Via: The Escapist
The very vague plot is that Dante is killing demons to avenge his mother’s murder, and that’s pretty all we’ve got so far. It’s not clear whether this it’s the original Dante, or the new Dante from Ninja Theory’s reboot, that we’re talking about either. It could even be some new Dante designed just for the movie.
I feel a strong wave of apprehension whenever I find out a videogame franchise that I enjoy is being adapted into a film, and usually with good reason. It doesn’t help that when you find out details like this nugget of information.
Reports say that Screen Gems has hired screenwriter Kyle Ward to create the script. Ward does not have a lot of big action movies – which a Devil May Cry film is almost certainly going to be – on his resume. In fact, he doesn’t have a lot of anything on his resume, having only written one feature film before. He must have impressed someone though, as aside from DMC, he’s also been hired to write the script for the Kane & Lynch movie
I’ve thought the dearth of information regarding the Kane and Lynch movie meant that the movie tripped up and stumbled into production hell, but I guess that this is also some type of pseudo confirmation that wheels are turning behind the scenes if Kyle Ward is getting hired to do more work with videogame adaptations.
Devil May Cry could be a ridiculously fun movie to watch in the hands of the right people. The over the top action used with Dante’s aresenal of guns, magic, and overtly large blades could make for some wonderfully interesting and entertaining cinema. It’s probably safe to assume that there will be some, arguably, needed changes to stories/characters when it makes it’s way through production. How do you good folks feel about this news?
