E3 2008: Solid Snake actor writing Lost Planet movie

Capcom's arctic action game reportedly set to hit the silver screen, courtesy of Warner Bros.--with David Hayter penning the screenplay.

Capcom is expanding its push into Hollywood, according to the Hollywood trade paper Variety. Not content with a new Street Fighter movie and the possibility of a fourth Resident Evil flick, the publisher has reportedly signed a deal with Warner Bros. that will see the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC action game Lost Planet: Extreme Condition hit the big screen.

The movie will apparently be produced by Seaside Entertainment (likely in conjunction with Capcom), and the screenplay assignment for the project has gone to David Hayter. Familiar to gamers as the voice of Solid Snake in Konami's Metal Gear Solid series, Hayter has a wealth of experience as a writer, having penned the upcoming film adaptation of DC Comics' Watchmen, as well as the first two X-Men movies.

The article didn't discuss possible casting, storylines, or release dates, but the location is likely set in stone (or snow, as it were). The game's defining characteristic was its frigid setting, a planet in the midst of a brutal ice age and populated by menacing aliens.

The film is expected to be announced formally during Capcom's E3 Media & Business Summit press conference Tuesday afternoon.

96 Comments

  • ps3thabest

    Posted Jul 29, 2008 11:45 am PT

    @MetalMan300 metal gear a movie? thats a good one u neva played it i bet

  • MikeyOfLamb

    Posted Jul 16, 2008 9:25 pm PT

    lost planet had a really confusing story...they'll have to do a lot of work. Also, I'm a bit concerend about video game stories turning into movies...I've seen Hitman and Lara Crof (wrong spelling, I know) both of which lacked....in well just about every category except action...and a movie a pure action isn't much of a movie.

  • MetalMan300

    Posted Jul 16, 2008 11:24 am PT

    Who cares about metal gear, you already have a movie. Its called MGS4, in case anyone here besides Hokkie didnt notice.

  • pukmok

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 4:34 pm PT

    All I want to know is if they are going to do the sims movie.

  • RonteTheMonte

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 4:24 pm PT

    I wasn't a huge fan of the game to be honest, I found it kind of boring, but the movie could be cool if done correctly.

  • IKKF

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 4:15 pm PT

    I don't think that Lost Planet deserves a movie yet. If they could make a couple more sequels and make them better than the first, I guess that I could go for it.

  • ivan_the_one

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 3:17 pm PT

    this sounds promising...someone in the videogame industry would know more about making a good game based movie than some hollywood yokel.

  • Hokkie

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 3:00 pm PT

    plus, you guys already HAVE yoru MGS movie...its called MGS4

  • akiwak

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 12:47 pm PT

    David Hayter has worked on some ok and some good movies so this looks promising. Scorpion King was ok but X2 was a great movie.

  • ckat609

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 12:13 pm PT

    cool

  • juan99692k6

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 12:10 pm PT

    who cares about "lost planet " kojima should make a MGS Movie already

  • MetalMan300

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 12:06 pm PT

    Who cares about Metal Gear, we want LOST PLANET!!

    Anyway, david obviously has talent in acting/writing, so hopefully he can pull this off. My only requirement is that he can really flesh out the story and characters much more than the game did. I thought lost planet had the potential to have an amazing story, but it wasnt fully realized in the game. Hopefully the movie can change that and become a much better videogame movie than resident evil and the Uwe Boll movies (Ok I positive he can do better than uwe boll).

  • ctg867

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 11:28 am PT

    The dude's got talent as a writer and a voice actor. Hopefully he can pull out a good movie adaption to this decent game.

  • football_legend

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 11:23 am PT

    Who cares about LP movie, we want METAL GEAR!!

  • football_legend

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 11:23 am PT

    Who cares about LP movie, we want METAL GEAR!!

  • bobburd

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 11:17 am PT

    "metalgear-s

    Which is another reason to own MGS4."

    So that a Lost Planet movie can be made? I don't get it.

  • Hokkie

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 11:17 am PT

    @metalgear-s

    Which is another reason to own MGS4

    WTF does MGS have to do with this? He just does Snake's voice, but he's putting that aside and writing a movie.

    Has Hayter done work for Capcom before? Voices and whatnot?

    Also, Crab Battle

  • deadkingdg

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 10:57 am PT

    A Lost Planet... movie?

