Someone's actually making a Joust movie

by Justin McElroy { Aug 28th 2007 at 2:45PM }

You know us. We normally stick to our own business, avoid trying to tell others how to run their lives. Unfortunately, much like the crabby old woman in the apartment directly below yours, we can't keep our mouths shut about this. Two Hollywood producers, Christine Peters and Michael Cerenzie, have made a new company aimed at the movie goer under 25 years old called CP Productions. The first project? "A new imagining of Midway Games' classic Joust."

There are a hundred reasons why this is a terrible idea, but we're going to pick our favorite (besides the fact that it's a game about fighting giant buzzards). Joust was released in 1982 and the movie's due in 2008. That means that the target demo for the film was between 0 and negative 12 years old when Joust came out. Congrats, CP Productions, it sounds like you're off to a great start.

Tags: gamemovies, joust

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

mr nimblewick @ Aug 28th 2007 2:52PM

I'm sure they see it as a fantasy epic along the lines of LotR or Harry Potter. But I'm sure the quality will be more along the lines of the Dungeons & Dragons movies.

horngreen @ Aug 28th 2007 2:55PM

I was your target audience back in 82...I'm not anymore though so don't make this horrible idea into reality. We already have Dragon Wars to deal with soon enough.

OnimushaSoki @ Aug 28th 2007 2:56PM

LoL... I think my coworker said it best:
"I have a feeling it'll be like Eragon, since both the movie and the Joust game were 2-bit."

Jerk Face @ Aug 28th 2007 3:22PM

Ha ha.. give your coworker a thumbs up for me.

hvnlysoldr @ Aug 28th 2007 3:29PM

What 25 cents? I got ripped off!

Word of the street. @ Aug 28th 2007 2:56PM

Are you sure is not movie about jousting?,Seriously it cant be possible.

Whats next,tapper the movie?.

Well thinking about it there is already a movie based on spy hunter and another based in paperboy(It was called Dennis the Menace).But seriously why Joust?,Even Robotron,Defender or Satan's hollow could make a better movie.

Diskoboy @ Aug 28th 2007 3:03PM

Actually, Robotron would make an excellent movie.

But unfortunately, everyone would say: "They're copying the storyline of the Terminator movies", which is technically not true, since the 'robot's turning on humans' story was first done on Robotron. Terminator came 2 years later.

Diskoboy @ Aug 28th 2007 3:19PM

Will someone please add an edit feature to the comment boards?

Actually, I stand corrected.... There were plenty of other Robot vs. human stories before Robotron, but Robotron was so widely known, I just used it as a comparison.

But it was by no means the first... Just the first to be widely recognized.

t_m @ Aug 29th 2007 12:13AM

and since Terminator was sued for copying an existing novel.... (philip k dick? can't remember0

Jay @ Aug 28th 2007 2:57PM

Reimagining means it could be a fantasy world where knights compete on the backs of something like a pegasus -- and the unbeatable pteradactl is an unbeatable dragon.

Yeah, it's probably gonna suck ... but, it's not that hard to build a narrative around something as sparse as Joust.

Word of the street. @ Aug 28th 2007 3:05PM

If you replace the pteradactl for a dragon you instantly get a generic D&D type of movie,also it would be more like Lair the movie.

Diskoboy @ Aug 28th 2007 2:59PM

I'd see it, as long as Uwe Boll doesn't direct it.

Word of the street. @ Aug 28th 2007 3:03PM

That would be like puking on a pile of crap.

riggs @ Aug 28th 2007 3:32PM

and having sex with it. repeatedly.

Amos @ Aug 28th 2007 3:05PM

A Knight's Tale man. Could be fun times.

doomcloud @ Aug 28th 2007 3:53PM

that movie was terrible sir......terriblé

Word of the street. @ Aug 28th 2007 3:08PM

Talking about Joust does anyone play this game anymore?,I tried to play it once in the xlive but the community seemed good as dead.

Rich @ Aug 28th 2007 3:29PM

you can play it on Midway's site:
http://www.midway.com/classicGames/joust/joust.html

Neon Jebus @ Aug 28th 2007 3:09PM

Yes I can't wait to hear the story line that allows someone who has just had their head stepped to turn into an egg.

