Heavy Rain optioned for film?

By Oli Welsh Published 8 March, 2010

Years-old copyright doc surfaces.

Internet sleuth Superannuation has tuned up a United States Copyright Office filing which appears to suggest that PS3 interactive drama Heavy Rain has been optioned for a film adaptation.

The agreement - a "short form option" - is between New Line Productions and QuanticDream, and attributes the work Heavy Rain to David "Cage" de Gruttola. Who knew.

Interestingly, the document dates back to May 2006, the year Heavy Rain made its first appearance at E3 in the form of the technical demo, The Casting. It was renewed in 2007.

Whether New Line, part of Warner Bros., will renew its interest in Heavy Rain now the game is out is anyone's guess. But at least we got to find out David Cage's real name.

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Comments (10) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • monkeylite #1 2 years ago

    Week-old news surfaces.

  • Slipstream #2 2 years ago

    So I'll be sitting in the cinema (unless it's straight to DVD) cursing the options the director chose for me? I do that enough as it is! No thanks!

    Keep Heavy Rain in the only industry that can exploit its defining element.
    Edited by 1 at 08/03/10 @ 10:25

  • Edwin #3 2 years ago

    Anybody want to give away the killer in this thread?

  • Eighthours #4 2 years ago

    Well, this would be all kinds of pointless.

  • Jonathan_Fakenham #5 2 years ago

    I wonder what ending it'll get.

  • ZuluHero #6 2 years ago

    Um.. isn't this one of the most pointless adaptations to churn out as a movie? It's pretty much like a film already and TBH has better direction and cinematography than a lot of big budget Hollywood efforts.

    Besides, i would hate to see some sub-standard, low budget director get a hold of it...

  • captainrentboy #7 2 years ago

    I really enjoyed Heavy Rain and taken as a game (Or interactive thriller) it's plot was enoyable, there were a fair few tense sequences throughout and some nice twists in the tale.
    As a film though? It wouldn't be anything particularly special would it? This type of thing's been done a million times before in movie land, just leave it be.

  • pickles4uk #8 2 years ago

    No Point! The game pretty much is a film.

  • Murton #9 2 years ago

    It's the fact that it is interactive that gave Heavy Rain such a draw, the conversation you can have with other people who have played as you compare actions, scenes and ultimately, which ending you got.

    As a movie it would lose that feature and with it all of it's character. If Heavy Rain had been a film first and then made into an interactive game I'd probably think differently, but as a movie can only take away and not add anything, I don't really see the point.

  • makeamazing #10 2 years ago

    I loved HR, I just wished there was more variation with the killer. Hope they will make HR2 though and perhaps they can improve on what was an already excellent formula :)

    Not sure about a movie though, not many game to film adaptions have worked.