One of the apparent side benefits of the recent flood of comic book movies have been films featuring non-established superhero characters. The Incredibles is one such, but I also saw the trailer for Sky High, about a high school for kids with superpowers (imagine a sitcom version of the X-Men mutant academy), over the weekend and it looked suprisingly good.
Meanwhile, a film that will supposedly see screens in the future is Super Ex, starring Owen Wilson as a man who dates a superheroine, only to have her use her powers to screw his life up after he dumps her. If handled correctly, that could be a hilarious spin on the ‘gf from hell’ trope. While I generally find Wilson’s surfer dude persona pretty obnoxious–I prefer his brother Luke–I would like to see this work.
Wilson is also up to play the titular role in the Secret Life of Walter Mitty remake, a role long bandied about for Jim Carrey.
