Ah yes, the tradition of video games being made into movies is a long and glorious one. Well… at least it’s a long one. Let’s be honest here folks, video game movies almost universally blow. The first one I remember is Marios Brothers. Ouch, that one still gives me shivers. But did anyone learn their lesson from that one? Nope. The proud tradition has since been carried on by such classics as Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Double Dragon, Wing Commander, Mortal Kombat (ok ok ok, I admit I still own the first one), and so on and so on.
The thing is, video games with wide market appeal guarantee at least marginal box office returns… which increases the temptation for a studio to back such a project (because lets be honest here… it’s all about the cash. No one made House of the Dead because they were artistically inspired to do so).
Doom has such market appeal and it was only a matter of time until someone stepped up to roll the dice on a screen version. The good folks over at Dark Horizons report the following:
The script is close to final and we’re very happy with it. Universal is in the process of casting and pre-production now. With every passing day I become more and more confident that we will see DOOM at movie theaters before the end of next year.
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Out of morbid curiosity, what are some other game-to-screen films? What are your favorites?
