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Christophe Gans Reportedly Attached to 'Onimusha'
Filed under: Action », Deals », Cannes », RumorMonger », Games and Game Movies », War »
Depending on what your take was on the film version of the horror video game Silent Hill , this could be either very good or very bad news. IGN News is reporting that Christophe Gans, who directed the console-to-screen horror Silent Hill back in 2006, has signed on to direct a big screen version of the Capcom action title Onimusha. The story focuses on a 16th Century Samurai who is after a resurrected bad-guy and on a mission to save a princess -- think of it like Mario Brothers but with way more mortal wounds. Gans will be working from a Leslie Kruger and John Collee (Master and Commander) script, and while there is no word on a cast so far, already several studios have expressed interest in the project.According to IGN, Gans is currently in Cannes shopping around the $70 million production and with no shortage of enthusiasm, was quoted as saying, "I have loved the Onimusha story for years and am overjoyed to have the opportunity now to bring it to life for worldwide film audiences and to access the unparalleled film resources of China to do so on the scale that the story demands." Production is set to begin later this year and already Gans and producing partners Davis Films are eyeing a release in December 2009. Not to be picky about the whole thing but from what I remember of the games – other than that they were kind of repetitive, was that they are set in Japan, not China. But then again, maybe $70 million doesn't cover that kind of location cost.
Neil Gaiman is NOT Writing Silent Hill 2
Filed under: Horror », RumorMonger », Scripts », Remakes and Sequels »
So while Neil Gaiman might be busy adapting his own books left and right into screenplays; one script that he is definitely not working on is the sequel to Silent Hill. Gaiman had been working with Silent Hill writer Roger Avary on the script to the upcoming motion capture extravaganza Beowulf, sparking rumors that Gaiman was going to write the script for the sequel to the video-game inspired horror. Gaiman posted on his personal blog however that any talk of his involvement was just idle internet gossip, saying "If I get home to find an invitation to write Silent Hill 2 with Roger is waiting for me I'll let you all know, but for right now I think it's a discredited internet rumour". Silent Hill fans can rest easy knowing that Avary will be returning to write the script with French director Christopher Gans also back at the helm.So it looks like Gaiman will be busy working on his own scripts and I admit I'm always a little worried. Part of me is excited to see how some of my favorite books will turn out on screen, and the other part of me is terrified that they are just going to screw it up (especially when it comes to the never-ending talk of an American Gods movie). With the upcoming film versions of Stardust, Books of Magic and Coraline it looks like I'm going to get plenty of chances to find out.
[via Dark Horizons]
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