E308: Capcom conference dedicated to Lost Planet movie

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E308: Capcom conference dedicated to Lost Planet movie

Posted Jul 15th 2008 9:25PM by Xav de Matos
Filed under: E3

Capcom's E308 Press Conference wrapped up about an hour ago and the company decided to focus its attention on bringing Lost Planet to the silver screen. In production from Arad Productions, the team that brought us the Spider-Man films, Lost Planet is expected to land in theaters around February 2011. Penned by David Hayter, voice of Solid Snake of Metal Gear fame, the film promises to stay close to the original vision planned out by game producer Keaiji Inafune. From discussion during the panel, it appears that both the Capcom brass, who were in attendance, and the father-son duo from Arad Productions are geniuenly interested in creating a legitamate action film without completely changing everything about the game.

A funny, and confusing moment, came when Capcom CEO Haruhito Sakamoto claimed Capcom saw great success from film adaptations of Resident Evil and Street Fighter. "We've had success with both of those," Sakamoto told the thin crowd of journalists.

Street Fighter? Really? Well, you know what that means. Jean-Claude Van Damme will be in the Lost Planet film. You heard it here first.

Tags: capcom, david-hayter, e3-08, e3-2008, e308, film-adaptation, lost-planet, lost-planet-colonies, lost-planet-extreme-condition

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

7-15-2008 @ 10:01PM

DJcube said...

Lost Planet sounds like a really odd choice for a film adaptation...

7-16-2008 @ 8:11AM

Teabag said...

Actually it's a perfect choice for movie adaptation. Aliens? Check. Loads of use of CGI? Check. Err....yea...that's enough for a movie really. Lost Planet could be a good movie if they work on the story a little bit.

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