A Pac-Man movie? Really?

By Tom Bramwell Published 7 November, 2002

Hollywood... ugh

In what must rank among the stupidest and most pointless acquisitiones ever, international production and distribution outfit Crystal Sky has inked a deal with Namco for feature film rights to, er, Pac-Man, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Yes, Pac-Man. "There is no other game title bigger than Pac-Man," says the firm's president Steven Paul. "From children to their parents, Pac-Man is a name everyone knows and loves." Worryingly, there are plans afoot to squeeze a "live-action fantasy adventure" out of the harmless franchise. So, another aspect of our collective youth falls to money-flustered morons in suits. Shame.

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Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (12) Latest comment 9 years ago

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  • mentat #1 9 years ago

    So it's going to be a movie about the old 'repetitive music and munching pills' gag i guess.

  • Errol #2 9 years ago

    'THE PAC MAN'

    John Woo directs this action packed gun frenzy: starring Chow Yun-Fat as Li Chi-ho, who, after the murder of his brother by the Drugs Baron Mr 'Pac Man' Lisan chow, begins a personal vendetta on the streets of Hong Kong.

    Nicholas Cage stars as Tommy Yun-chu, the cop who is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Caught between fighting the drugs baron Mr 'Pac Man' Lisan Chow, and preventing the unlawful vendetta of Li Chi-ho, Tommy sees the inherent morality in Li Chi-ho's actions, and together they fight a final battle at Mr' Pac Mans' mansion.

    - Certificate: 18.

  • Nemesis #3 9 years ago

    “There is no other game title bigger than Pac-Man,”

    Shyeah 20 years ago maybe. Move along move along nothing to see here.

  • Blerk #4 9 years ago

    live-action fantasy adventure

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

    (bang!)

  • st3ph3n #5 9 years ago

    It's april the first yeah?

    It's not you say. Hmmmmmmm.............

  • Tiitiz #6 9 years ago

    Old....................

  • pjmaybe #7 9 years ago

    Coming soon to a theatre near you...

    "FROGGER - The MOVIE"

    Billy Bob Thornton stars as a meek hornytoad, dealt a rough deal by life on the wrong side of the tracks...all he wants to do is sit on the lily pad on the other side of the road, but the evil "roadrager" (played by John Lithgow) has other ideas with his cunning invention of "The sinking turtle stepping stone..."

    Rated 18 - some scenes of explicit sex, violence and swearing (Mostly from the audience when they realise that they paid £6 to watch this shit!)

    Peej

  • LaundroMat #8 9 years ago

    I once posted this in a poll on Jan. 25, 2001. It was meant to be funny...
    Now who can I call to collect my money then eh?

  • Tyronne #9 9 years ago

    It`ll be joust soon...ohh like we can have fantasy creatures who kill each other over eggs...call it the egg of justice...add some bloke with blond hair and a bird with big tits....a bloke with a cape as the evil baddy and watch the cash roll in....

  • Genome #10 9 years ago

    I'm thinking "Primal Badger: The Movie". It would probably sell. Disney might pick it up.

  • IgWannA #11 9 years ago

    dumbest. idea. ever.

  • lee3p0 #12 9 years ago

    Now this. I gotta see. I`m looking to buy the rights to Hungry Horrace, anyone know who own it???