Our 10 Best Pitches For the Next Big Video Game Movie
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Sure, we all want to see Red Dead Redemption on the big screen. But what about Dig Dug as a horror movie?
Every once in a while, your friends at the Esquire Gamer Zone gather round the office water cooler and discuss the latest in the wide world of digitized adventures. (Full disclosure: there's no water cooler. We're all on Slack. We just miss the real world.) Inevitably, recent talk turned to Uncharted, the new film based on the PlayStation game of the same name, which sees Tom Holland play a pretty forgettable Nathan Drake.
Considering that Uncharted is the latest in Hollywood's never-ending quest to (further) monetize our favorite video games, we got to thinking about which console fixture might get the green light from a studio next. We all know that we'll see Chris Pratt Mario in the near-ish future, but shouldn't Red Dead Redemption's Arthur Morgan get his due? What about a Mario Party feature film that takes a page out of Saw's horrifying playbook? Here are the 10 best pitches we have for the next big video game movie. Hollywood? We'll take our consulting fees in cash, please.
A Red Dead Redemption movie is inevitable. It's one of the best stories in gaming history, plus we’re long overdue for a killer western flick. (No shade to Power of the Dog.) Hell, pick eitherRed Dead Redemption or Red Dead Redemption 2 and you’ve got a surefire hit. —C.S.
Now, there is an Animal Crossing movie, which exists under the title Dōbutsu no Mori. But it only released in Japan. I want a new Animal Crossing animated feature to destress—and maybe indulge in a little jazz cabbage before viewing. As long as Chris Pratt isn't voicing
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