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John Woo to Direct Spy Hunter Movie?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the oil-slicks-and-smokescreens dept.

shadowcabbit writes "Gameforms is reporting that director John Woo, who previously optioned Nintendo's Metroid series of games for the silver screen, is in negotiations with Universal to direct the 2005 film adaptation of Spy Hunter. The film, which will star Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock), has been in the planning stages since 2001, but has not yet begun production."

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  1. i wonder how different this will be ... by BobWeiner · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ....compared to the James Bond franchise. The Spy Hunter game itself was influenced by Bond's gadget filled cars, so wouldn't this movie, in effect, be redundant?

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  2. Spyhunter by Borg453b · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Now, I havent played the remakes - but I remember the arcadegame, the c64 port and especially the amiga port with fondness.

    Ramming motorcycles with your card, avoiding those annoying wheel cutters and tasting sidewinder missiles for bumping off innocents.

    What we need now though; as I discussed with my brother the other day, is a new carmageddonish game - preferably set in a madmax/falloutish world with excellent multiplay and a great singleplayer story rich mode.

    The shooter/car-carnage ratio is dangerously off scale.. gta is fun - but the softwarehouses keep churning out FPS'ers - We need weapons mounted on custom job-vehicles and fun bump'n run action..

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  3. Re:The Music by Mattintosh · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Heh... IMHO, it's a step above the James Bond theme. Mancini made some kick-ass stuff. Pink Panther, A Shot in the Dark, the love theme from Romeo & Juliet (the 60's one), Baby Elephant Walk from Hatari... the list could go on like that for a while.

  4. Didnt they do this already? by TexNex · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I seems to remember a movie called the Transporter that was pretty much all that spy hunter could & should be. It had bikes, boats, cars, and guns & gadgets...what else do you need to represent a video game which comprised of a vehicle knocking other vehicles off the screen using brute force & gimmic gadgets. We don't need a rehash of a pointless game that was about nothing more than destroying stuff. Good lord the next thing you know they'll do a movie about a martial arts tournament that decides the fate of the world...oh wait...that was mortal combat!