7 Cancelled Video Game Movies that Were Probably Going to be Terrible

Liked The Super Mario Brothers Movie? Thought Detective Pikachu was fun? Well most of gaming's forays into film have fallen into failure, and many fail before they even reach our screens. Whether they looked plain rubbish, were sequels to average films, or were at risk of meddling from studios, we're actually kinda glad these films got cancelled...!
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[@nathaniellevesque2782]

Im honestly surprised nobody made a movie about Goldeneye, considering how beloved the game is.

[@brandonp7503]

😂

[@demonsmoke1788]

Took me a second... my brain wasn't awake yet lol

[@whocares9033]

Even The World Is Not Enough was good enough to warrant a movie, but alas 😞

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

I think for ages, there was a long dispute as to who had the rights to it and that caused a long delay in even getting an HD remake, I think? Something to that extent.

[@DarkDuckGaming]

we can do but dream

[@Tabbyclaw]

I'm amazed that Ellen got through that entire Bioshock segment without reminding all of us that Luke harvested all the Little Sisters.

[@RainWelsh]

Yeah, I was waiting for shade to be thrown for the whole segment. “Those of us who got the good ending would be horrified. Luke would demand more gore (Verbinski)”

[@mgomez2088]

Same

[@Stephen-Fox]

...That... ...Definitely explains Dob's orphan incident...

[@Zakkleberg]

Was thinking similarly

[@hannarchy6554]

A hitman movie is never ever going to work until the people making it realise that it needs to be a COMEDY not a serious dramatic action thing. I know there's serious dramatic plot, but 99% of actual time spent engaging with the games is an incredibly intense unsmiling man with a super obvious tattoo wearing a pink smock and making murder puns at a bake sale

[@G00N3R7883]

I'd like to see a Hitman movie (or TV show - different location every episode) where 47 is a silent assassin. No epic shootouts with a dozen security guards in broad daylight. No massive explosions. Stealth. Disguises. Accidents.

[@bobapthorpe]

Honestly. 47 is the straightest of straight men - you absolutely must have him remain emotionless, determined, and focused while all manner of bizarre lethal mayhem explodes around him. One druglord buried in concrete, another devoured by his pet hippo - both instigated by a grim "shaman" wearing a ridiculous, obscene headdress. And absolutely yes on the dialogue: deadpan puns and double entendres: "That sounds dangerous - should I be worried?" "I'm not." Also, the Homing Briefcase needs to be treated like a silent sidekick.

[@massgunner4152]

​@@G00N3R7883 you could still have action scenes but it has to be done in a way that fits 47's absolute secrecy and show off routine, the movie just pasted James Bond on him.

[@torgranael]

That and to stop having him go full Mike every ten minutes. A single set-piece near the end would be sufficient to show off his skill.

[@Numfuddle]

I always wondered. Does the existence of a Luke Westway imply the existence of other Lukes representing the remaining cardinal directions? The public deserves to know

[@outsidextra]

jsyn you made me panic-check the lower thirds ;p - E

[@greenhydra10]

I'll get on that when I discover the rest of the elemelons.

[@erainmartinez8175]

Why not Star Fox the movie?

[@Numfuddle]

@@outsidextra my keyboard would like to offer sincere apologies for not typing the „a“ edit: a not e. Curse those fingers fumbling the keys on my phone

[@kadosho02]

Aha, Luke Northaway, Eastaway, and Southaway

[@adambicknell9185]

I feel like the way to make Sims movie is to make a sort of nature documentary (mockumentary) that's just a camera slowly moving through various Sims scenes with minimal voice over in calming voice

[@SimuLord]

When Luke said "This is the plot of Jumanji! Nice try, Fox!" I did a double take...

[@adolin.kholin]

Someone standing in the middle of the room eating off of a plate, then walking to a different room to place the plate on a bookshelf, then standing still for several minutes. complete silence.

[@oldvlognewtricks]

@@SimuLord I was thinking it sounded more like the plot of Last Action Hero 🤔

[@RevanAlaire]

From what I recall, one planned adaptation of The Sims would have been similar to the film, Stranger Than Fiction, with a group of people finding out their entire lives were being controlled by a person unaware of it.

[@sarahvest3676]

What if it was made similar to the new barbie movie? 🤔 just a random thought

[@dizzyizzylizzie]

The biggest reason why a lot of these video game movies are almost always set in the modern day is so the studio can save money on costumes and sets.

[@Deliveredmean42]

In a world heavy on CGI game trailers, I am surprise they dont go all in that aesthetic. Well, lets just hope the new Mario Movie open the flood gates for them.

[@dinoshotgun]

@@Deliveredmean42 maybe we can get an actually good Monster Hunter movie Honestly the fact that the joke of director best known for butchering video game movies still has a job is astounding

[@MarkDeSade100]

@@dinoshotgun "director best known for butchering video game movies" You mean Uwe Boll?

