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More than 28 game-based movies being made
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 19th December 2008
There are more than 28 known game-based movies in production, covering everything from Tekken to Earthworm Jim.
And there's a whopping 28 of them, not counting Second Life.
The list ranges in credibility from the arguably cinematically-suited Halo movie, right through to the World of Warcraft film. Check the full list below, along with expected release date.
Cold Fear (2008)
Fear Effect (2008)
Area 51 (2009)
Castlevania (2009)
Clock Tower (2009)
Halo (2009)
Kane & Lynch (2009)
The Legend of Spyro (2009)
Metal Gear Solid (2009)
Onimusha (2009)
Sabotage 1943 (2009)
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)
Spy Hunter (2009)
The Suffering (2009)
Tekken (2009
Warcraft (2009)
Bioshock (2010)
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (2010)
Driver (2010)
Earthworm Jim (2010)
Gears of War (2010)
God of War (2010)
Joust (2010)
King of Fighters (2010)
Mortal Kombat (2010)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
Resident Evil 4 (2010)
Splinter Cell (2010)
World of Warcraft (2011)
Some of these we already knew about, some we didn't. Some we're excited about, some we aren't. One big question remains though - if Doug TenApel is making an Earthworm Jim film then how long is it until we see a film based on Sockbaby?
Let us know what you think of the list in the forums.
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So, to conclude, filmakers will now be known as historians!
Apart from the Legend of Chun-Li, gratuitus anime boob shots for the win!
Counteracted by **** dubs or **** acting or even a combination of the two.
It isn't anime. It's live action, with Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li.
She's going to need implants to play the role.
There's still gonna be gratuitus boob shots.
Or I won't go see it.
Kane and Lynch is a lame game... Sorry to say it...
I still have hope that they DON'T make Bioshock the movie, as i don't have any hopes left for a good movie adaptation from games...
Bioshock is a possibility but only if it was big budget done by a proper director with vision, but lets face it that aint gonna happen.
Acctually Kane & Lynch could maybe come alright but only if it has a gun battle like Heat. Lets just hope Mortal Kombats better than the previous efforts.
Although there is one game movie I did enjoy which was Doom mainly cause it was funny and me and my mate laughed all the way through while this lass behind us kept breathing heavy cause she was scared.
yup, pretty much was i was going to say.
Is that the thing on the boat? That sucked. Although I've seen films with worse plots.
Fear Effect (2008)
Nope. Don't remember that game.
Area 51 (2009)
Game Plot - There are aliens in area 51, shoot them.
Film Plot. There are aliens in Area 51. Watch someone who was in Smallville or Stargate SG1 shoot at them, and eventually escape.
Castlevania (2009)
How does one make a platform film? This will be interesting.
Clock Tower (2009)
Is this a game? A building perhaps, but surely not a game!
Halo (2009)
I thought this was cancelled? Werent there rumours Peter Jackson was to direct then the whole thing went belly up?
Kane & Lynch (2009)
Bank robbers usually make for good film material, but I think the game origin negates that.
The Legend of Spyro (2009)
Cartoon maybe....
Metal Gear Solid (2009)
this could be interesting... a nice anime film of it would be better
Onimusha (2009)
This one is CGI, probably the only genre that suits the game-to-film fiasco
Sabotage 1943 (2009)
Again, I've yet to hear of it.
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)
Anime? God I hope so.
Spy Hunter (2009)
Cock Hunter.
The Suffering (2009)
The Audience will do all the suffering (LOL I AM SO FUNNY)
Tekken (2009)
Sweet Zombie Jesus. A StreetFighter, a DOA and Two Mortal Kombat films later and they still haven't learned. Wake up hollywood suits - you can't just take every popular game and turn it into a film!
Warcraft (2009)
How would this even work?
Bioshock (2010)
I used to whinge about how bioshock could suck as a film, but its the only one on the list so far with any potential!
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (2010)
Or maybe it isn't....
Driver (2010)
Starring Jason Statham, being apparently the only actor left who can drive.
Earthworm Jim (2010)
There was an earthworm Jim cartoon I think, but I'm guessing this would be a guy-in-a-suit movie like those hilarious Martin Lawrence capers.
Gears of War (2010)
If we can successful offload that wankbag Cliffy B onto the film industry, the unavoidably awful film that results will have been worth it.
God of War (2010)
starring Brendan Fraser. Probably. Did anyone see him drunk on the Graham Norton show the other night?
Joust (2010)
Or 'A Knights Tale, The Game' The Movie. Except without Heath Ledger obviously.
