Report: Heavy Rain Movie Deal Almost Done

by Brian Leahy, May 19, 2010 7:00pm PDT

Related Topics – Heavy Rain, PlayStation 3, movie

Deadline.com (via Kotaku) is reporting that Unique Features is near closing a deal to purchase the film rights to Quantic Dreams' PlayStation 3 game Heavy Rain.

The game's cinematic storytelling and use of real actors makes it an easy choice for film adaptation. An auction for the rights was set up by Hollywood talent agency CAA on behalf of Quantic Dream.

This does not guarantee that a movie will ever come to be or even what form it would take, but it is the first step in the process. Personally, I wonder how much of the magic of Heavy Rain would be preserved in a non-interactive medium

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Like anything will become of this anyway. They grab the movie rights for everything... just look at http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/63781.

May 19, 2010 9:13pm PDT

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Like anything will become of this anyway. They grab the movie rights for everything... just look at http:... : TrustAvidity
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- Okay, good point, but they're actually really working on and spending money on a Battleship adaptation. B... : vodor

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Stripping the interactivity out of this story would just leave a pretty average movie behind.

May 19, 2010 7:38pm PDT

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Stripping the interactivity out of this story would just leave a pretty average movie behind. : Arceihn
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  A thousand times this. Heavy Rain as a movie makes for a pretty decent B-grade murder mystery. But pla... : pzoned
  - Tell that to Roger Ebert. : PlayfulPuppy
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  You could say the exact same thing about any of Tarantino's plots. It's all in the execution. : Freezerr85
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    Tarantino's movies are interactive? : radioactivez0r
    - The plots of his movies are simple, rehashed, B-grade stories. : Freezerr85

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Ugh. So dumb. A game like Heavy Rain is almost a movie anyways. Making a movie of it is just redundant and unnecessary.

May 19, 2010 7:34pm PDT

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This game looks more realistic than real life.

May 19, 2010 7:19pm PDT

This game looks more realistic than real life. : razor851

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