'Shadow of the Colossus' to become a movie

Necro · 04-09-2009, 05:20 AM

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"Shadow of the Colossus" is heading to the big screen.

The colossally popular video game is being developed as a feature by producer Kevin Misher, who has set the project up at Sony; the studio's sister division Sony Computer Entertainment is behind the video game.

Justin Marks, the go-to young scribe who's writing "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" for McG at Disney, is attached to pen the script.

Colossus, which was developed for the PlayStation 2, was released in the U.S. in 2005. It quickly became a huge hit as well as a critical favorite.

The game centers on the character Wander, who along with his horse Agro travels across a Western-style landscape to defeat enemies known as Collosi, with Wander's larger aim to save the girl Mono.

The game's landscape is minimalist and lacks some of the ensemble characters of other video games; instead, the challenge lies in locating the remote Colossi and uncovering their weaknesses through a series of puzzle-like challenges. Its scenes as well as its soundtrack are regarded by many as highly cinematic.

Video games have been a hot commodity recently in Hollywood development circles, with titles like "Max Payne" and "BioShock" attracting top level talent, though their boxoffice track record has been more checkered.

Misher has several movies set to release in the coming months, including the Channing Tatum-Terence Howard street-fighting drama "Fighting" and the Johnny Depp period gang pic "Public Enemies." The WMA-repped Marks also is attached to pen the comic-book adaptation "Suicide Squad" for Warners, among other projects.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Anyone play this? Always thought it looked real cool.

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MR. PEACHES · 04-09-2009, 05:42 AM

Never heard of this game before (srs)

shazam · 04-14-2009, 05:00 PM

I've played this game and I really really liked it. It is one of the top 3 ps2 games that I've ever played. The only problem that I could see is that people are either going to love the game like I did or find it boring and redundent(sp?).

I mean the main idea is that you have to save the princess from some weird magic spell. To do that you have to fight, I think 12, huge monster that look like different versions of the thing on the box art. To get to them you don't have to fight minons or solve complex puzzles, all you have to do is find them. It's harder than it sounds b/c the map is giant, but you get to ride your horse everywhere and you have to use your sword and the sunlight to get the idea of where the collosi are. Even though they are all huge every boss is different. For example there is one that looks like a dragon in the sky and you have to knock him down to attack him, there is another that is like a bull and you have to wait for him to mess up to attack, and many bipedal ones that really don't want you to beat them.

When you do beat one of the collosi you feel a sense of accomplishment like you should when you fight a boss in a game. This is one game that is truly an adventure in every aspect of the word. The pacing, action, story. Once the game is over, there is another option for you to face the bosses again but this time you have to beat them inside a time limit, and if you do that's when the unlockables start.

All I can say is that it is worth a try and the movie will prob be really weird but still something epic.

James Deuce · 04-14-2009, 05:06 PM

I played it...but I had no clue what I was doing. I think I found the first guy but sucked and couldn't beat him...tried it like 3 times then gave up as it was really frustrating. It might be a cool movie if they add stuff into the game rather than mindless searching around.