Video Gameadaptations haven’t traditionally fared quite well at the box office, but that could all change in the next few years, with high-profile, big-budget movies such asAssassin’s Creed.The Tracking Boardhas word that 20th Century Fox is developing another video game adaptation, based on the hit 1980s Nintendo gameMega Man. The studio is teaming up with producer Peter Chernin’s Chernin Enertainment for this new project.
Originally entitledRock Manfor its Japanese release,Mega Mandebuted for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1987, developed by Capcom. In theoriginal game, the title character was created by a man named Dr. Light, who was to become his lab assistant. The doctor was betrayed by Dr. Wily, who stole Dr. Light’s work and made evil robot with special weapons to take over the world. This lead to Dr. Light modifying his lab assistant into a battle droid with armor and a cannon, giving him the new title ofMega Man.
AfterMega Mandefeats Wily’s evil robots, he gains the ability to mimic their weapons, which comes in handy since several enemies are often vulnerable to other villain’s weapons. There have been 10 games released in the main series, with a number of spinoffs and collections being released in the years that followed. Most recently, Digital Eclipse Software released theMega Man Legacy Collectionfor PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows and Nintendo 3DS.
Peter Chernin is producing theadaptation, withDavid ReadyandMichael Finferoverseeing for Chernin Entertainment andMike IrelandandRyan Horriganoverseeing for 20th Century Fox. This news comes just a few weeks after a report thatNintendois considering making movies based on their popular video game characters for the first time since the box office disasterSuper Mario Bros.in 1993. This project doesn’t exactly confirm that report to be true, since Capcom developed the game for Nintendo.
Mega Manis just the latest in a slew of adaptations of classic games that have been announced recently.Dwayne Johnsonis attached to star inRampage, while aminiseriesbased on the game franchiseCastlevaniawas also recently announced. What do you think aboutMega Mancoming to the big screen?
