Hollywood has really started to flex its video game adaptation muscle and . Even indie publishers are getting some of those sweet, sweet development deals. Case in point? Shooter third person shooter El Paso, elsewhere being adapted into a feature film, .
Academy Award nominee LaKeith Stanfield is in talks to star and produce. Stanfield is known for his many great films, e.g I apologize for bothering you, Judas and the Black Messiah and Book of Clarence, among others. Di Bonaventura Pictures and Colin Stark will also produce.
In the game, players control a drug-addicted vampire hunter as he tracks down his blood-sucking ex-lover who is out to end the world. According to the film, a similar story structure will be followed Deadline. The indie title has been praised for being a fantastic homage to third-person action shooters like the Max Payne series, even though it oozes a completely surreal appeal. In other words, it makes sense as a movie.
Of course, this is just the latest video game adaptation to ping our radar. Fallout, Our last and Twisted Metal all have been renewed for second seasons. The Super Mario Bros movie and The Legend of Zelda . Recently, it was announced that the dreaded fishing sim Drainage as it is .
There are also upcoming cartoons , and . That’s not all. based on which there are future films Border areas, Minecraft, Gears of War and many others, not to mention the multi-modal Sonic the Hedgehog cinematic universe. After decades of false starts, video games and Hollywood are finally at their best. Now give me a series adaptation of a Dreamcast-era “virtual pet”. Sailoryou cowards.
