Ghost of Tsushima's John Wick Link Can Kill The Video Game Movie Curse
The upcoming adaptation of Ghost of Tsushima will be helmed by John Wick director Chad Stahelski, and this could help kill the curse of video game movies. Set during the samurai era, Ghost of Tsushima debuted for video game consoles in July 2020 and was an instant smash. With its reception and strong sales, a Ghost of Tsushima movie seems to have been inevitable, but the man attached as director is perhaps the most exciting part of all.
Chad Stahelski, a former stunt man and extremely well-versed martial artist, is best-known for his work on the John Wick franchise. Co-directing the original John Wick with his fellow alumni of the stunt world David Leitch, the movie became a solid hit in late 2014. Stahelski returned to direct John Wick: Chapter 2 and John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum, as well as John Wick: Chapter 4, set to be released on March 24, 2023.
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The John Wick movies are among the most acclaimed action films of the modern age. Anchored by Keanu Reeves and growing to an outright competitor for The Expendables, theJohn Wick franchise has become a genuine action movie powerhouse. With Stahelski's pedigree in directing the series, this not only bodes very well for Ghost of Tsushima itself (which Takashi Doscher has also boarded as screenwriter) but possibly even for video game movies all around.
For decades, video game movies have been looked upon as the nadir of adaptations of any source material. Whether it's Super Mario Bros., Bloodrayne, or the admittedly entertaining Street Fighter, video game movies have an infamous stigma attached to them. That being said, their fortunes have been looking up in more recent days, with the Sonic The
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