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    Image of TRT-X TRT-X
    04/20/09

    In reply to John Woo: Stranglehold Movie Won't Be Ready "For Years"
    So basically we won't see a movie for this until the game is no longer relevant.
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    Image of PositivelyGreg PositivelyGreg
    03/16/09

    In reply to Stranglehold Movie Apparently Won't Star Chow Yun-Fat
    So... no Woo, no Chow... Let me guess...It will also not actually include the "Strangle" part of the title, and will not be a movie so much as a flip book of pencil drawings depicting the death of Midway.
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    Image of Frequen-Z Frequen-Z
    03/16/09

    In reply to Stranglehold Movie Apparently Won't Star Chow Yun-Fat
    Pah, to me Hard Boiled will always mean the Miller/Darrow graphic novel, not the film.
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    Image of worsethannormal worsethannormal
    03/16/09

    @Frequen-Z: It should mean both.
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    Image of SmilingPolitely SmilingPolitely
    03/16/09

    @worsethannormal: Honestly. The film was epic.
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    Image of Antiterra Antiterra
    03/16/09

    In reply to Stranglehold Movie Apparently Won't Star Chow Yun-Fat
    The pitch for the movie probably went something like this:


    "So, it's exactly like the game, but with a different story, actor and director.

    And we're open to changing the title if you're worried it sounds like a bondage torture-porn flick.

    Also, in order to make the protagonist more relatable for today's audiences, we have changed his name to Vodka 'Red Bull' Appletini. It tested well in our focus group.

    Exciting stuff, huh? Are you excited? 'Cos I'm excited. Can you see how excited I am? Look at my armpits! These sweat stains scream 'heeeck-cited'."


    "How much is this gonna cost?"


    "Almost nothing, the crew gets paids in cow intestines I>flambé and whoopie cushions."


    "And you say the kids are 'down with this shit, dawg'? They 'dig it'?"


    "Oh, hell, absolutely! Hot diggity, if I may be so bold!"


    *GREENLIGHT.*

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    Image of N●Gage Croal N●Gage Croal
    03/16/09

    @Antiterra:

    Sadly, I think this is actually how the pitch went.
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    Image of MasonL87 MasonL87
    03/16/09

    In reply to Stranglehold Movie Apparently Won't Star Chow Yun-Fat
    Why bother to do this if the game was pretty much an action movie? If you don't have John Woo and Chow Yun-Fat, then it's not Stranglehold.


    This is the most odd thing I have read.

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    Image of shaunmcilroy shaunmcilroy
    03/16/09

    @MasonL87: it becomes something else altogether...


    "Based upon the best selling videogame Stranglehold"

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    Image of TSFMfest - not funny TSFMfest - not funny
    03/09/09

    In reply to Stranglehold Getting Movie Treatment
    I don't see why we need a movie (not that it wouldn't be stupidly entertaining); the whole point of the game was to be an action movie that you could play, sans plot, and it was delicious.
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    Image of acispades acispades
    03/09/09

    In reply to Stranglehold Getting Movie Treatment
    I see the opportunity for "Tequila Time" to be a huge distraction in the movie.


    Why does Hollywood make these crap movies but then pass on gold mines like the screenplay I sent around?


    Seriously, who doesn't want to see robot and zombie chicks getting it on with each other in order to save a little girl with leukemia from an evil vampiric hamster genius? It's obvious plot isn't as important.

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    Image of Gossy... Fortune and Glory Gossy... Fortune and Glory
    03/09/09

    @AciSpades: O. M. G. I tend not to mention this on Kotaku, but I'm actually a billionaire playboy film buff who finances indie films through a number of subsidary companies.

    This is just the kind of project I've been looking for to showcase some fresh young talent I happened to hook up with on JJ Abrams' yacht (I know, I know, I only went because he practically begged me on the phone and promised my cousin a cameo in an unamed project he's working on).

    We should talk.
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    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    03/09/09

    In reply to Stranglehold Getting Movie Treatment
    Really? Is anyone surprised?
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    Image of excaliburps excaliburps
    03/09/09

    In reply to Stranglehold Getting Movie Treatment
    Out of all the movie game tie-ins I would expect this to be the most decent one. Considering that it is a sequel of Hard Boiled after all.


    I mean sure they can clean up the story a bit but people mostly watch HK Shoot 'em ups for the action than the story...


    As long as the pigeons and absurd gun pwnage are there so am I!

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    Image of PhageLab PhageLab
    03/09/09

    @excaliburps: Count me in, I loved Stranglehold and Hard Boiled is probably one of the most watched dvds I own.
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    Image of excaliburps excaliburps
    03/09/09

    @PhageLab: See! Proof we want the action to be on-par with what we've seen before.


    I know I enjoy The Transporter movies even though its stories were pretty bare bones...

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    Image of Polar Bear Polar Bear
    03/09/09

    In reply to Stranglehold Getting Movie Treatment
    Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa let me get this straight.


    Stranglehold will have a movie which is a sequel to Hardboiled? So does that Stranglehold the movie is a game based movie based on the game?

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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    03/09/09

    @Polar Bear:
    *mind s'plodes*
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