With perhaps a few exceptions that have been so-so, movies based on video game properties have almost consistently been terrible adaptations. Perhaps this is due to how an interactive medium doesn’t translate to smoothly to one which is strictly visual, but even more plot-driven franchises like Assassin’s Creed have failed, too. Still, for whatever reason, 20th Century Fox has been working on producing a movie based on the Mega Man series—which Capcom has been consistently ignoring since 2010—and a recent report suggests that production may be beginning soon.
Henry Joost and Ariel Shulman—directors that have worked on Nerve and a couple Paranormal Activity movies—are in final talks to helm the project. It’s been alive in some form since 2015, but it evidently took Fox two years to finally secure the rights to the film. Perhaps by the time this comes out, Capcom will have finally decided to release another Mega Man game, but in all likelihood, we’ll probably just be playing another Mega Man Legacy Collection.
What do you think? How do you think this movie will turn out? How long will it be before Capcom releases another Mega Man game? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
[source hollywoodreporter.com]
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Starring Adam Sandler as Mega Man
Please don't mess this up...
No Mega Man fan wants a live action movie more than a new mainline game, Capcom.
@SwitchVogel Kevin James as Dr. Wily.
This could only be an anime or cartoon, and even then I doubt it would be any good, but I guess it's possible. I think there is a 0% chance of it being any good as live action, unless they did something crazy with it and do some story that has nothing to do with the games.
Super Fighting Robot.....Megaman!
I hope it turns out well (but based in other game adaptions my expectations are low).
...no one asks for a movie, we get a movie; everyone asks for MM Legends 3, we get Legacy Collection. I would have preferred a MM 1-3 HD remake, have Capcom buy the rights to MM "maker", followed by a swift release, or have a Monster hunter X Mega Man game.
It they make it with Too Western style, it will gonna Epic Fail.
Megaman is from Japan. They must bring the Japanese spirit and attitude inside the film.
Just look at Street Fighter Movie with Van Damme. Ugh....
@SwitchVogel Dwayne Johnson as MegaMan.
@SwitchVogel Peter Dinklage as Dr Light
I'm not even sure if this will even topple The Angry Birds Movie (which is currently the best video game movie reviewed and it's kind of sad thinking about it)
@ZeldaToThePast And Seth Rogen as Rush
Meh, it'll be cancelled and instead we'll get the much-anticipated Mighty No. 9 movie!
Gilbert Gottfried as Cut Man.
Will wait until the cast is revealed but how is the anime coming along.
Speaking of movies based on classic Capcom properties, has anyone else here seen Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist? I personally find it to be one of the rare examples of a good video game movie.
@Seanmyster6 yea. Great movie. Good example of a gaming movie
If they really want to make a Mega Man movie I think they should go with Mega Man X instead of the original. That way they could also include Zero. Both characters together could be pretty cool.
I agree about the lack of good videogames adaptations, but I still think Silent Hill is the exception. It was very good.
@Anti-Matter This will be awful, but I do believe that if the Japanese want a Japanese version, they should make the film themselves. To my knowledge, there isn't anything particularly Japanese about the premise of Mega Man. Stylistically, yes, but that doesn't mean a Western style is unwarranted.
It's like all that whitewashing nonsense about Ghost in the Shell. To my knowledge, it seemed more like the Japanese were impersonating Western ideas, with Western style characters.
@smashboy2000 Very good? Slight exaggeration. It's watchable.
@Seanmyster6 that movie is master class. Others could learn from it.
@smashboy2000 First Silent Hill movie is one of my favorite horror movies. The second one unfortunately misfired.
Oh, god... has no one got any respect for my childhood anymore?
This will suck ass, be a flop, and as a result the franchise will once again retreat to the dark vaults of Capcom limbo. So no, nothing good can come of this.
@Alikan The second Silent Hill movie has 1 or 2 good moments : but they are all flashbacks from the first movie
@HappyMaskedGuy No it's not an exaggeration.
It's just my humble opinion
I'm confused, is this confirmed live action? If it's animated it could go pretty well.
Mega Man The Movie: The Game. Following 90s logic (SF2TMTG = Mortal Kombat) - what would this game look like? FPS?
There is already a Mega Man movie: it is called Astroboy.
Seriously though, if they go the way Astroboy went, we could have a nice story.
I have in my mind the plot for Mega Man X, and it should follow Asimov's philosophy. Pay me and I will film it for ya.
So... live action? Animated? Look, just follow Castlevania's footsteps already.
Fox also gave us the Chun-Li move and the DBZ live-action movie. Letting them make a Mega Man movie is the next best thing to Uwe Boll.
@smashboy2000 I respect that.
If it ends up even close to Astro Boy 2008, i'll chalk it up as a win. Hopefully it turns out even better than that.
I just pray that it's CGI. You better not screw up the greatest video game franchise to ever exist.
Just bought mega man x collection for my PAL gamecube and a free loader disc so I'm good for quite a while till they get their ass in gear
@Alikan I'm also a big fan of both Wreck-It Ralph and The Last Starfighter, but those aren't really the same since they're based on the concept of video games rather than specific pre-existing games.
@HappyMaskedGuy Yeah, Japan borrows ideas from the West more often than people seem to realize. Just look at the works of Hideo Kojima and their parallels with American action and sci-fi movies of the '80s and '90s.
Nuuuhhh.
@SwitchVogel
Your being deliberately evil
@In_Ex_Fan
Not with these people doing it it won't.
I'm guessing the Tetris Movie flopped.
@Seanmyster6 Last Starfighter "is" my childhood. Wreck-it-Ralph is also darn good. I'm also part of the shadow cult that finds Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Super Mario Bros, Warcraft, and the first two Resident Evil movies very entertaining. Note: not great films, but if you enjoy them for what they are, preferably with a drink and popcorn, they are a good time. 👍
@daniruy We could also have NICK CAGE
@NotBatman_01 Oh my... It gets more and more... well... er...
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