Kevin Smith Wrote An Unmade Plastic Man Movie Starring Jim Parsons
Kevin Smith revealed he wrote a script for a Plastic Man animated project that would have starred a Big Bang Theory alumni. Smith was one of the breakout filmmakers of the independent film scene in the 90s alongside Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, and Spike Lee. Since the release of his debut filmClerks, Smithhas directed some cult classic projects like Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and many more. The director has also dabbled in comics, as he wrote «The Guardian Devil» arc for Daredevil in 1999, and 15 issues of Green Arrow from 2001 to 2002.
Given his extensive comic book knowledge and the fact that many of his films include superhero references, Smith has been attached to a number of superhero projects. Most famously he wrote a script for a failed Superman movie titled Superman Lives in the 90s, which he wanted to star future Batman actor Ben Affleck. He also was attached to write and directThe Green Hornet for years, and recently was set to write a Howard the Duck animated series for Hulu that was scrapped. Howard the Duck was not the only animated project Smith was working on at the time, however, and the director has now shared more details about another superhero he almost brought to the big screen.
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During an episode of his podcast Fatman Beyond with co-host Marc Bernardin (via Comicbook.com), Smith revealed that he recently came across a script he had written for an animated Plastic Man movie. Smith had previously been reported to be developing an animated Plastic Man film in 2018, but the filmmaker dropped a detail that was not known: that the character would be voiced by Jim Parsons, who famously played Sheldon on
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