Gimbal @ Aug 28th 2007 3:10PM

So ... I guess I'm the only one who thinks this is totally awesome, right?

jimy @ Aug 28th 2007 3:15PM

*insert "funny" comment here before word of the street replies to it like everyone elses comments :P*

But for real, that pic up top is the funniest that's been on here in a while.

Persio @ Aug 28th 2007 3:12PM

That's an easy one to solve... just pull a "Boll" and add some game footage in the movie. That should set the background really quick!

Donald @ Aug 28th 2007 3:14PM

I hate to give Code Monkeys credit for anything, but their "Gay Joust" sequence is going to be better than this movie.

I guarantee it like George Zimmer.

Macroy @ Aug 28th 2007 3:16PM

Hahaha, "CP Productions."

Neon Jebus @ Aug 28th 2007 3:22PM

One of the companies we do business with here at work is known as CP Films. They make window tint.

Word of the street. @ Aug 28th 2007 3:36PM

Hey thinking about it maybe this is like "The Producers" where they pick the worst script and put the worst director in charge,except that this time there wont be a gay hitler to make it comedy gold.

WiNG @ Aug 28th 2007 3:21PM

In a world where ANARCHY REIGNS...
One man will find the courage to kick evil in the EGG...
Armed with a magical lance and a wise-cracking dodo, Johnny Lancer is about to find out that sometimes it takes more than good aim to beat the bad guys...
Sometimes it takes abusing the laws of physics.

JOUST: ANARCHY'S REIGN
Rated PG-13 for Avian Nudity

ZapDash @ Aug 28th 2007 3:26PM

And cue the furries.

Word of the street. @ Aug 28th 2007 3:37PM

What you know,this movie does have a target Audience.

Furry fans this movie is for you.

Charron @ Aug 28th 2007 5:19PM

No, even we know this is gonna be shit.

Space Runaway @ Aug 28th 2007 3:33PM

The important part of that article is that the movie is set 25 years in the future.

Justin @ Aug 28th 2007 4:02PM

I'm willing to give anything a try. What harm could it do? Give game-related movies a bad name?

Opps....too late!

zeromerk @ Aug 28th 2007 4:44PM

Hey! Joust was a total classic for on the NES for years after it's release. My friends and I loved playing it, even though we're still young enough to be part of the mid-range target audience.

Matt @ Aug 28th 2007 5:02PM

"...That means that the target demo for the film was between 0 and negative 12 years old when Joust came out. Congrats, CP Productions, it sounds like you're off to a great start."

Possibly the funniest post I've ever read on Joystiq.

Justin McElroy @ Aug 28th 2007 7:33PM

Thanks my friend! I do it all for you.

Ryuukuro @ Aug 28th 2007 8:33PM

It doesn't matter if the movie is good or bad (assuming it even gets made.) This will be so awesome.

Actually, if it's bad then it will be even MORE awesome.

Dave @ Aug 28th 2007 8:44PM

"Midway Games Classic" ... no one remembers Williams anymore.

I know, I know, Midway absorbed Williams but video games from Williams were always exciting and original: joust, robotron, defender, etc. Call it Williams DNA.

doogles @ Aug 28th 2007 11:07PM

I personally can't wait for Galaga: The Movie.

blooh @ Aug 28th 2007 11:14PM

we got it, it's http://imdb.com/title/tt0087597/

that movie ruled :)

doogles @ Aug 29th 2007 10:42AM

But was there a dual fighter?!

t_m @ Aug 29th 2007 12:16AM

I know there is no target audience... but it seems like it COULD be a reasonable basis for a movie. Heck, it'd work better than Halo, DOA or The Sims.

Since it has no characters and a very limited setting, they are pretty free to improvise around the basic idea... so i could see it ending up as some kind of Dragonriders type of movie. Dragonheart meets A Knights Tale??

Still, to do it justice you'd need a pretty massive budget and loads of CGI.. or it'd end up closer to Dungeons and Dragons...