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Counter-Strike Movie Deal Signed

Posted by Zonk on from the tango-down! dept.

jujubees writes "Games to movies, movies to games -- it's not an unfamiliar trend anymore, and today the most popular online shooter is next in line. Counter-Strike has been picked up by German director Uwe Boll (known, or hated, for game-to-movie adaptations like the recent Alone in the Dark, upcoming Bloodrayne, etc.). Boll is currently working on the script, which will remain true to the spirit of the game. While the studio is debating whether to use real actors or not, there has been interest from Hollywood actors Ben Affleck and Colin Farrell. "

63 comments

  1. Umm.... No. by JorDan+Clock · · Score: 4, Informative

    GameSpot has already taken the time to disprove this.

    1. Re:Umm.... No. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Um, yeah - the big foot icon (which is a reference to Monty Python btw) with the alternative text "It's funny. Laugh" sorta gives it away don't you think?

      People should pay more attention to the topics a story is posted under...

    2. Re:Umm.... No. by bsharitt · · Score: 1

      Darn I was hoping see a CS movie using the plot to Zelda since the Doom movie will the using Resident Evil's plot.

    3. Re:Umm.... No. by Goosey · · Score: 1

      While I won't venture as far as you in deciding the reason an author choses a certain category, my best guess is that the idea of a counter-strike movie is just kind of funny in-and-of it's self.

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  2. True? Or not. by rk87 · · Score: 1

    I can't see how the movie could be true to the game. A movie where the actors repeatedly fight against terrorists in the same place for 30 minutes isn't likely to be a blockbuster hit. On that note, I am really interested. I'd like to see real-life renditions of some of the popular maps in CounterStrike. Although, for some reason, I don't think they'll be using fy_pool_day or fy_iceworld :).

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    1. Re:True? Or not. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Umh, I guess you haven't seen anything that came out of Hollywood in the last couple of decades? I bet they can get rid of the plot of CS because 'it gets in the way'... (hint to the clueless, there is more plot in each episode of the clone wars cartoons than in CS)

  3. From TFA... by BlastM · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's a joke.

    1. Re:From TFA... by keeleysam · · Score: 1

      Don't editors RTFA?

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    2. Re:From TFA... by rk87 · · Score: 1

      The update that said it was a joke came after the story came out.

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    3. Re:From TFA... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Boll continued, "I want to guarantee the fans of the game that there will absolutely, positively be no campers in the movie. Ok, one guy will be really defensive, but that's because it's his job, not because he's camping."

      PMSL!

    4. Re:From TFA... by Pluvius · · Score: 1

      I bet the link to BBSpot was there, though.

      Rob

  4. Re:fp by rk87 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    pwned! :)

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  5. I got a look at the early script.... by DrunkenTerror · · Score: 2, Funny

    A Hollywood movie actress falls headlong into a spiral of intrigue and murder, after being accused of a crime she didn't commit. Only a heroic hotdog vendor and his faithful cat, Gordon, can save her. Down on their luck at a local lunch counter, they forging ties with the local waitress union, and convincing them to all call in sick on the same day! It's a... COUNTER STRIKE!

    1. Re:I got a look at the early script.... by Rob_Bryerton · · Score: 1

      Sounds great, but I was hoping for a "deadly game of cat and mouse". At least the "wrongfully accused" theme is there.

      Also, this is very timely, as terrorists are really popular these days...

  6. 5 minute loops? by robogymnast · · Score: 2, Funny

    So is the movie going to be T's and CT's randomly inserted into a building somewhere, so we can watch them run at each other shooting several hundred times, complete with insightful commentary such as "ph34r me n00b" and "gay haxxor turn em off" and other gems of the 13 year old online experience?

    Can the ending be people going to said 13 year old's house and beating the crap out of them? Please?

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    1. Re:5 minute loops? by PedanticSpellingTrol · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think you're looking for this little gem of cinematography

  7. *sigh* by Zenikase · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Slashdot stories seem to be getting exponentially poorer by the day. What the hell is going on with the editors?

