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Our sister site, www.themovies.co.za, is running a competition in conjunction with Nu Metro all this week to give away 4 sets of double tickets to 4 lucky readers. All you need to do is head on over to the competition page, watch the awesome trailer and then let ... [»]
When it comes to video game movies, the majority of them are either awful, or classified as crimes against humanity. Every couple of years though, a film based on a game comes out, and it proves to be enjoyable, and won’t induce an urge for you to pur salt in your eyes.
Cult-hit Nintendo game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is busy wrapping up development, and ... [»]
Ever since gaming became a really big, bankable institution, it hasn’t taken Hollywood executives too long to realise that they can make some real coin from these unique properties. We’ve seen gaming film rights snapped up quicker than a crocodile in a feeding frenzy, resulting in some decent popcorn material, as well as a few crimes against celluloid and humanity.
One of the ... [»]
As long as gaming is becoming a bigger and bigger industry the flow of videogame movie adaptations just won’t stop. We’ve been through a quiet patch recently after a slew or really disgusting adaptations so let’s hope they have learnt what went wrong and that the newly announced ... [»]
Disney have both announced and showed off a little bit of the concept behind an upcoming CG animated film called Wreck-It Ralph, and the idea is looking pretty neat.
Wreck-It Ralph is basically the equivalent of 8-bit Donkey Kong and starts getting really upset and tired with always being shunned as the villain by everyone, even though he is just doing his job. ... [»]
In case you don't know what's going on, let me quickly get you up to speed. An Uncharted movie is in the works. David O. Russell (Three Kings, The Fighter) was at the helm and wanted to make it a family-oriented movie with Mark Wahlberg and Robert DeNiro that had pretty much nothing to do with the game.
He is no longer on ... [»]
Some might cringe at the thought of a Gears of War movie, with fear and apprehension that if done badly, it will mess up an otherwise perfect game. While this may be true, others (myself included) believe that with New Line Cinema at the helm, this is a brilliant idea and should be finished as soon as humanly possible. But the fears of the fans may be on the ... [»]
The Silent Hill movie that was released in 2006, directed by Christophe Gans and written by Roger Avary really surprised me when I watched it a few years ago.
Not only did it serve as one of the best game-to-movie adaptations that we've ever seen, but it was actually a pretty decent Horror movie all on its own. Well game and movie fans' ... [»]
Siliconera may have spotted what it was that Epic were meant to announce at the VGA’s before that last minute cancellation. Apparently Epic has registered the title, Gears of War Exile, along with the above logo. So what could it be? The rumour about a Kinect enabled ... [»]
So you have already heard the news that an Uncharted movie is on the way, and that Mark Wahlberg been cast as the dashing, mouthy and mischievous protagonist Nathan Drake.
If however, you were wondering if the movie would be based more around the first game, or the second game or... well, ... [»]
Some very interesting news and information has come to light thanks to Microsoft's Frank O'Connor who sat on a a panel at the Future of Television East Conference.
O'Connor seems to be very enthusiastic and motivated to get Halo onto as many screens as possible. He commented on the previous Halo movie ... [»]
Great news has turned up thanks to the Hollywood Reporter. It looks like new life has been breathed into the Uncharted: Drake's Fortune film project.
Hollywood writer and director David O. Russell, (Three Kings) who previously passed up the project has now signed on to write and direct the Columbia Pictures production ... [»]
According to a report on Showbizspy Brad Pitt is being given first option on the role of John Marston in an epic cowboy shoot-em-up movie based on the PlayStation title, Red Dead Redemption. … yeah apparently the Xbox 360 version will have Billy Bob Thornton in the role of John Marston instead… idiots. Anyway back to the point, Rockstar ... [»]
Lazygamer has obtained confirmation that a live action Street Fighter short is currently in the works.
Thanks to our South African Lazygamer roots, we have bagged an exclusive interview with local talent DeVille Vannik who is currently working on a new project that is being pitched to Capcom as a new direction ... [»]
If you aren't already familiar with Toby Turner aka Tobuscus (he is also the guy that does the LikeTotallyAwesome videos that we have posted before) on YouTube then you've obviously missed out on his awesome literal trailer parodies.
The parodies are pretty straightforward. What Tobuscus does, is basically sing along to already ... [»]
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