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Silent Hill Movie Filming Begins

Posted by Zonk on from the it-turns-out-you-actually-made-the-movie dept.

GamesIndustry.biz has word that principal photography has begun on a film adaptation of the Silent Hill game series. From the article: "The film will star Radha Mitchell - best known for her role in Pitch Black - as lead character Rose, a woman who finds herself exploring the mysterious town whilst searching for her missing daughter. Sean Bean will play Rose's husband, and other cast members include Deborah Kara Unger (Crash, The Game) and Kim Coates (Black Hawk Down, Pearl Harbour)."

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  1. Well by Sv-Manowar · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I didn't really get into Resident Evil 1 and 2 the movies, so I hope silent hill will be an improvement, more focused on horror than gore.

    Something that sounds a lot more promising on that page is "Hadida previously co-produced two film versions of Resident Evil and is currently working on a sequel, along with a big screen adaptation of the Onimusha franchise"

    Onimusha has the potential to be an awesome film if done right. I look forward to seeing it along with Silent Hill. Hopefully, great games can become great flicks

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  2. Re:Silent Hill 2 by zr-rifle · · Score: 4, Interesting

    From the plot it seems that the movie will have no realtionship with the events seen in Silent Hill 2.

    By the way, that game was all about the mental illness suffered by it's protagonist, James, after spending 4 years torturing himself for having killed his terminally ill wife. His actions, or rather your own, ultimately decide if he comes to terms with what he has done or if he kills himself because of the remorse. James is more or less like a perverted Homerus, as he ventures to and from Silent Hill in search if his wife.

    The game is deep, touching, evocative, shocking and completely different from any videogame out there. It also has one of the most frightening and disturbing soundscapes ever heard, thanks to Akira Yamaoka's talent. It is one of the very games I'd call a work of art. Unfortunately, the sequels simply don't match up to it's provocative genious.

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  3. Saw the downtown set on the weekend by calculi · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I drove downtown Brantford (Ontario, Canada) on Sunday and saw the set for this movie. Looked pretty cool, and it's the most activity downtown Brantford has seen in years. Glad they changed the name from Centralia to Silent Hill too.