Guillermo del Toro
The Game He Could Have Made: Batman: Arkham Asylum
After his genre defining work rebooting the Bat, you’d think Nolan would be the obvious choice here. But for us, Arkham is too overtly comic bookey for his tastes.
We think del Toro’s work on Hellboy means he’d have been more suitable for an over-the-top game delving into the heart of Gotham’s gothic nuthouse.
The inventiveness shown in the various creature designs in Pan’s Labyrinth also makes us believe he’d have filled the asylum with loads of hellacious beasties for players to scrap with.
Games He Should Make: Anything in the superhero genre. Just as long as they weren’t the kind shoved out the door in a couple of weeks to coincide with a film’s release.
The husky director is no stranger to games, after he wrote the script for 2008’s Hellboy: The Science of Evil. Admittedly, it’s shit, but points for effort.
With most titles starring spandex-clad crime fighters crapped out in short development cycles to coincide with summer blockbusters, we’re confident del Toro would bring a level of craft and care rarely seen in the genre.
Next: Peter Jackson
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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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