[@lisah-p8474]

​@@MarkDeSade100high five 🖐

[@isaachepworth7860]

@@dinoshotgun Did you watch Legends of the Guild? That was fairly good.

[@frodobaggins7710]

I feel like the Sims would be more of a horror movie, given the various ways they tend to die horribly in the games

[@Kjf365]

I almost imagine a story like free guy where all these terrible things happen, they're all sad for a few minutes, then go back to their day. But one Sim takes notice and rebels against the player.

[@davidmcgill1000]

It'd have to include sims waving at the sky all day, wetting themselves, and then dying because they refused to do anything to stay alive.

[@Matthew-pd4zx]

I could see a Sims movie in the same vein as The Truman Show

[@LeahLovesNature]

There's a mock trailer for a Sims horror movie on KZbin. I think it was done by College Humor, but don't quote me on that; it's been a few years since I saw it.

[@sim.frischh9781]

More of a splatter shock movie. Accidents with lawnmovers are suddenly getting popular again!

[@christophergordon6250]

Street Fighter: The Movie was one of the those cult classic "so bad, it's good" video game to movie adaptation. I know that it totally ravaged the source material but, I still love that movie. Hats off to the late, great: Raul Julia for putting so much energy and class to the role of M. Bison. It's even more impressive that he apparently was suffering from terminal cancer (or some type of other terminal illness) while filming the role.

[@evanolsen6925]

“I BEHELD SATAN, AS HE FELL FRRROM HEAVEN! LIKE LIGHTNING!!!”

[@TheTrueDiablix]

Glad I found this comment on a Tuesday

[@docette2015]

From what I understand, the terminal cancer is why he TOOK the role in the first place -- it was another paycheck that allowed him to make sure his family would be financially secure after his death. Being able to have loads of fun with the role was just a bonus.

[@anna-flora999]

​@@docette2015 he also knew his children really, really wanted to see him in the role

[@SamJ.J.]

I feel kind of the same about the original Mario movie that probably would have actually been a good movie if it hadn't had to try and be Mario related. On the other hand Mario Mario and Luigi Mario is still one of my favorite jokes of all time in a movie.

[@striumvar]

A sims movie needs to be like a black mirror episode

[@anndra8687]

I'm just thinking "we had it. It's called The Truman Show"

[@coltonallgire1135]

You mean The Barbie movie?

[@Drace90]

I always imagine a suburban mockumentary like "What we do in the Shadows". With storylines like: She is new in town and dreams of becoming an international spy. She moves in with two other young adults, one of them a famous actor, the other a werewolf. The neighbors next door are currently fighting because he found out that his wife cheated on him with the Grim Reaper while he got pregnant after an alien encounter. But suddenly: Kitchen fire!!!

[@OzwotWolf]

Honestly watching someone going swimming and the ladder to pool disappears with the edges too high to climb out of or someone walking in to a room thats on fire only for the door behind them to vanish in to wall, yeah thats my sims movie xD

[@flyingkitty67]

Look up "sims horror movie" by college humor.

[@hello_robot]

It would have been hilarious if Luke did the BioShock section, considering that he harvested all the Little Sisters and got the bad ending 🤣

[@Chris_Sizemore]

I've been thinking I'd like to see a Hitman movie done as a dark comedy. Have 47 do his iconic floating around a corporate party in various disguises. He follows the target around, with a quick flash to each possible assassination he won't perform while Diana talks informing 47 on all the 'relevant' dirt on the target so the audience loses all sympathy for him (or her. A couple?). After each flash 47 says why he won't do that assassination. 47 makes a few minor detours to pick up the keys to a possible get away. Have him pick up 3 of them to keep the audience guessing. Have 47 kick down some access ladders and open some sealed doors like he would do in the game. Then he gets this uncharacteristic huge smile on his face in a room and says "Yes, this will do." Cut to 47 entering the ever present security office where he quickly neutralizes the guards, destroys the camera memory and sabotages the security system without alerting the guards. Then the "fun" begins with a truly outrageous assassination that results in an "accidental death" as 47 reaches his chosen method of egress.

[@rissaarei5336]

Can you imagine Hitman slap-fighting his way through a mission like good old Bud Spencer, but with the emotional range of a brick? 🤣That would be glorious!

[@nickdejager8873]

Make it with three different ending, like Clue.

[@akmal94ibrahim]

Instead, the Hitman movie that we got had nothing to do with hitman.

[@davidmcgill1000]

Wouldn't be a Hitman movie if it didn't have numerous deaths caused by thrown fish and muffins.

[@bobapthorpe]

@@davidmcgill1000 We absolutely need to see The Homing Briefcase of Death wielded by a stoic steely-eyed assassin dressed in a flamingo mascot outfit.

[@lisah-p8474]

I had a friend who for many years, mistakenly thought Paul W S Anderson and Wes Anderson were the same person. I, for one, would pay to see a Wes Anderson Castlevania film.

