Is Nintendo ready for Hollywood to make movies with its properties again?

Is Nintendo ready for Hollywood to make movies with its properties again?

No one is more protective of there gaming properties than Nintendo!

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By Spock - Mar 29, 2010 06:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Video Games
Source: Yahoo

Well Hollywood is at it again with video game movies. Notably Resident Evil is the best video game brought to the silver screen.

There seems to be no end to Hollywood's madness with video games movies. The flop of a movie Super Mario Brothers 1993 starting John Leguizamo, Bob Hopkins, & Dennis Hopper was suppose to be Nintendo's gateway to the big screen, but sadly it hit rock bottom at the box office. Total Domestic gross is $20,915,465 since 1993, (Super Box Mojo).

Nintendo North America President Reggie Fils-Aime stated:
There have been certain [people] that we have talked in more detail with. But I think in the end, because we are a content company and are passionate about our franchises, it will be few and far between that actual deals are done to bring our franchises to life in a different way. These are our children.


It appears that some time ago Director Jon Woo who brought us Face Off & Mission Impossible II wanted to do Metroid.

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Wadey09
Wadey09 - 3/29/2010, 6:24 PM
hey, if i can't see Halo, i'll go see Metroid!
tazmaniak
tazmaniak - 3/29/2010, 6:24 PM
I wouldn't mind seeing some Nintendo films.Some would be live action, while others obviously should be CG.

Metroid
Mario Bros.
Starfox
Legend of Zelda
Donkey Kong
ThisFan
ThisFan - 3/29/2010, 6:25 PM
i read this the other day and thought it was interesting but i can understand why they dont want them turned into movie but in the next 10 years we will have real video game movies that are good and they will change there minds
Winterborn
Winterborn - 3/29/2010, 6:29 PM
Metroid would be awesome to see,as long as they have some slo-mo laser fights I am good. The only other series that would work would be legend of zelda because it is a pretty straight forward save a princess, grow an man story. Mario Bros would be horrible because seeing someone with Mario's accent would make me laugh too hard to even watch the movie.
P862010
P862010 - 3/29/2010, 7:44 PM
LOZ would be an epic trilogy if done right
bleedthefreak
bleedthefreak - 3/29/2010, 8:07 PM
@Anil Rickly after what you just said the words jizzed in my pants came to mind. that would be [frick]ing amazing
claybo4131
claybo4131 - 3/29/2010, 8:13 PM
Zelda should be made (not like that April Fools Trailer or the Hero of Time wannabe movie)

I dont think Zelda should be kidnapped, Zelda kidnapped 3 times would turn audiences off, have her fight side by side with Link I think. Dont base Zelda off of one particular game, I know people would want Ocarina of Time as a movie, but if you have several elements of all or most of the Zelda games, that would work. Zelda if done right, would be a top 5 box office grosser of the year type of movie.

For a cast, best way for Link and Zelda are not so well knowns looking for a breakthrough role.

I like Daniel Day-Lewis as Ganondorf, and if they do a second movie, Liam Neeson would be a kick a$$ Agnihm.

As for Metroid, I always pictured Charlize Theron as Samus Aron, but if anyone can think of anyone else feel free.

Best idea if they do Zelda or Metroid, KEEP IT OUT OF UWE BOLLS HANDS
claybo4131
claybo4131 - 3/29/2010, 8:16 PM
Zelda should be made (not like that April Fools Trailer or the Hero of Time wannabe movie)

I dont think Zelda should be kidnapped, Zelda kidnapped 3 times would turn audiences off, have her fight side by side with Link I think. Dont base Zelda off of one particular game, I know people would want Ocarina of Time as a movie, but if you have several elements of all or most of the Zelda games, that would work. Zelda if done right, would be a top 5 box office grosser of the year type of movie.

For a cast, best way for Link and Zelda are not so well knowns looking for a breakthrough role.

I like Daniel Day-Lewis as Ganondorf, and if they do a second movie, Liam Neeson would be a kick a$$ Agnihm.

As for Metroid, I always pictured Charlize Theron as Samus Aron, but if anyone can think of anyone else feel free.

