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FF7 Advent Children Movie Trailers, Rumors

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the video-games-on-the-big-screen dept.

Wingchild writes "I noticed that the trailers for the new Final Fantasy 7 movie are online at Square-Enix (Squeenix?)'s website, an event as yet unmentioned on Slashdot. Available elsewhere are trailer screenshots and plotline theory. The release will be straight to DVD (Square might still be smarting after the unspectacular performance of The Spirits Within), but it'll still be neat to see what Squeenix is capable of on the ever-moving CG front." S!: The AdventChildren.net fansite also has details of an interview with Tetsuya Nomura, pointing out "the movie [or a new trailer] will be shown in some form at this year's E3", and noting that the past rumor that "the movie will be playable on the PS2 only" has not yet been quashed, although it hasn't been confirmed either.

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  1. You guys are so negative by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I see this as an apology for "The Spirits Within." This is pretty much what everyone wanted when they first heard Square was making a feature movie. Instead, we got this weird sci-fi trip that only relates to Final Fantasy if you look at the philosophical roots.

    So, finally they are making the 'REAL' final fantasy movie. Fancy swordfights, magic, etc.

    I've watched one trailer so far, and it's really dark, and pretty much 'black and white.' I hope that's not what the movie ends up as.

    They need to run the whole gamut. Bright colors, happiness, flying machines, forests, chocobos, maybe even a small section with that crazy gambling joint. They need to have a bunch of the characters from the game, (although hopefully only a came from that cat riding the pink marshmallow thing.)

    Don't be afraid to make a movie out of the game...(instead of just a movie with the same name as the game.)

    1. Re:You guys are so negative by CashCarSTAR · · Score: 5, Insightful

      *Ahem*

      I don't get the venom aimed at The Spirits Within..a lot of people say it doesn't fit in to the Final Fantasy canon (it does).

      The movie, on its face is one of the best sci-fi movies to hit the screen in a long time. The amount of detail given to the world they created is insane.

      As well, people complain that it's "not Final Fantasy"..well..it is..it just happens to be kind of our "Final Fantasy". It takes place in the US, of course. And it happens in the future, which fits for doing that.

      Anyway, enough ranting on that :p