Silent Hill 2

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6163606.html

[quote]There are a slew of film adaptations of video games in production right now, Hitman, Alice, and Postal, for example. Now, according to director Christophe Gans, Silent Hill 2 can be added to that list.

Gans, the Antibes-born director of the first Silent Hill movie, has revealed that a second SH film is on the way, and that it will correct the mistakes of the first.

The original Silent Hill, released on April 21 2006, told the story of Rose Da Silva, a mother who sets out to find a town called Silent Hill, which her daughter Sharon calls to in her sleep.

Gans confirmed in an interview with French magazine DVDrama, "There will indeed be a Silent Hill 2 and it is officially ordered and is already well underway. Once he has finished his adaptation of Driver, Roger Avary will be [working on the script], helped by his friend Neil Gaiman."

Roger Avary is a Canadian-born director, producer, and writer. He has previously worked on the screenplays for the first Silent Hill, Killing Zoe, and won an Oscar for his work on Pulp Fiction.

British author Neil Gaiman is most famous for his series of Sandman graphic novels, and has also worked on screenplays for the TV series of his novel Neverwhere, as well as Mirrormask and Princess Mononoke.

However, Gaiman's actual contribution is now under some doubt, after a post on his own blog stated, "Yesterday I discovered pretty much all of my FAQ messages were people asking whether I was really going to be writing the Silent Hill sequel with Roger Avary. I'm afraid that I don't think I am--I mean, it's the first thing I've ever heard of it, and I'm sure that if they make a sequel Roger would want to write it himself."

Gans' original statement has since been re-translated, so until there is clarification from Gans or Gaiman, some mystery still shrouds the title's development.

Gans added that he may not have time to take on the project himself, due to his commitments on the adaptation of another video game project, Onimusha.

When asked who he would like to direct if he was unable to, Gans told DVDrama that, "If I cannot take on Silent Hill 2 myself, the director who does would need to continue in the same style as the first film. One does not want to make a Hollywood-style movie, and I think that it makes sense if the director of the sequel is European--in the best case scenario, French."

He also revealed that he was planning a special two disc collector's edition DVD of the original Silent Hill, but that would be a long time coming, possibly not for two and a half to three years--and that he intends to start work on it only after finishing up on Onimusha.

Saw that coming. Silent Hill was a success, and SH2 will also be a success.

Nice. I was just talking about whether or not they would continue with the films.

Wish they'd make another Mario movie.

Maybe the sequel will actually be good. Now that the directer knows what the biggest problems were in the first one he can hopefully avoid them.

I liked the first one *shrugs*

That's because it was pretty good, especially for a video game movie. Arguably the best one yet.

Yet, people still got lost. Go figure.

The first one was good, and I figured they'd make a sequel. Aren't there 4 games in the series?

Five. But that means nothing.

I've never played the games, so I dunno if they have anything to do with the movies at all.. I just figured if there were 5 games, they'd make that many movies. But I could be wrong. Look at Resident Evil. I lost count of how many Resident Evil games there are, but I know there are only 2 movies. Anyway, I am looking forward to the second movie.

Rose brought the devil into the church, it fused with the little girl, everyone died. That's about the long and short of it.

I think the first one was one of the better, if not the best, video game movie out there. I didn't think it was incredible, but most video game movies hit such a monumental low (Bloodrayne) that to have a decent one is rather nice, sort of like what King Kong did for the movie-to-video game reverse role.

I hope they'll follow the story to the second game, which I'm told is the best and deals a lot with Pyramid Head.

Needless to say, I'm excited.

The only thing worse than a horror reliing on cheap scares is A HORROR NOT BEING SCARY AT ALL. Christ, Silent Hill didnt even have enough to pass off as a cheap horror. What an awful film.

The games weren't scary either. Go figure :cookie:

I can't wait now. The first one was possibly the best video game based film to date. I do agree that it was not that great of a film, but being that it is based off of a video game, it's not that bad.

:rolleyes: The film is an adaption of the first game. It uses themes, moods, and various other pieces from the second, third and forth. To say it's not based on a game is laughable. It even has dialogue, scenes and characters taken straight from the games.

Better explanation of the end: http://www.vgchat.com/showpost.php?p=506251&postcount=1142

Half the bodies weren't found? Odd. Couldn't have been the cult members who've stayed and hidden within a completely deserted and near-forgotten town. Alessa dies? Nope. She's brought into the other dimension with help from the demon. She's kept alive to exact her revenge with aid of the Red Nurse. But I think one thing you're forgetting is the fact that this is a movie... about demons, hell, giants who rip of skin, alternate dimensions and so on. If they wanted Rose and Sharon to survive, it's not that difficult. Plus, if they died, chances are their bodies would have been discovered.

As for the PH thing, read the thread before you start yapping away.

I'd like to see you guys discuss Donnie Darko now, kk?