Universal wins bidding war for EA's 'Dante's Inferno' movie rights
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Nov 3rd 2008 at 11:30AM }
EA has yet to confirm the game's title, which is simply speculated to be Dante's Inferno and involves a "journey through the depths of hell." We're still wrapping our brains over a movie being tied to a game's release so soon ... times are a changin'.
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theturtle363 @ Nov 3rd 2008 11:32AM
couldn't they just have made a movie about the book?
T @ Nov 3rd 2008 11:50AM
Basing a film on a classic piece of literature such as this runs the risk of critical expectations being too high.
By going off of the game vs. the book, they'll be able to fly in under lower expectations, as well as potentially gain some additional viewers due to recognition of the game.
I'm more disturbed seeing a movie company picking up the rights to a game that was only recently annouced.
What if the game sucks?
ChickenPawks @ Nov 3rd 2008 11:51AM
Agreed. Maybe the stories are coming out wrong and it's really just a matter of the game and movie being released simultaneously to attempt to milk as much money from a sub-par game and sub-par movie before they get wind of each others' shortcomings.
MattBFD @ Nov 3rd 2008 11:56AM
I want to know what will happen to the film when the game gets killed by EA a few years into development.
joeybeast @ Nov 3rd 2008 11:47AM
Let me guess, the two sequels will be Dante's Purgatorio and Dante's Paradiso.
capt_carl @ Nov 3rd 2008 12:20PM
Then they'll release a collector's edition of all three games and call it "Dante's Divine Comedy."
Zach S @ Nov 3rd 2008 11:52AM
They did make a silent film a gazillion years ago based on the poem (and it's actually pretty cool, too).
I kinda feel like a game could either be REALLY good or REALLY terrible, depending on how literally they're taking the title...
Christopher Grant @ Nov 3rd 2008 11:55AM
As long as it's not a game based on "Dante's Peak" I think we should count ourselves lucky.
OMGOMG @ Nov 3rd 2008 12:17PM
WHY YOU HATIN' ON DANTE'S PEAK??
The grandma falling in the acid=EPIC.
T @ Nov 3rd 2008 12:27PM
I hated that movie because of that. The main point of the movie is they have to go up the mountain to save the stubborn grandmother, and then they kill her off anyway.
It's MacGuffin's like that which drive me nuts.
theturtle363 @ Nov 3rd 2008 12:41PM
lol@mcguffin
MattBFD @ Nov 3rd 2008 12:00PM
BUT, it would probably sell more.
Duke @ Nov 3rd 2008 12:01PM
Its one of my favorite books, yet I have trouble seeing it as a game. I guess it would have to take the structure and visuals given by Dante and then substitute in a complete action storyline that would have litle to do with the book itself.
Courtney @ Nov 3rd 2008 12:52PM
I'm hoping it's not just an action game with a story based on Inferno stapled to it. An interesting puzzle/adventure game would be more suitable to the story, though I doubt a movie studio would be interested in it if that's what it was.
Dirty @ Nov 3rd 2008 12:13PM
Im sure this kind of thing happens all the time, we just dont catch wind of it.
SeishiZero @ Nov 3rd 2008 12:30PM
Universal is making a movie about EA's "journey through the depths of hell"... so it's a movie about DRM.
Blank-Mage @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:16PM
I say again, I can't wait to see the backlash on the game OR the movie. I mean, this make GTA look like Spyro.
Blank-Mage @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:17PM
*will make.