Over at the Evil Avatar forums, the news was posted that David "Solid Snake" Hayter is currently in talks with Warner Bros. to write a movie based on, of all things, Lost Planet. While we shouldn't forget that Hayter does have writing expierience, (X-Men 1 & 2) we just can't imagine that there's enough meat on a Capcpm third-person-shooter's bones to actually flesh things out into a feature film. Plus, if this ends up getting off the ground, what kind of significance will the IP have by the time the movie is actually released? Oh well, in Solid Snake we trust.
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6-18-2008 @ 12:39AM
b33eazy said...
Xbox360 FANBOY POST THIS THE OPUS IS NOW BEING
RELEASED. They are replacing the RRoD 360s now.
http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=437918
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6-18-2008 @ 12:56AM
T-BoNe254 said...
good timing, my 360 gave me rrod the other day (although it works now). So when it inevitably does break i can get the new chip set...
6-18-2008 @ 12:56AM
UNSCleric said...
The Lost Planet story is plenty good enough for a movie. It was in my top 5 for 2007.
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6-18-2008 @ 1:40AM
Terrence Stasse said...
Like someone at Evil Avatar said:
They already did a Lost Planet movie, it was the basically the first part of Empire Strikes Back.
I keed.
It could be good, it's just that unless there is a sequel or something to keep the IP in the public mindset over the next 18+ months, it could lose some relevance.
6-18-2008 @ 1:47AM
UNSCleric said...
I never saw any Star Wars movies, so I don't know.
6-18-2008 @ 1:49AM
Xoviet chiK said...
Good marketing, no argument there...
But I have to wonder, if the product (in this case a film based on a video game/series) would be better served without such strong attachments to a well established license, rather actually do the work for what would be the next game in the series. Then, letting the series pick up from there, with the film taking on the full weight of the normal timed cash-in products that accompany most higher profile media releases on it's own. Of course, ample development time and funds would be a necessity...
Not that I don't want Lost Planet 2. Of course I do, Colonies just isn't enough to sate my desires for what could and should be the best game on Xbox LIVE!
6-18-2008 @ 1:36AM
Xoviet chiK said...
They already have an actor for the main character as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-Hun
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Lost Planet definitely has a good backstory, could turn out cool if true.
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6-18-2008 @ 7:22AM
Boff said...
They can't call the protagonist Wayne though. Everyone will laugh!
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6-18-2008 @ 9:47AM
Aaron said...
I just think as good as the game was, it still shouldnt be a movie.
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