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The Director Of MODERN WARFARE 2 Eases On Down FROST ROAD!!
Merrick here...
Keith Arem, who "directed" the recently released CALL OF DUTY game MODERN WARFARE 2, will make his feature film debut with a multi-platform endeavor called FROST ROAD.
Project revolves around a young man who awakens from a car accident to discover he is one of few survivors in the aftermath of a mysterious outbreak that's struck a small coast town on the East Coast. Somehow immune to the contagion, he tries to save the remaining survivors as he struggles to prevent the deadly wave from spreading across the planet.
Arem penned the script for the pic, and is also developing the project as a graphic novel with co-creator Brandon Humphreys, with Christopher Shy illustrating.
...says THIS article in Variety.
Given that MODERN WARFARE 2 made something like 100 kazillion-gillion-babillion dollars (actually, Variety says it pulled down $550 million in five days - towards a total of $3 billion since its November 10 release ), Arem's gravitation towards other media isn't altogether surprising. It's a great game which I don't entirely suck at. I appreciate that empowerment, so a tip of the hat to Keith...
By the way, if you're thinking of picking up MW2 for Christmas or something, the night vision goggles that come with THE "PRESTIGE" VERSION AVAILABLE HERE
actually work pretty well! Their range isn't particularly great, but they're really pretty nice in tighter environs.
Hmmm, FROST ROAD. If FURY ROAD actually happens, I wonder if people will confuse it with this?
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Arem penned the script for the pic, and is also developing the project as a graphic novel with co-creator Brandon Humphreys, with Christopher Shy illustrating.
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Can I ask if Arem also wrote MW2? Because the story and script was terrible. However, the setpieces and action are outstanding in Call Of Duty, so I'll be interested to see how he doe's with his first non-interactive entertainment project
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I'm a pathetic trolling talkbacker!
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The game looks great, sounds great and does great business - glad someone realizes there is a great storyteller in there.
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...that came up with this one?
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Nothing like a Predator missle - Harrier - stealth bomber series of killstreaks. Also running around the douchebag with the riot shield & stabbing him in the side.
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Man, that game is awesome. Better acted than most Hollywood movies with unbelieveable action set-pieces.
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Wow!
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Hey Merrick,
That 3 billion amount you reference is NOT for MW2 but rather the ENTIRE COD Catalog.
'As of November 27, 2009, total sales for the Call Of Duty series have surpassed 55 million units worldwide, taking $3 billion in retail sales in the process.' IGN, Wikipedia.
But. MW2 sold 4.7 Million copies in 24 hours making it the largest entertainment launch in history. -
28 Days later...
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Heath ledger for cloud!
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'Uncharted' is already in the works at Columbia with Avi Arad Producing. I believe it's being fast tracked since the incredible sales and praise of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - which is easily the PS3's best game to date!
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because it sounds really similiar
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or is it just me? And also whatever happened to the Y: the last man movie? I thought that was big buzz.
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Halo pwns and will always pwn COD... loser half-life fans :P.
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In fact, it's probably the game's weakest element. Why not hire instead the geniuses who so perfectly realized "Fallout 3," which is one of the greatest achievements in entertainment history?
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Goldeye for best shooter game wit the proximity mines and stuff... also PerfectDark or whatever was cool cuz ya could use comp sims in multiplayer... I mean who wants to murder their friends over and over?
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kinda funny, if you read that thinking he left his account open and some friend of his posted that.
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Dec 02, 2009 12:31:23 PM CST
all the COD put together made 3 billion, not MW2
by lavatory love machine
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A little late to the party... I stated that very info 11 posts ago.
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"LET'S GOOOOO!!!!! MOVE MOVE MOVE!!! THIS IS THE FINAL PUUUUSSSHHHHHH!!!!"
I hope he has a radio so his commander can constantly tell him to do things he's already doing.. over... and over again.
"Everyone! Get to the roof! Let's gooooo!"