Best idea if they do Zelda or Metroid, KEEP IT OUT OF UWE BOLLS HANDS
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 3/29/2010, 8:43 PM
claybo4131
claybo4131 - 3/29/2010, 8:57 PM
Mario is 1A in worse movies ive ever seen. 1B is Teeth (yes the teeth in the vagina movie)

the Mario movie had 3 directors for the record
claybo4131
claybo4131 - 3/29/2010, 9:20 PM
I dont think Zelda should be based off of one game, dont plit it like LOTR as 3 parts for 1 movie, have Zelda be a hero with Link in a way. Everyone has their own Zelda storyline, but the right storyline, writer, director (NOT UWE BOLL) and cast would make it epic
invalensname
invalensname - 3/30/2010, 1:26 AM
Super Mario Bros is the best movie ever. It was robbed of an Oscar. To make up for this, it should win an award every year, in every category.
Mixbreed
Mixbreed - 3/30/2010, 5:12 AM
Zelda and Metroid...yes please. And definitley make zelda similar (screen play and feel) to LOTR. Metroid...umm.....have no clue lol
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 3/30/2010, 6:51 AM
a cgi starfox would be awesome!
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 3/30/2010, 6:53 AM
and for zelda, none of the games follow any real timeline. most of them are stand alone stories. thats why in most zelda games its like Link is starting fresh, and doesn't have any real idea of what is going on. so a Zelda movie wouldn't need to follow any one game in particular, it could be its own stand alone story.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 3/30/2010, 7:30 AM
METROID and ZELDA!!! ; D
claybo4131
claybo4131 - 3/30/2010, 7:51 AM
Yes Zelda should be its own stand alone storyline with elements of all/or a lot of the games. Gotta have Ganondorf as the main villian.
Osiris
Osiris - 3/30/2010, 10:02 AM
Resident Evil is not the best Video Game movie, it strays so far from the source it's retarded, the best ones so far would have to be Silent Hill and Hitman, but I think Prince of Persia is going to change the way VGM's are made.

The RE movies need a reboot already, hopefully the rumors are true and after this 4th flick they will Reboot.
MisterJoshua
MisterJoshua - 3/30/2010, 11:17 AM
The Mario Brothers movie, in my opinion, was one of the sadest cases in film history: They had great source material and an outstanding cast...


...too bad they couldn't put the two together in the same film.


I mean, C'MON, you have Leguizamo, Hoskins (knock, knock Spock...he's not Hopkins, that would be Sir Anthony) and Hopper in the same film...something good should have come from that, but didn't.


If Nintendo is gunshy about letting their properties come back to the big screen...I can see why.
Ven0m
Ven0m - 3/30/2010, 11:19 AM
Redo do Mario Bros. and I definately want to see a Live Action Zelda.
Spock
Spock - 3/30/2010, 11:55 AM
@ Misterjoshua it was a typo, i will get it fixed thanks, but its Bob Hoskins!
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/30/2010, 12:04 PM
metroid & zelda should get made into a film,didn't the original metal gear solid appear on the 8 bit nintendo.
punkazzINC
punkazzINC - 3/30/2010, 12:07 PM
@Star - you most certainly lost cool points there. That guy with glasses sucks monkey nuts. He's worse than Dane Cook, and that's saying something.

For any who haven't seen it yet...
Spock
Spock - 3/30/2010, 1:02 PM
@ Punkazzinc that last years April fools on IGN!
WheelJack
WheelJack - 3/30/2010, 1:40 PM
ozy was right....

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Bandrews1
Bandrews1 - 3/30/2010, 1:51 PM
I would to see them do The Legend of Zelda, if they can do it justice.
Stumblin
Stumblin - 3/30/2010, 2:23 PM
Enough with the MSPoint bull shit, it's a pyramid scheme and illegal. Enjoy having your XBOX Live account revoked and possibly legal action taken upon you.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 3/30/2010, 2:35 PM
I would see a more prototypical version of the Super Mario Bros. But as a Pixar style animated movie, live action didn't work so well.
claybo4131
claybo4131 - 3/30/2010, 3:39 PM
April Fools 2 years ago not last year, it was 2 years ago and I did call IGN about it
SoulAllFlush
SoulAllFlush - 3/30/2010, 5:53 PM
can't think of any good Nintendo games to turn into films

well, Mario might work - but it would be a case of another film that deviates from the game again.
WhiteInuyasha
WhiteInuyasha - 4/10/2010, 12:02 PM
they could do Kid icarus in cgi, Metroid in cgi and live action, hell they could TRY redoing Captain N and the power team in CGI(too goofy for live action), Zelda Def in live action (Ocarina, Mask , and work in Twilight princess too for good trilogy), Megaman would be good live action if its done right. and for laffs do BUMP in Jump as a car action movie lol! and what ever happened to Spy Hunter with Dwayne johnson?
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