 01-28-2010, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Grand Bob

I'm not convinced this isn't some kind of joke.

Well considering the source is the always reliable Hollywood Reporter, I fear it the truth.

assydingo · 01-28-2010, 08:16 PM

I wait with abated breath.

I still need to get 17 Again. That was better than I expected.

WyldeMan45 · 01-28-2010, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by assydingo

I wait with abated breath.

I still need to get 17 Again. That was better than I expected.

Hahahaha, I knew when I read this article if I posted it, I could draw you out of the shadows.

Grand Bob · 01-28-2010, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

Well considering the source is the always reliable Hollywood Reporter, I fear it the truth.

Yow!

tarik · 01-28-2010, 08:22 PM

sounds like Bourne the teenage years!

assydingo · 01-28-2010, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

Hahahaha, I knew when I read this article if I posted it, I could draw you out of the shadows.

What can I say, Zac is a pretty cool guy. The movie sounds like a lot fun of me. The main thing making people upset is that they're appropriating the term "action star" for him so people think about the "action star" they grew up with. The term shouldn't even be used until an actor is an at least two action movies.

BD4ME · 01-28-2010, 08:50 PM

First a live-action Barbie movie, then a Sweet Valley High movie, now a 'Zac Efron'-action movie. My question to Universal is very simple: WHAT THE F?

The sad thing is - this will probably end up being a profit.

seeweda · 01-28-2010, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

The original property tells the tale of an ordinary college kid who’s recruited into a top-secret CIA training program that specializes in turning regular folks into superspies.

Haven't we already had this story line in the crapfest that was Agent Cody Banks and to a less degree in probably the much better than this Chuck TV show?

Dexter Morgan · 01-28-2010, 10:10 PM

Who?

GORT · 01-28-2010, 10:19 PM

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WyldeMan45 · 01-28-2010, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by seeweda

Haven't we already had this story line in the crapfest that was Agent Cody Banks and to a less degree in probably the much better than this Chuck TV show?

Exactly! Chuck is the much superior version of this, and the difference is, I won't ever watch anything with Efron, whereas Chuck I own every episode between blu-ray and dvr.

joe_barrett · 01-28-2010, 10:41 PM

A movie with Zac Effron as an action hero............ I'd rather eat a glass sandwich.

Sabotage · 01-29-2010, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by jstasa51

Sounds horrible

Better him then that stupid ass clown Shia Labuef. I can't take anything that guy does seriously. He doesn't look nor sound intimidating, yet he's in all these various action movies.

01-28-2010, 08:03 PM	#1
WyldeMan45 Banned Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Western Washington Blu-ray collection:49 Trading Score:15	Zac Efron is your next action hero? Zac Efron is set to headline Universal’s upcoming flick Fire, which will be adapted from Brian Michael Bendis’ graphic novel. The original property tells the tale of an ordinary college kid who’s recruited into a top-secret CIA training program that specializes in turning regular folks into superspies. In addition to starring, Efron will also exec produce alongside his manager, Jason Barret. You heard right, people. Zac Efron is your next action hero. Stay tuned to Collider to find out which of the Four Horseman touches down on Earth first…my money’s on Pestilence. Joking aside, this is a natural next step for the High School Musical star. He got his first real taste of solo box office success with last spring’s 17 Again, a film that very much appealed to his HSM audience. Now it’s time to take away the safety net. It’s difficult to gauge just how willing the action crowd will be to embrace him. However, stepping into the role of an average guy who’s gradually transformed into an action hero throughout the course of a film is probably the best way possible to attempt the transition from singing-dancing tween pin-up to major-league ass-kicker. We’ll see if it’s enough. Source

01-28-2010, 10:19 PM	#17
GORT Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Reducing Your Planet To A Burned Out Cinder Blu-ray collection:295	Not even an original plot line wanted.jpg

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01-28-2010, 08:05 PM	#2
Fighter Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Oct 2009 Location:☣☣☣☣☣ Blu-ray collection:14	Sounds horrible

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Batman1980 Blu-ray Jedi Member since:Feb 2009 Location:District 13 Home Theater Gallery:8 4K collection:146 Blu-ray collection:394 DVD collection:57 Blu-ray reviews:22 Trading Score:48	Just say no to Hollywood's next attempt at making a "pretty boy" into an action star like they did with Orlando Bloom and Jude Law.

01-28-2010, 08:08 PM	#5
Rblu-Dblu Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Trapped on the Death Star 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:483 Trading Score:12	Sounds a lot like spykids only (insert teenage star).

01-28-2010, 08:10 PM	#7
Grand Bob Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Seattle Area Home Theater Gallery:9 Blu-ray reviews:1	I'm not convinced this isn't some kind of joke.

01-28-2010, 08:16 PM	#9
assydingo Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Oct 2008 Blu-ray collection:483 DVD collection:12 Trading Score:3	I wait with abated breath. I still need to get 17 Again. That was better than I expected.

01-28-2010, 08:22 PM	#12
tarik Active Member Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Darlington/UK Blu-ray collection:79	sounds like Bourne the teenage years!

01-28-2010, 08:50 PM	#14
BD4ME Active Member Member since:Nov 2009 Location:The Netherlands Blu-ray collection:79	First a live-action Barbie movie, then a Sweet Valley High movie, now a 'Zac Efron'-action movie. My question to Universal is very simple: WHAT THE F? The sad thing is - this will probably end up being a profit.

01-28-2010, 10:10 PM	#16
Dexter Morgan Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Charleston, SC Blu-ray collection:87 Trading Score:15	Who?

01-28-2010, 10:41 PM	#19
joe_barrett Member Member since:Feb 2009 Location:New Jersey Blu-ray collection:266 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:2	A movie with Zac Effron as an action hero............ I'd rather eat a glass sandwich.

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