    1. Re:*sigh* by vespazzari · · Score: 1

      its not the stories, its the world

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  8. A movie, eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I for one cannot wait to hear Colin Farrell say, "IM IN UR BASE KILLIN UR D00DZ!!!11"

    1. Re:A movie, eh? by nacturation · · Score: 1

      And then Affleck chimes in with his trademark "Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhold this position."

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  9. Yes, it's required of me... by mooniejohnson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Affleck: OMG! N00B!

    Anonymous Actor: WALLHACK!

    Token Over-Sexed, Under-dressed Girl: lololol ur mom is ghey! faghomo.

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    1. Re:Yes, it's required of me... by Brainboy · · Score: 1

      Finally, Ben Affleck finds a part that suits his acting talent.

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    2. Re:Yes, it's required of me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Not only that - he wrote that dialogue too.

  10. true to the spirit of the game??? by gl4ss · · Score: 1

    wtf??

    first of all: THE GAME HAS NO SPIRIT MORE THAN FOOTBALL or any other team vs. team sports.

    second.. the game has no plot so most probably the movie wont have a plot either.

    third.. I don't enjoy movies that much where you have to shoot 8 bullets from a gun into a guy before he dies(from pistols).

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    1. Re:true to the spirit of the game??? by Uber+Banker · · Score: 1

      I don't enjoy movies that much where you have to shoot 8 bullets from a gun into a guy before he dies(from pistols).

      Then stop shooting them in their feet.

    2. Re:true to the spirit of the game??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      well, i just rather buy the desert eagle than use the glock.

      but really, the weapon balance sucks in it and really i'd rather have them be more comparable... it doesn't really matter what you shoot a guy from 2 feet and really have the programmers ever taken a few shots with a real assault rifle?

      sas-mod does so much better in that area.. no stupid sniper-jumping and you can actually shoot with m4/ak a guy from 100 meters(any regular dolt taken from street can be trained to do that in a hour).

    3. Re:true to the spirit of the game??? by C0rinthian · · Score: 1
      I don't enjoy movies that much where you have to shoot 8 bullets from a gun...
      Umm, where else do you shoot bullets from?
  11. BBSpot! Satire for smart people, the truth for you by wbav · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's the orignal article.

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  12. Nice job /. by steesefactor · · Score: 1

    Two jokes posted as news articles in one month! Maybe the bit about shooting animatronic goats should have clued you in.

  13. THE WORLD HAS COME TO AN END by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    WHy do they keep trusting this fool with stupid game to movie projects???

    1. Re:THE WORLD HAS COME TO AN END by cignet · · Score: 1

      I have to agree.

      I thought this games.slashdot news was supposed to be accountable and trust-worthy.

      Thanks for giving games.slashdot one notch down as a reputable news source.

      Idiot*.

      *For the original news post.

  14. ...by Uwe Boll? by game+kid · · Score: 1
    Counter-Strike has been picked up by German director Uwe Boll

    <cliffeRadioVoice>Terrorists win.</cliffeRadioVoice>

    I haven't seen many Boll movies but it just doesn't seem right. Maybe if the audience were the actors and all the theaters were connected by a laggy DSL connection, it might work true to the experience. (FWIW I use DSL...*sob*)

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  15. Re:BBSpot! Satire for smart people, the truth for by RotJ · · Score: 1
    I'm guessing worthplaying just skimmed the article and missed these parts (or they think Uwe Boll is enough of a nutjob that he would actually say these things):

    Boll continued, "I want to guarantee the fans of the game that there will absolutely, positively be no campers in the movie. Ok, one guy will be really defensive, but that's because it's his job, not because he's camping."

    The movie will focus on an international SWAT team assembled to stop a group of terrorists. However, before successfully foiling a bombing, the group must first face the internal challenges that threaten to tear it apart: The loudmouth beginner struggling for acceptance, the Team Killer who must face the consequences of a fatal accident, and the insecure wonder-kid accused of being gay.

    However, the studio is leaning towards using animatronic animals in favor of human actors.

    "The terrorism issue is still rather sensitive in America," said one studio executive who wished to remain anonymous. "Killing an animatronic goat is much more palatable to the American public. And it should also keep it PG-13, maybe lower."
  16. No plot? we dont need one by mnmn · · Score: 1

    Many parts of the Matrix and other action movies didnt need a real plot. Think True Lies or Speed or Die Hard.

