THQ talks Saints Row movie, Red Faction SyFy series

@Tonylnthe602 they are still making the saints row 3 game it's coming out with the movie next time read all of it not just the title

I loved Saints Row 1 & 2 but WHY THA F**K WOULD THEY MAKE A SAINTS ROW MOVIE WHEN THEY COULD BE WORKING ON SAINTS ROW 3!!!!!

We don't need a XXXXXX SR movie.

I'm with Vividnightmare, Syfy also brought us Sharktopus. Check it out it's bleeding hilarious!!! http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1938886

Lets hope SyFy does a better job with Red Faction than with most of their made for TV movies. Hopefully it's done like Battlestar or Eureka, where it's put together with serious effort and not just cheap CGI for a quick toss onto the screen.

Red Faction as a film could really work. As a TV film however, I assume it would only be screened in the states...

Hopefully it will be better than what sharktopus looks like.

saints row movie sounds great folks*******

Hope SyFy create another hit with Red Faction like BattleStar Galactica hehe. BSG was just a mini series but it turned to 4 season epic ( in my opionion). Good luck THQ

I hope they don't make Red Faction too much PG on the dvd if it does come out, I'll get it

"Sci-Fi" produced movies are on the corny side from budget issues, but the plots have always been pretty interesting. Can't wait to take a gander at the RF movie, thanks THQ for at least thinking about the fans point of view for it not sucking.

I can see the redfaction series doing well as it already has a lot of consistent back story to it. But the saints row movie i think will probably just be a random gangland type movie with saints row plastered over it. Don't get me wrong tho I love saints row and the movie could definitely provide some entertainment as does the game, but in comparison i think the red faction stuff will do better then the saints row content but all will be enjoyable. Glad to see THQ is protecting their Intellectual Properties and not just whoring them out for cash.

At TxtBin if it is successful on SyFy it will probably last atleast 4-5 seasons. Which is a pretty long run for a Sci-Fi series the longest run for a Sci-Fi show was 10 years that was Stargate SG-1 but it started out on Showtime for 5 years then moved to Sci-Fi (Syfy) for 5 more years.

I personally feel that a Red Faction TV series will be rather successful. There are many shwos like Doctor Who, Smallville and other stuff which have been running for long and they all are based on sci-fi/action genres, and since Red Faction has a huge amount of topics to cover, it will have a lengthy run. The only thing I'm not so sure about is the channel it is to be aired on. If it was aired on a more popular channel, it will gain more revenue and wont suffer a short run. On the other hand, THQ is playing it safe by avoiding larger corporations like MTV who are very likely to chop off most the flesh of the show and just produce a toned down version of what originally intended to be produced to save up on costs but the views will be very short. A Saints Row movie will probably be a success as long as they have a good cast and a strong technical team. No cheap stunts and all that cause then its pointless. I've wanted a GTA film for years now but they didnt bother. I agree that its risky but anything is possible in a world full of criminal activities and a very strong plot can be formed if a bunch of talented folks could weave something spectacular. I can think of several crime stories which will become huge hits at the box office so it wont be too hard as long as they keep the ideas fesh and loosely base it on the games. If they just plan to remake the plot of one of the games, it'll most likely be an epic flop.

Don't get me wrong - Saints Row 2 was a good game. However, its success doesn't warrant a whole movie (GTA has never produced a film). Add in the fact that not a lot of people have actually played SR2 and you have a choice - either stick with the main plot and storyline to appease fans of the series and perhaps take in less money, or expand and edit and cut for the majority audience. I'm not holding out any hope for the former...

The guys who should be making the movies are the same guys who make the trailers to some of the huge MMORPG and the blockbuster games. Pre-production trailers to games like WAR and The Old Republic are always WAY better then the games. They should have skipped making WAR and just made a 2 hour feature film like the trailers. Movies that are based on post production games almost always suck, aka Hitman.

All of these are probably going to suck. That's just how things are with videogame movies.

