The Rock Is Turning "One Of The Biggest Most Badass Games" Into A Movie
For years, it was a widely held belief that video games don't make good movies, and movies don't make good video games. There was the odd exception, but for the most part, gamers would peek through gaps in their fingers when seeing what a big Hollywood studio had done to their favorite game. See Super Mario Bros, Assassin's Creed, and a hell of a lot in between for all the examples of that you will ever need.
The last few years may have proved that is no longer the case. Detective Pikachu, Sonic the Hedgehog, even the newest Mortal Kombat have all been pretty well-received. That appears to have sparked more projects, including TV shows, as Mass Effect, The Last Of Us, and Fallout are all coming to non-gaming audiences in the future. Now The Rock has revealed he plans on adding to that growing pile of projects.
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The Rock revealed his upcoming video game adaptation during an interview with Men's Journal. “We’re going to bring one of the biggest, most badass games to the screen—one that I’ve played for years,” Rock revealed. What the former WWE Superstar couldn't reveal was what game it will be. However, he did promise to “do right by our gamer friends”, whatever that might mean.
Rock's reveal was prompted when he was asked what's next for him after Black Adam. Now speculation on what game or series of games The Rock is currently working on can begin. The comment that he has been playing it for years suggests it's a game that's a part of a series or has a lot of sequels. Rock's a busy guy and probably isn't the type to go back and play the same game over and over again.
It could be a Call Of Duty movie. There was a movie spinoff of the long-running
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