Arena
Posted by Rodneyon 28. 04. 2008in News Chat
We get wind today of a sci-fi arena warfare film thanks to the professionals at Variety:
Summit Entertainment has snapped up sci-fi action thriller “Arena,” penned by tyro scribes Toby Wagstaff and Darren Howell. Benderspink, along with the writers’ manager, Jim Thompson, set up the project. Story centers on a group of modern-day soldiers who are mysteriously transported from the thick of battle to a terrain-shifting landscape where they must fight the best warriors of all different eras and histories in a gladiatorial fight to the death — or be killed by the all-powerful operators of the “Arena.”
Mysterious beings, that collect warriors from different points in time, for the purpose of stocking their arena – sounds alright in my books! This synopsis reminds me of the 3 brains that caused the members of the Enterprise to fight against each other in the original Star Trek series. That was one of the greatest episodes of the series, and hopefully this film is similar in quality.
Arenas with gladiatorial combat can make for fantastic films. Pitting warriors from different points in history against each other, makes for some great combination possibilities. Nazis soldiers vs the Mongolian riders of Genghis Khan. The men in black pajamas vs viking raiders. The combinations are limitless and each match should be sure to entertain with different fighting styles, tactics, and surprises.
We don’t have much information about this film yet, but I am excited nonetheless. I love elimination style tournament films, and this kicks that idea up a notch with a library of history’s warriors to choose from! I look forward to further news about this project and will be sure to keep you posted!
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I think what we need is just a full on Thunderdome movie. Eff the Mad Max aspect of it (whom I love, don’t get me wrong). Something like “Mad Max Tales” all set in that universe.
Two men entah! One man leave!
This is the premise of a game called Heroscape, which has been around since 2004. I has vikings, WWII soldiers, ninjas, samurai, aliens, dragons, etc. It has terrain-shifting landscapes (the big selling point of the game is the variety of gameboards you can create).
I expect Hasbro to sue.
No doubt!
Was the game good?
Not a gamer, but the game premise does sound good.
Movie would be exciting as hell, but oughta be done right.
So far video game to movie track record had been awful.
Sounds like Rollerball meets Mortal Kombat.
I’m sure Summit will come up with a great way to present this film. I had teh pleasure of working on “Never Back Down” and Summit pulled out all the stops on that film.
I’m sure they will find an amazing way to get an audience to enjoy “Arena”.
i think this is a badass concept, if done right it can become a classic action flick…if done wrong maybe a cult classic. maybe
The game was and still is good. It’s now a Wizards of the Coast property now and will hopefully get better distribution than it got through the box stores.