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Cristophe Gans set to direct an Onimovie
10:19 PM on 05.19.2007, Jim Sterling 18 comments

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Remember the Silent Hill movie? Remember how the first three quarters of it were actually somewhat decent? Well, Christophe Gans, the director of one of the only video game movies not to be complete garbage, is all set to try his hand at a distinctly different beast when he directs a movie based on the Capcom hit series, Onimusha.

The franchise, set in ancient Japan and mixing historical events and personalities with a fictional fantasy about the rise of demonic forces, would make for an excellent adventure movie, full of wonderful setpieces, some terrific action sequences and plenty of monsters getting whacked upside the head. It's all about whether or not Gans can deliver though.

The very fact that he's not Uwe Boll is a very good sign already, and if his ability to understand the source material remains as clear as it did in Silent Hill, then we're talking about a film that might just be bloody awesome. Want to know more? The jump's right there for you to hit.

[Via Screendaily.com] 

The Onimusha story is being adapted by Leslie Kruger and John Collee (Master and Commander) and while there's no studio confirmed yet, it's said that Essential Entertainment are showing some very strong interest. Due to be hot in China, production begins in February 2008 as of this report, set for a December 2009 release.

Gans himself is very positive on his involvement with the project:

"I have loved the Onimusha story for years and am overjoyed to have the opportunity now to bring it to life for worldwide film audiences and to access the unparalleled film resources of China to do so on the scale that the story demands." 

Onimusha has always had a lot of critical praise heaped upon it and is certainly a fantastic series, but at the same time, doesn't have any deep mythos that could be potentially damaged by a film, if only in the eyes of fans. Its focus on the fighting and demonic side of things make it a very hard property to screw up in translation to the big screen. Plus anything involving Oda Nobunaga is gold. Expect a good old fashioned, sword swinging, popcorn movie of a romp in 2009.

And Guildenstern better be in it.  

 


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Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 05/19/2007 23:14
@ tazarthayoot:

Exactly.
Salamande's Avatar
Salamande at 05/19/2007 23:21
@ tazarthayoot

Took the words out of my mouth.

I remember playing Oni 3 when my then-roommate walked in. He looked at the screen, looked away, then did a classic, Looney Tunes-style double take.

"Holy shit...is that fucking Jean Reno? What the fuck is he doing in an Onimusha game?"

I still have no answer for him. But it was cool. Too bad they couldn't use his voice in English.
CypherVR's Avatar
CypherVR at 05/19/2007 23:24
oh, lawd.
go big or go home.
AND DON"T FUCK IT UP!!
Jerkbutt47's Avatar
Jerkbutt47 at 05/19/2007 23:44
oh my god...
i hope this movie gets made and is good
its really hard to believe in VG movies because they usually suck...
tazarthayoot's Avatar
tazarthayoot at 05/20/2007 00:37
Jean Reno is the soul reason alone that I own the American Godzilla movie, as well as Flushed Away. If they could incorporate him at all, I would die happy.
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UNDERSTAR at 05/20/2007 01:25
Jean Reno FTW!! Please include him in the movie somehow Gans.
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Pistolaero at 05/20/2007 02:12
Jean Reno is cool but the whole traveling to the future and past was unnecessary. They should bring him in without all the time travel crap ftw. But, before they even think of bringing him in, it is absolutely a must to have Takeshi Kaneshiro. If they aren't going to Takeshi in, I'm not even gonna bother watching it.
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Jim Sterling at 05/20/2007 05:04
No point bringing Reno into the first movie. If they score a trilogy, by all means, but the past/future, Japan/Paris thing really shouldn't be in the first film.
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brad drac at 05/20/2007 09:27
Bleh. I just don't like the vast majority of american cinema set in foreign countries. With rare exceptions, they just never feel like good depictions. I'm not going to write it off completely, but that aspect alone rules out any excitement I might have.
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tazarthayoot at 05/20/2007 10:08
@Jim Sterling

The entire movie should be this:

Jean Reno plays himself in a past life, where he is also named Jean Reno. He's a captain underneath the shogunate lead by Lord Nobunaga, who is also played by Jean Reno.

During the battle of Reno-deska, he realizes that Lord Nobunaga is evil incarnate, but realizes it too late, and he and the rest of the clan (all played by Jean Reno), are left for dead. Jean Reno wakes up pissed off and decides he'll start killing zombie after zombie (played by Jean Reno) until he makes his way back to Nobunaga, for an amazing swordfight finish atop a giant mountain (played by Jean Reno), and that final fight scene is also choreographed by Jean Reno.
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 05/20/2007 10:13
tazarthayoot :

You are the winner.
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Pepillou2 at 05/20/2007 11:27
The Jean Reno Mountain... I imagine Mount Rushmore full of Jean Reno faces
tazarthayoot's Avatar
tazarthayoot at 05/20/2007 11:49
@Pepillou2

That's exactly how I envisioned it.
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GuitarAtomik at 05/20/2007 14:02
@Pistolaero

Yeah I hope they use Takeshi. It wouldn't be the same without him.
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LongCat at 05/21/2007 00:56
The guy that played Tatsu in the Ninja Turtle movies HAS to be Oda. He would kick serious ass as him.
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Lireu at 05/21/2007 10:30
Hum.

So what exactly is the news ? O_o The fact that Monsieur Gans is going to direct an Onimusha flick is already from back in the days when SH came out.

I'm pretty excited 'cause SH has been by far the best game-to-movie adaption. When this guy is dedicated like he has been with SH, he knows what he's doing. No doubt so far.

The Onimusha series is one of the best vg-series there is to date, one of the best Capcom has to offer. Imo even better than DMC. I dunno what it's all about part 3. Yeah, Reno is an excellent actor, his participation was nice, but somehow future or present Paris doesn't fit to the Onimusha universe. It felt like "Jason in Space" aka "Jason X" or "Cenobites in Space" aka "Hellraiser ?" or "Jurassic Park in Space" aka "Dino Crisis 3", somehow awkward. 4 > 2 > 1 > 3.

Mister Kaneshiro would be an excellent choice for playing Samanosuke. *thumbs_up*

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