To celebrate the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, yer man Scullion will be playing through a load of
video game adaptations from the past 30 years.
The Street Fighter movie holds a special place in my heart alongside other
video game adaptations from the»90s like Super Mario Bros. and Mortal Kombat: I know that technically they're not good movies or whatever, but who cares?
From our point of view, there's a couple of other major issues that limit
video game adaptations from being much good.
The Street Fighter movie holds a special place in my heart alongside other
video game adaptations from the»90s like Super Mario Bros. and Mortal Kombat: I know that technically they're not good movies or whatever, but who cares?
Western audiences will likely be most familiar with the property via the PC and X-Box 360
video game adaptation from 2010.
We hope you enjoyed our look at what properties we would love to see get
a video game adaptation from Telltale Games!
To be clear, less than a million separates Tomb Raider and I Can Only Imagine while about $ 50,000 separates
the video game adaptation from Sherlock Gnomes.
Take another look at this upcoming
video game adaptation from director Duncan Jones.
Godzilla recently hit the big screens once again and with it comes
a video game adaptation from Namco Bandai Games.
Not exact matches
She says Archer's catalogue lends itself to
adaptation into everything
from high - brow cable series to
video games.»
I've never played a minute of the Assassin's Creed
games in my life, but that isn't stopping me
from looking forward to this year's big screen
adaptation of the popular
video game.
Now, for most
video game adaptations or huge tentpole films in general, such a comment would sound too good to be true — but this is coming
from the director Snowtown Murders and last year's Macbeth.
20th Century Fox has released a new global trailer for the upcoming
video game adaptation Hitman: Agent 47 ahead of its release later this month; check it out here... HITMAN: AGENT 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered
from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the -LSB-...]
This new Tomb Raider clip
from Warner Bros.» upcoming movie reboot proves that director Roar Uthaug has absolutely nailed the visual aesthetic of the 2013
video game, but is capturing that aspect enough to pull off a successful
adaptation?
Following on
from last week's global trailer [watch it here], we've now got a new clip
from 20th Century Fox's
video game adaptation Hitman: Agent 47 featuring Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware and Zachary Quinto.
We saw a new trailer and a couple of posters last week [see here and here], and now we have the first action - packed TV spot for the upcoming
video game adaptation Hitman: Agent 47, which you can watch right here... HITMAN: AGENT 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered
from conception to -LSB-...]
As far as
video game adaptations go, no one was expecting too much
from Dead or Alive.
All I wanted
from Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom, the
video game adaptation of the action horror anime sensation, was to feel like a badass swinging around town in my 3D maneuvering gear.
Connery has since provided the voice for a low - budget Scottish animated film called Sir Billi and the
video game adaptation of
From Russia With Love, but has been adamant that he'll never return to perform in a live - action role.
Finally, predicted to fall two spaces back
from last week to number ten is Disney Studios and super-producer Jerry Bruckheimer's
adaptation of the classic
video game Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
The Super Bowl spot
from Sunday showed off some of the great, real action
from the
video game adaptation Need for Speed.
Earlier this week we brought you the final trailer for Assassin's Creed [watch it here], and now 2oth Century fox has released a new clip
from the upcoming
video game adaptation featuring Michael Fassbender and Michael K. Williams; check it out below after the official synopsis... Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, -LSB-...]
«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.
With just two days to go until Assassin's Creed arrives in US cinemas, 20th Century Fox has debuted a new clip
from Justin Kurzel's hotly - anticipated
video game adaptation entitled «Father's Blade», which features Michael Fassbender and Jeremy Irons; take a look below after the official synopsis... SEE ALSO: Michael Fassbender says Assassin's Creed planned as first instalment of -LSB-...]
McFarlane Toys has unveiled the first figure
from the Assassin's Creed movie which is based on the image of Michael Fassbender's Aguilar
from Justin Kurzel's upcoming big screen
adaptation of the hit
video game series; take a look below... Aguilar is a warrior in 15th century Spain, during the Inquisition.
