http://blog.wired.com/games/2009/04/...-of-the-c.html
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A Sony Pictures film based on the critically acclaimed PlayStation 2 game Shadow of the Colossus is in the works, Hollywood Reporter and Variety reported Tuesday.
Ben Fritz of Variety's The Cut Scene blog reports that his friend Justin Marks, who wrote this year's Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, is writing the script. Fritz gives us an insider's peek at how the game may be translated to the big screen:
I understand the folks working on the project are planning to have some of the characters who appear only momentarily in the game, such as those who try to track down and stop Wander, play bigger roles in the film. And despite the game's somewhat "artsy" cred, they're hoping Shadow will be a Lord of the Rings-style fantasy tentpole.
Fritz also points out that the movie has just started its process of development, which he calls a "first step" -- "very far from actually making it to the big screen." So it's not a sure thing, as of yet.
I'm sure many of you are torn in exactly the same way I am right now. On the one hand, Shadow of the Colossus is one of my all-time favorite games, and it would be great to see it get more mainstream exposure. On the other hand, videogame movies are usually terrible.
Ben Fritz of Variety's The Cut Scene blog reports that his friend Justin Marks, who wrote this year's Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, is writing the script. Fritz gives us an insider's peek at how the game may be translated to the big screen:
I understand the folks working on the project are planning to have some of the characters who appear only momentarily in the game, such as those who try to track down and stop Wander, play bigger roles in the film. And despite the game's somewhat "artsy" cred, they're hoping Shadow will be a Lord of the Rings-style fantasy tentpole.
Fritz also points out that the movie has just started its process of development, which he calls a "first step" -- "very far from actually making it to the big screen." So it's not a sure thing, as of yet.
I'm sure many of you are torn in exactly the same way I am right now. On the one hand, Shadow of the Colossus is one of my all-time favorite games, and it would be great to see it get more mainstream exposure. On the other hand, videogame movies are usually terrible.
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