News has broke that the smash PS3 video game Uncharted is all set to get converted to the big screen and will follow the adventures of Nate Drake the treasure hunter who is in search of the legendary El Dorado the golden city.
As far as video game to movie conversions Uncharted is probably one of the ones i would more likely see, in the game the character of Nate Drake is essentially a modern day Indiana Jones
Asteroids is the latest movie adaptation to be getting the go ahead from the videogame world. The Atari classic was damn addictive at the time, and still has gameplay the stands up to the test of time today, you have to cut it some slack as it was made in 1979 and at the time it was pretty revolutionary, with fancy vector graphics, and some suitably kick ass bleeps and blips, ok I made that last bit up, I actually can't remember what the sound effects were like! I should probably go check out the original later
Max Payne was a cinematic game, and now that game has been turned into a full blown movie
The The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a documentary story about the world high score record for the Nintendo arcade classic, Donkey Kong
The video game to film adaptation saga continues and in 2001 the big one landed, Tomb Raider the movie. This was a big step forward and even though the movie was absolutely dire, I’m sure it made a whole lot of cash
While the current trend is on the rise, the market is still pretty much in its infancy
This is still an emerging market for Hollywood, and not surprising really. Back in the late 80’s and 90’s video games in the majority had little or no substance for anyone to really base a film from
The long running video game series the Prince of Persia, is gearing up for filming with Jerry Bruckheimer at the helm