  • nickythenewt21

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 10:13 am PT

    X-Men 2 was one of my favorite super hero movies. If he can write genius movies like that, I'll trust him with Lost Planet.

  • metalgear-s

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 10:00 am PT

    Which is another reason to own MGS4.

  • Wiite

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 9:49 am PT

    im still waitin for the bioshock movie, but i'll see how gud this one will be

  • irmeleeman5995

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 9:40 am PT

    That's pretty cool, and I'd go as a far as to say that a Lost Planet movie could probably turn out better than any other game movie in the works right now without taking too much effort.

  • EddyG0RD0

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 9:39 am PT

    interesting

  • BigDaddy973

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 9:34 am PT

    Sounds great, I think he can handle it.

  • ronniepage588

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 9:32 am PT

    cool, atleast we know the script for that movie will be good then. xmen 1 and 2 were far superior to 3 and yall know watchmen will be awesome.

  • lab223

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 9:24 am PT

    Sweet!Sounds like a great movie.Hayter is great and lost planet seems like a good movie setting.

  • 73X

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 9:18 am PT

    Meh.

  • xXxManslayerxXx

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 9:16 am PT

    when are we seeing a guitar hero movie?

  • redskinStu

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 9:05 am PT

    Cool, Hayter si a good writer.

  • Pedro7_2000

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 8:59 am PT

    I'd watch a LP movie.

  • Nicholai69

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 8:55 am PT

    David Hayter's a reliable script-writer, though sadly all it would take is a really awful director to ruin Davids work.

  • TheVinster

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 8:54 am PT

    They make the most trivial choices as far as which games they make into movies.

  • sbjedi

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 8:46 am PT

    its gunna need to be like starship troopers to be any good

  • ZabuzaR

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 8:24 am PT

    I hope this does not turn bad.

  • sabru8

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 8:22 am PT

    Going with David Hayter I don't think they can go wrong here. I think it is a strange choice of a game to make into a movie, but you never know with these things.

  • phase4illini

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 8:20 am PT

    Hayter did a pretty good job with X-Men 1&2. I think he's probably got as good a shot as anyone at making this a movie that everyone can enjoy. I agree that he should be pretty well involved if they ever get around to making the MGS movie.

    And look at the bright side... at least Uwe Bowel-movement doesn't seem to be anywhere near this one.

  • terdoo

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 8:16 am PT

    I wonder how good of an actor David Hayter would be.Not just a voice actor.

  • DontEatCream

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 8:14 am PT

    I can think of a dozen better franchises to make a movie with, but hey, having David Hayter writing the screenplay makes it a little more... comprehensible.

  • BatmanBegins24

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 8:11 am PT

    The man wrote X-men and X-men 2! He has talent. And he wrote the upcoming Watchman film. Alan Moore actually LIKED David Hayter's script for Watchman! The man knows how to write.

  • Funkyhamster

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 7:56 am PT

    I'd rather have Hayter penning the MGS movie script right now, but this is cool too...

  • VolcanicDemon

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 7:48 am PT

    Its a pity hayter doesn't look like snake because his voice is priceless! BTW I got the big boss emblem in mgs4 in 4 hours 20 mins. Oh **** Yeah!!!

  • baystatethrashr

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 7:40 am PT

    I heard his script was turned down for the MGS movie. and he actually isnt penning watchmen. he wrote a draft and some other guy is reworking it. he still is credited for it though.

  • zgreenwell

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 7:34 am PT

    I actually thought the story had potential. In the game it wasn't really developed well. It is good to see that they're giving it another chance. I hope they're able to do a little more on the second attempt.

  • rharrigal

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 7:29 am PT

    haha sounds cool maybe someone will finally understand the story lol

  • TheHH

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 7:29 am PT

    David Hayter is the bomb in MGS i just hope he does Snake in the first MGS movie i heard it is 2009

  • xraystar

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 7:27 am PT

    TXMostWanted says - "This explains X3's horrible plot, but in reality does Lost Planet even have a chance?" "... Hayter has a wealth of experience as a writer, having penned the upcoming film adaptation of DC Comics' Watchmen, as well as the first two X-Men movies. "

  • Pete5506

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 7:21 am PT

    He did a good job in his movies

  • supersonicGO

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 7:18 am PT

    sounds ok, i saw "Solid Snake" and "E3" together, then this...

  • sirvampalot

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 7:15 am PT

    I hope the story of the film is better than the game story.

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