[@donweatherwax9318]

Can't wait for _The Schloss Tepes Symphonic Preservation Society._ Starring Owen Wilson as Trevor Belmont; Luke Wilson as Alucard; Elliot "Ellen" Page as Syphon "Sypha" Belnades; Steve Martin as Hector; and of course Bill Murray as Dracula. You'll thrill as Trevor and Syphon (formerly Sypha, before the surgery) hash out their messy divorce over the course of the movie, as the raging, hormone-addled Syphon sics -her- their bloodsucking lawyer, Renon (Kristofer Hivju) on the hapless Trevor, who must repeatedly fight off the bloodthirsty barrister's repeated attempts to serve him with divorce papers. Fortunately, the timid Trevor doesn't have to do the actual fighting; Renon is usually driven off by _Trevor's_ divorce lawyer (slash tax accountant), the mysterious Zobek (Wesley Snipes). All this really distracts poor Trevor from his current job: remodeling Dracula's castle into the luxurious Hotel Ravenloft - to its fussy owner's exacting, ever-changing specifications. (Bill "Dracula" Murray: "And then there's the big central keep, right here... I'm thinking roller coaster, like the Stratosphere in Vegas. No? Too much? Help me out here, Trev. May I call you 'Trev'? No? How about 'T.B.'? " 'Trev-O'?") (Rated PG-13 for shady financial dealings and a brief, completely gratuitous shot of Syphon's mastectomy scars. Oscar noms all around!)

[@youtubewatcher-ec2df]

​@@donweatherwax9318critic rating: 90% Audience rating: 2%

[@mediarare2386]

A Batman Arkham movie - focused on riddler puzzles AC movie - focused on collecting feathers RDR movie - focused on Wild West challenges GTA movie - focused on Yoga Souls Series movie - focused on getting kicked by Patches And of course a Legend of Zelda movie -focused on doing EVERYTHING in Hyrule but saving Zelda

[@justinsinke2088]

You could likely make an entire trilogy just tracking down all the Korok seeds.

[@aardbei54]

That Zelda movie could work, if it were based on Hyrule Warriors, Spirit Tracks, Wind Waker, Majora's Mask, or, I guess, Wand of Gamelon

[@JT_Lich]

...With Tom Holland playing everyone, of course

[@RevanAlaire]

Well, there is sort of a Red Dead Redemption movie focusing on the Wild West gambler challenges. It is called, Maverick.

[@mikedangerdoes]

Tbf, saving Zelda is usually the last thing anyone does. So that is perhaps a true rendition of the experience.

[@bentoth9555]

Ok, the computer rebooting brick joke was pretty good.

[@sebastianwlodarczyk]

I can imagine most of them being actually made (whether the results would be good or dreadful is a completely different matter), but... Sims? I mean you could make a crime drama about the disappearance of Bella Goth for example, but then you just have a crime drama with some names taken from the Sims. Well, it sounds like screenwriters didn't really know how to tie the two things together either:P

[@matthewrowlett1564]

Sims is actually easy. An existential drama about a towns decent into madness, after becoming aware that their Every action is being controlled by a cosmic being known only as "plumbob"... They attempt rebellion... But its all as planned... One cannot defeat the all powerful.

[@sebastianwlodarczyk]

@@matthewrowlett1564 While at a Party, a Sim sees a green jewel appear suddenly above their friend's head out of nowhere, as they suddenly stop the small talk and head for the pool. "Ok, weirder things happened- yesterday I found out that my neighbour is actually an alien" they think. They watch their former conversation partner enter the pool. "Where's the pool ladder gone? Am I the only one that's seeing this?" Others don't seem concerned about a struggling one in the pool, chatting and enjoying their meals nearby while helpless person drown in front them. "What's going on here?" Hard cut. Slow fade in for the title: "The Sims." Ok, I'm sold!:D

[@ButMadNNW626]

@@sebastianwlodarczyk So... "Free Guy", but in the Sims 'verse?

[@dadefrost2059]

​@@ButMadNNW626 I feel like it would be more stepford wives, but I can see that.

[@keanucraig3138]

Croft Injury Simulator is a very accurate description of tomb raider

[@Alobo075]

I would like to register a complaint about the inclusion of first Mortal Kombat movie with the other bad movie adaptations. The first MK was a decent film, unlike it's sequel.

[@mikedangerdoes]

I would almost agree with you, but having rewatched it not long ago I can say it wasn't as good as I thought it was when I was eight years old.

[@Stryder45]

The first MK was so well received by the fans that a lot of changes were made to the game's canon, i.e. Kano became Australian from Chinese.

[@MarkDeSade100]

I agree! While it has its cheesy moments, it had good fight choreography and special effects and it was a fairly faithful adaptation of the game's story. Now if you want to see a really bad MK movie, watch the sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

odd, since the second followed the game series just as diligently…

[@BlandoGaming]

​@@bostonrailfan2427 It didn't have Lambert in it though. Instant fail right there.

[@ManiaMac1613]

Ellen's hair flip was more majestic than every live-action video game adaptation put together.

