Better re-mark those calendars. SyFy's Red Faction: Origins movie, originally slated for next March, isn't coming out until May. That's according to a tweet from THQ CEO Danny Bilson, who says that the company started prep work on the film this week, will be shooting in January and that the finished product "airs in May with game release."
"Game release," of course, means Red Faction: Armageddon, which recently got pushed back to May. Hopefully those ostriches they're using don't get too cold out there on the Martian landscape during filming.
Reader Comments (22)
Posted: Dec 3rd 2010 7:48PM whylekat said
Why are video game movie adaptations all the rage lately? The Tomb Raider's were terrible. And Max Payne was a joke. Seriously to this day I think the best game movie was Super Mario Bros. And that's saying something! (especially since niether of those actors are even Italian)
Posted: Dec 3rd 2010 7:49PM Tephlon said
From shooting to release in 5 months?
Eeeik. Call me 'causiously optimistic'.
Eeeik. Call me 'causiously optimistic'.
Posted: Dec 3rd 2010 8:22PM GuitarHero666 said
@Tephlon
Hey, shooting means they've already have a script wrote and all that shit done. Or that they gonna go
PEW PEW PEW
during 5 months. *rimshot*
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Hey, shooting means they've already have a script wrote and all that shit done. Or that they gonna go
PEW PEW PEW
during 5 months. *rimshot*
Posted: Dec 3rd 2010 10:01PM Lone Starr said
@GuitarHero666
Well, let's just say this amount of post isn't common for good movies.
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Well, let's just say this amount of post isn't common for good movies.
Posted: Dec 4th 2010 11:19AM ThePenIsMightier said
@Tephlon
That's not the warning sign.
The fact that it is a video game movie isn't the warning sign.
The big red neon "TURD" sign is that it is a SyFy "production".
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That's not the warning sign.
The fact that it is a video game movie isn't the warning sign.
The big red neon "TURD" sign is that it is a SyFy "production".
Posted: Dec 3rd 2010 7:51PM Shadowbender said
He spelled SyFy wrong.
Posted: Dec 3rd 2010 8:07PM CaptainProtonX said
@Shadowbender
It's a "tweet". Proper spelling isn't necessary.
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It's a "tweet". Proper spelling isn't necessary.
Posted: Dec 3rd 2010 7:55PM Robborboy said
Is it bad that I have relatively high hopes for this movie?
Posted: Dec 3rd 2010 8:10PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
Posted: Dec 3rd 2010 10:47PM xbashingx said
Would love to see a Metal Gear Solid movie. I think any good game has great potential for a film
Posted: Dec 4th 2010 9:27AM Drakkenfyre said
Just play the last Metal Gear Solid game?
As for the movie, a movie based on a game has no chance with a big name Hollywood studio.
But with SciFi? (I still refused to call it that stupid "SyFy.")
You have no chance in hell. This is the channel that would air something called "Flying Jellyfish Versus The Mars Italian Pasta Men", and slap their name on it.
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As for the movie, a movie based on a game has no chance with a big name Hollywood studio.
But with SciFi? (I still refused to call it that stupid "SyFy.")
You have no chance in hell. This is the channel that would air something called "Flying Jellyfish Versus The Mars Italian Pasta Men", and slap their name on it.
Posted: Dec 4th 2010 11:20AM ThePenIsMightier said
@xbashingx
Tetris? PacMan? Serious Sam? Peggle? etc etc.
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Tetris? PacMan? Serious Sam? Peggle? etc etc.
Posted: Dec 3rd 2010 11:33PM dioxholster said
i would like a Robot Unicorn movie
Posted: Dec 3rd 2010 11:56PM Typhonic said
Stop making video games into movies and vice versa. Keep them separate.
Posted: Dec 4th 2010 12:56AM Fo0dNippl3 said
If you ask me, I think TV movies might be a better venue for game-to-movie adaptations. There's probably not as much executive meddling and they won't just go for the biggest name they can find who will probably screw up the property once they get their hands on it (for a recent example, see the upcoming Uncharted movie).
Posted: Dec 5th 2010 8:51AM Tristan88888888 said
they just finsihed planning and they will film edit and release the thing in 5 months... yeah im going to bet its a piece of shit. why must the movie industry attempt to ruin ours?
Posted: Dec 6th 2010 1:26PM knetworx said
Correction: Danny Bilson isn't the CEO of THQ.