    So what parts not a movie... some terrorists kidnap some scientists somewhere, they send a swat team and the action starts. Why do you need a longish story, since most of the audience will be hungry for nothing but action? The game is just about run and shoot, but movies have more flexibility, think of die hard again, when one terrorist remains, and draws an army of counter terrorists to an alley then guns them down, or when their ammo runs out and they resort to knives...

    Or when someone loses their mind and runs around with a machine gun. The sniper scenes can be like the one on Saving Prive Ryan. Teamplay should be on since that adds drama.

    And in the end the hero somehow gets the girl... the usual stuff..

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  17. Bloodrayne? by game+kid · · Score: 1
    Counter-Strike has been picked up by German director Uwe Boll (known, or hated, for game-to-movie adaptations like the recent Alone in the Dark, upcoming Bloodrayne, etc.).

    So apparently we have a couple of features to look forward to.

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  18. Already done. by XpirateX · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've already seen the movie SWAT and I wasn't impressed.

  19. Other BBSpot Articles by wbav · · Score: 3, Informative
    Posted to forums and other places as true, here is a list of other bbspot articles which people believe.


    I hope, by now, you get they are all jokes.
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    1. Re:Other BBSpot Articles by dJCL · · Score: 0, Troll

      My brother is visiting for the weekend, and has tried to convince me that he has first hand experience with MS Anti-Spyware removing IE... sure you do...

      I've been testing it on systems at work since the day it was first released, and, while it works great, it has never, and probably will never, remove IE. If he's going to lie, he should really know better then to quote an article I know is satire.

      JC

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    2. Re:Other BBSpot Articles by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Did you ever stop to think that "satire" does have it's start in reality? You really ought to bring your head out of your ass sometimes, and realise that there are people out there who have had MS Spyware remove their IE. I am one of them. So, I am a liar too? By your reasoning, yes, I am. I seriously doubt your brother quoted any articles, however you have to find some way to back up your claim that he's lying... which is weak... really weak... Why do I say I doubt your brother "quoted this article"? Because, most people don't have the time to sit there and surf the net all day like you evidently do... most of us out there have to go on "real world experience". Maybe you should change your name to Seymore Skinner....seems to fit....

    3. Re:Other BBSpot Articles by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And this has what to do with a Counter-Strike Movie?? Sounds like someone has sour grapes... Three Words - GET OVER IT.

  20. the true spirit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    the script, which will remain true to the spirit of the game

    OMG H4X WTF GHEI FGT N00B

    *camps*

  21. This is going to suck by Drunken_Jackass · · Score: 1

    If they try to hollywood it up - make it a Pearl Harbor with that Affleck hack, it'll suck.

    Then again, if it turns into another vehicle for Christian Slater it could suck as hard as Alone in the Dark.

    They need to make it indy-style with some no-name actors and few special effects.

    But they won't.

    And it will suck.

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    1. Re:This is going to suck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Ah but you know how they could make it really good?

      No name actors or if big name actors, tell them they are only aloud to use the pre-written voice commands (ie. GoGoGo! Fire In The Hole! etc) this way if they want to make it all drama-like they have to do so with very odd catch phrases from the game. Secondly, they need to have the big name actors play against Hackers! Seeing as every CS server has a least one person with some hack or other these days it's not far from the truth, an entire team of hackers! To win the Hollywood stars must band together and work as a team to defeat Aim-bot, WallHack, SpeedFreak, and the slew of other types that come up in day to day counterstrike.

      In the end their trimph will be an inspiration to all counterstrike players that even against an entire team of hackers, victory can be achieved through teamwork, even though ultimately it will lead CS players to hate the movie industry when they discover for themselves, all the teamwork in the world won't save you from a good Aim-bot.

    2. Re:This is going to suck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Oooooh I like it! One more thing though, they should have the actors on the hacker team be acting out their parts, the Aim-bot guys should be spinning around in circles really fast and then occasionally pulling the trigger only for their guns to snap to the nearest enemy head and kill them, even with something weak like a single glock bullet or the auto-shottie versus Affleck with an AWP (because you know he'd be a camping whore).

