It's becoming such a common occurrence that I can't even muster the strength to object -- Painkiller, developed by Polish studio People Can Fly, will be the next game on the list of blockbuster-hopeful adaptations of video game properties for the big screen, Variety is reporting. No mention of he who shall not be named in the works yet, however, but the team assembled thus far has quite a list of accomplished pictures, including "Elf" and the upcoming Eddie Murphy flick "Starship Dave". That's just the pedigree I'd be hoping to produce a flick about, y'know, demon-slaying.
It's the first time DreamCatcher's sold off feature rights to one of its titles. VP George Chastain told Daily Variety the company opted for making a deal with Guy Walks Into a Bar partly because of the shingle's plans to blend the fast-paced action, the wide array of weaponry and cast of demonic characters in the feature adaptation.
Guy Walks has hired Ben McCaw to adapt. His credits include "Gideon's Vault," a finalist in the Austin Film Festival screenwriting competition; "Art of the Fake"; and "Class of the Living Dead. Guy Walks and Deep River Prods. recently wrapped "Starship Dave," starring Eddie Murphy. The shingle also produced "Elf."
Not to say that the game itself was exceptionally bad, but what is it with studios going after the games with virtually nothing by way of viable plot? What's that? Oh, guns. Well, sure, it's got a lot of those.
[Via Variety; thanks Justin!]
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1:18 PM on 08.01.2007
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The movie will be terrible tho, 5.2 rating on imdb with 6729 votes ;)
+10 points for mentioning Gary Busey by name instead of "that dude that looked like Nick Nolte"!
The story to Painkiller isnt really Cinema material though. It's more like a sci-fi 1 hour series type thing you see on Space.
Dark, unshaven man in leather jacket dies. He is brought back to life by Heaven to fight the Armies of Hell, so he can repay his debt, or save a loved one. Each week he fights a different kind of hellspawn, like the skull biker dudes, or the crazy reaper guys, endless possiblities!
And Pew, as far as I'm concerned, Nick Nolte looks like Gary Busey.
second. if it wasn't for gun based movies, i don't think governor arnold would be the man he is today.