GOD OF WAR Movie Tricky Says Video Game Writer

It cant be that hard can it? there making hercules for god sake just do that but with kratos,just add gods and monsters

He has a point. Different actor, and different voice. It might throw ppl off.

I reckon Djimon Hounsou would nail it!

He's got the acting chops, screen presence and voice that i'd believe under the name 'Kratos'

I know he's 49, but he's in great shape....if the actor is fit, i believe the age can be ignored. Plus 'Kratos' isn't exactly a young man...he's an experienced warrior and father.

Don't bite my head off if disagree, just an opinion from a fan.

As incredible an actor as Djimon Hounsou is, I dont want to see him as Kratos. It might just be a historical dork things, but the Spartans were supposed to be from the Dorians, a group of people from the northern parts of greece, even up into Macedonia. Which before the Turkish invasion of that land, was comprised mostly of lilly white people. He's an awesome actor, but personally it would throw me off. Besides, I want him to play Black Panther!

Same shit they said about halo being a movie now look what happend they made a two direct two translations with a animated movie halo legends and the web series halo forward unto dawn now their planning a tv series so if they can do that im sure they can do god of war

@Ocelot And yet Silent Hill 2 was so shitty!!!!!!!! Still pissed about that one.

I never understand when people say why would you want to see what you see in a game or comic translated from it because you already know what is going to happen etc.

I think it's the best way to go for Gamers or Comic readers rather than making changes or alterations to a known story for the big screen. People who are Gamers & Comic readers want to see something they like or favourite played out in Live action with real casts / effects etc & there really is no need to alter some / certain aspects of a games or comics story for film because the general audience probably won't have played games or read comics, so therefore, they don't even really know what happens anyways in the first place to begin with so just stick to source or as close to.

I understand in making slight changes or alterations if it's something people really feel the general audience are 'that stupid' & won't get or are confused by, but if it's already simple enough to start with, leave it as is.

I'd love for Gears of War & Halo to get movies. Personally, I don't think you'd have to change anything from Gears of Wars Game stories for the general audience, the story / plot is pretty straight forward & easy enough to follow, but there is an absolute LOT from those games that would look great cinematically.

Halo on the other hand or Mass Effect, I can understand may be a bit confusing for 'some' of the general audience to follow or understand, so movies about those would have to have some slight alterations to make it easier for the general audience to understand & follow along.


I like the way superman7 has broken down the way they could adapt the God of War games to the big screen & that's the kind of formula they should use for games that are a franchise or have more than one game.

I'd put the film versions in chronological order though, I hate it when developers start doing Prequel games for things, so, Gears of War for example, first movie would have to be based on Judgment, then Gears of War, then 2, then 3.

And then obviously you'd have to put the Halo films in the right order of 1, 2, 3, 4, ODST & Reach.


If people started taking Videogame adaptations as seriously now as people are with CBM adaptations, I can't see why Games to Movies can't work if done properly, but Directors & Hollywood like to [frick] things up by going with what THEY think is right & what THEIR vision is & that's what destroys most Game to Movie adaptations IMO.

Killzone is also another gaming Franchise I think would look great on the big screen too if also done correctly.

Infamous could have been good for movie making too but I'm not liking the looks of the new one coming to PS4 & don't think I'd be interested in seeing that one getting turned into a movie, but we'll see after I've played it.

Oh yeah, don't get me wrong Levi, of course things would have to be condensed, but that would all just be about picking the right parts to cut out so that the movie would still flow well.

Like when they get to Gears of War movie 3, you couldn't just cut out the Dom stuff.

Whoever would be cast as Dom needs to nail the sadness of his discovery in the 2nd film & really needs to make you feel come the 3rd film.

Same could be said for the Tai stuff as well.

Few heart wrenching / Tear jerker moments from the games that just NEED to be included in film adaptations that you just couldn't cut out.


Also, I think some of the rig defending scenes & all out battles would look magnificent on the big screen with the right effects company behind everything.

TMW1987

I agree about the Dom stuff, not so much with Tai. Love Tai but he's not as important as the Big 4. But yea you have to keep the Dom stuff. First time I cried in a video game,



DON'T BE A HERO DOM!!!!!!

I think a Dead Space movie would be great & could work.

Man, I would LOVE for them to reboot the Resident Evil series! I hear they're ending the Paul Anderson series(which is great!) so if they ever decide to reboot, make it as scary as RE 1-4.

Um... if you can make a movie based around cars that can come to life, you can make anything

Jason Mamoa should play Kratos

let David Jaffe direct this movie

I think the biggest challenge from the game is that Kratos is alone throughout most of it. They'd have to give him some characters to talk to every now and then, or else the movie would risk coming off as dull.

@ SupermarioworldE - My thoughts exactly. have him talking to Athena or maybe the ghost of his daughter or brother or something.