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 Posted: Sun, 8th Jun 2008 06:59 Post subject: 13 Games Into Movie |
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EverQuest
The huge online role playing game is currently in the hands of writer Michael ‘300’ Gordon, who is penning a screenplay for a potential 2010 film.
Max Payne
Personally, I love the Max Payne games, and consider it a blight on the face of gamers everywhere that they weren’t more popular. But they’re very movie friendly, and that’s why filming has now commenced on a movie that may yet re-start the gaming franchise, too. Mark Wahlberg is starring, and John Moore (not the one who writes for us, rather the one who remade The Omen) is directing.
Kane & Lynch
Eidos’s 2007 game seemed to be made with the big screen in mind, and thus Lionsgate has picked up the tale of two Death Row inmates on the run. Jieho Lee is in negotiations to direct the film, which could move into production this year.
Gears of War
Underworld and Die Hard 4.0 director Len Wiseman is being linked with a live action version of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 hit game. Stuart Beattie is currently writing a screenplay (his credits include Pirates of the Caribbean, Collateral and the upcoming Spy Hunter). It’s still in the early stages of production, though.
Spy Hunter
Talking of Spy Hunter, the classic 80s arcade game (which re-emerged reasonably recently) is also being scribed by Stuart Beattie for the big screen treatment. Paul W S Anderson is down to direct the film, which is still at the writing stage.
Halo
Peter Jackson was linked to the project once upon a time, and Alex Garland has been working on a script. Yet the whole project seemed to hit the buffers last year, and thus far, there’s little sign of it coming back to life. Proposed director Neill Bloomkamp stated that he though the project was dead last Autumn, and he could well be right…
Prince of Persia Sands Of Time
Brit director Mike Newell has signed on the dotted line for the big screen Prince Of Persia outing, which has original creator Jordan Mechner involved in the script. Jerry Bruckheimer is producing, and the film is now in pre-production. Cast is yet to be confirmed, but it’ll be on the screen next year.
Splinter Cell
A film based on the Tom Clancy-branded stealth/action game is in the early negotiations stage right now. That’s make a finished product some way away…
Mortal Kombat
Another film in one of the more successful videogame franchises, this one has Christopher Lambert rumoured to be attached, but no script so far. Doesn’t usually stop them where game-to-film adaptations are concerned…
Metal Gear Solid
The game that pretty much popularised the stealth genre in games is coming to cinema screens, possibly as early as next year. Michael De Luca – who also has Ghost Rider on his CV – is producing, but no cast or director details yet.
Devil May Cry
Capcom has apparently signalled its attention for a film to be made around another one of its popular franchises (after Resident Evil), and while little else is known about the Devil May Cry movie project, 2010 has been pencilled in for its release.
Rainbow Six
John Woo is producing, but seemingly not directing, a movie adaptation of another Tom Clancy-branded videogame franchise. Rainbow Six is a bit more action packed, mind. Zach Snyder was attached, but apparently isn’t any more.
Broken Sword: The Shadow Of The Templars
The adventure game series is ripe for a film, and so one is being written right about now. Charles Cecil – who created the series – is attached as Executive Producer, and a 2009 released is planned.
http://www.denofgeek.com/games/15549/13_videogames_being_made_into_films.html
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Yawn @ all of the movies.
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Jun 2008 14:04 Post subject: |
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Metal Gear Solid
i'd love to see Ryuhei Kitamura direct
who also made twin snakes cutscenes and films versus, azumi, aragami, among others
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Jun 2008 14:11 Post subject: |
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Bioshock is coming too...
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Jun 2008 14:40 Post subject: |
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At this rate they'll be making Pong and PacMan into movies soon.
One game I would like to see being made into a movie is the Legacy of Kain series. That's a beautiful story! Reads like a greek tragedy.
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Jun 2008 15:16 Post subject: |
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you missed street fighter chun li
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Jun 2008 15:52 Post subject: |
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Of all those movies I think PoP:sands of time would work best.
A nice hang over matiné movie.
Probably Max Payne will be the best one though.
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Jun 2008 15:55 Post subject: |
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i wouldnt mind if they made max payne identical to the game and as cheesy as it is, but theyll probably try to make it cool or something.
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Jun 2008 16:24 Post subject: |
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| Lawyer wrote: | | i wouldnt mind if they made max payne identical to the game and as cheesy as it is |
Cheesy? I must have missed something major in all the times I have played through the Max Payne games. 
You find noir to be cheesy? |
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Jun 2008 16:27 Post subject: |
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noir in a game with slo mo, and over the top hammy acting. yeh i thought it was cheestastic!
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Jun 2008 17:50 Post subject: Re: 13 Games Into Movie |
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| TesterWS wrote: | | chaingang23 wrote: |
Mortal Kombat
Another film in one of the more successful videogame franchises, this one has Christopher Lambert rumoured to be attached, but no script so far. Doesn’t usually stop them where game-to-film adaptations are concerned… |
What? 
13 years late, there's already a mortal kombat movie with lambert
And a (super crappy sucky sucky) sequel AND AND the mortal kombat annihilation series. |
There is a third one coming. |
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Jun 2008 17:57 Post subject: |
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the max payne one is gonna suck os its only a 12A rating or something.
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Jun 2008 18:05 Post subject: |
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Every single one is gonna suck because they all require big LOTR-level budgets to create the settings and studios refuse to fork in the dough (too risky). They said it themselves on multiple occasions.
The only exceptions are PoP cos they managed to get a budget and Kane & Lynch that doesn't need one at all.
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I thought resident evil had a high budget?
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Jun 2008 18:07 Post subject: |
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| watergem wrote: | | I thought resident evil had a high budget? |
I was talking about the list.
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Jun 2008 18:24 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Jun 2008 18:38 Post subject: |
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| Lawyer wrote: | | payback with mel gibson? |
Aye. the DC is absolutely different than the original version.
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Jun 2008 19:14 Post subject: |
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They're already making a Pong movie.
"Only one country can destroy NATO in 40 minutes - it's Russia"
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Jun 2008 20:19 Post subject: |
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Pong, the epic tale of two friends fighting against evil bubbles 
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Jun 2008 23:36 Post subject: |
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To bad they dont make like the game movie of F.E.A.R.
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| Posted: Mon, 9th Jun 2008 00:01 Post subject: |
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or rather;
| dingo_d wrote: | | bubble bobble, the epic tale of two friends fighting against evil with bubbles |
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How different can the DC be??
