Tag Archives: Videogame adaptation

A few years ago, it was announced that a feature film would be made out of the hit videogame “BioShock”, and it was to be directed by Gore Verbinski (the “Pirates of the Caribbean” saga). But looks like all that has fallen through. Today, news broke that the project has been postponed indefinitely (read: cancelled)Continue Reading

Despite 99.9% of videogame adaptations sucking major donkey’s butt, Hollywood continues with this pursuit. “Maybe they’ll get it right this time” is the hopeful/naive wish each time a new one is announced. Well, here comes a new one. CBS Films has secured the rights to Square Enix’s hit game “Deus Ex: Human Revolution” to makeContinue Reading

Electroshadow reported way back in August last year that we’d be getting a film version of hit videogame series “Warcraft”. Then, the project was without a director after Sam Raimi dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. A replacement has been found. The Hollywood Reporter today broke the news that Duncan Jones, director of such excellentContinue Reading

Exactly one year ago, Electroshadow reported that the hit videogame series “Assassin’s Creed” would be getting a feature film adaptation. Now, news comes (via Hitfix) that Irish-German actor Michael Fassbender is headlining the project. The star of such movies as “Prometheus”, “Shame”, “Hunger”, and “X-Men: First Class” will play the game’s time-traveling protagonist Desmond Miles.Continue Reading

I never got into “Mass Effect” but I do find the concept of one of its main characters quite fascinating. Commander Shepard can be played at various points as either a male or a female. So when Legendary Pictures announced its plans to adapt the hit videogame series by Electronic Arts and Bioware into aContinue Reading

Sony Pictures is doing an adaptation of the hit videogame “God Of War”, which excites me just a little. It’s one of the few games that I used to play religiously, and I always felt it had great cinematic potential. Back in July, the studio brought on a pair of writers to take on theContinue Reading

Last year, Electroshadow reported that hit videogame “Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune” would be getting a big screen outing. We also said Neil Burger (“Limitless”) would be directing. Turns out the guy has dropped out of the project. Which marks the 2nd departure of a director for this actioner. Burger has opted to instead helm another filmContinue Reading

I’ve never played “World Of Warcraft” and don’t think I ever will. I always preferred stuff like “Diablo” or “God Of War”. Either one of which would make a pretty promising filmic adaptation. But the one beating them to the punch is the perennially popular WoW. In fact, Legendary Pictures has been planning one forContinue Reading