lawyers are running everything into the dirt.
by creating a property tied to an IP, it extends the life of the underlying IP and expands the defendable property under the underlying IP. usually an option to make a movie comes with a sunset where the option expires, so taking an idea and then pasting IP onto it “solves” a problem.
for a lawyer’s brain there is no downside to making Colgate Toothpaste: The Movie using a script that has nothing to do with it.
Investors won’t risk it on an original piece of work. Much safer bet to invest in an established brand.
So any writers with original ideas have to jam them into an existing IP to have any hope of getting it off the ground.
The end result is nobody gets what they want. The writer doesn’t get to write their own true material, the original fans of the video game don’t get an accurate story to their liking, and everyone else will be put off by their existing thoughts of the video game.
But this sounds exactly like a movie Blumhouse would make! That plot as described is like the one type of new IP that still can be made!
Man I hated how they pulled this shit with the World War Z movie. That was such a fucking cool book, and then the movie had absolutely nothing to do with it at all, with the singular exception that they both had zombies. I would even say describing that as a movie is generous, it was more of a screen saver than anything.
Israel being depicted as a walled fortress surrounded by hordes of evil zombies is an ideological trash bin that’s fun to jump in though.
Cried laughing at the scene where they have to escort the scientist to save the world and 3.5 seconds into the mission he slips on the landing pad and domes himself with his sidearm. Cinematic genius
That is actually funny though lmao
Is that game even popular enough to sell a movie on name recognition? Like I guess it sold pretty well at the time but it’s a game from like 10 years ago with no sequels, I don’t hear people talk about it much.
Anyway a straight adaptation of the game’s story wouldn’t be very good either. The appeal of the game is that you have to make split-second decisions that determine which characters live or die. Without the player interaction it would just be a generic slasher movie.
“Death loop” could be an interesting premise even if it has absolutely nothing to do with the game. Did they just want to use the title?
How do you get a “straight adaptation”? Doesn’t the story involve certain player actions to reach a good ending where everyone ends up alive?
As I recall there are some fake out moments which make future choices hard to get the good outcome.
yeah by straight adaptation I mean the writers would just have to make those choices and it’s like any other slasher movie, completely ignoring everything that made the game interesting
or it could be an interactive film like Bandersnatch, then it would essentially be a live action version of the game but probably worse
actually I’m liking the death loop premise more and more. it’s at least thematically relevant to the game, except the characters are the players. slasher Groundhog Day sounds great if it’s done well
Late Shift (an FMV) has been “screened” in theaters and the entire audience got to vote.
have the audience vote in the theatre
or do like Clue and send different cuts to different theaters. with digital distribution you could even have changes from one showing to the next.
Hitman is a game about stealth and they made the movie about 47 gliding through exploding buildings and jumping onto helicopters. They don’r care lol
“Until Don” and the villain is a dang cheeto
Everything in America was going perfect…
until Don
Obviously i know the reason is in theory money but come on.
But don’t video game movies notoriously flop? Whereas horror movies almost always turn a profit.
That plot sounds like a totally run of the mill Blumhouse movie. Just make a horror movie. It’s fine.
That might be changing with stuff like the Sonic and Mario movies, tho obv. this would prob. have a significantly different target audience.
Game series that is largely about player choice influencing narrative
Ah yes this is the perfect movie tie-in franchise
I just want a Resident Evil movie that doesn’t suck ass.
The original game is like 25% whodunit with the Wesker reveal so its basically Clue with zombies and puzzles. With a good writer it could be fantastic.
Who does Tim Curry play? Tyrant? The plant? The shark?
Itchy Tasty, with a musical number
That’s if this is even accurate
Rumouredin this context basically means “I made it up”
Was the game good? It’s one of those I remember hearing a lot about but never looked into
It was decent. If you want a playable slasher movie, it’s that. So I enjoyed it a lot.
Personally I’d recommend playing it with a partner or friend where you switch off who’s driving. In the same way as a slasher movie it’s more enjoyable with company.
Their follow-up The Quarry is decently fun too, if you’re into that sort of thing. It’s definitely not everybody’s cup of tea.
