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castlevania

Castlevania Movie Sees Belmont Armed With "A Fucking Sword"

After Dr. Henry Jones, modern pop culture's second-best proponent of the whip has got to be Castlevania's Simon Belmont. And with a Castlevania movie (sort of) coming up, just imagine the kind of stuff he could be doing with said whip! And yet, courtesy of a script review for the upcoming project, it seems the whip's been relegated in favour of a sword. And not just any sword:

Though I said Vampire Killer is gone from this script, Simon does wield what is described as a chain whip in two instances. However, it is nondescript and in one of the occasions is wielded as an off-hand weapon. So what is Simon armed with throughout the film? A fucking sword.

Oh dear. Nothing like setting off on the wrong foot with fans, is there?

Paul W. S. Anderson’s Castlevania [CC2K]

1:20 AM on Tue Jul 15 2008
By Luke Plunkett
4,310 views, 113 comments

lost planet

Lost Planet Movie Confirmed

MGS actor and Hollywood writer David Hayter said, a few weeks back, that a deal to bring Lost Planet to the big screen was "not entirely confirmed yet". Is now! Variety are reporting that the project's a done deal, with Warner Bros. to distribute, former Marvel pictures boss Avi Arad to produce and Hayter to write. Capcom will be contributing at least some, if not all of the money for the movie, though there's no word on a release window. Expect more info at Capcom's E3 event tomorrow.

Capcom making Lost Planet movie [Variety]

11:30 PM on Mon Jul 14 2008
By Luke Plunkett
3,626 views, 36 comments

Latest by Cats: You know, as long as it was as good as Starship Troopers was I'd be super happy. more »

movies

A Sober And Conscious Oneechanbara Review

As threatened, GameSetWatch columnist Matt Hawkins has reviewed the American premiere of Oneechanbara, which had its American debut at the New York Asian Film Festival. Hawkins looks at it from a different perspective from the review we linked earlier — that of a person who was awake and actively watching the film. It's exhaustive, but for those who want a quick summary, Hawkins, at one point writes on whether the movie is good or not, "Define 'good.'"

He also writes "exposed breasts" which has us firing up the Netflix queue.

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3:40 PM on Wed Jun 25 2008
By Michael McWhertor
8,253 views, 8 comments

Latest by Angryrider: Heh, I actually call the Section Chief by name. I wish they'd hurry up and find a distributor. more »

games and film

The Blind Spot of 'Genius': Kojima and Griffith

I'm really fond of the Brainy Gamer, mostly because Michael Abbott's posts almost always live up to the title of the blog; this week, he tackled the question of 'genius' and auteurs, amongst a lot of MGS 4 talk (especially in reference to Citizen Kane). Abbott looks at the parallels between D.W. Griffith (director of Birth of a Nation and Intolerance, among a lot of others) and Kojima Hideo of Metal Gear fame. Leaving aside the question of whether Kojima 'is' a genius (at the very least, he is an auteur), Abbott draws parallels between the two, especially in terms of a 'blind spot': More »

1:30 PM on Sun Jun 22 2008
By Maggie Greene
6,980 views, 78 comments

Latest by Sunjammer: @dadeisvenm: I guess at that point it just boils down to both your tolerance level and your preferences. I can't argue that the people that enjoy MGS are wrong. They aren't. All i'm saying is that many, many more could more »

max payne

More Max Payne Movie Shots

This time courtesy of /film, and these ones are doozies. No Mark Wahlberg exiting make-up here, no, these have stuff, and cop cars, and stuff that crashes onto cop cars. Oh, and more snow, something I'm glad to see they're paying attention to: the real star of the first game wasn't Payne, or the villains, or the walkable umbilical cord, but the all-encompassing storm. Two more pics after the jump. More »

10:30 PM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By Luke Plunkett
14,265 views, 36 comments

lost planet

Somebody Wants To Make A Lost Planet Movie?

Yesterday's episode of Evil Avatar's podcast featured as a special guest David "Voice of Solid Snake" Hayter. They got chatty, they talked Metal Gear, but something else they talked about was Hayter's other line of work: as a Hollywood writer. Over the year's, Hayters worked on movies like X-Men 1 & 2 and the Scorpion King, and he's even at work on the upcoming Watchmen flick as well. Seems he's also in discussions with both Capcom and Warner Bros to write a screenplay for a Lost Planet movie. Interesting choice, Capcom. Can't say I enjoyed the game too much, but the setting could work as a flick, especially if it's pitched at the Chronicles of Riddick end of the budget/market.

