Replacing Friedman and Charno was Steven E. de Souza, who had worked with producer Lawrence Gordon on several projects and had also written and
directed video game adaptation Street Fighter.
Even stranger still, reports from Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter have confirmed that director Chris Columbus will be writing and
directing the video game adaptation.
Not exact matches
Considering the track record of
video game adaptations not
directed by Paul W.S. Anderson or Takashi Miike, the chances that Hitman: Agent 47 will be good are slim.
The underrated madman behind The Grey, Smokin» Aces, and the wildly underrated The A-Team is still attached to
direct Bad Boys For Life (the third Bad Boys movie), but he's also written the most recent version of the Uncharted
video game adaptation and is planning to tiptoe on some sacred ground with a remake of The Raid.
Michael Fassbender, one of Hollywood's A-list, heads the cast which includes such luminaries as Marion Cotillard (who co-starred with him in last year's Macbeth,
directed equally by Kurzel), Brendan Gleeson and Jeremy Irons, giving the piece a built - in pedigree unlike almost any other
video game adaptation in history.
The rise of
video games has had a bigger effect on Hollywood than just
direct adaptations.
Last January, we reported that Syriana director Stephen Gaghan had signed on to
direct The Division, an
adaptation of the Ubisoft
video game about special military operatives sent in to a plague - ravaged Manhattan to execute gang members and troll other human players with high - tech gadgets and various different - colored...
Last year it was announced that Justice League star Jason Momoa has joined the cast of Just Cause, an
adaptation of the hit
video game series, which has Brad Peyton attached to
direct.
THR reports that Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, the filmmakers behind Catfish, are in final negotiations to
direct a film
adaptation of the popular Capcom
video game franchise.
This is, remember, the man who
directed an
adaptation of a
video game series about dramatic lawyering.
The first film
adaptation of the popular
video game series is
directed by Norwegian filmmaker Roar Uthaug and explores how Lara became a globe - trotting adventurer.
The answer to the trivia question, «What high - profile (but ill - fated)
video game adaptation was «District 9 ″ director Neill Blomkamp slated to
direct?»
Just a couple of weeks after Gore Verbinski formally turned down the opportunity to
direct Pirates of the Caribbean 4 in order to focus on the
video game adaptation Bioshock, the project has reportedly hit a major snag.
20th Century Fox is building - up their own slate of
video game films with Michael Fassbender leading an Assassin's Creed movie set to shoot later this year and a Splinter Cell
adaptation with Tom Hardy attached to star and Doug Liman possibly
directing.
Nu Image / Millennium and Lionsgate are having a rough time finding someone to
direct their
adaptation of the Eidos
video game Kane & Lynch.
The
adaptation,
directed by Moon's Duncan Jones, was not well - received by critics and opened lower than other
video game counterparts at the box office.
We've been hearing rumours for months about the possibility of the smash hit
video game Bioshock getting a feature film
adaptation, with names like Guillermo Del Toro even showing interest in
directing such a project.
It's no secret that movie studios have struggled with
video game movie
adaptations in the past, and not all of them have been
direct adaptations of their source material.
Leitch is also on deck to
direct an
adaptation of the 2016
video game Tom Clancy's The Division, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain.
San Andreas director Brad Peyton is already set to
direct a movie version of the old Rampage arcade
game, but now Deadline is reporting that he has also signed on to helm an
adaptation of the Just Cause
video game series with Aquaman «s Jason Momoa in the lead.
Next week, her latest film, Tomb Raider, will be released; she, of course, plays the
video game riot grrrl Lara Croft in the new
adaptation,
directed by Norwegian director Roar Uthaug, and co-starring Dominic West and Kristin Scott Thomas.
According to Variety,
video game adaptation The Division is moving forward, with Syriana and Gold director Stephen Gaghan stepping up to both write and
direct the film.
Duncan Jones
directs, hoping to put the curse of the
video game adaptation to rest.
Last year it was announced that Justice League star Jason Momoa has joined the cast of Just Cause, an
adaptation of the hit
video game series, which has Brad Peyton attached to
direct.
The movie stars Milla Jovovich and will be
directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, who's well - known for taking on ultra-violent scripts and
video game adaptations.
This week Wynter and I discuss the extinction of the modern movie theater, how to
direct the perfect
video game movie
adaptation, and hit or miss Netflix originals.