DOOM 3 Movie Update

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According to this Variety story throug Yahoo News, the original director of the upcoming DOOM movie has left the project "due to personal reasons". Replacing Enda McCallion will be Andrzej Bartkowiak, who previously directed movies like Cradle 2 the Grave, Exit Wounds and Romeo Must Die. Movie production is still scheduled to start mid-October.

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    September 10, 2004 7:13 AM

    Exit Wounds was bareable. Maybe they should hold off on these Video Game movies until GOOD directors are willing or available. Someone should murder UWE BOLL btw.

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      September 10, 2004 8:50 AM

      he's the next one on my list

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      September 10, 2004 8:51 AM

      They are making this movie on the cheap, which is why Bartkowiak is doing it. They are going with a director for hire, probably going to shoot the film in Toronto or Eastern Europe or something.

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        September 10, 2004 8:54 AM

        should be great!! Add in some budget, 2nd tier cgi imps and we're good to go!!

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          September 10, 2004 8:57 AM

          Then someone should make a machinima remake of the movie with the game so we have something better :p

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        September 10, 2004 10:27 AM

        Can we just clone David Fincher? Like, several times? What about Chris Cunningham? He would be perfect for this. Why would this be made 'on the cheap'?

        After this news, I'm waiting for the Duke Nukem movie to be the first decent video game/movie conversion... at least the game has a campy sense of humor fitting to the shitty quality of video game/movie adaptations.

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          September 10, 2004 10:29 AM

          No joke... I would urge id to pull out if they can.

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          September 11, 2004 7:58 AM

          The film is being made "on the cheap" because the people financing the film and the studios do not believe in top notch quality. They believe in making a passable film for as little money as possible, maximizing their profit margin. A filmmaker like the ones you mentioned would want much more control than producers or a studio would afford them. Do you realize how many projects those filmmakers turn down because they cannot see eye to eye with the people above them?

          Anyway, this film is being made on the cheap in eastern europe with a director for hire. That should tell enough about what level of quality you should expect. Consider anything more or better as a pleasent surprise.

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