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Grand Theft Auto film all but ruled out
Jul 25th
Dan Houser disbelieves open-world crime games could be turned into two-hour movie, says Rockstar would have to have creative control of any such project.
This week saw Rockstar Games announce an October 29 release date for the second Xbox 360-exclusive expansion of Grand Theft Auto IV, the Ballad of Gay Tony. At the same time, one of the developer’s co-founders all but ruled out the chance of there ever being a Grand Theft Auto movie.
“We don’t believe that the Grand Theft Auto games, which are massive in scope and structurally complex, can be adequately compressed into a two-hour movie,” Rockstar creative vice president Dan Houser told the Los Angeles Times.
Houser, whose brother Sam is Rockstar’s president and a co-creator of the GTA series, went on to bemoan the low level of game-to-film adaptations to date. “It seems obvious to us that maintaining the long-term integrity of any entertainment property has been dependent on not making substandard spin-off products to people whose primary interest is making a quick buck,” he opined. Though Houser did not name any specific game-based movies, one does not need to go far to find examples of such critical and commercial failures, with the Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li being the most recent example.
Houser’s comments echoed those he gave in February 2008 following reports that Rockstar parent Take-Two Interactive was in advanced negotiations to license a GTA film, possibly starring Eminem. However, he did lay out the conditions that would have to be met in the unlikely event a GTA movie was made.
“If we ever decide to do a film, it will be because we have resolved our creative doubts, and while retaining enough control to ensure that if the movie is terrible, at least we will know we ruined the property ourselves,” declared the veteran developer.
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Next Resident Evil film in 3D – Report
Jul 25th
Paul W.S. Anderson tells horror film site that he will use Avatar camera system for first installment in a new zombie trilogy.
Like one of the brain-slurping zombies that populate his Resident Evil film adaptations, director Paul W.S. Anderson wants more. According to a Comic-Con report on horror film site ShockTilYouDrop.com, Anderson has confirmed that he will write and direct a 3D fourth entry in the series, and that the project would be the first in a new three-film arc.
“I wanted to kick off a brand new trilogy,” Anderson told the site. “I’m really excited we’re doing it [in 3D], and we’re using the same camera system [James] Cameron used for Avatar. There are a lot of exciting things about this one. I don’t regard it as Resident Evil 4; I regard it as a retooling and rebirth of the entire franchise.”
The film will be called Resident Evil: Afterlife and will once again see Milla Jovovich star as gun-toting heroine Alice. ShockTilYouDrop.com reports the film is expected to open September 17, 2010, and will feature new characters pulled from the game series.
Resident Evil: Afterlife was originally the name of the third film in the series, which was eventually released as Resident Evil: Extinction. Even before shooting began on Extinction, a fourth film in the series had been planned. That project was to be set in Tokyo and filmed on location.
It’s been a newsworthy Comic-Con for Anderson fans. Yesterday, James Wan, who cowrote and directed Lionsgate’s horror film Saw, told a different horror film site that he would be cowriting and directing the Castlevania film Anderson is producing.
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