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Doom Movie in Production For Aug 2005 Release

Posted by Zonk on from the please-for-all-that-is-good-and-holy-no dept.

Lord Prox writes "Doom: The motion picture is now in production from Universal Pictures for a release date of August 5, 2005. According to IMDB the cast includes The Rock, Rosamund Pike, Razaaq Adoti, Ben Daniels, and Karl Urban. The plot and setting is right from the game."

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  1. So..... by FatherKabral · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who's going to play the big floating eye?

    1. Re:So..... by cryptochrome · · Score: 5, Funny

      Angelina Jolie. That creepy freak.

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    2. Re:So..... by Xpilot · · Score: 4, Funny

      They could use the same guy who plays the big floating eye from "The Lord of the Rings".

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    3. Re:So..... by tepples · · Score: 4, Funny

      Who's going to play the big floating eye?

      Probably whoever played Sauron, of course.

    4. Re:So..... by skaffen42 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I heard he wasn't interested. Aparently he was worried about getting typecast.

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    5. Re:So..... by BlackHawk-666 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Surely they would rather have the fine floating eye from "Big Trouble in Little China". Please don't tell his boss he's been sleeping.`

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    6. Re:So..... by AbbyNormal · · Score: 4, Funny

      No floating eye, not enormous, freaky inhuman floating lips.

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  2. That's going to be a real technical challenge by Exmet+Paff+Daxx · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do you make a movie without vertical clipping? I think it's going to be a real challenge to explain to the audience why a rocket fired 300 feet below someone can hit them. Should make for interesting cinematography though.

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    1. Re:That's going to be a real technical challenge by BlackHawk-666 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Just wait until they show off the BFG in Doom The Movie by firing a shot down a long hallway, then running into a small room and herding the poor demons around the room while waiting for the BFG shot to hit the end of the hallway, then blat, they all fall dead for *no apparent reason* :-)

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  3. So basicly what youre saying is..... by sholde4 · · Score: 5, Funny

    No plot and Mars.

  4. You finish eating the floating eye corpse. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You feel a strange mental acuity.

  5. I'm excited! by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hooray! Because we all know that films based on video games are always great

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    1. Re:I'm excited! by Idarubicin · · Score: 4, Funny
      Sweet Zombie Jesus, why did anyone let him near AvP? I saw it two days ago and I'm still so fucking angry I want to take an angle-grinder to the guy's face.

      Really? I heard it was a great comedy. I mean, really great. Bust-a-gut funny. Tears rolling down your cheeks funny.

      It was a comedy, right? Right?

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  6. Flashlight or gun? by general_re · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...cuz you can't have both, Mr. The Rock.

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    1. Re:Flashlight or gun? by CGP314 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, if the main character is the rock, now I can understand why he can't use a gun and a flashlight at the same time.


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  7. Best job EVER! by grm_wnr · · Score: 4, Funny

    I want the post of Gaffer for that movie!

  8. Oh no, not the Rock... by halivar · · Score: 5, Funny

    The poor man's Vin Diesel.

    He'll probably have to type IDKFA every thirty seconds just to make it through the movie.

  9. Talented Rock by CleverNickedName · · Score: 5, Funny

    I believe the rock will not only do all his own stunts, but he will also be doing all his own camera work too.

    You can't beat those first-person movies.

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  10. The plot and setting is right from the game. by stratjakt · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other words, there is no plot, and the movie is set in several hallways and rooms that look identical to the one in the last scene.

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  11. Delay as marketing strategy! by DirtyJ · · Score: 5, Funny
    release date of August 5, 2005

    To let the general public get the full Doom experience, they should push the release date back like 5 or 6 times and eventually put it out in 2009.

  12. Finally by PetoskeyGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    A story so short there is no need to read the article.

  13. Recipe for box-office victory by Apostata · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Star-studded cast - check

    2. Fantastic storyline - check

    3. Less than a year from production to release - check

    Wow - how will this not be a hit?

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  14. delay waiting for video hardware to catch up by OffTheLip · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will movie theaters need to upgrade to the latest video equipment to be able to run this film?

  15. Re:Censorship? by BabyDave · · Score: 5, Funny

    [Joke shamelessly pinched from a Charlie Brooker cartoon about the Doom movie from several years ago ... ]

    The movie features a cameo appearance by Macauley Culkin:

    Culkin I get strung up on a meathook and beaten insensible with a carjack. It's a great honour - apparently the part was written specifically for me.

  16. Re:Good luck! by mopslik · · Score: 5, Funny

    They have a lot of work to do in order to recreate the atmosphere created in DOOM3.

    But think of the money they'll save by not having to hire a lighting crew.

  17. True to the original by Dachannien · · Score: 4, Funny

    The really sad thing here is that the Doom movie is likely to be more true to the original than Peter Jackson's LotR trilogy was.

  18. Re:So..... who will play the eye? by Wizzy+Wig · · Score: 4, Funny
    Is Marty Feldman still alive?

  19. Re:My son read the script by jkovacik · · Score: 5, Funny

    Turns into an angel, huh? So The Rock finishes the movie in God mode. Figures.

  20. I know how it ends!!! by DroopyStonx · · Score: 5, Funny

    ooh THE ROCK types IDKFA!!!

    HA HA HA, yeah, it was posted 4832984 times before this post and each are marked funny. IT'S FUNNY, PEOPLE.

    We can't hear this one enough, can we?!

    "Hey, The Rock!"
    "IDKFA?!"
    "Yes."

    *insert joke about flashlight* ... ...

    IDKFA!!! HA HA HA.

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  21. Re:Censorship? by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny
    A lot of money is going to be spent on CGI effects, like being melted in acid.

    I'm sure you could save a few bucks and just use real acid. Just be sure to keep your goggles on.