David Hayter in Talks to Write Lost Planet Movie

Posted by on June 19th, 2008   Filed under: Action, Games, Sci-fi
Source: 1up

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Last month it was reported that Japanese video game publisher Capcom were looking to turn more of their game franchises into feature films, and, to that end, they were supposedly doing a lot of wheeling and dealing at Cannes this year. Capcom president Haruhiro Tsujimoto was quoted as saying, “We want to do with games what Marvel did with comics”. It seems that we now know at least one of the properties that is being targeted: Lost Planet: Extreme Condition will soon likely join the Resident Evil and Street Fighter franchises on the big screen.

The tip comes courtesy of David Hayter, writer of the X-Men and Watchmen movies, and voice of Solid Snake from the Metal Gear Solid video games. He appeared on Evil Avatar Radio earlier in the week, where he revealed that he was in talks to write a Lost Planet movie. I’ve only played a little bit of the game myself, but it takes place on the icy planet E.D.N. III., where an alien species known as Akrid have held back human colonization attempts. It has mech robots and power suits, which should be enough to sell most geeks on the flick. I am guessing it will draw a lot of Starship Troopers comparisions though. Anyone out there played the game? Would you pay to see a movie?



  • Matt

    Yea, I played and finished the game. And speaking strictly of the story, it starts out very good and interestingly, but as it progresses it becomes more convoluted, confusing, incopmrehensible, illogical, and all around more anime-ish. But the gameplay was interesting, varied, well paced, and fun throughout. So, I hope the empasis in this movie will be on the game’s visual style and action-sequences instead of the story. The story has much to be desired but is not beyond saving, especially with the writer of the X-Men, penning a script.

  • I’ve played the game and really didn’t think it had a great story. That’s not to say that it isn’t fun to play, but the story felt like it was just there to cushion the gameplay. In my opinion, studios should be paying more attention to games with good stories instead of just what’s the most popular based on gameplay. I know that that will never happen, but I still yearn for the day when a Resident Evil movie worthy of it’s name and a Metal Gear Solid movie hit the big screen.

  • Ryan

    Yeah, that game was ok. I’m picky though and generally only enjoy 9-10 rated games. There didn’t seem to be any real story to speak of though. It would be cool to see more video game adaptations all around as long as they aren’t games never meant to have narratives like Super Mario Bros.

    I’m with Rian, I wish they went with Romero’s Resident Evil (that actually used the characters and events of the first game). They could still do it and call it by the Japanese title of Biohazard. Metal Gear Solid is a franchise worthy of adaptation by an A-list director with Christian Bale attached to star (although with Batman and Terminator obligations that seems unlikely). As long as they don’t get Paul W.S. Anderson or Uwe Boll I wont feel the urge to kill.

  • dnez

    well, i feel every summer should have a big humans vs aliens flick. If they can make a story that can even just string along awesome action set pieces I’m game. But thats my lowered expectations. I know better to hope for a well done game adaptations.

    Which is why i’m both excited & scared about Bioshock because it was probably one of my top 5 gaming experiences ever; i did not want the game to end. the game has awesome twist but when you break it down it didn’t have much in regards to story but that didn’t matter, cause as you explored rapture you would start to put pieces together giving it great depth.