I remember a time when men were men, games were games, and movies were movies. Those days are long gone, and I guess there's no stopping the Wolfenstein film that's been in development hell for the past few years.
Speaking with Eurogamer, id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead has confirmed that the film is still in development. According to Hollenshead, screenwriter Roger Avary is "working on the script right now," obviously no referring to this very second -- Avary could possibly be using the toilet, something which may or may not yield a better result than a film based on the classic first-person shooter.
Hollenshead blames the recent writer's strike for the slow-going development, also saying that he hasn't yet see any of Avary's work.
"There's some contract provisions," he told Eurogamer, "and if they don't have certain hings done within a certain period of time they can't just sit on the rights forever and not use them."
This of course means that at some point, the Wolfenstein film rights could end up in the hands of a competent and experienced videogame-to-film director like Uwe Boll. One can only hope.
Contest:
1:38 PM on 08.04.2008
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Rodger Avary did write Pulp fiction..................
But he also wrote the Silent hill movie. :(
and fuck Uwe Boll, srsly.
Dead franchise - check
Project in development hell - check
Dumb action movie - check
Uwe Boll - Still waiting.
Sounds like another great video game movie! X(
Just because there is a trailer that was released recently, doesn't make it a "living" franchise. In fact if that were the case we would have great and upcoming franchises like Duke Nukem. Sadly though, we all know that the example used is a great example of defining what a "Dead" franchise is.