Last I heard, Etan Cohen was directing a remake of CANNONBALL RUN, but I haven't heard a peep about it in a very long time. I've only got a million questions about this adaptation. His love interest was an Egyptian Princess Narda - and she kicked mucho ass! Most everyone should love HOJO if they do the cook justice. Mandrake could make you see whatever the fuck he wanted to make you see and it was often trippy and crazy cool. Mandrake fought regular criminals, supervillains, aliens, inter-dimensional beings, ghosts. Anybody that has read those adventures knows full well the mutual respect that these characters had for each other. He was once referred to as being Mandrake's slave, but that was never how Mandrake treated him. His best friend and crime fighting partner was LOTHAR - the prince of the seven nations, superhumanly strong, invulnerable to any weapon forged by man, but had a passion for Leopard print & wore a Fez. He makes his home upon XANADU (remember, this is pre-CITIZEN KANE, but Welles' love of strips is well known) - and I've always seen Welles' XANADU when imagining Mandrake's. The hat, cape, wand give him vast powers. The character does inherit his power from his father. MANDRAKE done goofily would not be my first take. He also co-wrote TROPIC THUNDER - as well as writing MEN IN BLACK III. His screenwriting career began with a Nostradamus look at our present with IDIOCRACY, which he wrote with Mike Judge after writing on Beavis & Butthead show. Etan has directed one feature film, GET HARD with Will Ferrell & Kevin Hart. But Etan Cohen is what terrifies me a bit. Not the Sacha Baron Cohen part - he has proven to be more versitile than we first thought - and he's picture perfect in terms of physique and face for the character. Well today, it was announced that Sacha Baron Cohen has been cast as MANDRAKE in for director Etan Cohen. Why am I discussing MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN? I first got introduced to MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN with the following serial in 16mm: That studying it, you could understand the dreams of people and times long ago. I, also get how folks tend to think it is impossible that I'm as big a fan as I purport to be about as many subjects & characters that I wholeheartedly embrace, but all I can say is that I am my father's son - and he felt Pop Culture was important. He has been referred to as being our first superhero having debuted in June of 1934. I can get how most of you wouldn't know a thing about Lee Falk's classic MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN.
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