It's OFFICIAL... Hollywood is about out of ideas....

[owenbrown]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473075/

A live action movie based on the Prince of Persia video games. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is filming now and is set to be released on May 28, 2010. :roll:

[El Fangel]

Hold on, they are going to start out with a shitty sequel? Then make the awesome (and by awesome I mean slightly better) prequel?

[Kane Knight]

Why is the the point at which they do yet another shitty movie spinoff the point at which they're just about out of ideas? Looks more like Monday to me.

[Jeritron]

KK, didn't you like Pirates?

[Xero]

I thought this was going to be about "Flash of Genius".

[Jeritron]

or A Nightmare on Elm Street remake

Lets be honest, this will probably suck but an adaptation or loose translation is FAR more original than a lessened remake, made cheaply and within 20 years of the original. Even if still unoriginal.

[Kalyx triaD]

I actually believe 'Persia is in good hands. Then again I have hope for Dragonball so take my words at that standard. Jake's lookin thug'd out as the Prince, though. And I always thought it was a 'filmable' game.

[McLegend]

Yeah I can't wait for this.

[Jon Kano]

I hope its good.

[Destor]

This is one of the games that could actually work as a movie. DUnno, my 2¢

[Jon Kano]

I sure hope they have some sick effect/direction for the time reversal shit.

[Kane Knight]

KK, didn't you like Pirates?

I just count on movie spinoffs of video games sucking. The number of good video game movies are few, if any (I'm SURE there are some, but I can't manage to remember one).

[Destor]

The first MK was pretty good.

[Destor]

...what?

[thedamndest]

Good Video Game Movies
Mortal Kombat
Resident Evil (all of them!)
The Wizard

Bad Video Game Movies
Street Fighter
Mortal Kombat II
House of Dead
Super Mario Bros
Double Dragon
Tomb Raider
Silent Hill
Doom
BloodRayne

[Jon Kano]

Dude Mario Bros is a laugh

[Indifferent Clox]

Jake Gyllenhall is in this so it may be amazing

[thedamndest]

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[Kane Knight]

LOL. The RE movies were utter shite. Plus, the Wizard wasn't really a video game movie. Not in the sense being discussed. Mortal Kombat was pretty entertaining, though the fact that I don't play the games and love Chris Lambert may bias me.

Double Dragon and Mario Brothers are fun movies, though they're cheesey as fuck. I mean, the Mario movie had a fucked up plot, but you're talking about a game where plumbers ride dinosaurs, and eat mushrooms and leaves to get stronger.

I liked Hitman, but I have no idea how it translates to the video games.

Also, Street Fighter 2 was pretty good, if you count anime.

[Kane Knight]

Oh, and if you count the Wizard, the Last Starfighter HAS to be on the list.

[Jon Kano]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekken_(film)

Notice the cast....

NATHAN JONES

[The Genius]

sf2 the anime was amazing, even had Silverchair on the soundtrack.

[ct2k]

There are a shitload of amazing Asian and Latin-American films for Hollywood to remake and destroy before they're really out of ideas.

[Jeritron]

First they're running through all of the American ones.

[Shaggy]

I actually thought this thread was about the movie I just saw a shitty trailer for called "Beer for my Horses"...starring of course...Toby Keith

[Kalyx triaD]

I have no hope for Tekken. Even the teaser poster looks like shit. That movie will be all kinds of gay.

Street Fighter is fun if you turn off your brain.

[thedamndest]

I would be all for a Manhunt movie.

KK, I am okay with adding The Last Starfighter to the list. The RE series was added because of my undying love for all things Milla Jovovich. George Romero classics they were not, but what they lacked in Romero's keen innovation, they made up for in Milla wearing short things.

[Shaggy]

I liked Street Fighter....actually have the movie poster hanging in my living room.

Doom was good just to past the time. I still watch it when its on TBS all the time.

I loved Dead or Alive at the theater. Sure it was a shitty movie but it might be one of my favorite shitty movies

I actually really enjoyed Bloodrayne also....actually went and picked it up right after I watched it but then again I think I enjoyed it beause of all the blood and gore.

Sure non of those movies really live up to the story of the games but I enjoyed them just by forgetting about the games for a while....and because I enjoy watching bad movies.

[Kalyx triaD]

RE1 was a cool movie because it strayed away from the games and built its own spin on things. RE:A didn't do it for me because it started to use the games too literally. I didn't see the third yet, but I'm looking to.

MK was awesome, the second was terrible.

What's up with Halo, CoD, Metal Gear Solid, and Guitar Hero. They need movies.

[Jeritron]

lol Guitar Hero. Could easily be the worst movie of all time if so

[Kalyx triaD]

You'd be surprised what ideas could bring a decent film.

[Good News Gertie]

I liked Silent Hill. :$

[Jeritron]

You'd be surprised what ideas could bring a decent film.

Video games not being one of them. And Guitar Hero no less. I urge you to put down the crack pipe

[thedamndest]

Guitar Hero would basically be Rocky but with a guitar instead of Apollo Creed.

[Hanso Amore]

Silent Hill was Good. The story was a good fit.

RE 1 was great i thought, and had they ignored the games and contined in the next few, could have been huge. What made RE:A horrible was the pandering to gamers (Jill wearing the same outfit, nemesis etc) I havent even see the thrid one yet, looks way too shitty.

SF was sweet when I was 8 but now I see how horrible it was! :)

Doom was ok, but you cant make a shittymovie based on an iconic game. its ok to take the Silent Hills, but Doom is uber popular, 20 years old, and people expect more.



Nothing is worse that House of the Dead, which is the single worst movie of all time. I dare anyone to dispute that.

[My Final Heaven]

Johnny Cage: This is where you fall down.

Goro: BLLAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!

The Resident Evil movies are fun for a laugh. DOA is moronically stupid, but it's also really pleasing to wach for the asthetics. I'm looking forward to the announced Bioshock movie.

[Boondock Saint]

lol Guitar Hero. Could easily be the worst movie of all time if so


Brett Ratner wants to make one.

“I love ‘Guitar Hero’ and I think it’s a part of pop culture. I would love to do a ‘Guitar Hero’ movie, if Activision would ever let me. I’m trying to convince them, but why would you have a movie screw up such a huge franchise? Not that I would make a bad movie. So that would be cool, to do a ‘Guitar Hero’ movie. ”

And here is his idea for the plot:

“It could be about a kid from a small town who dreams of being a rock star and he wins the ‘Guitar Hero’ competition. One of these dreams-[come-true] kind of concepts.”


This was an interview from August...I believe I read a couple weeks ago that this definitely isn't going to happen though.

Pretty much be a modern day version of The Wizard. Bad ass movie that is.

[Kalyx triaD]

TPWW's uncanny control over Hollywood may yet continue. We should our powers for good.

[Downunder]

Actually it is official - The are remaking Footloose. :'(

[Kalyx triaD]

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[Kalyx triaD]

You just know its gonna be some hip-hop Save The Last Step Up 2 Stomp The Yard bullshit!!!!

[Boondock Saint]

Zac Efron I believe.