Constantin Sets September Shoot for Paul W.S. Anderson’s “Monster Hunter”

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Capcom’s Monster Hunter franchise is coming to the big screen, courtesy of Constantin and filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson, who wrote, directed, and produced many of the Resident Evil movies. Milla Jovovich will also be starring in this one.

“Monster Hunter” is based, like “Resident Evil,” on a Capcom property. On Wednesday the Japanese developer and game publisher announced that “Monster Hunter: World” is its best-selling game of all time, shipping 7.9 million copies since its late January release. “Monster Hunter” is envisioned as a film series: “We are in the business of brand creation,” Moszkowicz said.
 
Predictions:

30% on Rotten Tomatoes
Fails hard in the US
Multiple Razzie nominations
Makes bank in China and Japan
The Jovovich/Anderson jobs program marches on...
 
Why does this guy get all the video game franchise licenses? Or is it just the ones nobody else sees any potential in developing?
 
In before hollywood destroys another game movie because they don't understand that Games/Anime don't translate to live action in the slightest.
 
oldmanbal said:
Still ridin' that 5th element buzz 20+ years later
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Luc Besson made The Fifth Element, not Paul W.S. Anderson.
deton8 said:
Why does this guy get all the video game franchise licenses? Or is it just the ones nobody else sees any potential in developing?
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It's Capcom. Anderson may have right of first refusal with Capcom properties due to the success of the Resident Evil films. The only other video game property he made into a movie was the first Mortal Kombat film.
 
I didn't even see Milla mentioned in the post, but one advantage of being married to a director is you get to be in all their films.
 
deton8 said:
Wow, really? Never heard of this movie but I'll definitely check it out now.
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Bare in mind, it not officially tied or based off EL or have I seen anything online mentioning it, it's just my theory, but I believe EL inspired this film as there are a few elements share between the two works.
 
Dekoth-E- said:
In before hollywood destroys another game movie because they don't understand that Games/Anime don't translate to live action in the slightest.
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I've played over 2k hours of Monster Hunter. You can't really destroy it...the game has absolutely Zero Plot/story that fans like me would cry foul over. What Monster Hunter delivers is pure gameplay. Take your favorite third person shooter, take the hardest boss in that game, multiply it by 5, and make it so that you HAVE to hit specific area's of that boss, and you have Monster Hunter. Monster Hunter imho is one of the evolution of skill required to play video games. It's also not very friendly until World came out. World is stupidly easy, but it's a BEAUTIFUL game, and I"m currently HR 340 in it.
 
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trentchau said:
I've played over 2k hours of Monster Hunter. You can't really destroy it...the game has absolutely Zero Plot/story that fans like me would cry foul over. What Monster Hunter delivers is pure gameplay. Take your favorite third person shooter, take the hardest boss in that game, multiply it by 5, and make it so that you HAVE to hit specific area's of that boss, and you have Monster Hunter. Monster Hunter imho is one of the evolution of skill required to play video games. It's also not very friendly until World came out. World is stupidly easy, but it's a BEAUTIFUL game, and I"m currently HR 340 in it.
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I wouldn't issue that challenge to Hollywood if I were you. I think you vastly underestimate their ability to fuck something up.
 
Dekoth-E- said:
I wouldn't issue that challenge to Hollywood if I were you. I think you vastly underestimate their ability to fuck something up.
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Lol, I have a super power that some people don't seem to have. The fact that I realize a franchise's failure in one form of media doesn't kill or change my opinion of it in another form of Media :) Doom is still enjoyable to me despite that heaping pile of shit that was the 2004 Movie. Though Rosumund Pike is Extreme hot to me :)
 
Don't bother trying out. He doesn't hold auditions.

He just casts his wife in his shitty movies, and somehow still makes plenty of money on them.
 
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