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Capcom pondering new film projects

By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UKPosted May 23, 2008 6:51 am PT

President and COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto is currently in talks with Hollywood studios about bringing more of its games to the silver screen.

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The Resident Evil and Street Fighter series have both already been made into movies, but Capcom wants to see more of its game properties coming to Hollywood.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Capcom president and chief operating officer Haruhiro Tsujimoto confirmed that the company was in talks to adapt other game properties into celluloid, but he refused to name them. He said, "We are in the process of working out contracts for several offers we received at the Cannes Film Festival last week and hope to make an announcement soon. If realized, the projects will have a big impact on the game and movie industries."

Tsujimoto added that, "We want to do with games what Marvel did with comics," referencing the success of the numerous Spider-Man and X-Men film adaptations.

Three previous movies have already been based on Capcom's zombie-killing survival horror franchise Resident Evil (known as Biohazard in Japan). A second Street Fighter-inspired film, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is currently in development, slated for release in early 2009.

Other Capcom properties that could become movies include the successful Devil May Cry series, Breath of Fire, Lost Planet, Bionic Commando, Viewtiful Joe, Mega Man, and Phoenix Wright.

160 Comments

  • hector1313

    Posted Aug 14, 2008 4:16 pm PT

    Lets hope Paul WS Anderson has nothing to do with them this time.

  • Princess_Gamer

    Posted Jun 25, 2008 10:04 am PT

    I wouldn't mind DMC coming to theaters. And I know my best friend would love to see Lost Planet and Bionic Commando as movies. It's a good idea if they don't mess with the storyline drastically like they did with the RE series.

  • Alucard7321

    Posted Jun 1, 2008 2:58 pm PT

    Would love to see Devil May Cry's script:

    Dante: Bring it on! - repeat 666 times

  • ThatManYouKnow

    Posted Jun 1, 2008 12:30 pm PT

    Megaman could make a cool movie if they do the whole Speed Racer thing with it. DMC would be awesome, but also very easy to screw up.

  • osxgp

    Posted May 30, 2008 11:40 pm PT

    Just dont let Uwe Boll touch anything and there may be hope. Also, Dead Rising was based off of a movie already.

  • marnett2005

    Posted May 28, 2008 2:20 pm PT

    They should make a movie based on Dead Rising. You know, a bunch of people trapped in a mall, lots of zombies. Good Idea.

  • BlyknBlackFlag

    Posted May 28, 2008 6:20 am PT

    Phoenix Wright movie would be great!!! id see it

  • Mega-Tom

    Posted May 28, 2008 5:35 am PT

    Devil May Cry and Lost Planet please capcom. They would be so amazing! Just dont kill the games!

  • elozl

    Posted May 27, 2008 8:25 pm PT

    Devil may cry would be awesome! if they do a movie that at least has the good action of Blade de vampire hunter...

  • ryanritter

    Posted May 27, 2008 7:46 pm PT

    im still waiting on gears the movie

  • i_got_you60

    Posted May 27, 2008 7:46 pm PT

    dmc movie=best game for movie by capcom right now lost planet could be made into a real epic sci fi movie if they put enough work into it the resi evil movies were good enough movie adaptions i think the first one being the best of the lot and a close 2nd comes the 2nd resi evil movie for me

  • stncldrwg

    Posted May 27, 2008 6:42 pm PT

    DMC is a given, but it would be really interesting to see a Mega Man movie.

  • Sydwynder

    Posted May 27, 2008 1:20 pm PT

    Umm how about DEAD RISING or Lost Planet cause every other one of those franchises sound like complete crap if they got turned into a movie.

  • LinconSixEcho

    Posted May 27, 2008 9:49 am PT

    I preferred the second Resident Evil movie because it was the closest to the game story. What I find funny is that Capcom hired George Romero to write and direct the original RE movie but then the studio said his script was too gory and dark. This was George Romero, the guy who started the whole zombie craze in the 70' and 80's. He even directed a Japan commercial for Resident Evil 2 (you can find it on Youtube).
    I read the original script he wrote and aside from Chris and Jill having a relationship in the beginning, the script was freaking awesome.
    As for the second Street Fighter movie, well, I still shudder at the Jean Claude Van Dam version.

  • Hvac0120

    Posted May 27, 2008 9:27 am PT

    The Resident Evil movies had their good moments, but IMO they were not worth watching. This is pretty much the feeling you get when you watch most video-game to movie adoptions.

    If they are going to do this, they better invest some time and money in assuring that they come out good like the Spider-man and X-men movies. Otherwise, you end up with mediocre movies that just make it harder to sell movies about your other properties.

  • jknight5422

    Posted May 27, 2008 8:46 am PT

    Dino Crisis looked interesting for an old game, but they killed it with the Xbox release of Dino Crisis 3, which isn't compatible to the Xbox 360.

    I liked the first Res. Evil movie & the third one, but the second one was a dud that can be skipped. I'm non-plussed about other videogames being turned into movies.

  • stjimmy222

    Posted May 27, 2008 8:29 am PT

    I agree. Dino Crisis Movie!

  • kingkong_roar

    Posted May 27, 2008 7:31 am PT

    Dino Crisis would be GREAT!

  • Supaduce

    Posted May 27, 2008 6:12 am PT

    I'm ready to see a Mega Man movie. Viewtiful Joe already got a TV show and a Breath of Fire movie would be sweet too.

  • EnigManic

    Posted May 27, 2008 12:36 am PT

    This is very interesting news. If done right, some of these films could be great.

    If the new Street Fighter film employs much better dialogue and more intense fight choreography, it will be awesome.

    In addition, I've been waiting for a live-action Mega Man film for over a decade. Decent dialogue, intense action sequences and brilliant special effects will make it a blockbuster.

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