[@patientallison]

And her new color!

[@nickalotdegit]

There *needs* to be a Sticker of this.

[@Lukecash2]

The first Mortal Kombat was a fun movie. And not a bad adaptation.

[@jsmith3946]

I like the 2020 film as well

[@bostonrailfan2427]

the sequel followed the plot of the third game faithfully but somehow it’s a bad movie?

[@bast713]

I really enjoyed it!

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

Yeah. The first one actually does a thing that's surprising. In a movie about a video game about a martial arts tournament, we actually see martial artists fighting in the tournament. Like, whoa dude. Blew my mind when that happened.

[@sMack120]

The first film is a Guilty pleasure of mine, 😫

[@JaronActual]

Yes, I remember the Ratchet & Clank movie. Own a copy as well. It's a good movie, but I also understand the R&C premise and schtick isn't for everyone.

[@demonsmoke1788]

I was okay with the movie. But as someone who plays all the Rachet and Clanks, it just felt off they made Rachet incapable and bungling, while in the original he was always good at getting things done.

[@beladendron]

My kids love the movie. My son even asked us to get the game.

[@massgunner4152]

The biggest problem is that the movie was basically an excuse to sell the game, or the game was an excusr to promote the movie, i don't know, the story and scenes of both are so identical that it was a chicken and egg situtation.

[@kaneaquino8295]

​@@massgunner4152 The game was released a month prior to the movie, and that means some folks were able to upload all the cutscenes to KZbin. Then the folks who watched the cutscenes saw that, with a few minor additions and changes, saw that the movie was essentially just the cutscenes. News spread about this, and that's why the Ratchet and Clank movie flopped

[@adamcammack3534]

The movie could of been alot better especially if TJ Fixman was kept as lead writer but something obviously changed in development because the announcement tralier had far better animation than the whole movie and Sony seemed to loss interest in it close to its release date I'm just glad we got Rift apart afterwards

[@venabre]

I would have actually liked to see a Tomb Raider 2. The movie was entertaining on its own merits, even if not the ideal adaptation of the game series.

[@phyllissmith9426]

I agree! But I would have wanted Alicia Vikander and she could not have done it because of contract limitations. But it would have been good despite ignoring the game lore.

[@adamcammack3534]

Especially hearing that Ben Wheatley was attached to direct who is a big British cult director not all his movies work but his best include Free fire, kill list and sightseers but he left the project to do The Meg 2 and probably because of how long the movie was taking to get off the ground

[@Avigorus]

That Sims plot made me think of the Neverending Story (especially the 3rd one where the book lets whoever is reading from it dictate what happens in both worlds)

[@Sableagle]

Yes, Ellen, Brahms' Cello Sonata in F Major does, indeed, slap.

[@TheWretchedOwl]

“Is this why my computer keeps needing to be rebooted?” 😂 that was a golden comedy callback.

[@christyencremins7676]

I desperately need a Sly Cooper *something* to be made, it was one of my favorite games growing up!

[@dorksanddragons]

I still remember the rage of my friend (a lifelong Tomb Raider fan) during the movie. "You fight demon samurai in this game!" He almost left the theater when Lara's dad showed up.

[@carlsiouxfalls]

I liked some of the movie, but definitely felt it was lacking.

[@jsmith3946]

don't get it why was he mad in the game you fought dino and daemons and a bunch of other monsters

[@harrypatatochips139]

If you assume that everyone has a green crystal over their heads, every movie is a Sims movie. Check mate

[@jbruning1291]

Next list: video game movies we want. Bonus points for including the dream producer, director, lead role with several supporting actors, and antagonist.

[@jbruning1291]

I could see a Skyrim movie/show being promising; if you really shortened the main quest.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

An traditionally animated television adaptation of the first two Wing Commander games and their expansions would be amazing, especially since those games have not aged well in terms of gameplay and system accessibility.

[@jbruning1291]

I could see a TF2 show made in the game's engine could be fantastic. Original voice actors as well (except Soldier).

[@dasdiesel3000]

Re Tomb Raider sequel: always drives me nuts when the choice is made to completely explain away something that seemed supernatural as a misunderstood natural phenomenon, also. Thank you for speaking up for us, Ellen! (Even if its only us 😂)

[@SamJ.J.]

I think it depends on the tone and themes of the movie as to whether that twist works. Way overdone though.

[@OrangeDog20]

I liked that it did something original and didn't just follow the plot of the game 1-1.

[@wraithcadmus]

The problem with games is their whole art is being interactive, which makes them really tough to cram into a linear format. If you have a strong setting like TLoU it can work (I always figured a Mass Effect series during Shephard's absence would be great), but Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat, and even Castlevania were all pastiches of zombie films, kung-fu films, and monster films respectively. It turns into a copy of a copy, so you're left with something that's too game-like and not interesting without the interactivity, or bears so little relation to the material why bother?

