Max Payne Movie Heads to Production

by Nick Breckon, Feb 04, 2008 9:46am PST

The Max Payne film is becoming a reality. According to production tracking site ProductionCharts.com, the cinematic adapation of Remedy Entertainment's popular shooter is set to start filming on March 2 in Toronto.

Director John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines, The Omen) will helm the picture, with actor Mark Wahlberg (pictured left) starring as Max Payne himself.

The flick will be filmed from freshman screewnriter Beau Thorne's pages. No story information has been leaked as of yet, leaving fans to wonder whether the movie's plot will closely resemble its source material.

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By: jad3d x Show Full Post

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This means only good things for me on xbox live.. My gametag?: "Mark Wahlberg"

Feb 04, 2008 4:21pm PST

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This means only good things for me on xbox live.. My gametag?: "Mark Wahlberg" : jad3d
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  Why the hell is that your gametag? : icannon
  - have you seen that guy? jesus christ he's dreamy. : bfzzzz

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By: hawke x Show Full Post

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Speaking of bad video game movies:

Check out the images attached to this:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400426/

Why would you even make that movie if you weren't going to do the Hawaiian shirt?

Feb 04, 2008 10:25am PST

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- oh man, it has Till Schweiger in the leading role !!! MIND = BLOWN : rookieone
- Uwe Boll??!! Nooooooooooo : Jedi_Dwight
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  HAHA Handsome Tom and Stuttering Craig are in the movie! : Vash108
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    its funny that craig is listed as having acted in something other than this movie too : Fish_Bulb
    - It looks like it was some video game expo movie or something. : Vash108
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  Anthony Bourdain ... Scientist That'll be interesting. : lyme
  - Not really. I was actually watching his show, and they had where he went and filmed it. It looked like he... : xZAO99x
  - http://shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50897 : Nick Breckon
- yeah but they have YURI!! : X-GOUKI

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By: pyide x Show Full Post

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so is the screenplay going to be close to either game or will it have nothing to do with them except names and themes like most video game > movie adaptations?

Feb 04, 2008 9:49am PST

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so is the screenplay going to be close to either game or will it have nothing to do with them except name... : pyide
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  asking that question is like answering it : derean
  - I'm going to use that, well said. : inition

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I just dont buy Marky mark and the funky bunch as a hard boiled detective ...needs more Michael Madsen

Feb 04, 2008 12:55pm PST

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I just dont buy Marky mark and the funky bunch as a hard boiled detective ...needs more Michael Madsen : cptstern
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- Never seen The Corruptor, huh? : Sideways Bob
- Lance Henriksen can be Max Payne thirty years in the future. : A Sponge
- Naw, he's about 20 years too old to play Max : Dave-A

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By: Silent Wolf x Show Full Post

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Odd choice for max, but the guy was great in shooter.

Feb 04, 2008 10:18am PST

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Odd choice for max, but the guy was great in shooter. : Silent Wolf
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From Felicia, read it in Max Payne's voice:
http://pics.notforjeff.com/work.htm

Feb 04, 2008 12:10pm PST

From Felicia, read it in Max Payne's voice: http://pics.notforjeff.com/work.htm : trOmblyj

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By: mysteryperfecta x Show Full Post

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What this movie needs to work is a fully surreal, noirish vibe a la Sin City. More likely, though, is the standard, B-movie action treatment.

Feb 04, 2008 9:54am PST

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- Hell make the whole movie full of scenes like the game, standing still with the graphic novel filter on j... : avatar_58

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By: Popedispencer x Show Full Post

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The truth split my skull open, a glaring green light washing the lies away. All of my past was just a synchronized dance routine, a big plastic cock signaling the end of the movie. I was Marky Mark. Funny as Hell, it was the most horrible thing I could think of.

Feb 04, 2008 11:18am PST

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The truth split my skull open, a glaring green light washing the lies away. All of my past was just a syn... : Popedispencer
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- Eh, not as good as RomSteady's. : Popedispencer

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By: RomSteady x Show Full Post

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The night was cold and damp, like a crystaline fungus hanging in the air, burrowing into your lungs and leaving you with a respiratory problem later in your life.

I'd just heard my name get called over the radio, followed by a language that could only be understood by a New York native, an assault on the senses just like an assault on the English language, where metaphors get shook down by similes for their lunch money and adverbs get pimped out for conjunctions on the corner of every sentence diagram.

I loaded my clip with bullets just like I loaded my glass with scotch...cheap and shamelessly.

Feb 04, 2008 9:56am PST

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- RomNoire! I love it. : David Craddock
- Bravo. This is excellent stuff. Would read again. : Bruzilla

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All I can hope for is that this movie is the impetus that gets us a third game in the series.

Also, that it comes out before the movie so the movie's suckage doesn't kill the project.

Feb 04, 2008 10:57am PST

All I can hope for is that this movie is the impetus that gets us a third game in the series. Also, th... : Strabo

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The production team behind this project is pretty meh, except for the writer-- Shawn Ryan is responsible for The Shield, which is a great show.

The rest of the team will have to deliver career-best work to make something really worthwhile. It is interesting that a couple of people in the art department are coming off The Incredible Hulk (Ed Norton's upcoming version).

Feb 04, 2008 10:10am PST

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  Is Shawn Ryan still attached to this project? I thought that was an earlier iteration. I hope he still... : mittense
  - His name is still listed on IMDB as a writer. I know that site isn't always 100% accurate, but we can ke... : mysteryperfecta
  - I don't think he is anymore. : K1Bond007

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By: carrioN luggagE x Show Full Post

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I can only see good things happening with this. Markie Mark will make a great Payne.

Feb 04, 2008 9:48am PST

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I can only see good things happening with this. Markie Mark will make a great Payne. : carrioN luggagE
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- Plus he is so dreamy. : Evil Benius

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Whoever ran that picture of Marky Mark through that photoshop filter:

Well done.

Feb 04, 2008 9:54am PST

Whoever ran that picture of Marky Mark through that photoshop filter: Well done. : Judecca

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