They say there's no business like show business, but I disagree. Like any other business might, the powers-that-be in Los Angeles seem to have noticed there is a big vidja game out right now called Modern Warfare 2, and they would like to diversify their investment portfolios into an intellectual property with a built-in fan base and cross-sector identifiability in the 15-34 year old demographic in order to fully leverage merchandising opportunities and bring in a potential windfall profit that ultimately boosts stock prices and contributes to the overall financial health of their parent corporation and its shareholders. In other words: People are talking about a Call of Duty movie. Great.
In an interview with something called PopWrap, Kevin McKidd who plays Captain "Soap" MacTavish in Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2, said of playing the role: "They were looking for a rough, Scottish actor in Hollywood they probably couldn't get Gerard Butler, so they got the No. 2 Gerard Butler, me. I had no idea it would be so huge, and now there are talks of a feature film."
Will he play Soap in the big screen version: "if the script is good, and Gerard isn't available [laughs], then absolutely."
Yeah, ha, ha, McKidd, absolutely. We all know you won't be playing Soap in a big-screen MW 2 movie. That role would go to someone more famous and less suited to it... or it will be written out of the movie entirely in favor of a wisecracking robot sidekick.
At the risk of repeating points I've made eight million times before, here's why a COD movie is a bad idea.
- Video game movies always suck.
- (Almost) all Video games are already based on tropes, characters and situations jacked from movies anyway, so a movie based on a game is really a movie based on a game based on other movies.
- Video game movies always suck.
- Modern Warfare 2 had many things to recommend it, but the story and characters are not among them. Don't get me started on the impossibly jargon-ridden dialog either.
- Video game movies always suck.
Here's why I predict the COD movie will happen: It doesn't matter if it sucks. People will go see it anyway, provided the marketing is on-point and there are enough promotional cups given away by 7-11, of course. You and I will get mad, but the special effects will look good, and the mall theaters will be full of rabble and Hollywood "professionals" will make money and buy themselves another solid gold island or 100 Grand bar.
I'm going to drink more coffee and fume now.
Source: NY Post
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Popcrazy
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Popcrazy
I love this game!!
I have already buy it!!
Mancer1516
the only reason it would be a good idea is if they did it right (which they will not, but just say'n) is to use the movie to fill in plot holes of the game.
The other thing is its conventional enough, an invasion of the Untied States by Russia, due to a plot by a terrorist organization. Not like they would need a 1st person view (thanks DOOM of the cheese) or a complete butchering of the setting or storyline like the abomination that is the Mario brothers movie. *punches himself as hard as possible to forget, oh I have tried so hard to forget*
Penner91
The game is better than a movie! How will they fit eight nine hours of game play into a movie!? Hollywood LEAVE BOOKS AND VIDEO GAMES ALONE!!!! you think that you are making an awesome thing but really you're pissing off millions
grayk47
if they want a scottish actor, that isnt gerarld butler, put in Ewen McGregor. i would have him as mactavish any day of the week than use butler. he was awesome in BLACK HAWK DOWN
Auslander_EBDA
It would never work. MW2 isn't balanced for entertainment...
NewBreed
Make the game a little bit longer, by making the storyline better and having more and longer cut scenes. and then play the game on a bigass HDTV. There is your CoD movie
Murdering Robot
See Dog Soldiers for McKidd's suitability for the role. So naturally, Hollywood will cast someone with more bank at the box office. Mylie Cyrus, maybe. As Soap. (it's funny cuz she's a girl).
marc4det
why not make a movie like tears of the sun and call it call of duty
TheLittlePrince
The jargon ridden dialog makes it more authentic. That's all I have to say. I'm Oscar-mike.
imcool123
didn't they announce this like 2 years ago
SirCitadel
i didnt really like kev mckidd's voice. there were times i couldnt understand what he was saying. does anyone know who played allen? he only had a couple lines, but he sounds so familiar...
darkuest
there are actually working on a script for Army of Two, lol
hoof_hearted4
haha what about an Army of Two movie? if anything it would be funny haha
better yet, no movie, the wise cracks in the game work just fine, forget i said anything!!!
TheWarhamster
I'm just waiting for the implementation of mini mecha suits a la G.I. Joe...gotta love Hollywood. *sings* Hooray for Ho-o-lly-wood
BONERJAM
I've been a big COD fan since the begining but I could really careless about a COD movie. It would just like every other action movie ever made.
darkuest
@Holf - Yeah but don't you think that's a reason why they shouldn't make one. I mean i hope its good, but we wont know until they make it . Right. And most likely i still check it out though.
skyrlopez
i think they should focus on making the games more cinematic instead of making a movie, use the big production of hollywood and just make the game more epic!
LtCmdrChar
This is a bad idea considering that Modern Warfare 2 is essentially nothing more than one big homage to various war and action movies. Not to mention as it stands the plot just doesn't really flow, particularly the American missions where you save the two VIPs despite no indication you were going to be doing that before hand and what the significance of it was to the story. Then of course protecting the evac site of various transport vehicles only to EMP them all while they're still in range to "Win" the war on the homefront. Doesn't really make for a coherent game story let alone for a movie.
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