God of War

[AssMan]

Ladedo

 

[Speedball]

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3157901

God of War Movie Script is Finished

Directors to start receiving the latest draft soon.
By Patrick Klepek, 03/09/2007
Discussions about adapting the God of War series to the silver screen were circling before God of War 2 was even announced, but we've heard jack diddly about the movie since. Entertainment Weekly recently chatted with ol' David Jaffe, however, and confirmed a script has been completed by scribe David Self (Road to Perdition, Thirteen Days). "I keep expecting them to call me and say it's dead, but my fingers are crossed," said Jaffe.
The next step is to start feeling out potential directors, but as we saw with Halo, even when you have the people behind the lens ready to roll, that doesn't mean it'll happen.

When did "they" annouce that "they" were starting on a script? They got a great writer.

P.S. David Jaffe is a short little jackass, just thought I should let you guys and gals know that.t:

 

[Kritish]

I want Jason Statham to be in it.

 

[Speedball]

I want Jason Statham to be in it.

As Kratos?
Hmm...It could work.

 

[AssMan]

http://www.superherohype.com/forums/showthread.php?t=267620

Lazy hypers

 

[DorkyFresh]

Gerard Butler for Kratos!!!

 

[Rez]

Shut up, everyone.

Titus Pullo is the only acceptable Kratos.

 

[Noir]

JASON STATHAM is KRATOS!

 

[Fanticon]

Forget casting...lets get a serious director first. Guillermo Del Toro...or James Mcteigue.

 

[Project862006]

'Pacific Rim' Writers Tapped for 'God of War' Adaptation (Exclusive)

Universal has tapped Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan to rewrite God of War, the studio adaptation of the video game from Sony Computer Entertainment.

Charles Roven and Alex Gartner are producing via Atlas Entertainment.

Created by David Jaffe and Shannon Studstill and released in March 2005, the game followed the battles of the Spartan warrior Kratos, who squares off against mythological beasts including Medusa, Cyclops and the Hydra in his quest to find Pandora's Box and destroy Ares, the god of war.
David Self, who is exec producing, wrote the initial draft.
Melton and Dunston made their names writing four installments of the Saw horror franchise. To branch out, they wrote a spec called Monstropolis that was well-regarded and caught the attention of the makers of Pacific Rim. Their work with Guillermo del Toro on Rim has now set them on the action tentpole path

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/pacific-rim-writers-god-war-game-adaptation-347251

 

[Project862006]

Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan Talk God Of War Script
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/31/whats-in-store-for-the-god-of-war-movie

"In the same way that Batman was grounded with Christopher Nolan's rendition, we were attempting to do that with Kratos so that when we meet him -- like they're doing in this newest game, which is sort of a prequel to the original -- we're seeing him before he became the Ghost of Sparta, when he was just a Spartan warrior and he had family and kids."

"In the game... there's that attack from the barbarians and Kratos has to call upon Ares to help him. Really, that's going to be our first act break. Before then, he's going to be mortal, and he's going to have his family. We're going to learn about him and understand how he operates. So it's potentially 30 minutes -- give or take -- of building up this character so that, when he does turn and becomes the Ghost of Sparta, we understand him as a human and we understand the journey that he's going to take. We're emotionally invested, so that it could go beyond just this one movie."

In addition, Melton and Dunstan stated that they wanted their version of Ares to be a little more goal oriented in his villainy.

"In the game, you know, he's immortal, and he doesn't really do much besides raid Athens... So we're trying to build him up a bit more, too, so that he can become a true villain."

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[Rowsdower!]

Tom Hardy for Kratos.

 

[Jick]

So, they're not going to write the entire journey of the first game into the movie? Or is it going to be 3 hours long?
It's sounding good, though. They even have a budget for the movie. But, to spend 150m, I don't know if they'd risk doing it rated r.
It would be even better if they could get Del Toro to direct this. He likes these kind of characters and creatures. He fits like a glove.

 

[Hush]

Why do they need to make this movie? The game is already more cinematic than half the **** put out these days anyway.

 

[Project862006]

not everyone on the planet plays video games?

 

[Hush]

The game itself doesn't lend well to film though, IMO.

I know the whole planet doesn't play video games, I never said they did?

 

[Project862006]

^well if you read they are basing it off the prequel game coming out

they obviously have a set out goal with following kratos as a human before he becomes the ghost of sparta and even giving ares more development

 

[Jick]

They didn't say that they're basing it on the prequel. Just that part of their story will be a sort of prequel to the events that lead him into becoming the GoS.