APlayStation 2classic is finally about to receive some much-deserved love in a new adaptation, 10 years after news of the project first hit the internet.
Thank you in advanceto Total Film’s Fay Watsonfor the English-translated quotes!
Andy Muschietti, the director behindIt,It Chapter TwoandThe Flash,has just revealed to the Argentinianoutlet Radio TUthat hisShadow of the Colossusfilm adaptation is still very much alive and kicking.
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So, in short, Muschietti still wants to make the film and he has a script ready to go - but the issue is whether or not a project like this would be popular enough to receive the budget required to do it justice.
“Shadow of the Colossus is a cult game, but to make a good film there is a studio that puts the numbers and says how much it is worth to give the director 200, 150, or 100 million dollars,” he continued, “…I want them to give me 200 million, but this is another factor to take into account.”
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Personally, I thinkShadow of the Colossusisn’t quite popular enough to garner a 200 million dollar budget.
According to Dan Alder over on Levvel, the 2018 remake of the game has sold, at minimum, 1.2 million copies.
A success, most definitely, but enough of a success for a studio to risk pouring 200 million into an adaptation? I don’t see it, myself.
I would however love to be proven wrong, because I think aShadow of the Colossusfilm would need every penny of that budget. We’ll just have to wait and see if a studio wants to pick the film up somewhere down the line.
Topics:PlayStation,Sony
