Sentences with phrase «game adaptation franchise»

Next year, we'll see the release of the final film in the long - running video game adaptation franchise.

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Netflix's adaptation of the classic video game franchise is getting a lot of buzz.
Following shortly thereafter with the John Travolta thriller The General's Daughter, West confirmed his standing as a Hollywood player and was soon priming up for his biggest challenge to date, the big - screen adaptation of the popular Tomb Raider video game franchise.
While a portion of Disney Interactive's video game adaptation will follow the events of the animated movie, its Toy Box mode will allow players to create their own adventures using the franchises iconic characters.
«Tomb Raider» opens this week, and while that has had some franchise success, these video game adaptations never saw the light of day.
The «Mama» director is venturing into franchise territory for the first time with a video game adaptation
Street Fighter might not be the most obvious franchise fit for a board game adaptation, but this new project looks pretty cool all the same.
Bond girl Naomie Harris will join franchise king Dwayne Johnson in the film adaptation of the classic video game «Rampage».
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.
«Need for Speed»: A popular video game franchise, cool car chase and Jesse Pinkman from «Breaking Bad» sure seemed like a recipe for success, but the video game adaptation failed to create much excitement amongst any of the various fan groups that DreamWorks and Disney were banking on.
The first episode of Telltale Games» The Walking Dead: Michonne is another fantastic adventure and faithful video game adaptation of The Walking Dead comic book franchise.
A.V. Club film editor A.A. Dowd and staff critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky are back with another edition of Film Club to discuss Tomb Raider, the latest adaptation of the popular video - game franchise.
In the meantime, you can see Neeson on the big screen in either the currently - playing Wrath of the Titans, this summer's Battleship board game move adaptation, the aforementioned second installment in the Taken franchise this fall - or (POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT) a certain upcoming, hotly - anticipated blockbuster that the actor was recently officially confirmed to appear in.
While the Resident Evil franchise remains finished, actress Milla Jovovich and her husband Paul W.S. Anderson have begun working on a new video game adaptation of...
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Titled Tomb Raider, the latest adaptation of the long - running video game franchise - which began in 1996 - sees the Swedish Oscar - winner take over from Angelina Jolie who played the character in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) and sequel The Cradle of Life (2003).
Honestly, I'd just recommend picking up the game from 2009 that featured the original cast and is considered by many to be the canonical third entry in the original franchise; you can find it for under a tenner and it is a much more faithful and respectful video game adaptation of a revered franchise.
NEW THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE Rovio Entertainment and Sony Pictures» feature adaptation of the hugely popular mobile game franchise took flight in 74 markets this weekend — which is 63 % of the offshore footprint.
As the release for Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (the conclusion to Paul W.S Anderson's adaptation of the video game franchise) draws near, Screen Gems has kicked up the marketing push a notch by debuting five new character posters showcasing Milla Jovovich as Alice, William Levy as Christian, Ali Larter as Claire Redfield, Iain Glen as Dr. -LSB-...]
They've also announced dates for some forthcoming films like the sequels to Fifty Shades of Grey, and also shifted some films arriving over the next few years, such as the video game adaptation Warcraft from Duncan Jones, the sci - fi sequel Pacific Rim 2 from Guillermo del Toro and the first official movie that kicks off Universal's classic movie monsters franchise reboot, The Mummy.
Video game adaptations are rarely, if ever, a sensible idea and the PlayStation franchise only has mid-tier name recognition.
Films adapted from video games have now been around long enough for the first major franchise reboot (Hitman and Street Fighter don't count), and while this new Tomb Raider movie has more honourable intentions than the shallow Angelina Jolie - starring films from 2001 and 2003, it too suffers from the inherent superficiality that tends to plague video - game adaptations.
Although the franchise was largely a financial success and the first movie is often considered one of the better examples of a video game - to - movie adaptation, the Resident Evil franchise attracted mostly negative reviews throughout its six - film run.
Not only did the franchise defy the rules of video game adaptations failing miserably at the box office, but it also gave us possibly cinema's best female action heroine since Sigourney Weaver's Ripley.
The upcoming CG animated feature film adaptation of the hit PlayStation video game franchise Ratchet & Clank has secured a star - studded voice cast to feature alongside James Arnold Taylor's Ratchet, David Kaye's Clank, Armin Shimerman's Nefarious and Jim Ward's Captain Qwark.
METAL GEAR SOLID: Avi and Ari Arad are producing this long - awaited adaptation of a popular video game franchise about a soldier named Snake single - handedly taking down a terrorist organization threatening the U.S. government with nuclear - capable mecha, Metal Gear REX.
