Condemned: Criminal Origins (The Movie)

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Kurt Sutter wrote this script awhile ago and he even suggested I check out the game which I did and it's pretty atmospheric and quite fun. It gets redundent though but I'm sure he fleshed out a cool story out of the premise. Anyways here's the update:

TARSEM PAROLED FROM DIRECTOR JAIL
08.15.07
By Jeremy Smith
Contributing sources: The Hollywood Reporter
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]After seven years served in Director Jail for The Cell, one of the most incomprehensibly awful films of the last decade, Tarsem Singh has been released back into the Hollywood system. He will direct The Unforgettable, which is based on a video game called The Condemned: Criminal Origins. Just to confuse the issue, the film adaptation of this game was initially known as Species X. Nice to see Warner Brothers is running through the studios' collective surplus of alternate titles. Why not just dub this ****er Pacific Air 121 and call it a day?

According to The Hollywood Reporter (by the way, I'm as good on video games as I am on comic books), The Unforgettable is about "a cop who in the course of a murder investigation realizes that he is not human and uncovers a war between good and evil aliens." Why is it I feel like I've seen this movie before?

And yet I can't dismiss this film outright because it's written by The Shield's Kurt Sutter (he's also one of several writers attached to The Punisher: Welcome Back Frank; by the way, without The Shield, that would make him exceptionally easy to dismiss). Though I'm sure this is a total pre-strike paycheck gig, who's to say Sutter won't bang out something halfway decent? The real wildcard is Tarsem, who was one of the most sought-after directors of his era before he bottomed out with The Cell. He was something of a music video pioneer back in the day (he won all kinds of awards for "Losing My Religion"). Then again, he also directed The Fall, which has been languishing without a U.S. distributor for close to a year. Don't get too accustomed to that freedom, Tarsem.[/FONT]

The game isn't an A+ by any means but the story is in there to make a cool flick. Let's hope it turns out!

This is what Kurt wrote on his myspace page:

I recently closed a deal with Warner Independent and John Wells Productions to write and direct a RE-INVENTION of the Bruce Lee classic, ENTER THE DRAGON. Using the devices of Film Noir, the modern-day story follows a lone FBI agent who pursues a rogue Shaolin Monk into the bloody world of underground martial art fight clubs.

I have one project in development at Paramount, called INLAND SAINTS. It's a dark Romeo and Juliet-esque thriller set in the barrios of the Inland Empire. Joel Schumacher is attached to direct and Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Erik Howsam and Eli Holzman are producing.

I also have a project in development at Warner Bros., called THE UNFORGETTABLE. It's a dark supernatural thriller based on the source material of the critically acclaimed X-Box 360 game,"Condemned: Criminal Origins". Basil Iwanyk and Jason Hall are producing.

I have a script that I wrote for Warner Bros., which I am attached to direct, called, OUTLAWS (previously titled In-Crime). It's an action/crime drama about LAPD's controversial SIS unit. "Training Day" director, Antoine Fuqua and Lorenzo di Bonaventura are producing.

-Kurt Sutter

Here's Kurt's page if you feel like messaging him about this or his other work. One of the coolest guys on the site for sure.

MySpace URL:

http://www.myspace.com/kurtsutter

 

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Kurt Sutter is getting about a fair ol' bit.

 

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Yes he has. I'm looking forward to his Dragon film. Those Underworld Martial Arts films are rarely done right. They never show the real serious side of it or if they do...they throw in comedic elements think the audience likes that. Remember the opening scene to Rambo 3 with the stick fighting. I wanna see a movie with that kind of style to it.

Here's what I love:

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I like the game...i agree...not an a+ by any means...but there is def a good story that can be used...it'll prob be like Doom...which, i admit, was enjoyable IMO, but coulda been better

 

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^ Now F.E.A.R. was pure magic. I loved that game. Condemned was created by the same person and just seemed like a deeper and much slower game.

 

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^ Now F.E.A.R. was pure magic. I loved that game. Condemned was created by the same person and just seemed like a deeper and much slower game.

do you have xbox360? the best game ive played on it with replay value is tied between fight night round 3 and Gears of war.

Ill have to try fear...is there a movie being made about that too?

 

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^ Yeah. Best games to me:

1) Gears of War
2) F.E.A.R.

I enjoyed PREY because of the game mechanics, wall walking, and spirit mode quite a bit. I know alot of people hated it but I enjoyed that stuff. It was different and a nice challenge to beat that game.