In history there has only been one videogame-based movie to ever take in over the magical $100m mark at the US box office - Tomb Raider. But ever since the revival of comic book based films became a box-office smash hit again, expect a lot more familiar Xbox 360 faces to soon start appearing on the big screen. Please no more Mortal Kombat, I beg you. Here are 8 videogames currently in talks to become major blockbuster movies. Be very afraid.....
ASSASSIN'S CREED
Ubisoft has set up a new feature film division of its company, and one of the fruits of said division will be a big screen outing for the Assassin's Creed franchise.
The firm has confirmed that it's working on a script treatment and is looking to attract funding for the project. It's intending to make the film in 3D, too, we understand.
BIOSHOCK
The world of Rapture would look lovely on the big screen, yet the Bioshock film project appeared not to have recovered from the departure of planned director, Gore Verbinski.
2K Games, however, said last week that it's very keen to get the project made, although there's no word of personnel attached to it at this stage. Verbinski quit the movie over disagreements about making it more of a family film, which Bioshock absolutely isn't, and this, presumably, remains a stumbling block.
CALL OF DUTY
It's not a matter of 'if' a Call Of Duty movie will get made, but 'when'. Activision is reported to be keen to push ahead, and the trademark for a Call Of Duty film was registered a couple of years back.
No formal word has been forthcoming on the project, but given the gravity of the gaming franchise, we suspect you've not got too long to wait.
DANTE'S INFERNO
The last we heard on this one was that Universal had acquired the rights, against some competition, for a film of Dante's Inferno, Electronic Arts' videogame descent into hell. And since then, Dan Harris (X2) was signed up to work on a script.
DEVIL MAY CRY
Screen Gems, having enjoyed considerable success with the Resident Evil films, picked up the rights to Devil May Cry earlier in the year, presumably with another movie franchise in mind.
The firm has recruited Kyle Ward to pen a script, and that process is ongoing.
GEARS OF WAR
Die Hard 4.0 and Underworld director, Len Wiseman, was the man assigned with the job of bringing Microsoft's Gears Of War to cinemas, but this has been a troubled project to develop. The budget has had to be cut back, the plan for an R rating re-evaluated, and the narrative readdressed. Where does that leave the film? Er, good question.
Last year, it was revealed that the film was looking for more of a District 9 vibe, and that Len Wiseman was apparently no longer attached to the film. But that was last year, and not much else has happened since. Best regard is as still "in development".
GOD OF WAR
This one looks dead, but may yet be resurrected. David Jaffe revealed back in 2005 that a script had been worked on for the film, with David Self on scribing duties, and that Universal was involved. I'll guess we'll see what happens with this one...
HALO
Had the original plan for a Halo movie not fallen apart, then we may not have had District 9. Peter Jackson and director Neill Blomkamp had been developing an expensive film of Microsoft's most valuable gaming franchise, until budgets were reined in and questions began to be asked. Off they popped instead to make District 9, and gave the world one of the surprise hits of 2009.
Halo has lingered in development hell ever since, in spite of the fact that there's a screenplay from Alex Garland apparently still in place. They say a release date is set for 2013, hmm....
Via: DenofGeek
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