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Wow, I can't wait: Pac-Man movie is a go photo

I'm generally testy about the topic of videogames being made into movies, as they are rarely much better than spending the night gazing into the ass of a horse. I have to admit, however, I'm beyond testy over the news that rumors of a Pac-Man movie have been confirmed by a $200 million deal between Crystal Sky Pictures and Grosvenor Park.

It seems the deal covers five films, including the Castlevania film and a few other films that have nothing to do with games (thankfully). There's no details as to who will direct or produce, but I'm telling you people, this is a bad idea. At best, it might be some weird homage to the original arcade with some sort of story jammed between dot gobbles, and at worst some sort of live adaption nightmare with people dressed in Pac-Man suits. The horror! The horror!

Regardless, it's coming, and my panic-stricken expression of fear and agony will dissolve under a wave of profit. Comfort me. Please. Also, if someone tries to make Pong into a Hollywood blockbuster, I'm killing myself on the spot.

[Rocking art Via Pokedstudio, story Via Variety -- Thanks, Professor Pew]


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razerangel's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 09:54
razerangel
Id pay good money to see people dressed up as pac-man characters playing a serious dramatic role. Just for the lulz.
galagabug 's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 09:54
galagabug
they better cast scarlett johannsen as cherries or i ain't goin. also, robert downy jr as pretzel would be epic.
stevephoenix's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 09:57
stevephoenix
this sounds as bad an idea as the monopoly movie that is apparently being developed
Rhoq's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 10:02
Rhoq
Uwe Boll
B-Radicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 10:02
B-Radicate
If this comes out in 2012 the world is officially ending.
Faceless's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 10:03
Faceless
This should so be a romantic comedy. Or a buddy cop film co-starring Chris Tucker. Or they could, you know, not base a movie on a game where a dot eats other dots.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 10:09
GuitarAtomik
The only way this would work and I would see it is if they do it like Speed Racer in live action cranked up to fucking 11. It would have to blow my mind with sensory overload and leave me in a super seizure coma frothing at the mouth with my eyes spinning back in to my skull. That's the only way I'd see it.
Eeeevil Overlord's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 10:13
Eeeevil Overlord
If the movie turns out anything like it is in my head, it will be awesome.
Professor Pew's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 10:24
Professor Pew
I will comfort you Colette!!!!
Alpha 87655320875's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 10:24
Alpha 87655320875
SQueeeee, this will be one awesomely bad movie. I can't wait.
Cowzilla3's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 10:25
Cowzilla3
Maybe it'll just be a yellow dot eating other dates in a maze for two hours. No speaking, emotions or plot. Just ghosts appearing and chasing a lifeless yellow spehere.
Spartacus's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 10:32
Spartacus
Dammit, Hollywood.
exodus1925's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 10:32
exodus1925
This simply cannot work.
F Whipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 10:33
F Whipple
I have to see this
B5512's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 10:35
B5512
@ Cowzilla

So, basically, no country for old men?

OH NO I DID NOT! :P
snotrocket's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 10:40
snotrocket
I want to know where the hell you got the main image from. That looks amazing! I would pay someone to recreate that into a sculpture for my living room.
Phoenix Gamma's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 10:42
Phoenix Gamma
Maybe it won't be a live action movie, Colette. Maybe it'll be a cartoon. And we all know there's been some fantastic Pac-Man cartoons in the past.

Right? Right?
Colette Bennett's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 10:44
Colette Bennett
@snotrocket -- look below the body of the post -- I linked it! It's called pokedstudio.com.
foxhound421's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 10:45
foxhound421
a Pac Man movie will never see the light of day. Castlevania - maybe.

the best licensed product that's ever come out of the Pac Man franchise is the Chef Boyardee pasta with meatballs. that shit was the bomb. if they made a movie about that i'd watch it.
niacin's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 10:47
niacin
It's fear and loathing meets aliens. Well It would be if I was directing.
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 11:01
MechaMonkey
If it's exactly like this, I'll be pleased. Otherwise, it's a no go.
Leathersoup's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 11:09
Leathersoup
I'll only accept it if it's done in the style of Ingmar Bergman.
brosef's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 11:10
brosef
The following image has never been more appropriate.

