Video game movie, the next: Siren
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Because the world just cannot get enough of video
game movies, Sam
Raimi has decided to get into the act as well. Ghost House Pictures, the production house that Raimi co-owns with Rob
Tapert, has acquired the movie rights to Siren, a horror game from Japanese "director" Keiichiro Toyama.
Though things are still in the very early stages, Michael Gordon -
who wrote 300
- is already on board to write the screenplay, and he's expected to get a lot of input from Toyama as he goes forward.
The film (which is sort of a remake - there's a Japanese version that either just opened or is due to open there soon) will reportedly "focus on an American med school student searching for her missing sister in Japan." Not surprisingly, seeing as how this is a horror movie, she heads off to an isolated town where she ends up "trapped with an unspeakable evil that can no longer be contained." Hey, gamers - what exactly is this "unspeakable evil"? Can you really not talk about it - sort of like Candyman? Or is it just so awful that Variety is protecting its sensitive readers?
As far as video game movies go, it sounds like Ghost House is doing this right: no Uwe Boll, first of all, and the game's creator is going to be involved in the screenplay. Plus, Raimi and Tapert have experience with the J-horror genre, having produced both the Grudge remake and its sequel. It's a good start, at least.
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1-24-2006 @ 1:11PM
Kat said...
I don't think it's that the world Just can't get enough of videogame movies, it's that movie producer's are either becoming extremely desperate to find sources for material, or they're trying to recreate the feelings that a game can invoke.
Especially games of the horror genre, since you're controlling the character there's a greater feeling of paranoia and anxiety. The problem is though a movie has most of the ingredients to recreate this it can never messure up to the game because there's no interactivity in the movie, so a person doesn't get as fully immersed in the events as they would with a good game. Same things could be said for books.
On to the game, I bought it not long ago and have only got through the first few levels, but it's definitely a scary, tense, incredibly difficult game. You're usually running around with only a flashlight to light your way and no means of defending yourself, trying to sneak by an army of ghouls, to make it even worse when you're in danger it shows your hunter's perspective, letting you know you're about to die.
Not sure exactly what the Unspeakable Evil is yet, but from what's been shown the evil is either caused by an ancient cult, or an actual Siren, the kind that would call sailors to shipwreck.
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1-24-2006 @ 3:51PM
Finished.Law.School said...
Sounds like what I understood of the storyline from the Silent Hill trailer...
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1-25-2006 @ 2:35PM
chilko said...
damn
what about Evil Dead IV?
;]
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