Peter Jackson
The Game He Could Have Made: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Oblivion is pretty much Lord of the Rings. OK, so you’d have to replace Ian McKellen with an especially miserable-sounding Patrick Stewart. But the subject matter’s dead on.
Pity the whole thing’s so bloody po-faced. Jackson would have ensured the title had been injected with a bit more Merry and Pippin-style impish laughs.
Considering he’d already spent five years making a grand fantasy trilogy, we’d doubt he’d have been put off by 200+ hours of virtual elves saying ‘whence’.
Games He Should Make: RPGs. The Kiwi movie maker would be well suited to taking on the kind that last 60+ hours (see Bethesda’s Fallout 3).
Role playing games are usually some of the most ambitious undertakings in the medium. After his lengthy work on LOTR and Kong, it’s clear he’s got the commitment required to take on a project that could take years to finish.
He also loves to embrace undertakings that rely on sweeping scale and cutting edge tech, another two qualities that would hold him in good stead in the games world.
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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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