Movies next year: Kane & Lynch, Broken Sword, and Onimusha in the works
With more consoles getting into more households, Hollywood is now picking up on the gaming industry. Thanks to the ever improving technology and game developers learning new tricks, games have been able to deliver cinematic experiences. This only means we can expect more game-to-movie conversions (or the other way around).
A few months back, Lionsgate Studios acquired the movie rights for Kane & Lynch. Now, Hollywood is also putting Broken Sword and Onimusha in the works, by CastleBright Studios and Davis Films respectively.
The Broken Sword movie will pick up where the first game, Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (Circle of Blood in the U.S.), left off. Series creator Charles Cecil with his team in Revolution Software will be deeply involved in creating the movie, while Producers Jay Douglas and Nav Gupta from the fame of “Level 7” and “Quantum Heist” will be spearheading their CastleBright Studios company.
Capcom‘s demon-slaying franchise will be coming to Hollywood led by director Christopher Gans of “Silent Hill” fame, with a whopping US$ 70 million budget. The thing is, the story will be about a “samurai warrior who embarks on a quest to save the woman he loves and the entire world from long prophesied demons.” Looks like series fans will have to decide if Onimusha and love stories work well together…
Kane & Lynch may be a few steps ahead, but it’s safe to say that all these titles won’t be coming out ’til next year.
With more consoles getting into more households, Hollywood is now picking up on the gaming industry. Thanks to the ever improving technology and game developers learning new tricks, games have been able to deliver cinematic experiences. This only means we can expect more game-to-movie conversions (or the other way around).
A few months back, Lionsgate Studios acquired the movie rights for Kane & Lynch. Now, Hollywood is also putting Broken Sword and Onimusha in the works, by CastleBright Studios and Davis Films respectively.
The Broken Sword movie will pick up where the first game, Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (Circle of Blood in the U.S.), left off. Series creator Charles Cecil with his team in Revolution Software will be deeply involved in creating the movie, while Producers Jay Douglas and Nav Gupta from the fame of “Level 7” and “Quantum Heist” will be spearheading their CastleBright Studios company.
Capcom‘s demon-slaying franchise will be coming to Hollywood led by director Christopher Gans of “Silent Hill” fame, with a whopping US$ 70 million budget. The thing is, the story will be about a “samurai warrior who embarks on a quest to save the woman he loves and the entire world from long prophesied demons.” Looks like series fans will have to decide if Onimusha and love stories work well together…
Kane & Lynch may be a few steps ahead, but it’s safe to say that all these titles won’t be coming out ’til next year.
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