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THQ and American television network Syfy have announced that a two hour Red Faction live action movie pilot will air in March 2011.

Dubbed Red Faction: Origins, this follows Alec Mason's son Jake as he tries to find his kidnapped sister and avenge the death of his murdered mother.

Events take place 25 years after Red Faction: Guerrilla and before the sequel, Red Faction: Armageddon.

Writer Andrew Kreisberg (Warehouse 13, Fringe, Vampire Diaries and Boston Legal) handled the screenplay, adapting a story by Paul DeMeo (The Rocketeer, Flash, Viper, The Sentinel).

Presumably if the pilot does well then we could see an entire series. Or perhaps a feature film.

Red Faction: Armageddon will be released in March 2011. Look, down there: a video!

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GooseUK #1 2 years ago

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Maybe SyFy might produce something decent then, it's been a while . Fingers crossed.
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metallicorphan #2 2 years ago

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i hate it that they call that channel 'SyFy' now
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bodypopper #3 2 years ago

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Mega Rebellion vs Giant Corporation seems a more 'Syfy' title to me

Edited by 2 at 19/07/10 @ 15:58
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Gearskin #4 2 years ago

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SyFy originals are usually terrible. Don't think I've seen one remotely good effort. Anyone ever caught "Rock Monster"? Truly, it is hilarious
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Redeye #5 2 years ago

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THQ trumpets Syfy deal, rest of world facepalms.
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Jellybob #6 2 years ago

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I'm sure they already did that - it was called Total Recall.
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darkmorgado #7 2 years ago

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Erm, surely a film titled "origins" would make more sense being set before the game series, not sandwiched between two titles late in the series?
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darkmorgado #8 2 years ago

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so long as it isnt all green screen and "look at me i am on mars" then it stands a chance of not totally sucking!!

It will probably pull a Dr Who and be filmed exclusively in a quarry that has been painted red.
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Farzlepot #9 2 years ago

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Oh dear.

We're about to see exactly why people such as Valve and Bioware are a little more cautious about handing out movie rights, people.
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Retroid #10 2 years ago

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SyFy?

It'll be shit, then. They can't even spell their genre right!
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darkmorgado #11 2 years ago

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Lol @ retroid.

Have a +1 sir for funniest comment I've read today.
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Ducklord #12 2 years ago

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I stumbled onto this channel the other day. Needless to say I didn't linger for long.
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Spekingur #13 2 years ago

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I really don't like the name SyFy - but I understand the reasoning behind the rebranding of the channel.
SyFy has had a few okay movies, hope this is good and not too much sucky CG like they so often have in their movies.
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AphoticCosmos #14 2 years ago

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The only good SyFy (lolwutcrapname) show post-BSG has been Caprica.

I think SyFy should just become the Galactica channel. I know I'd watch it all the time.
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FuzzyDuck #15 2 years ago

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Why don't THQ plow some of their resources into a good narative for the new game instead?
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3william56 #16 2 years ago

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Will it have a martian sharktopus in it?
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Acrid #17 2 years ago

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I hope this is good, but it is SyFy so I won't hold my breath
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