[@TheRealCodeBlack]

I dunno. Most of video games have strong central narratives that are fairly easy to adapt to screen. The issue isn't that the adaptability isn't there, but that for a very long time just like with animation and comic adaptations, Hollywood has had a long history of not taking those narratives seriously and trying to warp the IP into something more marketable, inevitably leaving a mess behind. This is starting to change in a big way, and I'm glad for it, but it's still there from time to time and still causes problems. At least we're long past the days of Uwe Boll, though. (shudder).

[@HeinerGunnar]

Mass Effect's universe has so much potential: you could have a Star Trek-like show following an Alliance vessel, or something set entirely on the Citadel, maybe following C-Sec (one can dream, something The Wire-like but in space), big ol space opera....

[@sabretoo]

Ooh great point!

[@Kjf365]

​@@HeinerGunnarA Cops parody called "C-sec" would be hilarious.

[@sinteleon]

Mortal kombat is a bad example, considering the actual story portion is entirely linear. Castlevania could totally be done well; Yes it would basically be a copy of monster films, but Castlevania itself IS a copy of monster tropes, that in of itself isn't necessarily a bad thing; All you need it is to be stylized in Castlevania's style and with iconic Castlevania setpieces, and it'd fit perfectly.

[@CapeFlatsBoy]

The Sly Cooper movie hits me in the feels... I really was excited to see what they'd do with it

[@corsaircarl9582]

I wanted to see what they were gonna do with Carmelita Fox.

[@nycstreetpoet]

The Sims movie sounded a lot like they were remaking “The Neverending Story,” replacing the book with a DLC pack. Also, loving Ellen’s hair.

[@scottperkins5038]

Blonkamp Halo would have been incredible, would love to see him direct an adaptation of Covus Beli's Infinity or an Armored Core movie.

[@1.-ulysses334]

Well can't be worse than the tv series... So I agree.

[@theonyxdragon]

Ah yes, the Tetris film, the biggest blockbuster of its day.

[@Internalblondy]

Fun fact: Tetris was put into the movie Pixels

[@wraithcadmus]

It's funny as Tetris is my go-to as how games are art because of their interactivity, not the art they contain in graphics or sound. Tetris is the smallest thing that is delighting.

[@madmansgates]

I see what you done there 😂

[@Nakiatakai]

I still have seen it but how can someone mess up Tetris? The history behind it and how for a long time no one knew who actually owed the rights to it (for a while) and why it's one of the go to games for knock off game system

[@Deliveredmean42]

@@Nakiatakai Because a movie "inspired" are just that: inspired. So you can basically do whatever you like making it as far away as the material as posible with sprinkle of the true events.

[@phillipmunoz7181]

Having not yet seen the new super Mario brothers movie, I was a bit confused when you put that one on the list in the beginning lol

[@morkelub8756]

i bet luke never saw the super mario brothers movie he is so lucky then

[@historicflame972]

@@morkelub8756 the first one?

[@morkelub8756]

@@historicflame972 i mean the live action movie from 1993

[@historicflame972]

@@morkelub8756 oof

[@TheFrostyCrane]

Splinter Cell had a movie that danced around production and even had the confidence to include a teaser in the main menu of Chaos Theory that claimed you wouldn't know the whole story of the games until you see the movie. Also yeah I had high hopes for Halo when I heard Weta and Peter Jackson were involved. All the sadder considering how tragic the new Paramount series turned out, as if they wanted Last of Us to blow it out of the water.

[@memashes]

There's FIVE Death Race movies?!

[@maxvel0city906]

I'd just like to say that Ellen's T-shirt is otterly adorable.👍💜

[@thundercookie3214]

I didn't know about 50% of these... and now I feel robbed of my innocence.

[@pierresmee4769]

yay! Luke, i also like the 90s Mario Movie!.. i saw it in the theatre as a 13 yr old boy..and i thought it was awesome! (still do) thanks for great video

[@SirRavix]

I actually really like the first Mortal Kombat movie...👀 One of my favorite movies growing up lol

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

A Gore Verbinski Bioshock movie could have been pretty damn good.

[@garnetsky6393]

A Verbinski Bioshock would have looked amazing, if nothing else! Though I also feel that if Scott Wampler is the one saying the script was genuinely shocking/maybe too dark, it was probably going to be reeeeally bleak.

[@brandonp7503]

I agree, but a PG-13 version would've been unfaithful to the game.

[@NottherealLucifer]

​@@brandonp7503 Yeah, at least he didn't budge on that issue. He knew it wouldn't work without the violence.

[@garnetsky6393]

@@brandonp7503 💯

[@OzwotWolf]

Just call it Bioshock, Dead Water and you know what your signing up for

[@SirExal]

There was a Crazy Taxi movie planned back in the early 2000's, which never got off the ground presumably because it was a Crazy Taxi movie.

[@jsmith3946]

no we got it it was the Queen Latifa movie taxi

[@Megatron113]

There was a Twilight Zone episode from the 2002 iteration that had an episode that was basically a Sims episode.