Evil Avatar Radio Ep. Eleventy One - David Hayter [Evil Avatar]

9:20 PM on Tue Jun 17 2008
By Luke Plunkett
1,642 views, 28 comments

Latest by y2kenjination: If Hayter's writing the screenplay, then count me in. more »

gears of war

Gears Movie Gets A Director, Re-Write

Hellooooooo Len Wiseman! Wiseman, Variety reports, has signed on to direct the Gears of War movie. You may (or may not) know Wiseman from his previous works Die Hard 4 and...the Underworld series. Hrm. Variety are also reporting that the original screenplay - penned by Stuart Beattie - is going to be reworked by Chris Morgan, who you may (or may not) know from previous works like...Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Hrmmm. Seems the movie's also going to be pushed back, too - originally planned for 2009, Mark Rein is now saying "We want to get it right. There's no timetable for us. We just want to make as good a movie as we can, and we think (Wiseman's) the guy who will do it.".

Wiseman suits up for 'Gears of War' [Variety]

8:20 PM on Mon Jun 16 2008
By Luke Plunkett
7,249 views, 86 comments

Latest by goddessakasha: Mmmmmm... Kate Beckinsale. more »

uncharted

Are We Going To Get An Uncharted Movie?

A "source" speaking with Joystiq seems to think so. According to this source - who is "close to the deal" - developers Naughty Dog have already agreed to option the rights to a movie based on their 2007 hit (and our 2007 NQGOTY), with Atlas Entertainment reported to be behind the project. Who are Atlas? They're a production company who helped put Twelve Monkeys and Three Kings together, so relax, will you?
Source: Uncharted optioned for movie adaptation [Joystiq]

11:30 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Luke Plunkett
2,041 views, 61 comments

Latest by n/a: @TriFF51: @ AND Tomb Raider!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more »

sega dreamcast

Dreamcast Lives On (In New Jackie Chan Movie)

The Dreamcast is dead? Don't tell the production crew of new martial arts flick Forbidden Kingdom. Siliconera's Spencer just finished up a viewing of the Jackie Chan/Jet Li epic, and says that while the film's littered with gaming references, one stands above all others:
However, the best reference is also the most subtle. In the first five minutes of the movie, after Jason wakes up from his dream, you can see a Dreamcast on the left hand corner of the screen underneath his TV.
Sounds pretty blink-and-you'll-miss-it, but then, so was the Dreamcast.
The Forbidden Kingdom co-starring the Dreamcast [Siliconera]

10:30 PM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Luke Plunkett
4,686 views, 67 comments

Latest by Billkwando: @Billkwando: I was wrong. The two were reunited for an infinitely more worthy movie, Unleashed. more »

uwe boll

Uwe Boll Wanted To Do A WoW Movie, Blizzard Said No, Thanks

Uwe Boll likes games. Likes making movies based on games. Likes making movies based on games involving swords, castles and magic. Guy's got a track record. So Uwe Boll making the World of Warcraft movie, it just fits, right? Did for Boll. Didn't for Blizzard. Boll says:
I got in contact with Paul Sams of Blizzard, and he said, 'We will not sell the movie rights, not to you...especially not to you. Because it's such a big online game success, maybe a bad movie would destroy that ongoing income, what the company has with it."
But what if it was a good movie, Uwe? Oh, right...
Uwe Boll Won't Ever Be Entering The World Of Warcraft [MTV, via VG247] [Pic]

4:30 AM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Luke Plunkett
19,651 views, 107 comments

Latest by n/a: "especially not to you" PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more »

onechanbara

Onechanbara Movie Hits Next Week

Ah, Onechanbara. Cowgirl, female flesh, zombies. It's like lightning in a bottle. As you may or may not know, the hack n' slash series is being made into a live-action movie, of which this is the final theatrical poster. The film's due to open in theatres across Japan next week (April 26), and should go down a treat with fans of the games. For everyone else, this poster does a pretty good job of setting the scene.
『お姉チャンバラ THE MOVIE』先行試写会が開催 主要キャストが舞台挨拶[Famitsu]

10:30 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Luke Plunkett
11,186 views, 43 comments

Latest by maraxusofk: nice ass more »

assassins creed

Assassin's Creed On "Hollywood's Radar"

Variety's Ben Fritz is a games journo, yeah, but dude also works at Variety. Which means he gets an insight into the movie business the rest of us don't. So it's interesting to see that, tucked away in his post about John Riccitiello's "OMG games > movies" rant from yesterday, is this:
...a few big games like "Bioshock" and "Assassin's Creed" are, I hear, on Hollywood's radar.
BioShock, we knew, but Assassin's Creed, that's new. Here's hoping any possible Hollywood adaptation remains faithful to the source material. Be a shame to see them focus solely on violence at the expense of all that church-diving and bench-sitting.
John Riccitiello[Variety] [Pic]

7:20 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Luke Plunkett
2,808 views, 54 comments

Latest by Evil J: @Seiven: In fairness, though, having read the Matheson novella before viewing either... they weren't really much like the book beyond the whole "last man standing goes up against vampires" basis of the story. At least with books you can have more »

prince of persia

Wait, So Now Jake Gyllenhaal Is The Prince Of Persia?

