Mechwarrior: The Movie Rumored in the Works
Would you like to see Megan Fox in this one too?
Big, over-the-top movies about giant robots fighting seem to be doing fairly well with the movie-going audiences these days. Even though Transformers 2 wasn't the follow-up that many were expecting it to be, plenty of people still went to see it for the spectacle.
Now Michael Eisner's production company, Tornante, is rumored to be working on a Mechwarrior film. Eisner is best known for his two-decade stint as the CEO at Walt Disney.
According to a Joystiq source, Michael Eisner's The Tornante Company is now developing a Mechwarrior movie with some considerable "Hollywood" talent taking up the pen.
Writer Michael Gordon is rumored to be drafting a Mechwarrior script. Gordon is no stranger to big, explosive Hollywood conventions, as he penned the screenplay for 300 and came up with the story for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Gordon's also involved with other gaming properties EverQuest and Siren.
How do you feel about a modern classic PC game possibly hitting the silver screen? And what would you like to see from it?
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"penned the screenplay for 300 and came up with the story for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" So essentially it will be all CGI with no plot whatsoever? Those are not movies I would brag about for the writing.
Maybe if they hired someone intelligent to write a script. (JJ Abrams?)
Yes, Megan Fox too please.
With Michael Gordon I think the movie actually stands a chance. Sure he has had a few misses but by and large most of his scripts have been downright awesome. (At least the few i know of)
Hope it doesn't go the way of "Wing Commander" one of the greatest gaming series...and a horrible horrible cheese movie.
"penned the screenplay for 300 and came up with the story for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" So essentially it will be all CGI with no plot whatsoever? Those are not movies I would brag about for the writing.Maybe if they hired someone intelligent to write a script. (JJ Abrams?)
GI Joe I agree with. However for 300 sure the action was great but it was the writing/emotion and overall feeling behind the movie that made it something special. Any movie could have pulled off the action in 300, but not many could have made you want to actually jump into the movie and help these guys out.
Can we have a good movie please? I'd like a movie with a great story, actors that are great actors, not for just looks, and ease up on the CGI.
I would *HOPE* they would be smart and use some of the novels from Stackpole as a soild basis of the movie.
Personaly I would be very pleased if they used the Blood of Kerensky novels. It introduces the Clans, gives several storylines, good beginning, and several plot twists for later on if they continue to make more of them.
If they started earlier, you only have to conflict between the houses and no "ultimate threat" and I dont believe that going all the way back to the 1st Star League would give enough options for extra movies unless they did a time lapse (100 years later) thing.
we already have Mechwarrior movie...
it's called Robot Jox!!
They should
They should get some people who actually have played and enjoyed the game to make the movie. If they don't, I am expecting just another flop watered down for the masses.
I would love this.
For director, anyboby else than Uwe Boll please
Hope it doesn't go the way of "Wing Commander" one of the greatest gaming series...and a horrible horrible cheese movie.
Yes I hope the Mechwarrior movie will be good and not Gouda...
We have all seen this announcement before. I will believe this when I see an official trailer.
While I'm starving for anything Mechwarrior, given the long drought, I'm understandably ambivolent about any movie made from a video game. They just do not have a good track record. And, yes, Megan Fox is a must.
Hope it doesn't go the way of "Wing Commander" one of the greatest gaming series...and a horrible horrible cheese movie.
Oh, man, I hear you! Hell they could have patched together the cut-scenes from WC III and WC IV and they would have ended up with a better movie! To be sure, the games had a much better cast (though I do like Matthew Lillard and Jurgen Prochnow).
Only want Megan Fox in the movie if shes going to display gratuitous nudity.
Who cares about movies? We want new Mechwarrior games!
I will probably see it at the theaters if they make it. I just don't see what kind of story a Mechwarrior movie could have that would make it any good. I'm going to see it because of big giant robots fighting.
Exciting news...
Oh, man, I hear you! Hell they could have patched together the cut-scenes from WC III and WC IV and they would have ended up with a better movie! To be sure, the games had a much better cast (though I do like Matthew Lillard and Jurgen Prochnow).
Heck, they have Mark Hamill and Ginger Lynn in WC3! You can only get better than that if Chris Robert dares to put R+ content.
Unless someone says the line "Torso Twist" I'm gonna demand my money back. I never got torso twist working properly with keyboard control, and my joystick wasn't supported.
And as for Megan Fox, does she have to try to act, or do we just get to stare at her?
Dude, they realy have to do it right. The MW franchise is so huge that they could spawn a lot of movies with it. All it needs is good actors and a good script. However, I think it might be a bit too geek to make the cut for more than 2-3 movies. Maybe if they spin it off like Stargate into a TV series after the first movie?
I can see this as a movie that is all explosions and visuals, but no story.
Hollywood these days is all about popularity, quantity, and hype. Maby one or two good movies a year, and garbage.
If this movie was done right, with more focus on the actual story, then it would be great.
Forget Megan Fox, put Sash Grey in it.
Oops, Sasha Grey
Like to see this much more than transformers.
I'll see the movie when it comes out and stand in line if I have to, but I'm not going to have great expectations for it. Most of the video game movies have been plagued by poor writing and poor acting. I doubt this will be any exception.
GI Joe I agree with. However for 300 sure the action was great but it was the writing/emotion and overall feeling behind the movie that made it something special. Any movie could have pulled off the action in 300, but not many could have made you want to actually jump into the movie and help these guys out.
Besides the action, I honestly thought 300 was not really that good of a movie. Seemed a little below average to me.
Oops, Sasha Grey
i would only agree if they put on a hentai style sex scene with her and a mech... she is a great 'actor' tho... i'll give ya that
Wow this is good news, i hope this time they get some CGI from the japanese, they got some best CGI in the business.
It would be really nice if Harmony Gold got on board and finally gave non-exclusive rights to the "unseen" mechs and that whole BS. True FASA outright stole their IP back in the day, but unless there is going to be a Robotech Movie (not cartoon), would be a good opportunity for them to make some bucks and give me back a Mechwarrior / Battletech story that I can get into and that I remember. Story is probably going to suck. JJ's talents as a director is quite promising, as a write, I don't know, have a mixed track history. I would like a story that starts at the beginning... going right to the clans would be setting up the franchise for an "Episode IV" debacle (if it is actually successful) - can't we have a storyline / sequels that simply proceed in time normally?