Shadow of the Colossus-filmen

Vi har alle sammen enten set eller hørt om nogle af de forfærdelige sammenstød der er sket, når populære spil er blevet lavet til film - hvem husker ikke Alone in the Dark, House of the Dead eller Super Mario Bros.?

Derfor kan det også virke mere end en smule skræmmende når et filmstudie prøver at forvandle et følelsesladet spil som Shadow of the Colossus, hvor det bedste er alt det der ikke bliver sagt, til en filmproduktion der stadig ønsker at forblive tro mod spillet.

Alligevel lyder det i et nyt interview med Play Till Doomsday som om Misher Films, og producer Kevin Ping Chang har fat i den lange ende:

"For Colossus, beyond the cinematic quality of having Wander battling these sixteen colossi, we have to effectively translate that into a narrative that people are going to want to watch for two hours.  Without getting into the specifics of the script, that's a big challenge, especially for something so stark,"

Han fortæller yderligere hvordan de ønsker at gøre både Sony og Ueda-san til så stor en del af processens som muligt, således at filmen forbliver tro mod det roste spil:

"We are trying to repeat that transparent process with Sony and Team Ico... Sony Japan is very involved right now, we sit down with them whenever they are in town for things like E3. Sony America, we keep in contact with them once a month. As for Team Ico, we like to keep Ueda-san as best up to date as necessary. When we feel like we're comfortable with the product, we'll approach him and ask ‘is this something that speaks to your vision and your inspiration?"

"I think people realize the value of having the creator's involvement more nowadays. They obviously know the material the best.  We want Ueda's feedback as much as possible, especially in terms of knowing certain character's motivations for what they're doing, where the character is born, etc. With that information we can begin to build the movie."