So say Latino Review, who according to "multiple sources in Hollywood" tell them the Jarhead's not merely in the running, but that Disney have already offered him the role. On first thought, he seems more "nice" than "dashing/swarthy". But on second thought...yeah, this could work. He's an awfully pretty man, and the Prince is - at least in Sands of Time - an awfully pretty man. Put Jake in some MC Hammer pants and a wig, have him run up some walls and I'm sure he'll do just fine.
Exclusive: Prince of Persia MIGHT BE A Jarhead! [Latino Review]

9:20 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Luke Plunkett
4,327 views, 91 comments

Latest by n/a: Hi everybody! I would like to inform you about one new actor who looks much better than David Zandi, sorry for that but I am a big fan of that game and I am looking forward to see it on the more »

halo

New Halo Movie Script About A Kid Named John

Hollywood writer Stuart Beattie, of GI Joe and Gears of War, is a huge Halo nerd. And like many Halo nerds sheds the odd tear at the sorry state the series' film adaptation hopes have found themselves in of late. His solution? Write another script, one that can get made on the cheap, then throw in a couple of extra plot outlines to round it all off and make it a trilogy. Beattie's take is based loosely on the novel Fall of Reach, and is about a six year-old kid, named John, who's kidnapped by the USC "then brutally trained to become an elite Spartan warrior known as Master Chief 117". The movie then deals with humanity's first contact with the Covenant, and the...well, fall of Reach. Subsequent sequels would then focus on the stories of Halo 1 and Halo 3. And before you ask, we're assured this isn't an April Fool's joke, for what that's worth.
Exclusive: Halo Movie Has Reach! [LatinoReview, via io9]

8:20 PM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Luke Plunkett
4,135 views, 52 comments

Latest by n/a: @aldo_14: Damn you! I was hoping to be the first one on this thread to draw parallels between this "story" and the mind-numbing shittiness that was "Soldier". Well, with any luck, the movie will be bad enough to drown the Halo more »

gears of war

Gears Of War Movie Gets Director, 2010 Release

Wyck Godfrey, producer of the probably-upcoming Gears of War, has told ComingSoon that progress on the movie's coming along nicely. They've even got some key personnel onboard, with a director they're "about to attach" and a tentative release date of Summer 2010. Yikes! That's the future. Now, to wonder who that director is...
Gears of War Movie Update [ComingSoon]

6:20 AM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By Luke Plunkett
2,682 views, 46 comments

onimusha

Onimusha Movie Delayed

Christophe Gans' Onimusha movie is in a spot of bother. It's been put on indefinite hold thanks to, of all things, the death of Heath Ledger, which impacted on the schedule of producer Samuel Hadida, who was due to work with Ledger on a new Terry Gilliam movie. Because that's been stopped, Hadida had to delay the filming of Onimusha, which has now thrown out the calendars of the film's Japanese cast, who are now all too busy working on other stuff to get started on Onimusha. Series fans not put off by either the prospect of an adaptation or the fact Gans was handling it will no doubt be crushed. If, you know. Those people exist.
ONIMUSHA delayed? What's Christophe Gans up to, then? [AICN]

10:30 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Luke Plunkett
2,578 views, 19 comments

Latest by n/a: who about making Onimusha into a complete CG movie like the ones in the games more »

game movies

EA And Starz Team For Dead Space Movie

EA is not screwing around with promotions and marketing for their upcoming space horror game Dead Space. Not only are they in the midst of a comic book limited series, now they've teamed up with Starz Media to create a full-length animated movie prequel for the game. The animated film, which will bridge the gap between the end of the comic series and the beginning of the game, is being produced by Film Roman, the animation company behind The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
"We are really excited to be working with Film Roman to create an animated feature that will tell the portion of the Dead Space saga between the comic and game," said Glen Schofield, Executive Producer for Dead Space. "With the video game, comic book and now animated movie, Dead Space has become a true multimedia brand.
The animated feature will launch simultaneously with the game, first on TV and then on DVD. Awfully big push for a new and untested IP, isn't it? If Dead Space ends up tanking a lot of people are going to end up looking very, very silly. More »

8:20 AM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Mike Fahey
1,913 views, 24 comments

Latest by n/a: what do you mean "IF" it tanks!!!!!!!????????????!?!?!?!?!?!??! more »

max payne

Beau Bridges Will Make The Max Payne Movie Perfect

All those Street Fighter II casting announcements mean nothing. Nothing. Because they've all been trumped by this single signing: Beau Bridges has been cast in the role of B.B. Hensley for the upcoming Max Payne movie, which will see him acting as Payne's mentor. I don't remember a B.B. Hensley in either Max Payne game, but really, that doesn't matter. Because it's Beau Bridges. Which instantly makes the character incredibly awesome.
Bridges cast in 'Max Payne' [Hollywood Reporter]

8:20 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Luke Plunkett
3,144 views, 52 comments

Latest by pandafresh: while i'll agree the story was meh in max payne one and sucked in 2, the max payne series is pretty damn good gameplay wise. especially number 2, but dont ever play those games on a console, ruins the experience. more »

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