METAL GEAR SOLID, the hugely popular video game franchise, is to get a big screen adaptation, it has been confirmed.
Now playing is DreamWorks» take on the Fast & Furious franchise as the video game adaptation Need for Speed, made by stuntman - turned - director Scott Waugh (of Act of Valor), starring Aaron Paul from «Breaking Bad» and Dominic Cooper from The Devil's Double and Captain America.
Depending on how you look at it, the original Rampage gaming property's lack of plot gives the movie version an advantage / disadvantage over past adaptations of video game franchises with denser mythologies (a la Warcraft and Assassin's Creed).
WHY: Hollywood has a pretty awful track record with video game adaptations, so when it was announced that director Duncan Jones would be bringing the mega-popular «Warcraft» franchise to the big screen, many people believed that he would finally break the curse.
Of course, given the current form of cinematic video game adaptations, some would certainly argue that both Gore Verbinski and the Bioshock franchise dodged a bullet when the planned movie was cancelled.
The Fate franchise consists of many visual novels, anime adaptations, manga, and the odd video game.
Also included is Takashi Shimizu who is the director of the Ju - on film franchise and it's adaptation, The Grudge where he will be working as a creative producer and filming a live - action teaser for the game.
A customized Ford Mustang will serve as one of the stars in an upcoming movie adaptation of the «Need For Speed» video game franchise.
The 20 novels range in content and style, from franchises like Star Trek, Doctor Who, True Blood, and adaptations of video games like EA's Dragon Age and Dead Space, to recognizable comic collections like Joe Hill's Locke & Key, The Rocketeer, and Bloom County.
As for what to expect: «The film adaptation will be a fast - paced, high - octane film rooted in the tradition of the great car culture films of the 70s while being extremely faithful to the spirit of the video game franchise.
The fighting game franchise doesn't really demand a film adaptation, but despite that we now have two.
In other news, the movie adaptation for the first game in the rebooted franchise releases tomorrow.
As if that wasn't enough to make many a gamer giddy with glee, the trailer also reveals that both Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear franchise) and Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy 2, Pan's Labyrinth) will be the two creative minds behind this new adaptation, affectionately known as Silent Hills, while Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead TV series) will be the game's lead actor.
Related Links Official Homepage: www.TOMBRAIDER.com Official Twitter: @TOMBRAIDER Official Facebook page: http://facebook.com/TOMBRAIDER Official Tumblr: http://officialTOMBRAIDERblog.tumblr.com/ Official YouTube Channel: http://youtube.com/TOMBRAIDER Square Enix Presents link: https://www.youtube.com/user/SquareEnixPresents/ About TOMB RAIDER The TOMB RAIDER franchise has sold over 45 million copies worldwide and inspired one of the most successful video game film adaptations in history, grossing over $ 300 million at the global box office with protagonist Lara Croft becoming a contemporary global icon.
Former professional wrestler John Cena, who is now pursuing an acting career, is allegedly in talks to star in a film adaptation of cult games franchise Duke Nukem.
Anderson's involvement in the reboot is currently in question, as he is currently busy with a big screen adaptation of Monster Hunter, another successful video game franchise of Capcom, set to be released in late 2017 or early 2018.
The latest LEGO adventure is far from the first for TT Games; the video game developer has produced brick - based adaptations of a number of big deal franchises, including Star Wars, Batman, «Jurassic World,», Marvel and many more.
The movie adaptation of the Monster Hunter video game franchise has cast Milla Jovovich and will start production in September.
Between night shoots in South Africa, director Roar Uthaug agreed to an exclusive early interview about his adaptation of the popular video game franchise.
But alas, the series has proven to be one of the most financially successful videogame movie franchises to date and has undoubtedly led to increased interest in game adaptations, for better of for worse.
The job ad says King are looking for a level designer to join them in Stockholm on an adaptation of one of most popular game franchises, Call of Duty, which they'll be doing in collaboration with Activision Blizzard.
Print media of the Silent Hill franchise include a series of comic book adaptations; [122][123][124] the novels Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 by Sadamu Yamashita, which are novelizations of their eponymous video games; [125] the novel Silent Hill: Betrayal by Shaun M. Jooste, which is a unique tale set within the titular town; [126][127][128][129] the guide book Lost Memories; and the art book Drawing Block: Silent Hill 3 Program.
As movie franchises go, Mad Max is one that's been crying out for a video game adaptation for a while.
The wrestler - turned - actor is negotiations to star in Duke Nukem, a big - screen adaptation of the popular video game franchise featuring the politically incorrect action hero that is set up at Paramount.
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