Of DOOM and Movies

HomeLAN Fed has an interview with Doom movie scriptwriter Dave Callaham, which is currently in production over in Prague and set for a Fall 2005 release.

It's interesting that a movie based onDoom, the seminal first-person shooter that ushered in the age of network gaming, has already started generating heat in the player community. After all, its creator – John Carmack – has repeatedly expressed his contempt for any plotlines in his game.

Strangely, though, it may be the utter lack of storyline that helps turn this project into a successful movie. There are no pre-written rules or existing story structures to limit the filmmakers – other than one man must stand against the invading hordes from Hell. Make a simple change from man to woman (Sigourney Weaver) and hell hordes to aliens ("Aliens") and you have yourself a pretty decent franchise (if we can all agree that "Aliens 3" never happened. Sorry Roc.)

Here's a quick clip from the article:

(T)he Space Marine to be played by Karl Urban (best know as Eomer in the Lord of the Rings trilogy), is stationed along with his unit in a research base on an alien planet...In the movie he is reunited with his sister, a scientist on the based named Samantha (to be played by Die Another Day villainess Rosamund Pike).

They were separated after an accident that killed their parents…However, strange things are afoot on the base as alien monsters begin to appear and both brother and sister have to put aside their differences in order to survive.