King of Fighters (2010)
See 'Tekken'
Mortal Kombat (2010)
OMFG See Tekken Already
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
Is this with Jake Gylenhall? did he read the script at all? Hey that rhymes!
Resident Evil 4 (2010)
I have a funny story for this one. My friends 7 year old cousin has ADD, and he loved Resident Evil. After he saw it, he started writing the script for a sequel. Well, to be honest he was more drawing page after page of men shooting dogs, but apparently thats what happened in the first one. Anyway. When the second one came out, I read a review that stated that the script was so convoluted that it appeared 'to have been written by a 7 year old with ADD'. I can only assume the kid sent in his pages of canine hatred and they actually used it.
Splinter Cell (2010)
Has some potential, in a kind of a Tom Clancy writes Jason Bourne kind of way.
World of Warcraft (2011)
Wait. Wait wait wait. They're making a WoW film seperately to a Warcraft film? Oh wait! Maybe the <em>Warcraft</em> film will go straight to DVD, but you'll only be able to download the WoW film.
I am shocked. Shocked! Well I'm not <em>that</em> shocked. Hollywood is all about the dosh, and all these films rely on the same principle. Trick just enough people who played the game into going to see it to make the costs back, and hopefully a get a few quid more out of them.
So what games would make for good films? It's hard to say. I could take the moral high ground and say that there simply arent ANY games that translate to the screen properly, but then again I feel like Monkey Island would have made a cracking film, if only the guys who made Pirates of the Caribbean hadn't stolen most of the plot and charaters from it.
And now that I think of it, there are a few others that would have worked.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis - anything would be better than the Crystal Skull. This could have come close to Crusade.
(the argument here of course, is that this wouldn't be a movie of a game, but simply a sequel to an existing film, on which the game is based)
Crimson Skies - either the PC original or the Xbox sequel. But again, Sky Captain pretty much stole its thunder.
Grim Fandango - it might be quite beetlejuice-ical, but that would be no bad thing.
You win the internet this week!!
From the top down:
Wasn't that the mediocre game that had a sequel with some sort of lesbian undertones? Cel-shaded or something.
It's Halo - Nothing is ever canceled. Except the box of "Good" that seems missing from everything Halo related.
MGS needs to die, and soon. I love the series, but by god. 20 years is too long.
Warcraft, and by extension, the World thereof has quite a large pool of lore to draw from - I expect that's the basis for these two abominations.
I wouldn't say he can drive, as such, but perhaps that he's the only actor left who is willing to do driving movies.
I wish I'd seen Brendan Fraser drunk.. For God of War, though, I imagine they'd cast some clown as Kratos. Like The Rock. Or Dwayne Jerkoff, whatever he wants to be called now.
Think 2 was bad? Should have seen 3. 3 sounds even more like your friends 7 year old cousins canine hate.
If by that you mean, more guns and more glowy lights, then sure. Shouldn't Sam Fisher be dead by now? All the stress that these missions put on him must have significantly weakened him in old age - Which is where he should now logically be.
See Warcraft. I think they'd try and tell the Burning Crusade story - There's more reason for explosions AFAIK.
... and Splinter Cell, omfg........ hell yeah...
john
As long as they get halfway decent actors and don't change the story much it could work.
wouldnt a "driver" film with jason stratham just be like "the transporter" or one of its sequels seeing as he doesn't really get out of the car in those he's just like the game anyway.
splinter cell would probably work really well actually, there are splinter cell books (not written by clancy) too so they could use those to pad it out a bit.
Hopefully MGS is good. Get Hideo involved to make it epically long. 10 hour movie!!
Don't you mean:
:(:(:'(
It was supposed to be out in 2009, done in the same CG as the intro movies to the game and written by one of the key people at Blizzard. That was going to be pretty awesome.
But 2011? It means someone essentially canned it. :(
Because that is the only reason I (and most men) watch anime/movies
Cold Fear (2008)
Never heard of the game. That doesn't bode well...
Fear Effect (2008)
Fear Effect? Perhaps something to do with F.E.A.R? Who knows...
Area 51 (2009)
'cause FPS' convert SOO well into movies. Doom wasn't bad enough for them?
Castlevania (2009)
Potential. But who knows just what kind of mess they're going to make from it.
Clock Tower (2009)
Who?
Halo (2009)
With Peter Jackson helming this one, I think it's going to be a sure thing. But with Bungie's famous attention to detail, I doubt even Uwe Boll could mess this one up too badly.
Kane & Lynch (2009)
Interesting. Another bank robbery movie, then.
The Legend of Spyro (2009)
Definately a kiddie show. Probably direct-to-DVD too.
