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Thursday
19Nov2009

Brad Pitt Aquires Rights to 'Dark Void' Video Game

DateThursday, November 19, 2009 at 8:25PM
Here's another big get for Brad Pitt's Plan B production company: Pitt will produce and star in an adaptation of the Capcom video game Dark Void. Plan B has teamed up with Reliance Big Pictures, an Indian financing outlet, to possibly turn Dark Void into a franchise.

The kicker in all this might be that Pitt will star in at least the first film, according to Variety's coverage, although if he goes for more, it will be his first series since the Ocean's movies. It is probably more important to Pitt the producer than Pitt the actor to establish the franchise, so his presence in the first film might have been a concession or he could genuinely like the idea as a movie star.

The game won't be released until January, and follows a pilot who crashes his plane in the Bermuda Triangle "and wakes up to find himself in an alternate world resembling a primitive earth where aliens with superior technology are planning to take over civilization."

Hey cool: A Bermuda Triangle movie. So much potential there, in my opinion. I don't know that this is it - I'm not really fascinated with the aliens-on-primitive-Earth angle - but I'm glad there's some plot that involves one of the great conspiracy-driven mysteries of the modern world.

And with Pitt on board as a producer and star, I would imagine this would be a great project for a sci-fi director on the rise. The line forms to the left.

AuthorColin Boyd | | in , , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment2 Comments |

Reader Comments (2)

This was so odd finding this out on the video game forums/blogs I read. Yeah, what an odd fit for this "franchise" but I'm glad that at least there's some A-list talent that might be interested in making this into an actual sci-fi film, not just another crummy adaptation- I'm looking at you Resident Evil 4, Castlevania, Silent Hill 2, Tekken, King of Fighters and that Kane & Lynch movie which may or may not be happening.

Typing that list made me real sad just right now.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterVince

Kane & Lynch is expected to shoot next year, I think, and Bruce Willis is still involved. That's something, at least.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 | Registered CommenterColin Boyd

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