[@Ripper2509]

What episode was it?

[@Tfbrave]

Are you talking about "It's a good life" or "five characters in search of an exit" by any chance?

[@iandoddsblah]

You should definitely do a video having sat through the video game movies of Uwe Boll! 😅

[@nathanclarke2777]

I love Ellen's hair! It is so damned hard to get a good purple color so this is amazing!

[@allgomesareevil6121]

Me Ah, death race, I have seen that one. "They have made 5 of these." Wait, what!?😮

[@phillipminer3554]

What about Five Nights at Freddy’s? That was in development for a while, but it was eventually scrapped. There was a movie that cashed in on the FNAF craze, though, Willy’s Wonderland. And it had Nicolas Cage beating the 💩 out of possessed animatronics.

[@jsmith3946]

and there was Banana Splits movie that the first five nights script was based on that was good

[@BudBonkerson]

... about that

[@StudioHappyboy]

FNaF wasn’t cancelled. Blum house is making it and Jason Blum just tweeted about production starting recently

[@waffleking6871]

Red Vs. Blue is the only Halo movie I'll ever need.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Webseries, rather, but yeah, hear hear! Just end it on Seasons 13 and 14, however. What happens after should have been marketed as a speculative spin-off. Addendum: Also, there's the official short films that promoted H3, ODST, and Reach.

[@psychodrummer1567]

@@michaelandreipalon359 Season 14 gives me the same vibes as the Appendices to Lord of the Rings books.

[@rickimaru915]

Well now I’m disappointed that I won’t get to see that Bioshock movie. I’m all about those grim dark stories

[@Rob2512053]

I liked doom, it was a fun 2000s action movie exactly what I expected. I've never played the games though so I can't speak on it as an adaptation, they really could've named it anything else and probably got sequels

[@Chattosaurus]

Exactly! It didn't take itself too seriously and having The Rock and Karl Urban didn't hurt. The whole 'first person' scene was a nice nod to the game.

[@FLITT]

I feel like video games translate better as TV shows... You can't cram 40+ hours of story and character building into 90mins.

[@NigelMelanisticSmith]

If this Barbie movie turns out good, I could see a Sims movie in a similar campy style

[@emtpmpknhed]

Glad to see someone else thought of this.

[@PLAYER_42069]

Yes. Something like The Sims would have to be self-aware like the Barbie movie. Treat it as a hyper reality and don't try and make it make sense within our own reality which is why most video game adaptations fail e.g. Tomb Raider.

[@massgunner4152]

I cannot stop thinking about the Barbie aisle scene from Toy Story 2.

[@kingsleycy3450]

I just can’t believe vg movies are still in demand. Uncharted 2 sort of killed out my need to see movie adaptations of my beloved games

[@Lukecash2]

Super Mario Brothers kinda made a billion dollars.

[@LakinMae5]

Fun Fact: Bowser made a CGI animation appearance in a movie 11 years before Mario and Luigi did!

[@chloemchll3774]

Tetris was an awesome movie. Who thought that a biopic for a videogame could play as an intense cold war spy thriller?

[@Amaritudine]

We keep hearing about allegedly upcoming new adaptations, but a lot of them go quiet after a while. A few years ago there was talk of a TV series based on _Life is Strange,_ and more recently a French animation studio was reported to be developing something to do with _Final Fantasy IX._ It'll be interesting to see if either of those go anywhere - or the adaptation of tabletop hit _Blades in the Dark._

[@TheTrueDiablix]

FF9's project was supposed to be shown off at an event months ago, and just...never showed up and there was no comment as to why it was absent despite them confirming it's presence just a few days prior to the event. My guess is that it'll never see the light of day.

[@Michael_Lindell]

If you make a high-profile movie it might get "Cannes-celled"...

[@bellarmire]

Hollywood looked at Bioshock, a game whose entire narrative and plot twist arguably works precisely because it explores the idea of player autonomy in a narrative game and because it's spent hours building an implicit relationship of trust, and which is celebrated for its environmental storytelling which flourishes in an interactive medium, and said "make it a movie".

[@SamJ.J.]

I felt bioshock felt pretty ham fisted cause there were a bunch of parts where I wanted to do something else but you're forced into following the linear pathways, which kind of crippled the impact of the whole message. Plus the fact that a bunch of the plot makes no fucking sense anymore once you get to the twist doubled down on that feeling. A movie would be better imo because you can't control it and therefore aren't being railroaded so hard by it, and the subtleties could be presented a lot better.

[@foristrothbert568]

I have a feeling that once the Netflix's BioShock abortion is released, everyone is going to be very, very sad the super dark R-rated BioShock wasn't the one made.

[@mattkennedy9308]

A straight adaption of Minerva's Den would be awesome. I'm not hopeful though...

[@Sableagle]

Anyone think _The Lord Of The Rings Online_ could be turned into a really good movie, or series of movies? The whole _Moria_ section would deserve at least a few hours just to itself, and one each for the Grey Company, Mirkwood and In Their Absence quest arcs.

