Just last week, videogame developer Quantic Dream released Heavy Rain, a groundbreaking new game that approaches its gameplay and storyline as an “interactive drama.” The player controls four different characters, each with their own backgrounds and motives, as they try to track down the infamous Origami Killer. Practically every decision in the game, from whether or not to murder someone to how hard you place your wife’s fine china on the table, is decided and performed by the player. In effect, this makes for a near-endlessly replayable game with countless different consequences and outcomes for each character and each decision.
And now, somehow, New Line Cinema wants it to be a movie.
Joystiq reported that New Line snatched the film rights to the game as far back as 2006, just after Quantic Dream had unveiled the new motion-capture technology that they developed to help bring their emotional characters to life. Now New Line may be putting those production rights into action to quickly capitalize on the success of the game and the buzz surrounding its new kind of interactive storyline.
But there’s the rub. A movie can’t be interactive. A singular movie version would seem to disregard nearly everything special about the concept and execution of Heavy Rain. Unless New Line plans to create a Clue-like film involving multiple, interchangeable plot developments, then we can expect to see only one of the literally hundreds of possible
plotlines and resolutions, and there’s every reason to believe it will be the classic, typical Hollywood version in which the killer is brought to justice and every character survives.
Quantic Dream themselves also seem to be pushing the game into Hollywood’s neighborhood by releasing a video directed by Neil LaBute showcasing actors and filmmakers such as Samuel L. Jackson, Stephen Frears, Peter Bogdanovich, and Chris Weitz discussing the game and its interactive nature. Check it out below.
Has anyone else played through the game? If so, do you think that it would translate well to the big screen, or should Hollywood sit this one out?
no the game has different endings. no one wants the movie people to decide it for them.
I think the plot could be a movie not what happens u know what I mean
i loved this game, has a real powerful meaning to it.
i think it should be a movie. dont know how they’d go about it though.
I've played the game, and I think the story would make an amazing movie, but since there are different endings and decisions, it might not work. However, they could just choose an ending. Whatever they do, I'd pay to see it.
The game was phenonemal, and I could definitely see them working the story into a movie. However, the game set the bar so high in so many people’s minds that if they start making a movie, they’ll find themselves running into a lot of challenges as far as doing the game Heavy Rain justice. I think they can pull it off though, and either way, people will want to see it. My only concern: Let the actors from the game play play their respective characters in the movie. People have become attached to the characters from the game, and if they weren’t in the movie I think it would bum many people out ( with maybe the exception of Jacqui Ainsely). Plus, how cool would it be to see your favorite character freom Heavy Rain actually come to life on the big screen?!
heavy rain was awsome it would make a great movie i just hope they get people whol look like the characters
they could do animated like finale fantsy movie and have the actors from the game play the parts
i think they should have jayden fight scott at the end
The idea of an animated version of heavy rain is one that should be considered. I’m not sure if more so than a live cast but regardless, i think a heavy rain movie should generally follow the structure of the game. Camera angles and appearance of the cast is phenomenal, Although it cannot recreate the multiple endings I don’t think it needs to. The story is strong and emotional with each ending available. The movie should be shot in a Momento-esque style. In order to capture the experience of the game by viewers it would be best achieved by a plot that jumps around, just as the game. Following and switching characters throughout. These breaks from each character’s development allow the viewer to contemplate the previous scene and really enter or experience the movie as much as possible. Each scene gets you a little closer to an answer asked by the story-line. Shooting the movie in this frame would make it stand out in any cinematic arena.
we think that this should be made into a movie but the ending should be madison escaping the fire and telling ethan where shaun is then the credits come up.so the ending is not picked for the viewers.