……And in some cases we need to forget they ever had a movie originally.
HALO
From the moment that Halo made its XBOX debut people have wanted an epic movie to match the epic game storyline. There have been rumors for years now of a movie, but that has yet to happen. Halo has the potential to make a series of epic movies if they so choose to. Can you imagine a trilogy of three hour long action movies based off this game? Bet that would be enough to give the coolest of geeks a boner.
GRAND THEFT AUTO
Add another to the list of games that had rumored movies that never happened. Can anyone remember a time when the movie was in talks to happen with Eminem in the lead role? Or at least that was the rumor. There is ton of potential in a GTA movie. While there is tons of material to work with, I’m sure the best way to go about a movie like this would be to do an original story with all the GTA game elements.
PUNCH OUT!
I’m not sure we will ever see another Rocky movie and that being the case leaves a giant hole in all of our souls. Punch Out could pack a lot of action, but with the cartoony characters it would be best to go the full on comedic route with this one. If you wanted to go the full nine yards with it, I’m pretty sure Mike Tyson isn’t doing much these days.
NINJA GAIDEN
Rest a sure a movie of this nature should be in the same vein as such ninja classics as Enter the Ninja. I just want more blood included. Ninja Gaiden has become a legendary game, if for nothing else how extremely difficult the damn thing was. Since many of us will never know the joy of beating Ninja Gaiden 1, 2, or even *shutter* 3, a movie would be a suitable replacement.
DOUBLE DRAGON
Yes, there was a movie. And, yes it did suck majorly. I’ve been running this site since 2009 and since day one I’ve been BEGGING someone to make a Double Dragon movie and do it in a nice R rated/blood soaked glory. I never liked part 3, but I feel movies based off Double Dragon 1 and 2 would be an awesome one-two punch. Just please do me one favor, as much as I loved Double Dragon Neon and its comedic satire glory, please don’t bring that vibe to a movie.
FINAL FIGHT
Speaking of great “beat-em up” games, Final Fight was my second favorite behind Double Dragon. This game features the cool wrestler/governor (not Jesse Venture) Mike Hagger and friends going on what the movie would call a roaring rampage of revenge on the streets, in the subway, and in steel cages. What better way to honor that than with a live action movie of the same stuff?
BAD DUDES
Rounding out what we could call a trilogy of awesome is Bad Dudes! Again, another game that had the same format as Double Dragon and Final Fight, but this time we have two bad dudes trying to save the president from ninjas! That makes three awesome games that could make equally as awesome movies. Will someone PLEASE get started on this??
CASTLEVANIA
Well, vampires are IN these days right? Regardless if that ship has sailed or not, this game could make a super movie with a very gothic overtone. The Belmonts have been battling Dracula and his dark army for centuries, or in video game years that would be decades. Since 1986 we’ve helped a Belmont destroy Dracula and in some cases resurrect him just to kill him again! Doesn’t that sound like the stuff classic movies are made of?
SUPER MARIO BROTHERS
Once again we have a great game that had a movie we would rather forget about and just start from scratch. Especially with the technology we have today, Super Mario Brothers, could be a pretty gnarly HD 3D adventure. Maybe we could go as far as to even hint that the princess might be sleeping with an evil giant turtle behind Mario’s back.
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA
If Lord of the Rings was a little too boring for your taste, Zelda could be what the doctor ordered. The adventures of Link could be grand from start to finish and the stories need to be told in live action ways that fanboys and girls just can’t honor in their fan made movies with their cardboard swords and green screens.
