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It’s like it’s 2003 all over again. Or 2007. Spy Hunter may not be the video game that has had the most failed movie development attempts, but after having John Woo, Paul WS Anderson and Dwayne Johnson keen to get it off the ground, it is one of the more high profile denizens of development hell. Now Warner Bros is said to be hoping to rev the engine on Midway’s classic Interceptor once more.
The project has a long history. In 2003 Universal bought the rights to Midway’s game franchise — that was when Midway was still almost a thriving game company. A series of screenwriting teams wrote drafts, and in 2004 John Woo came on as director. He was replaced (still in the development cycle) by Paul WS Anderson, who eventually departed the project in 2008. Dwayne Johnson was attached to star, and promoted the idea of the film for years, going so far as to lend his likeness to the game Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run, which was intended to relate to the film. (The game sucked; see the trailer featuring The Rock below.)
Fast-forward to now, when most of the previously attached creative talent has all moved on. According to THR, Dan Lin is producing the film with Roy Lee and Chad St. John is writing a new script. We don’t know if it is based on any previous drafts, but since the project has switched studios I’d expect an all-new take. (Warner Bros. got Spy Hunter after buying Midway last summer when the game publisher finally ran out of gas.)
The trade offers that Spy Hunter is about “a highly trained spy whose job it is to eliminate rogue agents when they become liabilities to their governments. He travels in the G-6155 Interceptor, a sports car tricked out with an array of weapons that frequently is challenged by enemy vehicles.”
Read more: Spy Hunter Idles at the Starting Line Once More | /Film http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/03/22/spy-hunter-idles-at-the-starting-line-once-more/#ixzz0j2rHPEBkIt’s like it’s 2003 all over again. Or 2007. Spy Hunter may not be the... more
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The only thing that should surprise you about the notion of a Space Invaders movie is that Asteroids and Missile Command got snapped up first. After all, Space Invaders is the iconic old arcade game, as basic as all the others, but somehow more memorable thanks to those spindly-legged alien creatures. I mean, it's no Mortal Kombat... but if we're going back to the Atari-era well, we really should have started here.
The LA Times reports that the lucky Space Invaders winner this time is Warner Bros., which is negotiating the rights for the game from original manufacturer Taito. The studio already owns the game's U.S. publisher, Midway, so this probably should have been seen as an obvious next step.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Space-Invaders-The-Movie-Goes-To-Warner-Bros-17345.htmlThe only thing that should surprise you about the notion of a Space Invaders movie is... more
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20th Century Fox has teamed up with Electronic Arts to develop the video game "Spore" as a CGI animated movie. It will be made by Blue Sky Studios which also made Ice Age and Robots.
Greg Erb and Jason Oremland will be writing the film and Chris Wedge will be directing.20th Century Fox has teamed up with Electronic Arts to develop the video game... more
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