The Hollywood Reporter reveals that director Tarsem Singh is set to helm a film based on the source material that also spawned Monolith Productions' 2005 survival-horror game, Condemned: Criminal Origins. In the year 2000, Singh trapped Jennifer Lopez within the mind of a serial killer and yanked out Vince Vaughn's intestines -- though normally he'd be praised for such actions, both events took place in "The Cell", a visually ambitious film that didn't really please the critics (save for our friend, Mr. Ebert).
The film, which will be dubbed "The Unforgettable" (hopefully not unforgettable in the same way Super Mario Bros. is), is to be produced by Basil Iwanyk, David Goyer and Monolith founder Jason Hall. Hall later became senior vice-president of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and then moved on to found production company HDFilms Inc.
Details about the movie's plot are scarce, but The Hollywood Reporter expects it to be about "a cop who in the course of a murder investigation realizes that he is not human and uncovers a war between good and evil aliens." In a message on HiDef.com, Jason Hall clarified that the film would be based on the "same founding concept" and would not be derivative of the game itself. Think of them as distant and considerably creepy cousins.
[Update: Clarified film's relation to Condemned: Criminal Origins. Thanks, Sir Gossip!]
Reader Comments (16)
Posted: Aug 16th 2007 8:02PM (Unverified) said
i stopped playing that game after a couple of hours
maybe the movie can be better? at least this director can do freaky shit well, he just needs a decent script
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maybe the movie can be better? at least this director can do freaky shit well, he just needs a decent script
Posted: Aug 16th 2007 8:15PM (Unverified) said
Ugh...I can't believe you mentioned The Cell. Haven't thought about that shitty movie in years....until this article brought it up!
Thanks joystiq.
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Thanks joystiq.
Posted: Aug 16th 2007 8:46PM (Unverified) said
"a cop who in the course of a murder investigation realizes that he is not human and uncovers a war between good and evil aliens"
That sounds like a Bollshit plot; was he too busy fighting Wired bloggers to get in on this?
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That sounds like a Bollshit plot; was he too busy fighting Wired bloggers to get in on this?
Posted: Aug 16th 2007 9:32PM (Unverified) said
maby they are following the same methods that the Doom movie followed, diverge completely from the source material. And people wonder why a game to movie adaption is never taken seriously.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 10:01PM (Unverified) said
This is the same Tarsem that did REM's Losing My Religion. He can definitely nail creepy imagery - but blooh's right, the script has to better than the usual craptacular fare.
The only thing going for it is that it's not a hallowed franchise like Resident Evil or DOOM where the fanboys are going to rip apart ANY script that comes out. My worry is that the market is already flooded with lame horror films, so do we really need one tied to a video game IP?
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The only thing going for it is that it's not a hallowed franchise like Resident Evil or DOOM where the fanboys are going to rip apart ANY script that comes out. My worry is that the market is already flooded with lame horror films, so do we really need one tied to a video game IP?
Posted: Aug 16th 2007 10:47PM (Unverified) said
This article is all wrong I think. The movie is not from the game. After reading this: http://www.hidef.com/news-items/1795-jason-hall-clarifies-unforgettable-film-project.html#post3940
I am not seriously excited!
Sir Gossip
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I am not seriously excited!
Sir Gossip
Posted: Aug 17th 2007 11:36AM (Unverified) said
Tarsem Singh is a great and visionary director.
The cell is one of my fav's. Dude has a great style, should be good.
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The cell is one of my fav's. Dude has a great style, should be good.
Posted: Aug 17th 2007 9:51AM (Unverified) said
I really hope that's VERY loosely based on the same source material. I'd be extremely disappointed to find out that the forces behind all the strange occurences in Condemned: Criminal Origins are actually aliens. I much prefer to believe that there is a more supernatural slant to things, like the first game seemed to suggest.
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Posted: Aug 17th 2007 12:33PM (Unverified) said
wow wow wow wow wow wow wow
do not slander the cell it was a great movie with a wonderfull artistic style
if you didnt like it you just dont understand it
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do not slander the cell it was a great movie with a wonderfull artistic style
if you didnt like it you just dont understand it
Posted: Aug 17th 2007 3:33PM (Unverified) said
I like alot of it. It's was twisted and interesting. At least some of it was.
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