We're now less than a month away
from the release of the Assassin's Creed movie, and 20th Century Fox has today debuted a brand new poster for the
video game adaptation featuring Michael Fassbender's Aguilar; take a look here... SEE ALSO: Assassin's Creed featurette explores «The Creed Mythology» SEE ALSO: Watch the final trailer for -LSB-...]
Two new images have arrived online
from the highly - anticipated
video game adaptation Assassin's Creed featuring Michael Fassbender as both Callum Lynch and his 15th Century ancestor Aguilar; take a look below... SEE ALSO: Watch the latest trailer for Assassin's Creed Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his -LSB-...]
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D will be released wide October 26, 2012 in time for Halloween, but today Open Road took to the San Diego Comic - Con to share the first ever footage
from the
video game adaptation.
While I wouldn't mind playing with some of these side characters and superfluous plotlines in a
video game, as an
adaptation of a beloved work that has enchanted many millions of readers, young and old, I'm left longing for a different kind of fan film — the inevitable one in which someone edits out all of the stuff not
from the writings of Tolkien — and makes it the movie it always should have been
from inception.
This sequel to the surprise hit
adaptation of a popular
video game, Mortal Kombat, sees John R. Leonetti (The Butterfly Effect 2), cinematographer for the first film, take over the reigns
from Paul W.S. Anderson as director, mostly to disappointing results.
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).
Any hope that «Warcraft» would be the first great
video game adaptation is promptly squashed within the opening 30 minutes, and it only gets worse
from there as the audience is forced to suffer through the convoluted plot (including an unearned romance between Lothar and Garona), a clunky finale that's more interested in setting up future sequels than providing a satisfying conclusion, and a handful of unmemorable action sequences.
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.
After wrapping principal photography near the beginning of last month and with an early March release date next year, the timetable would certainly make sense, and hopefully, then, fans can finally get their first real idea of what to expect
from this particular Tomb Raider story - one which could very well be the first properly successful
video game adaptation that Hollywood has been waiting for.
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.
Ahead of its release next month, two new clips have arrived online
from the animated movie
adaptation of the classic PlayStation
game Ratchet & Clank; check them out below after the official synopsis... A CG - animated movie based on the iconic PlayStation
video game.
Following last week's poster and trailer [check them out here], four new TV spots have arrived online for the upcoming animated
adaptation of the classic PlayStation
video game Ratchet & Clank; take a look below... SEE ALSO: Two new clips
from the Ratchet & Clank animated movie Ratchet & Clank tells the story of two unlikely heroes -LSB-...]
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.
The actor is 15th - century swordsman Aguilar and his present - day descendant in a pair of new photos
from the upcoming
video game adaptation.
The silver lining here might be that the film so clearly lays bare the problems inherent in eliminating the controller
from the
video game equation that Hollywood might finally think twice about spending $ 100 million plus on thinly - written
adaptations of thinly - written
games.
All the highlights of the news
from yesterday with stories on Director Shawn Levy and writers Kieran Mulroney and Michele Mulroney exit film
adaptation of
video game Minecraft and HBO's standalone streaming service to make its debut in April 2015.
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.
Warner Bros. is moving up Johnson's
video game adaptation Rampage
from April 20 to April 13, the studio announced Monday.
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.
The company will have footage
from two fall releases: promising semi-found-footage cop movie «End of Watch» with Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena (who'll both be there), and «Silent Hill: Revelation,» the belated and unnecessary 3D sequel to the
video game adaptation.
This year's leading performance
from Aaron Paul in the
video game adaptation Need for Speed was less than stellar (and we're being kind).
Even after getting an average response
from the critics, film went on to become the highest - grossing
video -
game adaptation ever worldwide.
Any hope that «Warcraft» would be the first great
video game adaptation is promptly squashed within the opening 30 minutes, and it only gets worse
from there as the audience is forced to suffer through the incredibly convoluted and disjointed plot.
Probably best known to UK audiences for his role as Sean Slater in Eastenders, we have just been given our first look at Robert Kazinsky's character
from the upcoming
video game adaptation, WARCRAFT.
Ever since 1983 there have been
video game adaptations of the films, and these have ranged
from exceptional (TIE Fighter) to truly awful (Yoda Stories).