Studio:
Unknown.
Production Company:
Interplay Films.
Project Phase: Movies Rumored.
Who's In It:
No one confirmed as yet.
Who's Making It:
Based on the video game produced by Parallax
Games and distributed by Interplay Productions.
Premise: Mining stations in space are much easier to deal with once they're staffed by robots, yes? No insurance claims, no workman's comp, no union officials. Easier, right? Well, things become difficult once a strange alien infestation turns the robots against their human masters, leaving the company to send in a pilot to rid the mining stations of the problem -- with extreme prejudice.
Release Date: Unknown.
Comments: The game Descent has proved to be quite popular, spawning off sequels and various add-ons, and with good reason. It avoided being a gory shooter game by involving robots that simply explode, and it also created a 3-D environment that was fresh and interesting. In very few games before were you able to fly upside down through a mineshaft without realizing you were doing so. What remains to be seen is exactly how the storyline will be changed to work with an hour-and-a-half long film, since most people want something more than just exploding robots. Well, maybe not most people, but a few.
Rumors: Unknown.
Scoop Feedback:
[Page draft submitted by 'Widgett', who's got a screenplay for Lunar Lander he'll sell you cheap.]
May 17, 1998... Emboldened by the success of such films as the original Mortal Kombat, Interplay Productions created recently Interplay Films, designed to develop and produce movie versions of some of their more popular games. Tom Reed, former vice-president of Imagine Films, has been placed at the helm of Interplay's new division. [Originally reported in ZENtertainment and the Interplay site; reported by 'Widgett'.]