I really see no point in doing any of this

come on theres been plenty of saints row inspired movies

Saints row movie will be frkkin awesome.

may be redfaction but not saints row bad story

Wouldn't redfaction origins be the story from the first game? Or more likely a prequel to that which would mean mars hasn't been teraformed yet..... I smell fail in the plot already which is a shame

@Death_182: I greed with you 100% man... Saint's Row would probably just turn out to be a generic action movie... like there aren't 3824 of those out there already...

Not so interested in the saints row movie, but the Red Faction SyFy sounds pretty cool.

nice background

@Ruffin316, I was sorta imagining Lou Diamond Phillips as Johnny Gat, but whatever, this seems like it would be a pretty cheesy movie.

*sigh* more movies to f up!!!

intresting

sounds interesting,

The s#!^ spraying scene's gonna pwn!

total waste of money. save the money instead for better games.

Cool. I like RF Guerilla. Here's hoping for a good movie and show.

If there were money on the table I'd go for the odds that say this will set a profound new low in game-to-movie adaptations. Why is it big money makes so many game companies make the stupidest decisions!?! "It's really about how we can make the universe cool, give fans more access points to a game they enjoy, and how we can make a game more important when it comes out." So he's saying A) it's a commercial, B) it's a commercial, and C) the game isn't going to be good enough to suck you in on its own?

There is also talks of a GTA movie made by Rstar.

Lol 50 cent is going to make the saints row movie.

syfy movies are terrible. chances are the red faction movie is gonna have a supergater or giant cgi spiders running around eating bad actors

THQ... I thought you were better than this... Taking money away from development and putting it into this kind of wasteful marketting? Saints Row 3 is going to be amazing if they give the graphics a major overhaul, not that anyone who doesn't like the series will listen. It seems some people get confused about the fact you don't actually have to decide between GTA and Saints Row, and have the right to own and/or like both.

styymy's comment got me doing some research, as I was not so certain about the fate of the Homeworld IP, which once belonged to Sierra Entertainment, who in turn belonged to Vivendi Games - which died no thanks to Activision. After having dug up some information, Relic - and THQ for that matter - did not own the Homeworld IP when Relic was acquired in 2004. However, it's not like THQ did not try to retrieve this IP - far from that. I personally do not fancy THQ, but THQ at least recognizes a great IP when it sees it, unlike Activision that gets rid of anything it does not perceive as money-making, regardless of its history.

Red Faction should be interesting. I don't know about Saints Row though.

don't care about the saints row movie, but i think the red faction show could have a chance of being good

As cool as it sounds to see the universes of these games expanded, something tells me that anything that involves the Sci Fi Channel (that is the proper name, not that terrible way of spelling it....) means it is going to be absolutely horrible with some of the worst acting to date. It has been quite some time since I've been impressed with anything Sci Fi has done and to me when you add in an Video Game based story that is just tripling your chances for something bad coming out. Most video game movies = bad Most shows/movies from Sci Fi Channel = bad Video Game Movie/Show from Sci Fi Channel = An abomination

Enough with all this movie and SyFy series talk, where's Homeworld 3??

Gotta worry when the first reason they say they decided on a red faction tv series is the cheap budget.... And RE a saints row movie... really?! Generic gang shooter is the definition of a stupid property to develop.... not t mention lack of a lead character (as customizable means no face or name tied to the property in peoples minds) ... its just dumb.

What the hell would a SR movie even be about? A ghetto Godfather knock-off with Samuel L. Jackson as Julius, Donnie Yen as Johnny Gat, and Kelly Hu as Lin? Actually... those people as the characters doesn't sound too bad. I dunno how I came up with that. :D

Saint's Row = a fun gta Saint's Row movie = another horrible step in game to movie adaptations

saints row 1 & 2 are good but this is just dumb a movie come on.. jesus lets hear about the 3rd already i mean the game is going to be 59.99, with that money you open up your mouth and tell me wtf is going on.

If Red Fraction turns into a tv series like Battle star galactica on syfy. I would watch that

i would watch a saint's row movie since the second game was fun

I would buy Saints Row branded tampons and Im a male. Im buying everything

@Megawizard1 Lol! I dunno I think its pretty entertaining watching those movies, they're so bad and corny its hilarious