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Justin Marks is in the 'Shadow of The Colossus'
Filed under: Action », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Deals », Sony », Warner Brothers », Comic/Superhero/Geek », Games and Game Movies »
I have to admit it's kind of funny that if you do a quick search for the screenwriter Justin Marks, you will get "the guy they brought in to f*ck up He-Man" in your results (probably not very funny to him, but what can you do?). 'Digital reputations' aside, you have to hand it to the guy: with only a few credits to his name, he's managed to attach himself to some high-profile 'geek' properties in the last year. Marks will be working on McG's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo, as well as Green Arrow: Escape From Supermax and Suicide Squad for Warner Brothers. Now, the latest to be added to the pile according to Variety is courtesy of Sony, who has hired Marks to write the screenplay for a feature film version of the PlayStation 2 game, Shadow of the Colossus.Colossus centers on a young man named Wander who must battle sixteen giant bad-guys -- and I mean giant -- if he wishes to restore the life of a young girl. The game wasn't your usual action adventure fare, and players spent most of their time traveling on horseback in a desolate (but beautiful) landscape. In fact, the only action you see is when you encounter one of the 'Colossi'. Ultimately, the title was less action and adventure, and more of a puzzle game where you had to discern the weakness of each Colossi if you were to have a hope in hell of defeating it.
Since the game itself is pretty sparse on the details, Marks will most likely be tasked with trying to fill in a little more story in between action set-pieces. Of course, the big question still remains: Is Marks your man if you're looking for interesting characters and a solid story?
Line Between Gaming and Film Blurred In Adam Sandler's Latest Movie
Filed under: Drama », Casting », Sony », Tech Stuff », Home Entertainment »
Mike Binder's Reign Over Me has an unexpected co-star -- or, rather, theme -- as Adam Sandler's grief-stricken Charlie Fineman retreats from grief into a world of pop-culture trivialities -- live shows, iPod-as-narcotic listening habits and a near-obsession with the video game Shadow of the Colossus. Watching Reign Over Me, I thought it was a neat bit of corporate synergy -- Columbia Pictures released Reign, while Shadow is a Sony PS2 game -- but it also worked on a nice symbolic level as well. Turns out that while the corporate synergy is a coincidence, the symbolism isn't.
In an article that serves as a brief demonstration of how permeable the walls between movies and video games are becoming -- on both a creative and corporate level -- the gaming website Koatku has a terrific piece up explaining how gamer and friend-of-Binder Jeremy Roush not only brought Shadow of the Colossus to Binder's attention as a game with thematic links to Reign Over Me's ideas, but also taught Sandler and Cheadle to play for the movie. The piece also contains an interesting theory about why comic books make it as movie references and video games don't, as well as Roush's own resonance with Reign Over Me's theme and characters, and how Roush's Vietnam vet father had a similar obsession with James Cameron's Aliens. It's an unexpectedly good read, and a very different perspective on the movie making process.
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