Warner Bros. is again taking on the tricky task of adapting a popular video game for the big screen. This time, the studio has signed on to distribute a pic based on the Capcom hit Lost Planet, according to Daily Variety. Capcom is co-financing the movie, which voice actor David Hayter is writing after scripting director Zack Snyder’s and Warner Bros.’ adaptation of the Alan Moore graphic novel Watchmen. He also worked on the scripts for X-Men and X2: X-Men United.
Lost Planet is a third-person shooter produced by Keiji Inafune, the creator of the Mega Man and Onimusha series. The game takes place on a frigid planet dubbed E.D.N. III, where humans battle the monstrous inhabitants for T-ENG, the powerful energy source they produce. To aid them in their struggle, the human forces have designed mech suits that run on T-ENG.
The game debuted in Japan in late 2006 and hit retail in North America in early 2007. To date, the title has sold more than 2 million copies and is reportedly spawning a sequel. It follows fellow Capcom hits Resident Evil and Street Fighter to the screen. Capcom is producing a second version of Street Fighter with Hyde Park Ent., and has a live-action Onimusha feature set up at Paramount.
Former Marvel Ent. CEO Avi Arad is producing Lost Planet, along with Seaside Ent. partners Ari Arad and Steven Paul. The three recently set up a stereoscopic 3-D, live-action version of the anime classic Ghost in the Shell at DreamWorks with heavy involvement from Steven Spielberg.
