It's very easy to tune out when Disney announces a new non-Pixar animated film these days. Slowly but surely, the company is starting to recapture some of that old spark with movies like The Princess and the Frog, Tangled, and Winnie the Pooh, but I still get nervous, especially when it comes to CG projects. The main animation studio ought to stick with the hand-drawn stuff, please.
Still, you might want to keep an eye on this next one. Entitled Wreck-It Ralph, it stars John C. "For Your Health" Reilly as the titular Wreck-It Ralph, the villain of a Donkey Kong-ish arcade game who wants to try his hand at being the hero for a change. Not much else about the story is known, but we now have some (what appears to be) concept art of various game worlds, such as a Halo-inspired zone and another that looks like Candy Land.
The movie is scheduled for November, and there is still so much that can go wrong before an official trailer surfaces. Regardless, I'm glad that studios are finally embracing real game lore into their films that isn't simply the button-mashing zombie using a PS2 controller to play what sounds like an Atari 2600.
New images of video game-inspired Wreck-It Ralph [Flixist]
LAUNCH GALLERY (4 IMAGES)
Tony Ponce (aka megaStryke) is a culturally confused, Canadian-born Puerto Rican who grew up in Japan and South Florida ... yet can only speak English. He specializes in writing features and maintaining an immaculate goatee. Likes: Any and all things related to Mega Man, Contra, Castlevania, 2D, PB&J sandwiches, applesauce, and candy corn.
Meet the rest of the team
| BBcode help |
| [b]Bold text[/b] |
Bold text |
| [i]Italic text[/i] |
Italic text |
| [url]http://www.dtoid.com/[/url] |
http://www.dtoid.com |
| [url=http://www.dtoid.com/]Web link[/url] |
Web link |
|
| [img]http://www.example.com/robot.jpg[/img] |
 |
Post a comment! You can also post a photo below:
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
17 comments | showing # 1 to 17
|
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
Comments policy
Destructoid is an open discussion community. You don't need to "audition" to post a comment - just speak your mind. We respect differing opinions on the site, so have at it. Be smart, funny, insightful, clueless, or cute -- but back it up with substance. Keep your cool, keep it fun. We only ask that you act respectfully and above all: don't be a troll and ruin it for everyone else. Don't bring down gamers or we'll, you know, gently shoot you in the face and stuff you into a flaming mailbox. Each comment is your opportuntity to make this community awesomer. Is that even a word?
Avoiding the banhammer only requires common sense: spamming, trolling, racism, NSFW stuff, and other forms of sucking will not be tolerated. If anyone is griefing please report abuse. Be good. Don't suck!
Contest:
5:00 AM on 02.07.2012 | 
I'll keep an eye out for this Ralph movie too.
I've seen more things on TV using a 360 controller than a "PS2" controller.
Interesting...
HHNNNGH.
Yaaaaaaawn.
yep, it was last summer. I was about to say myself that Disney isn't recapturing much when people seem to have mostly ignored Princess and the Frong, Tangled and Winnie the Pooh.. Their movies don't really hold the same weight any more, and I kinda blame it on their relationship with Pixar, and Pixar's ability to make movies that pull on the heartstrings that appeal to everyone.
Anyway, Been following this game for a while now and its come a long way from its original concept.. A LONG way.. but it still looks decent. I have hopes for this even thought the general message is an over used one. The concept itself almost fits better as a Cartoon Parody movie, until you realize that Donkey Kong went through a similar change himself -and that not many enemies in games seem to be able to do that.