(radio crackles) "Everyone! Get to the ladder and get to the roof!"
"Yeah, yeah I KNOW, I need to heal up and reload befo-"
(Radio) "EVERYONE GET UP THE LADDER!!!! DON'T EVER STOP MOVING OR YOU'LL REALIZE NOTHING WILL HAPPEN UNLESS YOU TRIGGER IT!! GOOOOOO!!! THIS IS THE FINAL PUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
*Roll beginning credits*
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Dec 02, 2009 2:18:18 PM CST
Are there any other video game directors who've crossed
by cronenbergresearcher
over into filmmaking? And what exactly does a video game director do? Inquiring minds would like to know.
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It was like a few days after Mori outed him, more than likely it's him or one of the current staffers. I'm sure though, when he actually does show back up, just like last time he'll blame it on his "little sister" posting under his handle like he did back then.
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thats to assume JettL has friends... maybe it was George Lucas or Nolan who took over his account... thats more believable than him havin friends i tink
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That's why i log off when it's time to leave. i dont want my shady coworker putting up slanderous shit and let alone i'm not aware of it..Anyways i gotta finish MW2's campanign mode as multiplayer was the main reason for purchasing the game. gotta work on my prestiege points yanno.Not sure how a movie adaptation will bring in the crowd.
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The story (single-player campaign) for MW1 was INFINITELY better than that of MW2. And there are many, many players who don't even play the campaign...that's how "riveting" it is.
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Dec 02, 2009 3:14:40 PM CST
$3 BIL? Not so fast... $500mil IN TWENTY FOUR HOURS, though!
by funnyhat
That $3 Billion is all of them, covering almost 6 years and as many as 10 games. Granted only the first two sold even near the amount that that the 3 released since 2007 has, but Modern Warfare(2007) and Modern Warfare 2 (last month) do account for nearly $1.4 Billion in sales. Modern Warfare 2, also earned $500,000,000 on ONE day, not 5. It made back half of it's production and marketing budget back in the first 5 hours of release.
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http://tinyurl.com/nu6ou5
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Upon its release, Modern Warfare 2 sold nearly 5 million copies, generating 435 million dollars worldwide in 24 hours. That makes it the largest entertainment release of all time. It made more money in ONE day than 'the dark knight' made in NINE. That is the fastest grossing ANYTHING, EVER. PERIOD. Don't hate. Also, the figures account for 4 versions of the game. A $60 normal edition, of which most copies were. A collectors edition, which was bundled with special xbox 360's and sold at a premium as well as being sold as 'the hardened edition' alone for $80. And a $150 'prestige' version which came with functioning night vision goggles. Easily, 80% of their sales are attributed to the $60($50 for PC) versions. Don't hate.
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Merrick you cunt, "director" in this case does not mean what 99% of people reading a movie website would expect it to.
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I'm a huge fan of the COD single player experience. I bought COD1 the first day it came out back in 2003 because I had heard the sound was exceptional. MW2's campaign is not quite as absorbing and fun as MW1. The individual chapters are also not as varied and well-paced. MW1 was intense but MW2 is just too much most of the time. It's a very fine line. The main thing that annoyed me more in MW2 was the way you seemed to always be surrounded by enemies.. it sometimes felt like the game was "cheating" and spawning enemies that I ought to have seen just a moment ago.
I've never played COD multiplayer for more than a couple minutes. I find the emphasis on perks and stuff way too gamey. I like my realistic shooters to be a bit more realistic and immersive. So I'm still a BF2 guy. Although I'm currently on one of my longest streaks of not playin BF2.. at least five solid weeks at this point since I've played it. Longest since a few months in a row back in 2007 when I didn't have it installed. -
and although i am playing multi since the first first cod,i still fucking suck at modern warfare.jesus.
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the actual story made no sense. Not a single plot point fed into what came later, almost every possible thread was left hanging, and there are huge gaps in logic such as not killing Makarov the moment he gives you a gun. If this guy "directed" that game, he seems to know jack shit about storytelling. Now I'm going back play Domination.