[@deglorath2203]

Wait, it's STILL live??? ... What year is it again?

[@Sableagle]

@@deglorath2203 It is. Current max level 140, but likely to go up to 150 soon. Next expansion "Royal Gondor," building toward an expansion into Umbar and new Corsair class, and they're looking at changing the crafting system so we'll be able to choose our own professions separately rather than taking fixed bundles of three as a vocation, possibly allowing us four each so those of us who already got to tier 12 in all three of a vocation don't have to throw one away to make more sensible sets. Hunter would be Forester, Woodworker, Tailor, but is currently Forester, Woodworker, Farmer or Forester, Prospector, Tailor, so should be able to add Tailor or Woodworker without throwing away Farmer or Prospector.

[@Tfbrave]

Wasn't the film "Van Helsing" with Hugh Jackman originally supposed to be a Castlevania movie?

[@phyllissmith9426]

Let me explain to you my obviously young friend. Before games and movies were these things called "Books" and EVERY idea ever made into a movie is based on some book. The film "Van Helsing" is based on "Bram Stoker's Dracula". A good read.

[@Tfbrave]

@@phyllissmith9426 first of all drop the condescending tone, I'm in my late 20's and I'm well aware of and have read "dracula" multiple times But from what I've been able to find out "Van Helsing" was originally intended to be a Castlevania movie but the studio that made it lost the film rights to Castlevania during early production so they repurposed the script into what we eventually got

[@MunchKING]

Jumanji? I was thinking it was the video game version of The Last Action Hero. :D

[@yannym4605]

The virus at the end of the Tomb Raider was most definitely supernatural. What it did, the speed in which it reproduced, the fact that it survived thousands of years on a corpse inside a sealed sarcophagus. In Warcraft, the undead plague was just as much biological as it was supernatural.

[@Numfuddle]

Those interstitials are on point. Plas Mid, Trash Pandamonium… Give the writer a raise

[@_mickmccarthy]

Woah woah woah, are we putting the 1995 Mortal Kombat film in a montage of bad video game movies? Because that was awesome (granted, in a sort of B-movie way)!

[@erisonline921]

Fully seconded

[@StormgemThunder]

Remember when the script fot the cancelled Legend of Spyro movie was found, and everyone collectively agreed it was garbage? Dodged bullet for sure 💀

[@simonbriggs203]

True. Why couldn't they have hired a more competent set of writers for a setup with such massive untapped potential? The games were enjoyable for what they were (especially if you’re a dragon enthusiast), but the budget that was promised for that poorly written movie script would have been better off being poured into the games given the scope.

[@sirennightshade4977]

I like how the BloodRayne movies were so bad they weren't even included in the opening montage of terrible video game movies.

[@fireblade295]

Eh, they were fine. Not bad, not good, but leaning towards bad.

[@HighHeelKnight]

I've seen most of the Death Race films, including the original starring David Carradine.

[@OzwotWolf]

The one i watched with Sylvester Stallone in it and the first one with Jason Statham were great but after that...well im sure people like them

[@armelior4610]

A sims movie ? We already have a bunch of those : every comedy/drama/romance set in a contemporary setting, except usually with less kitchen fires and drownings in the pool

[@kalythai]

On the Sims, their mistake was making the story very video-gamey. What they should have done was make the story about the disappearance of Bella Goth. Lots of room for creativity. But then I remember Hollywood writing is very hit or miss.

[@Gigawood]

Anybody see the joke game movie trailer from College Humor for Minesweeper? That was great.

[@dalgona4819]

Honestly The Sims movie would've been interesting if they just focused on the actual families in the game. I wanna see the Goths and the Landgraabs XD

[@nudgificator]

I would absolutely watch Luke's TED talk on the 90s Mario movie.

[@_Artfuldodging]

Love Luke's PUP shirt, just got one of their records on vinyl

[@MoonshineRobot]

You had me at Jumanji 😂

[@nishidohellhillsruler6731]

You know which game should have a movie? Hotline Miami, directed by Wes Anderson.

[@weetdirt]

Genuinely, I would watch that day 1.

[@turtleguyfan]

i mean just give it to Chad Stahelski, there’s a set piece in John Wick 4 that literally looks like he played Hotline the day before and said “that’d look cool” and knocked it out the park

[@bast713]

As a fan of the 90's Mortal Kombat movie, I want to hear Luke's thoughts on the 90's Mario Brothers. Dennis Hopper as King Koopa was a very bold choice. 😂😂😂😂

[@quick-dash4740]

What about the as of yet unreleased 'Just Cause' movie? While not officially cancelled, the news we have on it shows it's changed writers every year since first announced and the only reported cast member was Jason Momoa as Rico. Probably safe to say the movie will never see the light of day, and if by some miracle it does, it'll probably be a massive flop.

[@crystaljones1935]

Oh sure... there was a planned for Sims movie, but we can't get a big screen Metal Gear Solid?

