Escapist gives us this dire warning:
There are rumors that Universal, the studio that owns the movie rights to the Doom games, is planning a big screen reboot, barely six years after the original movie came out. The 2005 movie starred Karl Urban and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as part of a futuristic military team sent to investigate a distress call from a Martian outpost.
And that 2005 film flopped hard. One bit that everyone but me seemed to geek over is that idiot’s idea of having a first person shooter POV scene late in the film. Doom (the film) I thought had a lot going for it as some creature feature designs go but they were too few and I wonder where all the budget went. The film overall was a crapfest.
Today I stumbled on this news. Now, if it was a DTV effort maybe…they could get away with it. But a PG-13 Doom? Big budget? On a game that – well let’s just say it may have paved road for many a game, but it is past its prime. I don’t think the studio is that serious- but you never know.
Anyone want a DOOM redo?
