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Bionic Command developer Grin is working on turning Hollywood film Wanted into a game.

This is the movie that has taken over USD 192 million since release and stars Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman and James McAvoy.

"From the time we read the script and saw the film's pre-visual material, it was clear that Wanted was a powerful property - one that was well poised to deliver an engaging gaming experience," said Bill Kispert from Universal.

Wanted tells the story of a boring office worker who becomes a super action hero by unlocking his dormant powers through an ancient society called The Fraternity. It has lots of special effects in and bullets that can be curled like footballs through the air and people sliding under cars, that sort of thing.

Movie-to-game expert Pete Wanat will work with Grin as executive producer, and brings experience from previous conversion projects The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay and Scarface: The World is Yours.

"The team at Grin has a proven track record of creating action games that push the envelope in terms of gameplay and combat," said Wanat.

Grin is currently hard at work reinventing Bionic Commando for Capcom on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. It looks quite good, too.

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quantumsheep #1 4 years ago

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Film any good then?
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effinjamie #2 4 years ago

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Oh Joy!
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rudedudejude #3 4 years ago

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/looks forward to Angelina Hot Coffee mod
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Bertie Verified Senior Staff Writer, Eurogamer.net #4 4 years ago

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7.4/10 on IMDB, which is quite good.
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shamblemonkee #5 4 years ago

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If you leave your brain at the door it's ok
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BlueDot #6 4 years ago

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They should do the comic version where the "hero" is a super villain.
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gingerlink #7 4 years ago

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there're "movie to game" experts?

They all need to be fired...
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asphaltcowboy #8 4 years ago

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Saw the film last night. Entertaining action film, but shamblemonkee nailed it
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monkie_king #9 4 years ago

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Review I read said it's good at being extremely intense, but never dials it back. So there's no contrast to the unrelenting in-your-faceness.
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johnnybrn #10 4 years ago

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Look at it this way, the movie Wanted is a combination of the Matrix and Fight Club.

And we all know how the games of those movies turned out.

So dont expect too much from this!
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Skurmedel #11 4 years ago

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I've seen the trailer, that did it for me, as in "no, thanks".

Edited by 1 at 16/07/08 @ 18:46
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3william56 #12 4 years ago

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Hmmm. Decent concept for a game - gifts the tutorial as training, then it's a Hitman clone, with added jiggle, tattoos and leather. And that irritating Scotch git who looks like Mr Darcy, unfortunately.

But as they're obviously not having to do it to the movie release schedule, they might (!) have time to do it right.

Digitising Ange, huh? Must be a fun job having to stare at her all day, though the folks who had to do her nekkid for Beowulf got the real box seat job. Amazed that footage hasn't seen the light of day on the interyoutubes. :/
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craziii #13 4 years ago

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meh, you are watching a good action flick, why would you need a brain? just enjoy the action.
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