Ezra's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 11:14
Ezra
@mechamonkey
that vid is sooo epic, probably the only way to do a pacman movie
Demtor's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 11:18
Demtor
"We eat pixeldust" - easily the coolest tag line for an internet art site ever. That rules as much as their art does! Wow, impressive stuff.

As far as PacMan being a movie... at least that will take some creative writing on Hollywoods part as there is no story or dialog to PacMan as far as I can remember. Am I wrong? Someone get Tim Burton to do it with clay. That would make this 100 times more interesting.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 11:19
king3vbo
wat
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 11:20
Cheeburga
wut
blehman's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 11:22
blehman
Dude, wait.........what?
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 11:31
Shin Oni
Pac Man Christmas special seems to run around in my head...
Rifter01's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 11:32
Rifter01
MechaMonkey wins the Internets! To make the movie good, it should not feature pac man as a belching, burping, washed-up ol' salty of a man. It needs to be sprinkled with freshness, but hold on any 'improvements' to the original game. I want this movie to not suck.. But, I predict this movie will be rated G and we all know how that turns out at the box office. u.u
TurboSpaz's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 11:34
TurboSpaz
Along side Joust and The Sims, this is going to be the best year ever!
Scape's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 11:34
Scape
Guys...come on...this has already been done.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWL6j0SvqV0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMtLBXlMZ-s

The movie could actually be like that first one....
Blackhat's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 11:48
Blackhat
Wakka wakka wakka... for 90 minutes!
:D
Bans's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 11:51
Bans
Finally! The circle is complete, time to summon Satan!!!!
DamnYouKrycek's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 12:03
DamnYouKrycek
If there was possibly a better time to drop acid than just before walking into a screening of the Pac-Man movie, I have yet to hear it.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 12:13
Sharpless
I'm staring at the screen blankly. I'm blinking a few times. I'm not moving. I... Yeah, I've got nothing.
Too Much Coffee Man's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 12:13
Too Much Coffee Man
Casltevania might be cool as long as the script & acting is odne well.

Pac-Man i have no idea what to expect. Is there even a story behind it?
parrothead's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 12:15
parrothead
This will be a boring movie. I can't understand why they would want to make this, unless it is naked chicks playing pac man for an hour and half, then maybe.
Justin Villasenor's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 12:27
Justin Villasenor
This is about as random as the Joust movie that's in the works.
snotrocket's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 12:29
snotrocket
Oh man! The main image is a photochop! I was praying it was a sculptur
ZombiePlatypus's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 12:39
ZombiePlatypus
A dude wandering a maze and eating everything he finds while being chased by ghosts? This thing is either going to be very far removed from what Pac Man actually is or it's going to be a giant trainwreck. Either way it's more than likely going to be horribly bad...
Chicken008's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 12:41
Chicken008
It better be animated..
welkstar's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 12:54
welkstar
I really don't understand how a Pac-Man movie would work, but I certainly am not comfortable with the Castlevania name being tossed around like that. Hopefully, it is in capable hands...
KamikazeTutor's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 13:07
KamikazeTutor
Yeah, this can only be an animation, like that dreaded Pacman cartoon...
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 13:10
mix
I can not see how this will be good in movie form....

"Yellow quarter cirlce eats full whtie circles and gets chased by various colored ghosts while nomming on the white cirlce,. I think we can make this into a movie!"

I hear they also are making a movie called "Paint, it dries" and "How to change your socks in the winter time"-I'm very random
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 13:17
AgentMOO
Unless they do this with the requiem for a dream drug sequences, it'll be complete shit.
Scientist tz's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 13:18
Scientist tz
It should be like this:

http://www.threadless.com/product/751/The_Madness_of_Mission_6
Unicorn's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 13:23
Unicorn
i'm thinking it'd be a live-action thing akin to how The Wizard was. or something like that. more of a movie of people playing the game.

hell a knock-off of Tron would be cool.
hoyt414's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 13:49
hoyt414
http://media.threadless.com//product/751/zoom.gif

The Madness of Misson Six.

The lone remaining man in the research mission 6 runs around the labyrinth-like hallways of the research vessel eating anti-anxiety pills. The ship is haunted.
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