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E3 2008: Solid Snake actor writing Lost Planet movie

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Jul 14, 2008 10:25 pm PT

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.

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