Sentences with phrase «video game adaptations in»

With so many video game adaptations in some form of development, it looks like one is getting on to the production board.

The movie is lacking in substance, yet it avoids getting bogged down in a convoluted mythology - something that has tripped up other video game adaptations in recent years - and should offer a perfectly enjoyable watch at home, since it's not necessarily worth a trip to the theater.

Its box office performance will dictate the future of video game adaptations in Hollywood (along with Assassin's Creed in December), but it certainly hasn't struck a critical chord.

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 «Heroic Legend of Arslan», a novella written in the 1980s, has been transformed into both manga and anime, and Europe will now see a video game adaptation in «early 2016».

This makes Sonic Boom the first Western created Sonic cartoon and video game adaptation in over 20 years, the last being Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, as well as Sonic Spinball which featured Sonic SatAM elements as well as characters which were carried over to Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.

Not exact matches

Fox's adaptation of the Hitman video game series stars Rupert Friend, and the first Hitman, starring Timothy Olyphant, opened to $ 13.2 million in 2007.

«South Park» got an excellent video game adaptation a few years ago in «South Park: The Stick of Truth.»

After winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her wild - eyed turn as a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted, she attempted a few other serious acting roles but only seemed to find blockbuster success when she took on the lead role in the feature - film adaptation of the video game Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

In October 2006 the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) endorsed video games as a potential means for teaching «higher - order thinking skills, such as strategic thinking, interpretive analysis, problem solving, plan formulation and execution, and adaptation to rapid change.»

Basak explained that strategy - based video games include, not only real - time strategy games, such as «Rise of Nations,» which was used in her research, but also computer adaptations of strategy board games such as «Settlers of Catan,» a favorite among physicists and mathematicians; «Ticket to Ride,» for geography lovers; and especially the classic strategy game of chess — all played with a time constraint.

Heading into action territory with the high - profile video game - to - screen adaptation Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in 2001, Taylor straddled the line between big - budget excess and independent credibility with an appearance in the little seen but curiously titled He Died With a Felafel in His Hand that same year.

The only thing left unsliced is the ham in BloodRayne, yet another video game adaptation by German genre specialist Uwe Boll and a movie with more fading - or faded - talent than an Italian basketball team.

Alien: Isolation is one of the most faithful video game adaptations you're ever likely to play, coming across as an homage to Alien and a like - for - like recreation of the used future Ridley Scott introduced us to in 1979.

And next Christmas season, we'll get to see him doing the exact same thing, only in a video game adaptation rather than a Shakespeare retelling.

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.

The video games always prided themselves on their historical accuracy and the marketing for Justin Kurzel «s film adaptation have followed suit, emphasizing star Michael Fassbender in 15th century Spanish garb.

This second attempt at a screen adaptation of the revered Capcom video game series is unbelievably awful in every aspect.

Following the release of a new trailer and poster for video game adaptation Hitman: Agent 47 yesterday, we've been sent across another new poster for the movie, which set for release in August.

Poots is in negotiations to star opposite Aaron Paul in the big - screen adaptation of the Electronic Arts video game.

The sequel to the video game adaptation «Silent Hill» in 2006, «Silent Hill: Revelation 3D» embarks on a strange journey into the mind and soul of its characters and viewers.

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

It turns out, we now know that he has abandoned it in favour of an even more surprising film: the video game adaptation Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

An adaptation of the adventure video game Uncharted has been in the works for a while now.

Known mostly for helming a string of god - awful video game adaptations including Alone in the Dark, House of the Dead and...

While there did exist an Alamut in the Persian Empire, that's essentially where the historical similarities end and begins yet another in a seemingly endless series of video game adaptations — this one requiring three screenwriters.

It's an approach not really open to other video game adaptations — the various and largely abominable Street Fighter films couldn't really engage their audience in some supernatural fisticuffs, and Tomb Raider couldn't really replicate the game's thrill of exploration, opting instead for the cheaper thrill of ogling Angelina Jolie in a catsuit.

There's a scene in Rampage, the latest movie adaptation of an old - ass — sorry, «vintage» — video game, in which an albino silverback gorilla named George flips the bird at Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson.

So pairing Johnson with a giant albino gorilla in the video game adaptation «Rampage» feels right.

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.

SR: Because obviously video game adaptations have been cursed in the past.

When we last checked in on Sony's long - gestating adaptation of the popular video game Uncharted, they had set a release date for June 10, 2016 with Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) with an eye to start filming in early 2015.

Dwayne Johnson has revealed the first poster for his upcoming action movie Rampage, the big - screen adaptation of the video game due in cinemas next...

In case you're sick of movie adaptations and audio books, World War Z will be a video game as well.

She first exploded onto the Hollywood scene after surprising loyal Bruce Willis fans in «The Fifth Element» before taking on the role of Alice in the video - game - to - film adaptation of «Resident Evil,» the best video game adaptation to date.

«Hitman: Agent 47» - August 28 Rupert Friend stars in this video game adaptation about a genetically engineered assassin who teams up with a mysterious young woman to bring down an evil corporation.

As for when we'll next see Gleeson, he's part of the cast for In The Heart Of The Sea, arriving December 26, and the actor has just finished work on video game adaptation Assassin's Creed, which is currently set to arrive exactly a year later.

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...

So a film adaptation of a video game series that is essentially just a celebration of giant monsters and the destruction they leave in their wake feels right up his alley.

Bond girl Naomie Harris will join franchise king Dwayne Johnson in the film adaptation of the classic video game «Rampage».

While these meetings haven't been officially confirmed and neither has the project in question, the one that makes the most sense is the aforementioned adaptation of Ernest Cline's nostalgia - filled, video game - playing novel.

Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer (A Sound of Thunder, Sahara) are in talks to take over the video game adaptation, which is reportedly a «high priority» for Sony right now.

Set aside your concerns about Mark Wahlberg portraying PlayStation 3 action hero Nathan Drake in the big screen adaptation of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, because it doesn't sound like this movie is based on the video game at all.

In this way, I suppose that Anderson's Resident Evil adaptation is successful in capturing some of the basic pleasures of the video game, even if it falls short of being an original and entertaining filIn this way, I suppose that Anderson's Resident Evil adaptation is successful in capturing some of the basic pleasures of the video game, even if it falls short of being an original and entertaining filin capturing some of the basic pleasures of the video game, even if it falls short of being an original and entertaining film.

«Doom» fans — If you love the video game, it's likely you'll be entertained in the interpretation to find it a mildly interesting adaptation.

Coming off the back of another video game adaptation Rampage, which opened in theaters around the world earlier this month, Peyton has -LSB-...]

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.

Recommendation: Disappointing video game adaptation squanders the massive talents of its leading trio in Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard and Jeremy Irons.