The film adapatation of Capcom’s shooter adventure game Lost Planet is reported (via Comingsoon.net) to cost between $150 to $200 million. In this interview with Toshihiro Tokumaru (head of characters contents business at Capcom) had more to say about the Warner Bros production:
The producer on the project is Avi Arad, producer of Spider-Man. I think that it is because of our original IPs that we are able to try something so ambitious. When the game creators at Capcom develop a game, they think about everything from the main characters to the setting, which makes it easy to bring our games to the big screen. In game-making, we consider the main character’s upbringing, interpersonal relationships, and their place in time. But in a game we can only show a cross-section of that. In Lost Planet for example, we can show the game’s protagonist on a distant planet fighting against various foes, but we can’t really show his interpersonal relationships. By developing that part of it on the movie screen, we can add substance to that world and expand it.
I remember playing the game and loving the style, but not being particularly drawn to the story. If they can capture the beautiful style of the game, I’m confident, with screenwriter David Hayter (Watchmen, X2), that they can bring the story to vibrant life. The film has no directors or actors attached, but its still a possibilty we can see the film in 2010.
Did you play Lost Planet? Do you want to see it adapted into a feature film?