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Geoffrey S
10-06-2005, 20:54
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4311756.stm
Could be one of the few game tie-ins I'll be looking forward to. The mind boggles at the thought.

Edit: maybe I was a little overenthusiastic; the article states he and his company will produce, and a director is yet to be named. Changed topic title. Still sounds neat though.
Divinus Arma
10-06-2005, 21:52
Video Gaming moves closer and closer to mainstream entertainment every year.

No longer is it a "toy", but a major hobby and accepted form of adult entertainment.

I like this.


It will be very nice to see a director contribute TW, eh?~;)
Reverend Joe
10-06-2005, 22:47
Seriously? The director of "Dead Alive" and "The Frighteners"? All right!
Strike For The South
10-06-2005, 22:48
Kick ass~:cheers:
Alexanderofmacedon
10-06-2005, 22:51
Check out the Halo forums

http://www.bungie.net
Geoffrey S
10-06-2005, 23:02
Seriously? The director of "Dead Alive" and "The Frighteners"? All right!
Don't forget Bad Taste!
Zalmoxis
10-07-2005, 06:42
Besides financial reasons, I don't see a purpose to making a videogame into a movie.
Arcanum
10-07-2005, 12:49
I do see a reason,I mean come on, aren't some of you too thinking that the Baldurs Gate story was a lot better plotted than LotR? Aren't there some others like me, thinking that there should be UT movies about beeing one of these "mercenaries"?

In general a computer game is not really different from a movie - an interactive movie in which YOU can decide whatever you want to do.
Either way i would find a movie about 'David Gemmel' books more interesting, although you can have a lot of your own stuff if you just take a simple action game on what your movie is based on, there is a chance that it will be getting a brainless shooting orgy...
Reverend Joe
10-07-2005, 13:17
Speaking of which, they better not **** up the Max Payne movie. I loved that game, and it would translate very well into a complete story- it even comes complete with an extended metaphor. Granted, the second game was atrocious (Rockstar did to Remedy what Activision did to EA) but then there doesn't have to be a sequel. After all, Ragnarok is over.
Alexanderofmacedon
10-07-2005, 22:13
There will be a Doom movie as well
Geoffrey S
10-07-2005, 23:23
With actual first person sequences, judging by the trailer. For some reason I'm not too excited about that one.
Steppe Merc
10-07-2005, 23:39
I thought he was just producing it?

I vote for a Elderscrolls movie. Oblivion...? :)
Geoffrey S
10-07-2005, 23:41
Yeah. I edited my post just after submitting.
Edit: ah, so I can edit the name of the topic? Done.
The_Doctor
10-07-2005, 23:57
There is supposed to be MechWarrior/Battletech movie being made.
Alexanderofmacedon
10-08-2005, 04:03
Wow, lots of them comming out eh?
alman7272
10-08-2005, 04:13
They're bringing the Flood to Isengard! They're bringing the Flood to Isengard-gard-gard.
Ice
10-08-2005, 04:25
There will be a Doom movie as well

Where the demons from hell are really zombies and the Marines are a SWAT team... Why must they butcher it?

Can you say resident evil 3?
Arcanum
10-08-2005, 08:25
There is supposed to be MechWarrior/Battletech movie being made.
If they don't **** it up, i'm looking very forward to this one!
The_Doctor
10-08-2005, 10:34
The guy who made Indpendence Day and 8 legged freaks is directing it...