Carl2291 said:
MS will be paying a shit load of money toward the film probably... Plus he goes by "Dwayne Johnson" these days |
why would MS be paying money for this? they don't own the i.p. Epic does, all they did was publish the game. The deal for the movie is between epic and New Line (Warner Bros) and has nothing to do with MS.
I think the Rock would be a good Dom, but honestly, I think they need to change the Marcus character to be more human, so the Rock would be good if they did that.
With the game, they make marcus silent with a cheasy one liner here or there so the player can project themselves into the player and make it seem like they are part of the story. This works really well for a video game in which you are interacting with your enviroment and controlling the characters in your own way. However, with film the audience are merely observers looking in on a story, characters need a lot more depth because you aren't the ones shaping the story, the director is.
So, if they end up casting the Rock, I think that is a good sign that they are doing what they need to do to make his character viewable for cinema. There may be better actors, but The Rock can pull of some awesome action sequences which is what this movie will be about, so yeah, good cast.
