Shadow of the Colossus movie signs on Chronicle's Josh Trank

Never coming out

"News of the Shadow of the Colossus movie adaptation first surfaced in 2009, with Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li screenwriter Justin Marks on board to write the script."

This, Ladies and Gentleman, sounds really bad

A movie based on a videogame? This doesn't sound good at all...

hmmm I wont hold my breath... Lets wait and see I say.. Many video game movies have been canceled after being announced: Metal Gear, WoW, Uncharted, etc.

This is going to be awful. Masterpiece of a game turned into a film by a noob director that has done one fairly average film! WTF?! This can't work. Bet they change the ending too...

The only dialogue in this movie should be subtitled.

Everything else is body language and facial expressions.

I know it's a movie, but damn it could be very different and very awesome.If they go the traditional route... well, it will suck. Take some chances, Hollywood. The Team ICO did. Why can't you?

If they do this movie, seeing as it's a movie and not a game in which you interact I feel the best way to handle it is to tell the game's story while throwing in flashbacks that go through Wander's past. But that's just like, my opinion man.

I feel SoTC appeal lies in its introspective nature and sense of awe it inspires due to the solitude of its environments and its protagonist as he traversed through these.  Facing the Colossi is an engaging and personal challenge that can only be transmitted by being interactive.  In short, video games are not movies and should not be adapted to be movies, these are completely different mediums that, for the most part, movie makers have failed miserably trying to translate.

My opinion stands, Hollywood should stay the hell away from games.

Shadow of the Colossus doesn't seem like the type of game I'd care to see in movie format. Dead Space, that's another story. Well, if they were to get a good director that is.

Get that Landis guy who worked with him on Chronicle to write.

Just don't mention the Twilight Zone movie helicopter incident around him.

Games with (at least somewhat) deep stories like Halo and BioShock failed in passing the movie development stage. I don't expect this to go anywhere.

The only good movie adaptation of a game that I watched didn't follow the story line straight - Final Fantasy Advent Children. Even then, critics and non-gamers don't think much of it.

Well, it would make a great silent movie.

It's a shame that André Øvredal isn't directing it.

A game no particular story with a nameless main character that doesn't speak...

Sounds like ideal film material...or not.  If this director is as big a fan as he says he is, surely he'd do everything he can to prevent a movie being made?

It would rely heavily on being very atmospheric. It was a great game, undoubtedly a classic, but as a film, I'm not so sure. Watch this space I suppose.

Great game but I dont think there are enough characters to make a movie out of it.

After Battleship, no movie news surprises me.

Whatever

People were weary about The Avengers too, it seemed like it couldn't be done well. But if you put a project in the right hands it'll be safe. The director of Chronicle seems a good choice when a bunch of horrible video-game-to-movie directors were probably scrounging to get this title.

This will likely go very wrong, but if done right, could be both action packed and psychological.

My opinion: the game is too difficult to be adapted to a movie. Conclusion: It's is going to be a disaster.

ahh yes another game to movie promise...how long are we waiting for that world of warcraft movie or all those other game to movie ideas

This movie should have almost zero dialogue and focus almost everything they have on it's visual appeal. Also, the soundtrack needs to be worked, too.It's gonna be hard to get this movie wrong, but Hollywood is known for being able to take everything we hold dear and turn into enourmous piles of fecal matter. 

I loved chronicle, Almost every one knew the plot starting the movie but it was so immersive and it played out in such a unexpected unique way it made you forget. I am excited now. 

every movie based on games turn out to be failure but lets see wht this would turn to be

If they make this film in a very artistic way it could be good... But if they go down the route of taking the story and adding a cheesy cast of people with really boring dialogue it will be aweful, sadly I find it easier to think they will ruin it.

This sounds great! Anxious to see how they'll pull it together.

The game SOTC was one of my all time favorite games and I have not seen a game that got me so hooked that I literally had nightmares of fighting the Colossi. However, the story is not what made the game great because the story itself was mediocre and not good enough for an engaging movie plot. What made the game great is the task the gamer had to accomplish and the complexity of those tasks and sheer technology and artistry used in the game which was pretty great during its time. The game pulled you in and it kept you on the edge of your seat, whether the colossus was flying high up in the sky or diving deep into dark waters while you hang on for dear life hoping that it would resurface before your stamina runs out! That's what made me love the game! The story itself I couldn't care less because I've seen games with plots that are a lot more engaging such as the Final Fantasy games where you cared about the characters. I personally didn't care about the dying princess and quite frankly I personally thought that Wanda's (hero of the game) purpose whether it was lust or love, was so bent that he'd go so far as killing living things that didn't harm anybody. These colossus were sleeping silently far away inside their own bounderies that there was no reason to kill them at all. So the storyline itself sucked balls! Rooting for Wanda to win would be like rooting for Paris to win the battle for Helen of Troy where he was obviously thinking with his penis and sacrificed men who had nothing to do with his desires. If the plot in this movie is the same as the game then Hell Yeah this movie would suck so whoever is going to write this movie they better find a good reason why the hero would start on a perilous quest to kill the Colossi. Because at the end of the game I personally felt so sorry for all the Colossi I killed and I thought that Wanda deserved to die, though we all know he was reborn.  I think the thought of making the movie should be abandoned, we don't want what happened to the Avatar The Last Airbender cartoons to happen to SOTC.  Do we? That would be a very sad day for gamers.  However if they sign the director who directed and wrote the Avengers movie there might be hope for the movie yet.

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"Time to pummel the idiot who thinks making a movie out of this game is a great idea."

I'm intrigued.  With the right artistic touch, this could be a great movie.  

no...the experience can never be recreated the same way; even if the movie is good, it can never have that feeling. Its like making a movie adaption of Rembrandt's paintings or Mozart's Fantasia in D minor. Its just not the right medium for the idea, unless it is twisted and changed beyond recognition.