Top 10 most anticipated game-based film projects (P.1)

10. Tetris

Tetris (Russian: Тетрис) is an early video game designed and developed by Alexey Pajitnov. The goal of the game is to move the slowly falling bricks in a rectangle size of 20 rows x 10 columns (on the screen). Where there are bricks, you cannot move to that position. Players arrange the blocks so that the block fills a horizontal line to score points and the horizontal line will disappear.
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Turning this game into a movie is considered a joke. However, in 2016, at the Cannes Film Festival, director Larry Kasanoff said that he intends to create an epic fantasy film based on this game. And of course, the film will have more interesting details, not simply a puzzle for 2 hours. There are even plans to produce Trilogy for this movie. This may sound funny at first, but you have to wait for the movie to come out to determine if this is a real compelling movie or just a joke of the producer.
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9. Fire Watch

The game Fire Watch suddenly became popular after its launch in early 2016. The special thing about Fire Watch is that it has an attractive storyline that attracts players. The story in the game tells about the time in 1989, the player is the main character Henry, who has just escaped from the chaos of life to become a forest guard in the wild Wyoming. At the top of the mountain, your job is to observe the smoke to warn of a forest fire. A hot dry summer has just passed making everyone quite stressed. Your manager, Delilah, is always in touch with you via a small portable radio – your only connection to the outside world. But when something strange pulls you out of the lookout tower and into the woods, you’ll discover both a wild and unfamiliar environment, confronting questions and making constructive decisions. or destroy the only meaningful relationship you have.
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Developer Campo Santo quickly discovered the potential for a cinematic development of this story, so in September of that year, they announced that they would work with Good Universe company to make a movie. Importantly, Fire Watch is not an action movie with a budget of more than 10 million USD, which sets it apart from other game adaptations on the market. It proves that a small-scale, low-budget, slow-paced movie adaptation can also have potential for future growth. However, so far there has been no official information about the film, so fans are still looking forward to it.
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8. Splinter Cell

Splinter Cell (Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell) is a famous action game loved by many gamers around the world. Splinter Cell is one of Tom Clancy’s most famous works, so the fact that this game is adapted into a movie has always been the topic of most people’s interest ever. The producer expects the film’s content to be able to go back to 2005, in the game Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, there was also a promotional trailer for the movie expected to be released.
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Although going through many events, this project was still shelved, but now Ubisoft has set up its own film production company. But they still maintain their intention to create the movie Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, the main character will be played by actor Tom Hardy. However, the studio’s previous Assassin’s Creed movie, which did not have a good performance, the Splinter Cell movie also temporarily had to wait to be released.
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7. The Division

The Division (Tom Clancy’s The Division) is also a movie project adapted from the game of the same name that Ubisoft is cherishing. The Division is also a game with a thrilling and fascinating storyline, based on real events in American history. In June 2001, a covert operation was launched called Operation Dark Winter. Senior US government officials at the time decided to test the spread of a fake epidemic, a secret exercise to test the readiness of the American social system to face terrorist attacks. learn. And as a result, this great power could not even withstand the crisis.
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In the immediate future, this project is still being prepared for the script. Perhaps after Splinter Cell was released, it was time for The Division to follow suit. If the plan goes well, then there is a high possibility that the film can be released in 2019 or 2020.
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6. Borderlands

Borderlands is a sci-fi first-person shooter video game with role-playing properties developed by Gearbox Software. Also the most loved, most profitable game of Gearbox. In this game, players will play the role of a bandit, with you to the planet Pandora in search of a treasure trove of advanced alien weapons in legend.
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After learning about the appeal of this game, in 2016, Gearbox teamed up with Lions gate films company to plan to adapt Borderlands into a movie. The CEO of Gearbox said that the reason he had this plan was because he was afraid that this game would not be known by many people, so he wanted to bring it to the screen, attracting more players to Borderlands. The producer also said that they will try to make the film as close to the original as possible, although having a lot of violence can cause the film to be rated R. For the time being, the film has only found a writer, The release date has not been determined yet, the main cast lineup…
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