Cannes (France) (AFP) - There was a time when a new video game adaptation was enough to silence critics of the cinema, but begins the most money at stake, to attract new talent level.
Videogame movies have an unworthy history in Hollywood, going back to the dark days of the 1990s, when derailments as "Super Mario Bros." with Bob Hoskins and "Street Fighter" with Jean-Claude Van Damme is stinking screen.
But to take the attraction a 1.8 billion of global players kept filmmakers drawing more, and new projects seems determined to meet the quality and success of superhero franchises.
Among the most promising projects is the "Splinter Cell", which has been in gestation for several years, but it is believed that the actor Tom Hardy, in action to "Mad Max: Fury Road" received cost is still attached.
The project has also director Doug Liman, the man behind the intelligent blockbusters "The Bourne Identity" and "Edge of Tomorrow" signed, although rumors suggest that could have left since.
Perhaps the most surprising game in the pipeline project is a film version of the popular "Assassin's Creed".
He Department - of all things - the new film "Macbeth" takes place in the competition for the Palme d'Or in Cannes, including stars Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard and Australian director Justin Kurzel.
It has a lot of buzz around the festival of film animation PlayStation "Ratchet and Clank" series with Sylvester Stallone and John Goodman supply votes.
Nöltner Edward, President of the Management Group of cinema in Cannes to promote the film, he said, it's always a good idea to take advantage of existing markets, especially for small independent companies.
"It's hard to build an audience from scratch, unless you're a large studio to spend $ 80 million production and $ 80 million in promoting" Nöltner told AFP.
"Ratchet and Clank" was "done and very strong fans base" with, he said, after he sold 27 million copies of the game in seven versions.
- A history of mediocrity -
Everything is far from the first video game adaptations, including Nadir to make films like "Double Dragon" and the films "Mortal Kombat". They have an average score of 14 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, including critical values.
Things began to look a little into the new century, the biggest stars have attracted large Checkout.
Angelina Jolie as "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" and repeated occurrences of Milla Jovovich in the series of "Resident Evil" generates a lot of money, even though critics were not convinced.
The successful adaptation of the sexes remains "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" in 2010, with Jake Gyllenhaal, which grossed $ 335 million worldwide.
But it still was not enough to justify its $ 200 million cost of the study eyes and Disney hopes a deductible have lost.
He was also criticized, although 36 percent of the grade of "rotten" on Rotten Tomatoes is actually the highest ever more for a videogame adaptation.
But the filmmakers will be hardly responsible for the search for a section of the video game industry in order expected to exceed $ 100 billion in sales in 2017, according to analysts Newzoo.
The main actors in the film industry expected to recreate the huge financial success they had with the adaptations of comics, and you think only hit the ball rolling.
Marvel said former chief Avi Arad in the past that he believes that video games are the next big thing, and developed a number of cross-over projects, including "Metal Gear Solid".
"I think the movie studios are bankers and filmmakers are risk takers, and somewhere in between we meet on the battlefield," gaming site Kotaku said in 2013.
"And now a video game movie goes through the ceiling ... it's what I've been through comics."
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