The videogame Max Payne is a superbly visual and immersive game, as you play you just feel you’re in a modern day film noir movie, and therefore it’s just perfect for a movie adaptation. That’s exactly what 20th Century Fox have thought too, from The Hollywood Reporter through Coming Soon:
Producer Scott Faye of Collision Entertainment has teamed up with Firm Films head Julie Yorn to turn Max Payne, the action video game franchise, into a feature film for 20th Century Fox, says The Hollywood Reporter.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, and now hunted by cops and the mob. Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. The movie will focus on the origin of the vigilante character.
It’s a brilliant game and a fantastically crafted storyline. It really does pull the old fifties cop feel together with some modern effects, like bullet time, and violence, perfect. Yet they haven’t just relied on the violence factor, they made it real rather than completely over the top gore-fest. It’s a great fun game, and I think it has huge potential for a movie version.
What do you think? I know there are loads of fans out there of the Payne series, and I’m sure that they’ll turn to the screen version too. Will you?
