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Masters of Doom Movie In The Works

Posted by Zonk on from the not-directed-by-a-game-hater dept.

John Callaham writes "The film industry trade publication Variety announced today that Showtime plans to make a bio-pic movie based on Masters of Doom, the 2003 released non-fiction book on the formation of Doom developer id Software." More coverage available on Gamasutra. Now there is a Doom movie that I'd like to watch.

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  1. Re:Get used to disappointment... by Otter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Furthermore, I understand the movie will be set in Texas, not on Mars! This is an outrage!

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  2. starring role by dsyu · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will they get The Rock to grow his hair out and play John Romero? Yikes.

    1. Re:starring role by FidelCatsro · · Score: 2, Funny

      The way i hear the plot goes is Jon Romero (Rock) Raises his mighty sword above his head and screams "by the power of Grayskull ID have the power" and becomes ID man and forms the company.
      Later She-ra apears and they have a fight with skelator and the upshot is doom is released...
      Only now do i realise that HE-Man was masters of the universe not doom but still the similaritys are remarkable...
      Honestly though its a great Book but I do'nt see it working as a film ,without a little artistic license.

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  3. Hmm. by say__10 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet Romero would play himself, a brothas gotta eat too.

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  4. Some changes by obeythefist · · Score: 2, Funny

    There will be some changes to this movie to make it more understandable for the intended audience, and for budgetary reasons:

    1) The movie will be about developers who make a game that takes place on Earth, not Mars
    2) The movie will be about developers who make a game with monsters that are humans who were mutated by a rogue virus, not demons from Hell

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  5. Although it is called Masters of Doom... by Tjebbe · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...it will not be about Id Software, because game creation will not appeal to the general public.

    Also, the characters Carmack and Romero will not feature in this movie.

    Instead, it will be a light romantic comedy about two guys that fall in love with the same girl.