Next year, we'll see the release of the final film in the long - running
video game adaptation franchise.
Not exact matches
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
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Spider - Man himself, Tom Holland is stepping into another Sony - owned
franchise, by starring in the Uncharted
video game movie
adaptation.
We've seen far too many
video game franchises get awful film
adaptations (Max Payne, Doom) which tarnish the brand.
Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt - Roberts is beginning the interview rounds for the fast approaching early March release of the monster epic, and during a chat with Collider, he's also been discussing his upcoming
adaptation of Hideo Kojima's best - selling
video game franchise Metal Gear Solid — specifically, whether it should aim for a PG - 13 or R - Rating.
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.
The
video game adaptation of comic LASTMAN is a fun chaotic experience, but does very little to create new fans of the
franchise.
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.