"Return to Castle Wolfenstein" finally coming to the big screen
It was revealed a long while back that one of the Wolfenstein video games, specifically
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, was going to be the next game adapted to the big screen. After the release of Universal's piece 'o crap
Doom, things sort of hit a stand-still, that is until now.
Roger Avary is back again as he will write the adaptation, which is great news if you're a fan of
Silent Hill!
Producer
Samuel Hadida has secured the rights, with
Roger Avary attached to write and direct the adaptation of the ID Software property.
This project reteams
Avary with
Hadida after he penned company’s horror pic “
Silent Hill.”
The WWII-set “
Return to Castle Wolfenstein” revolves around U.S. Army Ranger B.J. Blazkowicz, who leads a team of agents into Castle Wolfenstein in order to investigate the Nazis’ SS Paranormal Division.
Project had previously been set up with
Mark Gordon at Sony before the rights to the game reverted back to ID Software.
Hadida’s becoming a prolific producer of vidgame adaptations, with “
Resident Evil: Extinction,” the third installment in the franchise, bowing Sept. 21. Last year, he produced the horror pic “
Silent Hill,” based on the game. A sequel’s planned. He also has “
Onimusha” in the works with Christophe Gans attached to direct.
Avary most recently adapted Robert Zemeckis’ take on “
Beowulf,” which Paramount opens Nov. 16. He previously penned “
Pulp Fiction,” “
The Rules of Attraction” and “
Killing Zoe.”
“I’ve been playing the character of B.J. Blazkowicz since the epic ‘
Wolfenstein 3D’ first bruised my brain and have ever since wanted to bring his adventures to life on the bigscreen,”
Avary said. “It’s time to bust some dams, storm some bunkers and blow up some bridges.”
ID Software’s other titles include the first-person shooters “
Doom” and “
Quake.” Another “Wolfenstein” game is in development.
Vinnie Jones still in "Midnight Meat Train"
Today Lionsgate released the second image from their adaptation of
Clive Barker's
Midnight Meat Train, which features star
Vinnie Jones doing more sitting.
The story features a commuter's run-in with a New York subway serial killer and a horde of subterranean cannibals. The movie is set for a 2008 release.
The stills and the official poster can be viewed
here.
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