Metal Gear Solid (2009)
The MGS series have been getting pretty bad in the cinematic:gameplay ratio. Almost as bad as Final Fantasy. So if the game's already mostly cinematic, why not go the whole hog and cut that pesky game play out altogether?
Onimusha (2009)
Who? Would this be Oni, again by Bungie? That was a great game, and had much potential. I can see it working as a movie, but only if given the right treatment. Which means, if Hollywood's got this one, it'll suck, bigtime.
Sabotage 1943 (2009)
Who?
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)
More gratuitous boob shots that Tomb Raider? Where do I sign?
Spy Hunter (2009)
Which version? The arcade game (Which wasn't bad, in an 8-bit kinda way) or the XBox remake (Which blew goats)? Either way, I can't see this one making the transition well.
The Suffering (2009)
Who?
Tekken (2009
Not another fighting game movie!? Didn't they learn from Mortal Kombat: The Movie, or Street Fighter: The Movie?
Warcraft (2009)
3 hours of "LFG 10-Man Raid!"
Bioshock (2010)
Much potential here. The plot and execution of the game were rock solid, and the whole thing had an almost cinematic feel anyways. Get the crew from "City of Ember" in, and we have 100% win potential.
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (2010)
Again, a lot of potential here. The Broken Sword games bring back fond memories for me, similar to some of the Lucas Arts games of the same era (Monkey Island, anyone?). And while the twisted humour of those games wouldn't convert so well, I think BS would.
Driver (2010)
How very Meta. A Movie, based on a game, based on a Movie. And thus the circle of Hollywood suckitude is complete.
Earthworm Jim (2010)
How? Only a cartoon could really do this justice, and did. So how?
Gears of War (2010)
Again, potential. Possibly even potential if handed to Hollywood. But please, let someone who knows what they're doing take this one, and shoot it in Pinewood. :)
God of War (2010)
To cash in on the whole "Ancient Legend Retold For Your Viewing Pleasure" (300, Troy, Gladiator, Beowulf), and to mix it with a video game cash-in? Hollywood execs see win, I see lose.
Joust (2010)
Is this the one on horses, or the one in planes? Either way, I see suckitude.
King of Fighters (2010)
No, they didn't learn from the other Fighting Game movies, which all sucked. Speaking of which...
Mortal Kombat (2010)
Didn't they already try this? Didn't it flop massively?
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
I can see potential here, though I think when they complete the Assassin's Creed game series, someone should really pick that up, as it has a lot more potential than this.
Resident Evil 4 (2010)
Movie based on game, part the 30th. And let's hope they don't pick up Umbrella Chronicles, 'cause that combination (Movie based on game based on movie based on game) will cause massive head explosions all round, I think.
Splinter Cell (2010)
Movie based on game based on book. An interesting twist. Not sure the plotline of this game was strong enough, however.
World of Warcraft (2011)
Yeah. No.
And didn't someone mention Second Life had been optioned? More suckitude right there.
yes.
Clock Tower (2009)
Kane & Lynch (2009)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
God of War (2010) if it's a la 300
Warcraft (2009) (unless wholly made by bilzzard, then hell yes)
maybe
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) only if it's animated like alpa.
no.
Cold Fear (2008)
Fear Effect (2008)
Area 51 (2009)
Castlevania (2009)
Halo (2009)
Onimusha (2009)
Sabotage 1943 (2009)
Spy Hunter (2009)
The Suffering (2009)
Tekken (2009
Bioshock (2010)
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (2010)
Driver (2010)
Earthworm Jim (2010)
Gears of War (2010)
Joust (2010)
Splinter Cell (2010)
hell no.
Resident Evil 4 (2010) (had three of them already, they sucked.)
Mortal Kombat (2010)(see above)
King of Fighters (2010)(read: street fighter: the movie and I like KOF)
Tekken (2009)(see above)
World of Warcraft (2011) (wait, wait, wait, a movie based on "World Of...")
Metal Gear Solid (2009) (if you want a moviejust patch together the cut scenes)
Where is Mass Effect? I thought it was even better (and more cinematic/dramatic) than everyones beloved Bioshock.
And of course, where is Interstate 76'? j/k
Although now that I think about it, I76 with the likes of Sam Jackson and Owen Wilson might actually make such an over the top, bizzaro, warp fest that'd be worth wasting 2 hours for lol
The MGS series is great but I dont like is the cut scenes cos they r so long and boring
It's what makes MGS what it is, it's a proper game, with a proper storyline, period.
And Bioshock the movie? Wow, that could be something.