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God of War movie gets Saw writers

Universal Studios brings on Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan to rewrite film adaptation of Sony's brutal action game.

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The upcoming God of War movie from Universal Studios is still alive, and its new script is being written by Saw series scribes Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter. Melton and Dunstan wrote Saw IV, Saw V, Saw VI, and Saw 3D.

Kratos' big-screen debut is being written by the minds behind the latest Saw movies.
Kratos' big-screen debut is being written by the minds behind the latest Saw movies.

Charles Roven and Alex Garnter, producers of the forthcoming film based on Naughty Dog's Uncharted action franchise, are producing the God of War movie via Atlas Entertainment.

No mention was made of a director or actors for the God of War film, and a release date has not been nailed down. In 2008, Rush Hour director Brett Ratner was attached to helm the project, but it is unclear if he is still involved.

News regarding game-to-movie adaptations has been buzzing of late. Just this week, Ubisoft announced that X-Men: First Class and Inglourious Basterds star Michael Fassbender will play the lead role in the upcoming Assassin's Creed film. Additionally, yesterday, CBS Films picked up the rights to make a movie based on Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

God of War: Ascension is due out in March 2013. It is a prequel to the original trilogy, and the first entry in the series to sport a multiplayer component. For more on the project, check out GameSpot's latest preview.

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Yeah cause these writers make sense. They wrote a crappy, not scary, gore filled psychological horror movie. The only part of that I can see is the gory part. This movie is already doomed. I really wish they would get someone better. If they screw this up, I'm gonna spam these two idiots with hatemail until their inbox explodes!

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Djimon Hounsue is the only guy I can imagine playing kratos.

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Just forget it Hollywood always mess up Good Shows or Games.look at dragonball,Avatar the last Airbender,Transformers and Street Fighter

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can we get nolan instead? XD

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if they brought the Saw gore effects team onboard that would make sense....

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ooooh good a quality writing team.

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They're trying to get into the "ancient Greece" bandwagon, they see that movies like clash & wrath of the titans, 300 and, even immortals make money right now and they think they can ca$h in. I hope they at least make an effort to come up with a good story with a decent director and cast.

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ZEEEEUUUUUSSS!!! . . . Let us play a game >:}}

Seriously, WHAT?? The Saw movies were scary, yeah, but c'mon! God Of War is crazy gore and alot of action for the sake of action... Saw is a gory psychological horror film.

I really don't know how to feel about this, honestly.

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Ok so lets cast off which actor could actually pull of being Kratos...

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Ok i got it, William Goldberg! He cant act, but as Kratos since when does Kratos act? just kill stuff. lol Google him

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@Frosty3223 The Rock, he's in everything else so why not!!!

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@gzg9jg @Frosty3223 Eh, I don't mind the Rock..... OR MAYBE.... CHRISTIAN BALE!

Kratos: I'm not the godslayer Olympus deserves.... But the one it HATES!

ZEEUUUUSSS!! YOU'RE NOTHING! YOU'RE A LOSER, I AM A STAR AND YOU ARE TRASH! I CAN RUIN YOUR LIFE WITH A SINGLE PHONE CALL! YOU'RE THAT UNIMPORTANT!

Heh.

I honestly can't see anyone playing Kratos other than the guy they modeled it after.

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I bet they get Tom Cruise lol!

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@EmericaCky2K o god...watch they cast Katie as the one who kills him

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"Hello Kratos, I wanna play a game. The objective of the game is you have to kill all those who taint the video game genre with s*itty movies or you can let it happen and watch as your name goes down in dog pile. Make your choice." Now this movie's gonna be a SUCKcess.

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sure, join the group. Everyone else is making their own version of game-to-movie. Bunch of no-talent losers who just happens to have a pile load of money under their bedsheets which they wanna piss off.

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OK. So the movie will be extremally violent. And will suck.

The Videogame writters should just write the damn movie. And the movie should be an animation, like Beowulf. The THAT is something I'd pay to watch. Santa Monica Studios could make the movie themselfs.

But that would only happen in a dream.

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@Leir_Bag i fully agree with you man...people should really look into these comments rather than making ridiculous choices. Personally i dont want to see some realistic god of war movie, that limits all the non-realistic things kratos did in the video game. Back to your point making it like "beowulf" would keep kratos look and not make the movie look cheesy with a real guy and some CGI in the background.

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Lol, the Saw writers. Is there even a plot in the Saw movies?

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Oh... so they got the crappy Saw writers. *Sigh* I don't even know about the world anymore.

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I loved Saw storylines, so have no problems with them involved.

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Saw writers, is that supposed to be a good thing?

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Saw writers should make a movie about The Sims. Now there's something I'd pay to see.

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this movie doesn't even need to be done...

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Pass.

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why arent they taking the same guy who they took to model Kratos to act in the movie???

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Why is the movie industry always turn popular games into horrible movies?

I think it's revenge for all the horrendous games based on movies.

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I am waiting for all those game based movies but nothing gets made...Only the Max payne, Hitman.... :( Abandon all hope...

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Saw the Headline " God of War movie gets Saw writers"

My advise to every one who loves the GOW games and good films : ABANDON ALL HOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Saw writers .... ugh. This is not exactly the pedigree I would expect to make a good GOW movie. Yes, GOW had a lot of gore, but Kratos was actually an endearing character that didn't feel like a douchebag despite him slaughtering entire coliseums worth of mythological creatures in every game. It takes some sophistication on the writer's behalf to pull that off - something that I highly doubt the Saw writer have in them.

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@weedman1985 why arent the same writers who wrote the awesome GoW3 game that Im just having a blast playing through doing it??? wtf is this.. I hate SAW and I LOVE Kratos,GOW atmosphere,world,characters etc. dont mix the 2 pls.. and Kratos will never be the same guy as he is in the game..such a awesome character I wont be able to look at him the same.

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am waiting for this news along time ago ,i think it's gonna an interesting movie ,the best of this type of movies.

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@KRATOS_S_

Nice sarcasm, honey bunnie. You made me laugh for a few minutes. I appreciate you making my day, baby. : )

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Fail.

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ah yes, it's first step toward being an incredibly terrible movie.

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WoW, here comes God of War 6..500!

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i dont know, i think the franchise had already lost a lot of cred when "it is going to be a trilogy" became a trilogy and multipule spin offs... might as well put the moive nail in the coffin; what do the creators care, they are getting paid....

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Here come a bazillion GoW movies

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Kratos would go nuts if he would hear this

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GORE SELLS

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iiiiiiiiiiii

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This is indeed horrible news. Might as well forget it now.

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No... please... just... don't...

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Video game based movies are almost universally horrible.

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@sonicare They are actually great now a days!! and a God of war movie would be amazing. If clash and wrath of the titans can make it, than DOW will rape it

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yuck.

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