Eternal Darkness: The Movie!

[Captain Vegetable]

Nintendo of America Inc. and Hypnotic, a New York and Los Angeles-based branded entertainment company, will collaborate to bring Nintendo’s popular Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem video game title to new heights through the development of motion picture and television projects. Hypnotic will spearhead all TV and film development, financing, production and distribution rights for the property, from hiring the writers to brokering studio commitments and distribution deals.

Hypnotic understands the power of the Eternal Darkness brand as it produced the successful Eternal Darkness Filmmaking Competition, in 2001 and 2002, to promote the release of the game. Hypnotic chairman, Liz Hamburg, has worked with Nintendo throughout her career and brings her deep understanding of the entertainment and gaming industries to the table to help propel the brand into the filmed entertainment space.

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, gaming’s first true psychological thriller, received the 'Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story' award at the 2003 Interactive Achievement Awards. "The characters in this game are extremely complex and story is truly dynamic," says Gail Tilden, vice president, Brand Management, Nintendo of America, Inc. "We’re looking forward to working hand-in-hand with Hypnotic to bring this exciting and innovative entertainment property to an even broader audience."

"We are thrilled to once again work with Nintendo to extend this brand and its powerful story to the masses," says David Bartis, CEO, Hypnotic. "We are eager to get the project started and to leverage our relationships in both the entertainment and marketing worlds to propel Eternal Darkness onto yet another entertainment platform."

Hypnotic’s current projects include the development of their latest television series, "The O.C." to air on FOX, the Terry Tate, Office Linebacker original film series and commercials for Reebok, The Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival, Toyota’s Scion Screening Series, and numerous development deals leveraging its talent pool and immense short film library.

Taken from www.Nintendo.com

[Despair]

I just hope they use better compression software so the movie wont be pixely as the game

[Captain Vegetable]

Originally posted by Despair
I just hope they use better compression software so the movie wont be pixely as the game

I have no idea what the Hell you're talk...wait a minute, yes I do. I nearly forgot who I was talking to.

Reguardless of how excellent Nintendo preforms, you'll never admit to it. Eternal Darkness was a solid game in all areas. That fact that you can't simply enjoy it, and need to make reasons up to not like it is sad.

[Despair]

ED was a DECENT game. I had fun playing SOME of it, but its nowhere as great as many people HYPE it to be.

[Ste-Von]

I loved ED. It played much better than the stale old gameplay of RE or Silent Hill, the story was cool, and the sound was incredible. This could make an awesome movie if done right.

[Despair]

How much different forom "stale" as called it, gameplay of RE or SH it really was? I for one didnt find it scarry at all. It was faster moving game, which relied on action. But with recharging magic, fighting monsters became extremely easy, and I never really felt in danger of dying, since I could always cast protection and healing spells. Plus the fact that the game FORCED you to go through exactly the same long event TWICE(something that even RE with its well known backtracking moments havent done), made it less entertaining. Sanity was more of a gimmick, than something that made the game better.

I still liked the game, but again its not as great as too many people make it to be.

Still, I hope that the movie will be good.

[Drewbacca]

Originally posted by Despair
ED was a DECENT game. I had fun playing SOME of it, but its nowhere as great as many people HYPE it to be.

Much like DMC.

[BioMechanic]

I've no doubt that ED: The Movie will be much better than the game. The game's insanity effects were purely cinematic, and any filmmaker worth his/her salt will have great fun using them to fool around with the audience - a simulated film-break, for example...oh the possibilities....

I thought ED was an okay game, but the best thing about it by far was the story, so I think it's got the potential to be a very good film.

[Despair]

Well, If you think so well, good for ya

Would be pointless to arguing here, but DMC deserved the hype, where ED didnt.

[Drewbacca]

I was just yanking your chain, but DMC is a little bit overhyped for my opinion. ED wasn't over hyped because it never hit huge critical acclaim with everybody. It was a good experience, but was slower in pace and more about puzzles and atmosphere. For what it was it achieved that quite well.