Unlike Quentin Tarantino, who infamously said “If I wanted all that computer game bullshit, I'd have stuck my dick in a Nintendo.”, not all directors have such a distain for all things pixels and polygons.
Hell, some of Hollywood’s finest filmmakers have even started embracing games, with Spielberg heavily involved on EA’s Boom Blox back in 2008.
So put the DualShock down while we cover the movie makers we’d love to see get involved with gaming.
Martin Scorsese
The Game He Could Have Made: Grand Theft Auto III
The glamorous way the series paints the life of a crook would have fit Scorsese like a pair of lead shoes.
Though the series has been shaped by crime flicks in the past, most notably Scarface in Vice City, it was Scorsese’s work in mafia masterpiece Goodfellas that set the tonal template in GTA III.
Depicting a world of wise guys and snappy dialogue, Marty would have had no problem shaping the bleak Liberty City, which is damn similar to Henry Hill’s seductive, if really stabby world.
Games He Should Make: Adult action titles. Basically, anything involving crime, swears and semi automatic weaponry.
Scorsese’s peerless ability to make criminal worlds appear both alluring and sympathetic would be ideal for providing Rockstar’s amoral GTA series with more depth and soul.
His incredible eye for detail would also be a great quality for making a compelling period project.
We think a Scorsese/Rockstar pairing on a title that puts players in control of an immigrant in a 19th century Big Apple (ala Gangs of New York) would be awesome.
Next: David Fincher
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gavoconnor
Jul 21st 2010, 13:28
john woo already made a video game....
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mingfilm
Jul 21st 2010, 14:26
District 9 - thirty seconds to barbie a spleen? More like "blink and you'll miss it".
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Rickie-Balboa
Jul 21st 2010, 15:05
I don't recall a Sam Raimi American Beauty! Come on Total Film! Do you actually watch films? Sam mendes would be the director the Kevin Spacey starrer.
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MrSmith70
Jul 21st 2010, 16:53
I taught you'd hash in R.Scott for a Call of Duty game doe their basically the same s**t as black hawk down..
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Ichi1
Jul 21st 2010, 17:03
I know its kind of obvious, but how about Geroge Miller and Borderlands?
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Hadouken76
Jul 21st 2010, 20:11
Personally I think they should make the Riddick games into movie.. anyway, Micheal Bay would do justice to 'Black' and (sorri to be a smart alec)Hayao Miyazaki would do Ico or Shadow of the Collussus proud...
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metalgatesolid
Jul 21st 2010, 21:34
Firstly thank you for not trying to find someone to direct a Metal gear Solid film...Kojima is the ONLY person to do it. Tim Burton and Psychonauts would be a match made in heaven with the brilliant visual stylings of the game although not sure if his directing could pull off the big laughs you get in the game. The rest were obvious choices. How about someone to direct God of War? or maybe Uncharted?
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Punchbowl
Jul 23rd 2010, 6:49
I'll direct God of War. It's the only sensible option...
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