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It was to get into his inner circle, and gain intel, or so your character thought...
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I think the creators of the game could have really done something cool and attention-getting (not that they need another iota of attention on this game) by allowing the player to shoot Makarov and his thugs in the back during the airport scene. The penalty would have been you don't get to play the rest of the campaign. So naturally people would reload and play through without killing the gunmen in order to progress, but they would have the inner satisfaction of knowing they chose not to pretend to actually murder people.
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Like that fact that the whole invasion of the USA revolved around the fact that Russia believed that the airport massacre was orcastrated by the CIA yet had they taken the time to glance at one of the many security tapes they would have seen Makarov and his men.
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the night vision googles are pretty cool
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I've been MP'ing it the whole time.
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Great setpieces, loads of 'wow' moments and plenty of heartstopping sequences where you just feel overwhelmed by the enemies but the actual story is pretty weak.
It feels alot like they simply came up with a bunch of locations and setpieces and then tried to tie them all together with some kind of plot. Most of the missions are even blatently ripped off from movies anyway like the whole 'Gulag' mission is pretty much The Rock right down to the firefight in the old showers and then there's the whole US invasion which is basically Red Dawn.
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...so you get to play the special op games... those have been very fun (when theres two or more in the room)
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you can have a friend who has finished it,to invite you in a spec ops game,regardless if you have finished it or not.
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...that may be true but I dont have the game so I mostly play in-house with friends... I kinda dont wanna even buy it anymore cuz Im already tired by the sheer madness of it all
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Campaign... not so much. It's just too ridiculous, and it's a video game for Christ's sake.
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All he did was record the voice actors. Jason West (Infinity Ward's president) directed the game. Why does every article on this keep calling this guy the director? He doesn't even work at Infinity Ward. Do you think the director of MW2 would really quit to go do movies?
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Video games are directed. Some better than most films.
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are you saying that video games are more entertaining than film? please explain
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whatever you want to call it, serves a purpose and that is to have fun by experiencing the simulation of war, without actually having to face the horrors and boredom/difficult work of actual war. That said, the modern warfare/call of duty whatever it wants to be called, brand is a extremely generic version of storytelling. The CALL OF DUTY people are brilliant at visual effects/technical/digital creations & marketing. However, I would not put them in charge of film direction or screen writing. Leave that to the experts. In the end, the movie execs, are just looking for another popular brand to whore, like monopoly, battleship, risk, other board/video games/toys, etc. They are business people, who don't actually enjoy movies.
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Noone's suggesting that MW2 be turned into a movie.
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time to frag Harry's ass!
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Dec 02, 2009 11:04:45 PM CST
The Modern Warfare story, if adapted properly, would be a mega-h
by zillabeast
I mean huge off the charts. Get Paul Greengrass' ass on this.
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Deserves a proper release. Some of his absolute finest work in years.
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the multiplayer was alright. Uncharted 2 was much more cinematic.
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Directed by Uwe Boll.
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Because gamers fucking rocked the world with this game. Also amazing that video game director is now up to direct a movie. I guess maybe video games are the new music videos. Sometime I love the world we live in.
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just sayin.
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MW2 hasn't made 3 Billion... COD as a franchise has. Get the facts right, coz if its wrong, it aint news at all.
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We judge movies by gross, not by eyeballs glued to the screen, do we? Of course, the audience for gaming is much narrower than for movies or books or even music, but try selling a movie ticket for 60$ and then tell me how many eyeballs are glued to the screen.
In the end it is all about money and gaming is where the biggest bucks are. Why? Coz it gives bigger bang per buck than any other form of entertainment. -
Gabriel Knight,monkey island,tex murphy,rex nebular,sam n max in a pixar movie,full throttle,and so many others.
you have ready stories and characters Hollywood,what the FUCK are you waiting for?
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