[@oftenspanx]

I was genuinely surprised at how good the Rachet & Clank ended up being. Like, not great by any stretch, but better than I had any reason to believe it would have been.

[@AmberKrenn]

honestly surprised Spyro hasn't gone there yet.

[@angelganon8213]

That really upsets me about the bioshock movie because i was so looking forward to seeing what they could do with it

[@TheFiddleFaddle]

Fun fact: The Halo warthog is still at WETA, and can be seen if you take the tour there.

[@jinpae6972]

Thank you for not including the Street Fighter movie in that opening montage of bad adaptations. Andy would have been quite upset, I'm sure.

[@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human]

Street Fighter is a bad film. But it's a great movie. Just a good dumb fun popcorn movie. Like Fast and Furious, or Batman 1966, or Pirates of the Caribbean.

[@Tfbrave]

TBF that's a "so bad it's good" film

[@nathaniellevesque2782]

Raul Julia is 99.9% of why the movie works.

[@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human]

@@nathaniellevesque2782 Much like Ian McDermid in Revenge of the Sith, he's hamming it up. He's evil and he loves it, and it makes any scene with him in campy and just fun to watch.

[@adventfear]

These days though, I have a bit more faith in VG adaptations after Detective Pikachu, Sonic 1 and 2, and the Mario Bros. movie.

[@jsmith3946]

Never like Jim but didn't mind him to much in sonic

[@sinosikell]

"Due to, well, 2020" is an actual excuse I use when someone asks why I haven't done anything substantial since 2019. Hahaha

[@BetaJackMaxis]

You know, PG-13 rating aside, showing a Little Sister being brutally slain would work if the protagonist witnessed it, and seeing the child die could motivate said protag to save the rest from the horrors of Rapture. It's also weird that the Sims had an even more gonzo plot than that canceled movie. It involved alien women disguised as humans using time travel to get rid of a romantic rival by throwing her into the past, but that woman getting back by writing a mystery novel that pretty much told them these future alien women did it that got way popular. And since it was the same town but time displaced, it generated a lot of detective and mystery enthusiasts in that town right about the time she went 'missing' that got everyone looking into her high profile disappearance, pretty much assuring that those sisters will be found out for her 'murder,' even if they don't figure out the aliens and time travel. Yes I'm serious. Go check Game Theory if you don't believe me.

[@mattkennedy9308]

I''d set it up as a Big Daddy reveal. Imagine a bunch of Splicer attacking a Little Sister the protagonist can't save then you get a full Big Daddy rampage

[@FlamingoSandwich]

if you ever need to scare away a video game movie from being made you just have whisper the name Uwe Boll ....... AAAAAAAAAH!!!!

[@LightningfistCal]

Cancelled video game TV series, perhaps? I'd like to hear your thoughts on the (ironically, thematically appropriate) stillborn HBO Bloodborne live-action series.

[@KBXband]

I had a channel where I made a parody trailer for Pong: The Movie. So many of my friends and coworkers asked me about it's release that I had to make a follow up episode in documentary format explaining that the lead character Henry Whitepaddle died

[@harrypatatochips139]

That halo trailer brought back memories.

[@LeoStaley]

They're currently making a borderlands game, stating Kevin Hart as Roland, and the young women characters played by old women, Lilith played by Cate Blanchett, Tanis played by Jamie Lee Curtis, and Moxxi played by Gina Gershon, who are 54, 63, and 60, respectively.

[@JohnWilliams-cr2sz]

I'm excited for that. Its going to be a glorious trainwreck.

[@brunowaxl]

Idunno, honestly I think Ellen just accidently sold me on the Bioshock movie plot. The bad ending sounds so awesome and it makes sense as a horror movie ending!

[@d00mbr07]

Funny side note about The Sims entry; a live action 'Mega Man' was also in development but got canned due to the merger

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

Oh WOW, 10:02 I totally remember the first time i saw this little "Halo movie teaser" clip, at the time it looked way more real granted we didn't have HD everything like we do now and it feels like it was So Many years ago when it popped up online. 😄👍

[@TheTwilighthawke]

Remember the Battleship movie? Not a videogame but I always think of it whenever anyone suggests more videogame movies

[@notoriousbmc1]

They should make Demons Souls, with Tom Cruise. So basically "Live Die Repeat" in a medieval setting

[@fireblade295]

Cruise? Probably would have some cultist message hidden in it...

[@OzwotWolf]

Cruise would join the Dark wraiths immediately and the entire film would be about him invading people to make them join his cul...Covenant

[@Windsofambience]

i was playing jsr the other day and thought to myself, this is a ridiculous reaction to kids spray painting walls, theres a guy planting bombs all over the city and this dude with the desert eagle just called in the tanks..... can you do an episode on over zealous reactions to things in video games?

[@CerealKillerBoy100]

This is a great video, but I've got shout out Luke for the Pup shirt. Love Pup. Such a good band.

[@jordanlarsen2336]

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