  22. Oh wait, nevermind - it's fake by Drunken_Jackass · · Score: 1

    Leave it to Slashdot to post fake news. From BBSpot, no less http://www.bbspot.com/News/2005/01/counterstrike_m ovie.html

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  23. Noooooooo by dousk · · Score: 2, Informative

    Oh my God noooooooooooo! Uwe is like, the suckiest director ever :-/ If you don't believe me, just rent Night Of The Dead: a SEGA adaptation.... blech......

    1. Re:Noooooooo by itoledo · · Score: 1

      It's "House of the Dead".
      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317676/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZn xteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD0xfHBuPTB8c291cmNlaWQ9 bW96aWxsYS1zZWFyY2h8cT1ob3VzZSBvZiB0aGUgZGVhZHxodG 1sPTF8bm09MQ__;fc=1;ft=20;fm=1

  24. I would shell out 7.50 by TJ_Phazerhacki · · Score: 1

    To see Ben Affleck call Ferrel "N00b", and to have respond "OMFG - u uze da H4xorz!!!" Seriously - If this was true, I'd probabally go out back and cry. We have had LOTR - its all downhill from here....

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  25. true to the spirit of the game eh? by McBeer · · Score: 2, Funny

    so half the bad guys will be able to run 200mph, see through walls, and have no recoil whatsoever?

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    1. Re:true to the spirit of the game eh? by C0rinthian · · Score: 1

      Test viewings of the terrorists "Full-bright mode" were not positive. Viewers were quoted as saying "My eyes!" repeatedly, and suffered mild sunburn.

  26. Ugh. by chris411 · · Score: 1

    This news story was in the "It's funny. Laugh." category. Why the uproar over how Slashdot should be a "reliable" source of news?

  27. I'm glad this is a joke. by TellarHK · · Score: 1

    But it does have some funny ideas coming to mind.

    *zing zing*
    CT-Affleck: ''Sniper, on the balcony!''
    CT-Farrell: ''Not on balcony, fucking gay wallhacker!''
    *zing WHACK*
    T-Bale killed CT-Affleck with AWP.
    CT-Farrell: ''FUCKING HAXOR N00B!''

    Okay, maybe not so funny.

    Let's just be glad Hollywood skips this concept and maybe get them to make Rainbow Six?

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  28. BBSpot! Satire for nobody by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It wasn't good satire. The article was a specific parody of the hubbub surrounding the upcoming "Doom" movie rather than a general satire of Hollywood's desperation or on Hollywood's take on video game properties. If by some chance you missed the stories on "Doom" during the two day period that was a hot topic, the article does not come off as very satiric at all; it's eminently plausible. There isn't anything ironic about it, because it could happen tomorrow.

    Unless you thought Dan Rather was doing satire when CBS floated that fake story, this isn't satire. It's just fake news.

  29. In case you were wondering.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    In case you've never had the pleasure of watching an Uwe Boll movie, allow me to describe the experience:

    Driving home from your father's funeral, you bite into a piping hot McDonald's cherry pie only to have it explode into your face, severely burning you and causing you to swerve into the path of an oncoming semi trailer. You wake up in the hospital, paralyzed from the neck down, just in time to see your girlfriend (exgirlfriend) depositing a Cleveland steamer on your bandaged torso.

    In other words, his movies are pretty fucking terrible but not quite as bad as Howling 7.

  30. So the script will be... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    '...which will remain true to the spirit of the game.'

    '...there has been interest from Hollywood actors Ben Affleck and Colin Farrell.'

    So, the movie will consist of hollywood stars calling each other gay for two hours.

  31. WHAT! by MistabewM · · Score: 1

    How does this idiot Continue to recieve funding for this shit!!!?

    Give me 5 million and I'll throw something together tat can at least keep people intrested for more than 5 minutes.

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    1. Re:WHAT! by MistabewM · · Score: 1

      P.S: Make that p0rn and violence... Kind of what this guy is going to do with it, but skip the story line and jump right to the pr0n and the bitch slapping.

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  32. How it should be done by Landshark17 · · Score: 1

    If Counterstrike gets made into a movie, it should be done right: as a machinima.

    In my opinion, it shouldn't be done at all, the game has no plot, it's all action. What could possibly be done with it?

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